ADAM单词表0324
(prepared by: alexcwlin; edited by: Adam Lam) (某些措辞可能不雅或冒犯，请读者原谅和自行选择) 【学习步骤: (1) 英文单词在紧接片语什么意思? (2) 从中文句子塑造语境, 用英文表达并背熟英文句子; (3) 反复温习】 steaming mad (wife was steaming mad at her husband) (adj. ph.) 呼呼生气(妻子对丈夫呼呼生气)
妻子对丈夫呼呼生气因为他秘密有恋情
The wife was steaming mad at her husband for having an affAIr on the side. take it or leave it (ten bucks is all I have; take it or leave it) (ph.) 要么拿去不然放弃(我只有10块钱要么拿去不然放弃)
他对他的弟弟说: “我只有10块钱, 要么拿去不然放弃.”
He said to his brother: “Ten bucks is all I have. Take it or leave it.” sign up (sign up for an all-expense-paid trip to Vegas) (ph. v.) 报名参加(报名参加一个费用全免的拉斯维加斯之旅)
符合条件的个人必须在本周末之前报名参加一个费用全免的拉斯维加斯之旅
Eligible individuals have until this weekend to sign up for an all-expense-paid trip to Vegas. written in the stars (everything that happens to me is written in the stars) (ph.) 命中注定(发生在我身上的每一件事都是命中注定)
他说: “发生在我身上的每一件事都是命中注定.”
He said: “Everything that happens to me is written in the stars.” on top (has good looks with lots of money on top) (adv. ph.) 此外(长得很帅此外有很多钱)
他长得很帅，此外有很多钱.
He has good looks with lots of money on top. alarm (nothing to be alarmed about) (v.) 担心(没有什么值得担心的)
经理对他的员工说:“我们公司财务稳定，没有什么值得担心的。”
The manager said to his staff, “Our company is financially stable, and there’s nothing to be alarmed about.” glow (company spoke in glowing terms of her work ethic) (v.) 热烈地(公司热烈地谈及她的职业道德)
那公司赞赏她的拚劲, 职业道德, 和可靠
The company spoke in glowing terms of her intensity, work ethic, and dependability. scoop (Prince Charming scoops her off her feet) (v.) 捞起(白马王子把她从地上捞起)
这个四十岁的老处女还在等她理想先生把她从地上捞起骑着一匹白色的骏马带走向永恒的幸福
At the age of forty, this spinster is still waiting for her Mr. Right to scoop her off her feet and carry her away on a white steed to eternal happiness. outrageously (bid an outrageously high price) (adv.) 不合理地(出价是不合理地高价钱)
在拍卖的激烈兴奋中那亿万富翁失去控制对那一块土地出价是不合理地高价钱
In the heat of the moment of the auction, the billionaire lost his head and bid an outrageously high price for the parcel of land. batting average (high batting average) (n. ph.) 成绩率(高成绩率)
他说: “聘请员工决定不应该是听由侥幸, 我们有超卓高成功成绩率的人力资源专家可以协助.”
He said: “Hiring decisions shouldn’t be left to chance, and our Human Resources specialists with a remarkably high batting average [note: “batting average” is baseball slang] of success can help.”
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