fire,在口语中有解雇,开除的意思。 He got fired yesterday.他昨天被炒鱿鱼了。 His boss fired him yesterday.昨天他的老板炒了他鱿鱼。 fire做名词是火和火灾等意思,例如: A forest fire made many people homeless.一场森林大火使许多人无家可归。 fire还可表示热...
poor,体弱的。 He is in poor health。他身体不好。 poor除了有体弱的意思外还有可怜和贫穷等意思。 His family used to be very poor.他家过去好穷。 He is nothing but a poor man.他什么都不是,就是个穷光蛋。 当你为一个可怜`可悲或可恨的人而感叹时,你可说: Po...
takes a lot of work to dig a deep well. 挖一口深井很费事。 take a lot of work to do something,做某事很费事。 work也有作品的意思,例如: He is making a study of my work,他在研究我的作品。 work也可做动词,意思是工作。例如: He works in a restaurant.他...
1 He was trained to be a lawyer. 他被培养成一名律师。 train做名词时表示火车,例如: We got to that city by train.我们坐火车到那城市。 train可被用做动词,动词时表示培训。 例如我们说的培训中心英文就是 training center。 Our teacher trained us for mont...
cover,遮盖。 Mary covered her face with her hands. 玛丽用双手捂住脸。 cover,有涵盖的意思,下面这句子表示抵消。 The price just covers the cost. 这个价格正好抵消成本。 His report covered many subjects. 他的报告涉及很多课题。 cover,采访,报导。 Jack...
find,找到。 I've found the book I was hunting for.我已找到了我曾搜寻的那本书。 find加某事或某物再加一个形容词,表示觉得某事或某物怎么样。 例如: He found my lecture interesting. 他觉得我讲课有趣。 I found that person very weird. 我觉得那人真怪。 I...
touch,感动。 I am so touched.我是多么的感动。 The movie touched us.那电影让我们感动。 当然也可说: The movie was very touching.那电影很感人。 touch,也有触摸,接触的意思。 Our hands touched,我们的手碰在一起了。 touch,(常与否定词连用)达到,比得上. Few...
reach,达到。可做动词,但下面第一个例子用做名词。 作名词时reach表示一个人手`能力`智力等的可及范围。 Put these things beyond children's reach.把这些东西放在孩子够不着的地方。 beyond one's reach相当于out of one's reach. be within one's reach,在某人伸手...
colour,颜色。 What's the colour of the cat?那猫的颜色是什么? colour也指人的本质,本性。 I believe that he will show his true colors someday.我相信他总有一天会现出原形的。 colour也指立...
grade,给...打分数。 Don't you need to grade papers?你不是要去为考卷打分数吗?(这里的papers也可能是学生交来的作业) grade,分数。也指年级。(但一般指初中范围内的年级) He always gets good grades,他总是能考到高的分数。 What grade are you in?你读多少年...