今天我们要学的词是hijack。 Hijack, 劫持。 The bank robbers hijacked a car and fled away, 抢银行的人劫持了一辆汽车,逃之夭夭。 Somali pirates hijacked a cargo ship with 40 crew members on board, 索马里海盗劫持了一...
今天我们要学的词是no-show。 No-show, 意思是没来。 The famous actor was a no-show at the charity event, 这个著名演员没有出席这次慈善活动。 The defendant was a no-show at the trial, 被告没有出席庭审。 The new r...
今天我们要学的词是hard-wired。 Hard-wired, 用在人身上的时候,有天生的意思。 Some people are hard-wired to be most productive during the wee hours, 有些人天生就是夜里做事情效率最高。 He is hard-wired to take...
今天我们要学的词是big ticket item。 Big ticket item, 意思是大件商品。 Electronic medical records systems are a big ticket item for hospitals, 安装电子病例系统对医院来说是一笔很大的开支。 I usually wait until Bl...
今天我们要学的词是vehicle。 Vehicle, 除了交通工具以外,还有工具或是手段的意思。 It turned out web sites are not the best advertising vehicle, 事实证明,在网上做广告并不是最有效的广告渠道。与此同时...
今天我们要学的词是far cry。 A far cry from something, 意思是跟某件事情相差甚远。 The actor played a womanizer in the movie, a far cry from his real life character, 这个演员在电影里扮演一个花花公子,跟他在现实...
今天我们要学的词是homesick。 Homesick, 想家的。 The first time I was away from home I got really homesick, 第一次出远门,我特别想家。 I always spend time with friends so as not to feel homesick, 我总是跟朋友待在一起...
今天我们要学的词是hard-pressed。 Be hard-pressed to do something, 意思是面临很大的困难。 Without additional loans, the company will be hard-pressed not to go bankrupt, 如果没有额外的贷款,这家公司恐怕很难不破产...
今天我们要学的词是heyday。 Heyday, 意思是最强盛的时期。 In the firm's heyday it employed over 5,000 employees, 这家公司鼎盛期,员工有五千多人。 The group sold millions of records in its heyday, 这个组合最火爆的...
今天我们要学的词是equivalent。 Equivalent, 意思是相当于,等同于。《华盛顿邮报》报道说,9/11恐怖袭击事件以来, In Washington and the surrounding areas, 33 building complexes for top-secret intelligence work are...