小D每日一句一周详解(02.06~02.12)
02月06日: We're over the hump now. 最困难的阶段已经过去了。
:n.圆形隆起物,驼峰,恼火
例如:When fresh food and water are not available, the camel can feed off its hump.(在没有新食物和水供应时,骆驼从它的驼峰中获取能量。)
I have got the hump over what he say to me.(我为他对我说的话而感到恼火。)
the hump:度过最困难时期,已度过一半时间
例如:The doctor says he's over the hump now and should improve steadily. (医生说他的病已经度过危险期,往后就会逐渐好起来。)
02月07日:Wrinkles merely indicate where smiles have been. 皱纹是曾经微笑的痕迹。
e:n.皱纹,褶皱
v.(使)起皱纹
例如:The old man's face is covered with wrinkles.(老人的脸上布满皱纹。)
She wrinkled her nose at the smell.(她闻到这气味就皱起了鼻子。)
te:vt.表明;指出;预示;象征
例如:Her face indicates her feelings.(她的面孔表明了她的感觉。)
02月08日:Stop fanning the flames. 别煽风点火了。
:n.扇子
v.扇风,煽起
例如:She fanned her face with a newspaper.(她用报纸朝脸上扇风。)
the flame:火上加油,使局势更趋紧张,煽动情绪
例如:This incident could fan the flame of rebellion.(这场事件可能煽动反叛的情绪。)
02月09日:He said rude things in the heat of the moment. 他一时激动说了粗话。
the heat of the moment:在盛怒之下,一时激动
例如:He hit his son in the heat of the moment.(盛怒中他打了儿子。)
02月10日:We will do as best as we can. 我们将尽力而为。
best as one can:尽最大努力,竭尽全力
例如:The car broke down in the middle of the night and he had to get home as best as he could.(汽车在午夜里拋锚了, 因此他不得不想尽一切办法回家。)
02月11日:She is in a quandary about which university to choose. 她拿不准应该选择哪一所学校。
ry:n. 困窘,困惑
例如:Investor reaction reflects that quandary.(投资者反应显示出了这种两难的局面。)
in a quandary:陷入困境,左右为难
例如:I was in a quandary about whether to go.(我当时正犹豫到底去不去。)
02月12日:The town is a heaven on earth. 这个小镇是人间天堂。
:n.天堂,天国
例如:He has ascended into heaven.(他已经升入了天堂。)
【相关词组】
in heaven 究竟;已死
heaven and earth 天地,宇宙万物;天上人间
on earth:人间天堂
例如:If there's a heaven on earth, this is it!(人间若有天堂,非此莫属!)
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