(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
(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) 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.
hundreds of
📢 UK📢 US
好几百,许许多多;
vt.不喜欢;厌恶; n.厌憎;讨厌;
n.行动,活动;功能,作用;手段;[法]诉讼;
n.大陆,陆地;欧洲大陆;<美>北美洲大陆; adj.自制的,克制的;节欲的;贞洁的;禁欲的;
(1) a sudden change (2) Don't make any sudden movements. (3) His death was very sudden.
sudden [ˈsʌdn] 📢 UK📢 US
前进,进步;向上;
n.投币式公用电话;
n.外向;性格外向的人;<口>活跃、愉快、爱交际的人;
adj.突然的,未预见到的;急躁的,仓促的;快的,迅速的;急剧;
(1) to fly at the speed of sound (2) A stork flew slowly past. (3) A wasp had flown in through the window.
(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) 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.
thousands of
📢 UK📢 US
adj.诚实的;坦诚的;老实的;辛勤挣得的;
n.旅行支票;旅行信用卡;(常)出远门的人;巡回推销员;
数千的;
adj.有关系的;叙述的; vt.叙述(relate过去式和过去分词);
(1) a broken window/plate (2) a broken leg/arm (3) pieces of broken glass
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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) 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) 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.
abroad [əˈbrɔ:d] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.鼓励,鼓舞;支持;促进;鼓动;
adj.困难的;难做的;难解的;不易相处的;
adv.到国外,在海外;广为流传地; adj.往国外的; n.海外,异国;
n.人口;全体居民;特定[生物]种群;[物]布居;
(1) the legal profession/system (2) to take/seek legal advice (3) a legal adviser
(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
📢 UK📢 US
去看电影;
n.名气,名声;好名声;信誉,声望;荣誉,名望;
vt.想,设想;想像;料想,猜想;误认为; vi.想象;猜想,推测;
堕落;迷路;被遗失;走上邪路;
(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) 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.