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comment v. 1. If you comment on something, you give your opinion about it or you give an explanation for it. 指表达自己的观点或者对某事提供解释 Stratford police refuse to comment on whether anyone has been arrested... n. 2. A comment is something that you say which expresses your opinion of something or which gives an explanation of it. 评论 注释 He made his comments at a news conference in Amsterdam... 3. If an event or situation is a comment on something, it reveals something about that thing, usually something bad. 某个事件A是a comment on 某事B,指A揭示了一些关于B的事情,通常是不好的 He argues that family problems are typically a comment on some unresolved issues in the family. 4. People say `no comment' as a way of refusing to answer a question, usually when it is asked by a journalist. 无可奉告,在被记者提问的时候拒绝回答问题的方式。 No comment. I don't know anything. |
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survive v. 1.If a person or living thing survives in a dangerous situation such as an accident or an illness, they do not die. 在危险的状况下活了下来 幸存 ...the sequence of events that left the eight pupils battling to survive in icy seas for over four hours... 2. If you survive in difficult circumstances, you manage to live or continue in spite of them and do not let them affect you very much. survive in difficult circumstances指在困难的情况下继续生存并且减少外界环境的影响 ...people who are struggling to survive without jobs... 3. If something survives, it continues to exist even after being in a dangerous situation or existing for a long time. survive的主语是物的时候,可以表示该物在危险的状况下持续存在了很长的时间 When the market economy is introduced, many factories will not survive... |
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irony 1. Irony is a subtle form of humour which involves saying things that you do not mean. irony 可以表示带有幽默的讽刺 Sinclair examined the closed, clever face for any hint of irony, but found none. 2. If you talk about the irony of a situation, you mean that it is odd or amusing because it involves a contrast. irony可以表示因为有法查而显得情形怪异 The irony is that many officials in Washington agree in private that their policy is inconsistent... |
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pretence 1. A pretence is an action or way of behaving that is intended to make people believe something that is not true. pretence指让别人相信一些不是事实的事的行为 Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad... 2.If you do something under false pretences, you do it when people do not know the truth about you and your intentions. do something under false pretences指你做某事的时候别人不知道你的目的或者事实。 I could not go on living with a man who had married me under false pretences... |
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blame v. 1.If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it. blame 某人或者某物,表示你相信它们对某事负有责任。 The commission is expected to blame the army for many of the atrocities... 2. If you say that you do not blame someone for doing something, you mean that you consider it was a reasonable thing to do in the circumstances. do not blame someone for doing something 表示你认为造成这个结果的责任在环境而不在于人。 I do not blame them for trying to make some money... 3. If someone is to blame for something bad that has happened, they are responsible for causing it. someone is to blame表示某人对这件事的发生有责任。 If their forces were not involved, then who is to blame?... |
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inspirational Something that is inspirational provides you with inspiration. inspirational指能够给人热情 启发的东西 Gandhi was an inspirational figure... |