She is trying to slim. 她正设法减肥。 slim可作动词也可作形容词,形容词时表示苗条的;动词时表示变苗条,减肥。 Every girl wants to be slim 每个女孩都想身材苗条。 有时也听到在slim后面加down,意思都...
He was so busy that he neglected his health. 他太忙而忽视了自己的健康。 neglect表示忽视,疏忽。 neglect one's duty失职。 The child got sick because he was neglected at home. 这孩子因在家中被疏忽照顾而得病了。...
The nurse is attending to a sick man. 这护士正在照料一个病人。 attend单独使用时表示出席,参加。但attend to则表示照料,看管。attend to也可指注意,如: You should attend to your studies. 你该专注一下你的...
The police are making little headway in the investigation. 警方在调查方面没什么进展。 headway是个不可数名词,表示进展,和progress的意思差不多。 make headway是指取得进展,可在headway前加上不同的形容词来...
He could not come up with a proper answer. 他想不出一个合适的回答。 come up with指赶上,但这里指(针对某问题)想出。 Mum always comes up with great ways to celebrate our birthdays. 妈妈总是想出好的办法来为我们...
He is an industrious student. 他是个勤勉的学生。 industrious指勤劳的,勤勉的,和hard-working的意思一样,上句也可说成: He is a hard-working student....
Teenagers tend to take what they own for granted. 青少年常常把他们拥有的东西看作是理所当然。 take something for granted指把东西看作理所当然,不懂珍惜。而take someone for granted就是指把别人的付出看作是理...
It has snow for four straight days. 已连续下了四天雪了。 straight有直的意思,也可表示连续的,无间断的。 He failed the college entrance examinations for four straight years. 他连续四年高考落榜。...
Our class is full of gifted students. 我们班人才济济。 当中的gifted是从gift天资这个单词过来的,gifted是个形容词,表示有天资的。 He is a gifted musician. 他是个有天资的音乐家。...
Being an English teacher is my destiny. 命中注定我是做一个英语教师。 destiny指命运的意思,相当于lot。 It was her lot to suffer through life. 她命该一辈子受苦。...