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Wiper

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noun 1. a mechanical device that cleans the windshield synonym: windshield wiper; windscreen wiper; wiper blade; 2. contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet

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Deficit

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赤字;不足额( deficit的名词复数 );亏空;亏损

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Be presented with

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介绍 Once you have selected this, you will be presented with the model details dialog. 一旦您进行了选择,您将看到模型细节对话框。 www.ibm.com 2. It also must be presented with a white background and have the possibility of altering the size. 它也必须看到一个白色的背景,也有改变的可能性的大小。

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Stockbroker

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-ˌbrō-kər\ noun : someone whose job is to buy and sell shares of stock for other people

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Hang out

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verb 1. spend time in a certain location or with certain people She hangs out at the corner cafe

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Hang on to sth.

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hang本意是悬挂,就好比把自己挂在某物上,紧紧抓住不放。hang on to 就是这个意思

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Pull off sth

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Be successful It will be a very very fine piece of mountaineering if they pulled it off.

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I swear I will fill your spot. I promise

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如果你不把我这机会我马上给别人

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Back out

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不遵守诺言合约等,打退堂鼓 Madonna backed out of the project after much wrangling

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Intern

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实习生

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Brokerage

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经纪公司,经济行

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Get by

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通过,设法,继续存在,过得去 I am a survivor ,I’ll get by. Melville managed to get by on a small amount of money.

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excel at

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英 [ikˈsel æt] 美 [ɪkˈsɛl æt]

be good at

Good at - average, not great but not bad.

Excel at/in - very good at.

Adept at - usually involves a physical rather than a mental skill such as throwing a ball, hammering nails, or driving a car. Applies to “fine motor control” such as sewing rather than “gross motor control” such as running.

Excel at - more with sports and gross motor control, such as basketball or hockey.

Excel in - more with mental things, like playing chess.

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happiness

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answer

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deck

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/dek/

a structure of planks or p;ates, approximately horizontal, extending across a ship or boat at any of various levels, especially one of those at the highest level and open to the weather: he stood on the deck of his flagship

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spring

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past: sprang/spraNG

past participle sprung

1\ no object, with adverbial of direction

move or jump suddenly or rapidly upward or forward

they sprang to her defense

Buck sprang to punish him.

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leap

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/lep

jump or spring a long way, to a great height, or with great force: I leaped across the threshold

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knock sb off (his/her) feet

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把。。。。撞倒

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virtue

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noun.

1 behavior showing high moral standards:

  • a quality considered morally good or desirable in a person: patience is a virtue
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by (or in) virtue of

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because or as a result

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close in (on)

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come nearer to someone being pursued: the police were closing in on them

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primitive 美 [ˈprɪmɪtɪv]

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When we talk about “primitive man”, we’re usually talking about cavemen and other people who existed before the advent of table manners, but if your uncle speaks grunts and chews with his mouth open, you could describe him as primitive too.

Primitive is related to the word prime, and the root of both words is primus, which is Latin for “first.” Since the phrase “primitive man” refers to the world’s first people, you might think that the word primate has something to do with the similarity between early humans and monkeys, but it doesn’t. Monkey, apes, and humans are called primates because they’re seen as standing on the first, or highest, rung of the animal-kingdom ladder.

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instinct

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head for

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英 [hed fɔ:] 美 [hɛd fɔr]
走向;朝…进发;<非正>引向好[坏]结果;奔

With another day’s work in the can, Philip is happy to leave the open countryside and headfor his London flat.

又干完了一天的活,菲利普满心愉悦地离开了广袤的乡村,前往自己位于伦敦的公寓。

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at times

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英 [æt taɪmz] 美 [æt taɪmz]
有时;有时,间或

You helped me to hold on at times when I didn’t think I could even go on trying.

在我认为自己甚至无法继续尝试的时候,你帮我坚持了下来。

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in chaos

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混乱;纷乱

he collapse of the government left the country in chaos.

政府的垮台使国家陷入一片混乱。

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turn off

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(把…)关掉;完成;解雇;转向

PHRASAL VERB 驶离,离开(…路);转弯;拐入旁路 If you turn off the road or path you are going along, you start going along a different road or path which leads away from it.

