sign,token,indication,evidence,hide ;
[例句] 他的辅导教师发现了他在阅读和写作方面进步的迹象。 His remedial teacher sees signs of progress in his reading and writing.
[例句] 无迹象表明向客户售出了不适用的保险。 There is no suggestion that clients have been sold inappropriate policies.
clear,evident,obvious ;
[例句] 他曾因参与1963年8月那起发生在从格拉斯哥开往伦敦的邮政列车上的特大抢劫案而恶名昭著。 He was known by many for his role in the then record-breaking robbery of the mail train from Glasgow to London in August 1963.
[例句] 所以卡特彼勒发电机组信誉昭著,并非偶然. Therefore, Caterpillar generating sets an impeccable reputation did not happen by chance.
(do sth.) with joy and expedition,excitedly ;
[例句] 他酷爱侍弄花草。只要下班一回到家,他就兴冲冲地忙活起来。 He loved gardening. He went at it hammer and tongs as soon as he got back from work.
[例句] 这次打击使她刚才还兴冲冲的情绪受到严重挫伤. It was a severe setback to her recently pleased mental state.
expedient,expedience,expediency ;
[例句] 权宜处置,怎么方便就怎么办. Do whatever is expedient.
[例句] 其他人视其为权宜对于原则的胜利. Others see it as the triumph of expediency over principle.
exuvium,exuviae,scurf,damder ;
[例句] 作用: 番木瓜含有木瓜蛋白酶, 一种有助于皮屑脱落的物质. How it works: Papaya contains papain, an exfoliant that helps slough dead skin.
[例句] 常见的过敏原包括花粉, 动物皮屑, 绒羽, 螨类, 化学品, 以及各种食品. Common allergens include pollen, animal dander, down feathers, mites, chemicals, and a variety of foods.
ravings,wild talk,eyewash,fudge ;
[例句] “不是喝醉了就是在 说 胡话.”大夫说. 'Drunk or raving,'said he.
[例句] 你讲的全是胡话! You are talking absolute rot!
facing,hem,padding,seam,welt ;
[例句] 于是轮流抬起脚来,用靴子的贴边灵巧地往袜筒上蹭. Rubbing smartly in turn each welt against her stocking calf.
[例句] 挥棒把球贴边线击出左外野深远方向! That's swung out deep down the left field line.
spread,fanning,roll out ;
[例句] 我像往常一样铺开我的睡袋。 I unrolled my sleeping bag as usual.
[例句] 他们铺开红地毯迎接客人. They rolled out the red carpet for the guests.
strange tale,absurd argument,fantastic stories,fantasticality,mystery;
[例句] 这只不过是海外奇谈. It is nothing but a traveller's tale.
[例句] 认为吃胡萝卜可以改善视力的海外奇谈,多年前已祛除殆尽. The myth that eating carrots improves your eyesight was exploded years ago.
feather,plume,(以鸟类为题材的中国画) a type of classical Chinese painting featuring birds and animals ;
[例句] 休战之鸟挥残翅血色翎毛如雨下. There are crimson feathers falling from the slaughtered bird of truce.
[例句] 13鸵鸟的翅膀欢然扇展,岂是显慈爱的翎毛和羽毛 么 ? The wings of the ostrich flap joyously: Are they the pinion and plumage of lovingkindness?
apt,suitable,appropriate,felicitous ;
[例句] 这份报告的措词用在今天和用在1929年一样贴切。 The words of this report are as apt today as in 1929.
[例句] 贴切的措辞 a felicitous turn of phrase
anklet,fetters,[法] fetter,leg-iron,gyve ;
[例句] [谚]金铸的脚镣, 也没人喜爱. No man loves his fetters, be they made of gold.
[例句] 犯人走路时脚镣叮当作响. The prisoner's ankle chains clanked as they walked.
filter,rejector ;
[例句] 起初我们着手研究的是看起来似乎最简单和最明显的滤波器. We started with what seemed the most simple and obvious filter.
[例句] 在适当条件下,多层膜还可作滤波器. Under appropriate conditions a multilayer may also be employed as a filter.
filter,leach,percolator,strainer ;
[例句] 这团凝固的污物堵塞了过滤器。 This congealed muck was interfering with the filter.
[例句] 过滤器无法过滤掉水中的所有污染物。 Filters do not remove all contaminants from water.
at long last,finally,considering everything,all things considered ;
[例句] 我离开了得克萨斯州,总算摆脱了那里的一切。 I left Texas and said good riddance to all that.
[例句] 他已经怒气冲冲地回伦敦了,总算把他打发走了。 He's gone back to London in a huff and good riddance.
名 firewood,faggot,turnip,woodman;动 (打柴草) cut firewood ;
[例句] 香港中文大学医学系主任沈祖荛博士如此解释. Joseph Sung of the department of medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
try-on,fit on,try on ;
[例句] 我试穿了一下,大小正合适。 I tried them on and they were the right size.
[例句] 让这个女孩子想试穿多少件就试穿多少件吧。 Let the child try on as many as she likes.
outrageously,brazenly,flagrantly ;
[例句] 那名歹徒拔出匕首,悍然与警察对抗. The outlaw pulled out a dagger and bade defiance to the policemen.
[例句] 这个悍然的命令就像晶体物质一般. The pert injunction was like those crystal substances.
[体] somersault,flip ;
[例句] 他的空翻技巧 、 平衡技术 、 灵活性以及创新性简直太棒了. His skills in aerial tumbling, balance, flexibility, and originality are really marvelous.
[例句] 蹦床有其专门术语,如 “ 双空翻并转体一周 ” 、 “ 前空翻并转体2.5周 ”. Trampoline has its own terms such as " fliffis " and " Randolphs. "
soft disk,floppy disk ;
[例句] 我可以用一张软盘来启动,但其他的就无能为力了。 I can boot up from a floppy disk, but that's all.
[例句] 现在的软驱对质量低劣的软盘也能读取。 Today's floppy disc drives are tolerant of poor quality discs.