It takes some time to cultivate a new friendship. 建立新的友谊需要些时间的。 cultivate,用在农业上表示栽培,`耕种,上句中的cultivate表示建立或加强友谊,也有结交朋友的意思。 He always tries to cultiva...
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...
He is running for student body president. 他在竞选学生会主席。 run for表示为...而竞选(看下戾)。student body presdent表示学生会主席。 在美国英语当中student body president是表示大学的学生会主席; 高中的...
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...
This battery is dead. 这电池没电了。 dead上句中是形容电池没电了,上句也可说成: This battery is flat. 和上两句意思相反的是: This battery is still good. 电池还有电。...
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...
He came in second in the competition. 他在比赛中获得第二。 上句也可简单说成: He came in second相当于: He came in second place. 如果某人得倒数第一就可说: He came in last place. 得倒数第二就是: He came in sec...
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...
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...