The truck turned off the main road along the gravelly track which led to the farm…

卡车驶离大路,沿着通向农场的碎石小道行进。

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shoulder by shoulder

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en you can go hand in hand, please do not just shoulder by shoulder.

能牵手的时候,请别只是肩并肩;

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But the opportunity did not present itself, and they pulled into Dawson one rainy afternoon with the great fight still to come.

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「But the opportunity did not present itself」:opportunity,这是指前文中提到的“Buck和Spitz的一次生死较量”; present oneself,表示“到来”,这句话的意思是“但这样的机会没有到来”。
后半句中的「pull into」表示“到站”,这里理解为“他们抵达道森”;with the great fight still to come是对they(两只狗子)的补充说明,说明“Buck和Spitz的大战尚未爆发(still to come)”。
整句话的意思是“然而这样的机会并没有来临。一个阴沉沉的下午,他们到了道森,那场大战的爆发尚待时日。”

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But the opportunity did not present itself, and they pulled into Dawson one rainy afternoon with the great fight still to come.

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But the opportunity did not present itself」:opportunity,这是指前文中提到的“Buck和Spitz的一次生死较量”; present oneself,表示“到来”,这句话的意思是“但这样的机会没有到来”。
后半句中的「pull into」表示“到站”,这里理解为“他们抵达道森”;with the great fight still to come是对they(两只狗子)的补充说明,说明“Buck和Spitz的大战尚未爆发(still to come)”。
整句话的意思是“然而这样的机会并没有来临。一个阴沉沉的下午,他们到了道森,那场大战的爆发尚待时日

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splendid

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Looking truly magnificent today? Then someone (probably British) might stop you to say “Wow! You look splendid, darling!” Thanks the person, because splendid means glorious, fabulous, wonderful, and/or splendiferous

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This ecstasy, this forgetfulness of living, comes to the artist, caught up and out of himself in a sheet of flaming color.

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「caught up and out of himself in a sheet of flaming color」是对artist的补充说明,「caught up in/ out of himself in」都表示“被沉浸于”;「a sheet of flaming color」字面意思是“燃烧的颜色”,不过燃烧的颜色当然是火红的烈火啦,这里用来表示艺术家火一般的的创作热情~所以这句话的意思是“(艺术家)沉浸于烈火

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He never rushed until he was prepared to receive a rush; never attacked until he had first defended the other’s attack.

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「He never rushed until he was prepared to receive a rush」:he指Spitz,「be prepared to」,准备好;这句话的意思是“Spitz不会向前冲(rushed),除非他准备好了承受对方的猛烈冲击(rush)”。
「never attacked until he had first defended the other’s attack」:「had defended」,完成抵抗,这句话的意思是“他不会进攻(attacked),直到他抵御了一次对方的进攻(attack)。”

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find sb. doing sth

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发现某人正在做某事

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apply oneself to sth.

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致力于 专注于

It is difficult to apply oneself to a boring task.

devote oneself to

concentrate on

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within one’s grasp

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在。。。掌控中

Air travel is finally within my grasp

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lead sb. on to

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persuade someone to believe something that is untrue 误导、蒙骗

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owe … to….

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把。。归功于

I owe my secess to my education

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My limbs now tremble, and my eyes swim with the memory; but then an irresistible and almost wild desire urged me forward; I seemed to have lost all soul jor feeling except for this one pursuit.

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If your head swims, you start to feel confused or that everything is spinning around 发晕,眩晕

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bring sth. to a conclusion

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使。。终止, 使。。接近尾声

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nothing is more…than

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没有比什么。。。更

Nothing is more important than to receive education

Nothing is more painful to the human mind than the dead calm that follows a quick series of terrible event

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Sleep fled from my eyes, I wandered like an evil spirit , for I had done deeds horrible beyond description, and more, much more (I jpersuaded myself ) was yet to come.

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….更多更可怕的事情还在后面

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I heard the sound of the river raging among the rocks, and the splashing of the waterfalls. All these spoke of a power mighty as Omnipotence. I ceased to fear, or to bend before, any other being than the almighty power which had created and ruled the elements, here displayed in their most awe-inspiring form.

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