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It's hard to discern his true intention in such a short period of time. 要在如此短的时间内看出他的真正企图是好难的。 discern,看出,辨出。 discern good from evil分辨善与恶。 He almost could not discern the road in the
Stop feeling sorry for yourself, face the problem. 不要在自怜自爱了,面对问题吧。 feel sorry for oneself表示自怜自爱,如果是feel sorry for someone则表示对某人表示同情。 I feel so sorry for those who have to work tw
This product is void of defects. 这产品没有缺陷。 void表示空的,be void of表示缺少,没有。上句其实等于: This product has no defects at all. defect表示缺点,缺陷,不足之处。defect可做名词也可做动词,做
Many people piled onto the bus. 许多人挤到公共汽车上。 pile有堆的意思,这里用做一个不及物动词,表示挤,根据挤进的地方不同使用不同的介词。 Many students piled into the auditorium. 许多学生挤进那礼
Mary is very indecisive,she cannot make decisions very quickly. 玛丽是非常优柔寡断的,她不能很快地作出决定。 indecisive表示没有决断力的,优柔寡断的;它的反意词则是decisive,表示坚决的,果断的。 A dec
I have my heart set on this car,I am willing to borrow money to buy it. 我决心要买这辆车,我愿意借钱来买。 have one's heart set on...表示一心一意要去做某事或得到某东西。 I have my heart set on studying abroad. 我一心
This camera is very user-friendly 这照相机非常容易用。 user-friendly,容易使用的,(设计时)考虑使用者需要的。 This program is much more user-friendly.这程序容易使用多了。
Let's meet the problem head-on. 让我们正视这一问题。 head-on可作形容词,表示迎头的,正面的,也可用作副词,表示正面地,毫不逃避地。 a head-on collision,迎头相撞。
I am buddy-buddy with him. 我和他是非常要好的朋友。 buddy-buddy是个形容词在俚语中表示很亲密的。 buddy是个名词,表示好朋友。 He is my buddy.他是我的好朋友。
He was a dummy to agree. 他竟会同意,真是笨蛋。 在口语中dummy表示笨人,傻瓜。 It is not nice to call someone a dummy. 把别人称为dummy(笨蛋)是不礼貌的。
Many students went to the beach to unwind after finals. 期末考试后许多同学走到沙滩去放松。 unwind指松开,解开;如果是人unwind就表示放松心情。
The beggar asked passersby on the street for money. 那乞丐向街道上的路人要钱。 注意乞丐beggar这词是从beg乞求这动词过来的,但后面是ar不是er。另外passerby这个单词是指过路人,它的复数很特别,不是在
Tom's teacher told Tom's mother his bad conduct in class. 汤拇的老师把汤拇在帮上的恶劣行为告诉了他的妈妈。 conduct这里表示操行,品格,行为。注意它的读音,做名词和作动词时重音的位置不同;cond
His grades are starting to suffer because he spends too much time on playing computer games. 因为他花太多时间到电脑游戏上,他的成绩开始变差。 suffer有受苦的意思,在上句中suffer 指变糟,受损害。 He suffered a
They ventured out on the rough sea to rescue the victims. 他们冒险到波涛汹涌的海上去救遇难者。 venture,作名词时表示冒险,冒险行为;作动词时表示冒险。 The children ventured out on the thin ice and fell through.
The sea was rough and half the passengers were seasick. 海面波涛汹涌,半数旅客晕船。 上句中的rough不是指粗糙的,而是形容海面波涛汹涌的。 seasick只晕船的; carsick指晕车的; airsick指晕机的。 It was a bu
We sampled some of the chocolates sold at the store. 我们品尝了这店出售的一些巧克力。 sample可做名词和动词,名词表示样品,样本;作动词时表示取样检验;也可表示品尝,体验,试吃。 We can sample t
He dedicated most of his time to charity work. 他大部分时间都致力于慈善工作。 dedicate表示把时间或精力等用在...,用在哪方面就用介词to。 dedicate的名词是 dedication,表示对某事的热诚和献身。 her dedi
He dedicated most of his time to charity work. 他大部分时间都致力于慈善工作。 dedicate表示把时间或精力等用在...,用在哪方面就用介词to。 dedicate的名词是 dedication,表示对某事的热诚和献身。 her dedi
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