(1) imports of cheap food from abroad (2) He was famous, both at home and abroad (= in his own country and in other countries) . (3) There was news abroad that a change was coming.
(1) And the teddy bear you gave me that I held so tight. (2) He lost his job as a result of the dispute. (3) He was made king as a result of various intrigues.
(1) Beside me were dozens of sandwiches and a box of candy. (2) Sarah is never lonely because she has dozens of friends. (3) Windows from dozens of nearby buildings were also and shards of glass littered the area.
dozens of
📢 UK📢 US
做体操,做健身活动;锻炼;
n.仁慈;善举;捐赠;<史>恩税(旧时英王向民间征收的一种税金);
n.驾驶员,司机;驱动器,驱动程序;驱逐者,驱赶者;(高尔夫球)球棒;
很多;
(1) ‘Listen! ’ said Doyle suddenly. (2) I suddenly realized what I had to do. (3) It all happened so suddenly.
(1) to waste time/food/energy (2) Why waste money on clothes you don't need? (3) She wasted no time in rejecting the offer (= she rejected it immediately) .
(1) She looked over her shoulder to be sure of her footing. (2) He likes to be sure of his bodily comforts. (3) A lot of people think that it's better to pay for their education so that they can be sure of getting quality.
be sure of [bi: ʃuə ɔv] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.包括;包含;计入;包住;
尊重;重视;看得起;钦佩;
n.潮汐;潮流,趋势;时机;时期,季节; vt.顺应潮水航行;使随潮水漂行;
确信;
(1) social issues/problems/reforms (2) a call for social and economic change (3) social class/background
(1) I met Wilma once, briefly... (2) Since that evening I haven't once slept through the night... (3) Lung cells die and are replaced about once a week...
(1) Students often travel hundreds of miles to get here. (2) hundreds of tightly rolled newspapers were set aflame among the 50,000 crowd. (3) Their soldiers had to retreat ignominiously after losing hundreds of lives.
(1) Wind gusts at 80 m.p.h. were clocked at Rapid City. (2) The police clocked her doing over 100 miles an hour. (3) a used car with 20 000 miles on the clock
clock [klɔk] 📢 UK📢 US
寻找(某人或某物);<口>找(麻烦);找(苦头)吃;希望得到;
n.钟,时钟;计时器;秒表;仪表; vt.记录(时间或速度);测…的速度; vi.打卡;记下时间;
adv.到国外,在海外;广为流传地; adj.往国外的; n.海外,异国;
vi.下蒙蒙细雨,下毛毛雨; n.蒙蒙细雨,毛毛雨;
(1) the ebb and flow of the tide (2) The tide is in/out . (3) Is the tide coming in or going out?
(1) I waited a long time for him to return. (2) She's returning to Australia tomorrow after six months in Europe. (3) I returned from work to find the house empty.
(1) The Democrats will probably lose control of Congress. (2) A military junta took control of the country . (3) The city is in the control of enemy forces.
(1) ‘Is that John over there? ’ ‘ I'm not sure . ’ (2) You don't sound very sure. (3) I'm pretty sure (that) he'll agree.
sure [ʃuə] 📢 UK📢 US
adv.两次;两倍;兼;
adj.确信的,确实的;有把握的;无疑的;一定的; adv.当然;确实地;无疑地;
n.招待,邀请;请柬,请帖;引诱,吸引,诱惑;
vi.叹气;悲叹,悲鸣; vt.叹气地说; n.叹气,叹气声;
(1) She died as a result of her injuries. (2) The failure of the company was a direct result of bad management. (3) He made one big mistake, and, as a result, lost his job.
(1) They seemed determined to turn the clock back to the days of the cold war. (2) You can never turn the clock back. (3) In symbol, God would turn the clock back for Hezekiah and give him extension of life.
(1) I must have driven past that place thousands of times. (2) There are thousands of students absolutely gagging to come to this university. (3) thousands of refugees are packed into over-crowded towns and villages.
(1) You can go to a movie theater in Amsterdam and buy a beer. (2) Would you like to go to a movie with me tonight? (3) When do I get to go to a movie?
go to a movie
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当然,自然;敢情;自是;理当;
去看电影;
最后,结果;竟;卒;终;
解决;将(某物)处理掉;驳倒;将(某物)吃光喝完;
(1) Office material worth hundreds of thousands of pounds was smashed up. (2) hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to mark the occasion. (3) It takes hundreds of thousands of dollars to get into the franchised pizza business.
hundreds of thousands of
📢 UK📢 US
接近,靠近;濒临;切;亲;
几十万,无数;
n.绘画;油画;上色,着色;颜料,油漆; v.绘画( paint的现在分词);涂色于;
vt.& vi.懂,理解; vt.了解;默认;听说;领会;
(1) For amusement, we go to the movies once a week. (2) Let's call it a day and go to the movies. (3) Let's go to the movies.
go to the movies [ɡəu tu: ðə ˈmu:vɪz] 📢 UK📢 US
n.电影院;
去看电影;
n.(事情的)处置;(自由)处置权;清理;排列; adj.处理(或置放)废品的;
n.本质,实质;精华,精髓;香精;
(1) To be close to your friend, but closer to your enemy. (2) She feels good to be close to the nature. (3) Everyone wants to be close to her.