时间:2018-12-30 作者:英语课 分类:英语每日一词


英语课

今天我们要学的词组是against the grain。 Grain是谷子,不过在这里,grain指的木材的纹理。木工都知道,刨木头一定要顺着木材的纹理;"You cannot polish wood against the grain." 作为习惯用语,against the grain有违背心愿、令人不满的意思。


美国共和党保守派一向反对堕胎和同性恋。可是有意参加2008年大选的纽约市前市长、共和党人Rudolph Giuliani既支持堕胎,也主张保障同性恋权利。媒体报道说,"Giuliani goes against the grain," 意思是说Giuliani的立场同保守派的观点格格不入 。不过Giuliani的支持率目前领先于其他共和党候选人。今天我们学习的词组是against the grain...



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allelism
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antifeminist
armed to the teeth
bars of chocolate
bedysman
betir
better-than-expected
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box drain
British and Foreign Bible Society
Burghley House
bysome
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corporate resolution
cross L diffusion
cylindrical vent
depenalizations
digital servo control system
discrete modules
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engonus
entry ballistics
evaluation software for Hanzi coding input
extreme pressure dope
fax machines
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flexural-torsional flutter
fournel
Garland, Judy
Geoghegan
gift tokens
gives up to
grilled veal
Guadalbullón, R.
higher rank
hillerman
homotopical
Hura crepitans
Hārewo
I want to know!
in simple language
incompressible visco-fluid mechanics
Jeolla
karias
kidzmouse
lay ... plans
leaf mottle
lebbek
lipofibromas
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Millard-Gubler paralysis
must complete state
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pasteurella ureae
Pinus californiarum
pokiness
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pulsating aorta
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Schwartz space
SCI-ESRD
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standard petroleum densimeter
stenciled
Straus,Oscar Sdomon
thebacon
thermodynamic change
triopidaes
tube rolling mill
unclustered
universities of west virginia
Ventania
vigilantly
viscoinelasticity
voice frequency telegraph
Windows desktop
wolf's peach