小D每日一句一周詳解(02.20~02.26)

02月20日:?Thanks for coming all the way over here.謝謝你大老遠(yuǎn)跑一趟。

all the way: 遠(yuǎn)道而來,專程造訪,大老遠(yuǎn)跑來
例如:It’s very nice of you to come all the way to see me off.(您真好,專程來送別。)
? ? ? ? ? I'm very happy that you have come all the way from Britain.(您專程從英國趕來,我很高興。)

【相關(guān)詞組】
all the way 一路上;從遠(yuǎn)處;自始至終

02月21日:He was most emphatic about the importance of careful driving.他著重強(qiáng)調(diào)了小心駕駛的重要性。

ic:adj. 著重的,強(qiáng)調(diào)的;顯著的
例如:The rebels are emphatic that this is not a surrender.(叛亂者堅(jiān)稱這不是投降。)
? ? ? ? ? He opened his mouth very wide, and shook the form of a most emphatic word out of it.(他嘴巴張得很大,把那個(gè)暗語打得顯眼極了。)

02月22日:I am tone-deaf.我五音不全。 ?

-deaf:adj. 音盲的,五音不全的
例如:Chris can practice the piano until hell freezes over, but he 'll never play well because he 's tone-deaf .(克里斯死心踏地地練鋼琴,但是他永遠(yuǎn)都彈不好鋼琴,因?yàn)樗莻€(gè)音盲。)

n. 聲調(diào),音調(diào);語氣
? ? ? ? ? ? ? v. 使更健壯;定調(diào);調(diào)色
例如:I dislike his airy tone of voice.(我討厭他那做作的聲調(diào)。)
? ? ? ? ?He often speaks in an arrogant tone.(他經(jīng)常以一種傲慢的口氣說話。)
? ? ? ? ?Swimming is the best way to tone up your body.(游泳是強(qiáng)身健體的最佳途徑。)
? ? ? ? ?Tone that radio down, please.(請(qǐng)把那臺(tái)收音機(jī)的音量調(diào)低些。)
? ? ? ? ?She was trying to tone down the colors of the picture.(她正設(shè)法使畫面的色調(diào)柔和一些。)

02月23日:He was very dismissive of her achievements.他對(duì)她的成就不屑一顧。

sive:adj. 表示輕視的,不屑一顧的
例如:She might have been less dismissive of my talents if he could have seen my latest achievements.(如果她看到我最近的成就,她也許就不會(huì)那么小看我的才干了。)
? ? ? ? ? The audience seemed skeptical, even dismissive.(聽眾似乎對(duì)此表示懷疑,甚至不屑一顧。)

02月24日:It is the last straw.我已經(jīng)忍無可忍了。

straw:使人不能忍受的最后一擊;使人不支而垮下的因素
例如:It was the last straw that broke the camel's back.(壓垮駱駝脊梁的最后一根稻草。)
? ? ? ? ?She told everybody my secret. That's the last straw.(她把我的秘密告訴所有人。真讓人忍無可忍。)

02月25日:Her doctorate degree gave her a leg up in finding a job.博士學(xué)位讓她在找工作時(shí)更具優(yōu)勢(shì)。

1.a leg up:支持,幫助,一臂之力;占上風(fēng)
例如:She is now devoting all her energies to giving him a leg up.(她正在盡一切努力來幫助他。)
? ? ? ? ? All Jeff’s hard work is paying off. He’s a leg up on the rest of his competitors.(杰夫的努力是有回報(bào)的。他在競(jìng)爭對(duì)手中占了上風(fēng)。)

02月26日:He left in great haste.他匆匆離開。

haste:adv. 急速地,急忙地,草率地
例如:I saw she was in haste, and I had no business to stop her.(我看她很匆忙的樣子,當(dāng)然用不著攔住她。)
? ? ? ? ?With only five minutes to go, the students made for the cinema in great haste.(只差五分鐘了,學(xué)生們匆匆忙忙向電影院趕去。)

【相關(guān)詞組】
come in great haste 匆匆而來

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