小D每日一句一周详解(05.27~06.02)
05月27日:Keep your mind on your work.专心工作。
one's mind on sth:专心于,专注于, 注意
例如:Keep your mind on the job!(专心做你的工作!)
You ought to keep your mind on what you are doing.(你应当专心致志于你所做的工作。)
05月28日:It's starting to cloud up.天开始阴了。
up:变模糊,变朦胧
例如:The window has clouded up because of the steam.( 窗户因水蒸气已变得模糊不清。)
The smog clouded up our view.(烟雾使我们的视野变得朦胧。)
05月29日:They will stoop to every low-down trick.他们什么卑劣的手段都使得出来。
1.trick:诡计,骗局
例如:He played a trick to get promoted.(为了升职他耍了诡计。)
It's a trick intended to ensnare. (这是一个诱人入陷阱的骗局。)
05月30日:Mary and Ann were neck and neck in the spelling contest.玛丽和安在拼写比赛中的表现真是不分上下。
1.neck and neck:不相上下,不分胜负,势均力敌
例如:The horses were running neck and neck.(这些马跑得不分上下。)
The two contestants are neck and neck with 20 points each.(比赛双方各得20分,打成平局。)
05月31日:He had racked his brain.他已绞尽了脑汁。
one's brain:绞尽脑汁,努力思索
例如:I rack my brain trying to remember the answer.(我绞尽脑汁想答案。)
She stopped and racked her brain.(她停下来苦苦思索。)
06月01日:Lucy has a lot on the ball.露西很能干。
a lot on the ball:机灵,精明,很有能力,身手不凡
例如:She has a lot on the ball.(她很有才干。)
He will do well in that work because he has a lot on the ball.(他会做好这件事,因为他很有一手。)
06月02日:That boy never says uncle.那个孩子从不愿认输。
uncle:服输,认输
例如:Although our class team was being beaten we wouldn't say uncle.(虽然我们的班队要被打败了,但我们不服输。)
I refused to say uncle no matter how they threatened me.(无论他们怎样吓唬我,我都不肯服输。)
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