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...



学英语单词
alkaniums
allowable voltage drop
amalgam squeezer
apay
assessable value of property
asynchronous response
balkanizes
bamboo hair
bangsters
bathyl
batten clear
be segmented into
black saltworts
channel plan
chickara
chipping allowance
clapping game
counterattitudinal
cram frame
crime fiction
CRP
daisy chains
dash into
deliquescent layer
dextral slip
dibbers
dielectric gradient
digital data transmission
dislocated segment
distruie
double-lever mechanism
DRAP27
drop lock
drosophila (drosophila) lividinervis
dualistically
duty periods
dysmorphology
Epipremnum
escapement faults
ethylmorphine hydrochloride
exception choice
exchangeable anion
extension code
falls into place
fascicular
flame ionization chromatograph
Fontana's canals
form psychology
front-axle
gain ... over
gas conduit
girar
give sb a frosty stare
gridpoint
Górażdże
henan province
horticultural sheet glass
inorganic crystal as scintillator
institute of electrical and electronic engineer
Kānī Rash
labyrinthotomy of cochlea
LAQUEIDAE
lawthers
longitudinal reoording
lynage
magnetic reading system
manieres
megadebts
metal complex dyes
monologuing
multimarket
nailhouse
neff
Neginah
neutralophile
overroasts
phonon momentum
phosphatidylethanolamine(PE)
Polival
positive rheotropism
primary layer
primary process
product catalog
RAM, Random access memory
sampling inspection by variables
schweizs
secondphase
shibin al kawm
silent motion picture
soil conservation extension
steel mill
sweetbay magnolias
tayassu angulatuss
temple-worships
top roll assembly
ubiquitin ligase
ultrasonic depolymerization
variable probability
vice-admiralty
VR goggles
wirerimmed
yarroshite