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sway v. 1. When people or things sway, they lean or swing slowly from one side to the other. 表示缓慢的从一边晃到另外一边。 The people swayed back and forth with arms linked... 2. If you are swayed by someone or something, you are influenced by them. 表示被别人或者物影响。 Don't ever be swayed by fashion. 3. If you are under the sway of someone or something, they have great influence over you. 表示受到某人或者某物极大的影响 How mothers keep daughters under their sway is the subject of the next five sections. |
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admonish n. 1.An attendant is someone whose job is to serve or help people in a place such as a petrol station, a car park, or a cloakroom. 表示工作是在加油站等地帮助别人的人。 Tony Williams was working as a car-park attendant in Los Angeles. |
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frightful adj. 1. Frightful means very bad or unpleasant. (OLD-FASHIONED) 【旧式】非常糟糕的,令人不愉快的 My father was unable to talk about the war, it was so frightful. = terrible 2. Frightful is used to emphasize the extent or degree of something, usually something bad. (INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED) 【非正式,旧式】表示非常不好的 He got himself into a frightful muddle... = dreadful |