5.12 Flashcards
massage
Their governments have no reason to “massage” the statistics.
他们的政府没有理由“窜改”这些数据。
drown
Carly drowned her sorrows in vodka cocktails at a South Beach nightclub.
卡莉在一家南海滩夜总会喝伏特加鸡尾酒借以消愁。
remotely
We had never seen anything remotely like it before.
我们以前从未见过同它有丝毫相似的东西。
dip into
Just when she was ready to dip into her savings, Greg hastened to her rescue.
就在她准备动用积蓄时，格雷格赶来救了她的急。
square with
I squared it with Dan, who said it was all right so long as I was back next Monday morning.
我就此事征求过丹的许可，他说只要我能在下周一上午回来就行。
back to square on
If your complaint is not upheld, you may feel you are back to square one.
如果你的投诉没有得到支持，你可能觉得你又得从新开始。
shoulder above
you mean that they are a lot better than them. 远远 (胜过)
例：
The two candidates stood head and shoulders above the rest.
这两名候选人远远胜过其他人。
creak
clank
Such machines first ap- peared in the 1990s and millions now populate roadsides, parks and villages. In Ritan, their creak and clank is audible all day.
groove
His singing grooved us.
他的歌唱使我们非常兴奋
steam
The administration was determined to go full steam ahead with its reform programme.
当局决心全速推进其改革方案。
flake
Sophie turned out to be such a flake. She said she’d meet me here and instead I’m just lying around this hotel room and I’m totally bored.
索菲原来是这么不可靠。她说过要在这里见我，可现在我只能躺在这间旅馆的房间里，感到百无聊赖。
catche
A catch is a hidden problem or difficulty in a plan or an offer that seems surprisingly good. 隐藏的困难; 意料不到的情况
例：
The catch is that you work for your supper, and the food and accommodations can be very basic.
问题在于你工作是为了顿饭，而且吃住条件非常一般。
give precedence to
You give precedence to the use of a thing rather than its source.
the capital’s requirements give precedence to people who have paid 100,000 yuan ($15,500) in tax a year, far more than manual labourers earn.
weep
Cold pipes weep in hot weather.
热天冷管子会滴水。
rebound
B’s approach to debt, however, was radically different than those of similar countries in dreadful economic times; By forcing management and workers to discuss outcomes beneficial to both parties, B disproved the most dire forecasts and rebounded in a striking fashion.
