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snare 1.N-COUNT陷阱;圈套If you describe a situation as a snare, you mean that it is a trap from which it is difficult to escape. 例:Worldly success could prove a snare unless used for the good of others. 若不用于为他人谋福祉,俗世的成功到头来不过是个枷锁而已。 2、VERB诱…入圈套;诱惑If someone is snared, they are caught in a trap. 例:A motorcyclist was seriously injured when she was snared by a rope stretched across the road. 一个骑摩托的女子被横扯在马路上的一根绳子给绊倒了,伤势严重。 |
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vindictive 1.ADJ-GRADED想复仇的;报复性的;怀恨在心的If you say that someone is vindictive, you are critical of them because they deliberately try to upset or cause trouble for someone who they think has done them harm. 例:...a vindictive woman desperate for revenge against the man who loved and left her. 不顾一切企图报复那个对自己始乱终弃的男人的女子 |
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tunnel 1、N-COUNT隧道;地道A tunnel is a long passage which has been made under the ground, usually through a hill or under the sea. 例: ...two new railway tunnels through the Alps. 穿过阿尔卑斯山的两条新的铁路隧道 2、VERB挖隧道;挖地道To tunnel somewhere means to make a tunnel there 例:The rebels tunnelled out of a maximum security jail... 叛乱者挖地道逃离了戒备最为森严的监狱。 |
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stare 1、VERB凝视;盯着看If you stare at someone or something, you look at them for a long time. 例:Tamara stared at him in disbelief, shaking her head... 塔玛拉一边狐疑地盯着他看,一边摇着头。 2、PHRASE(局势、解决办法等)非常明显的,明摆在眼前If a situation or the answer to a problem is staring you in the face, it is very obvious, although you may not be immediately aware of it. 例:Then the answer hit me. It had been staring me in the face ever since Lullington. 接着我突然想到了答案。从在路林顿起它就一直摆在我的眼前。 |
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slave 1.N-COUNT奴隶A slave is someone who is the property of another person and has to work for that person. 例:The state of Liberia was formed a century and a half ago by freed slaves from the United States. 150年前,从美国获得了自由归来的奴隶建立了利比里亚。 2、VERB辛苦地工作;卖命地干If you say that a person is slaving over something or is slaving for someone, you mean that they are working very hard. 例:When you're busy all day the last thing you want to do is spend hours slaving over a hot stove. 辛苦了一整天之后,最不愿意做的事情就是在热烘烘的炉子前再忙活上好几个钟头。 |