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striking 1.ADJ-GRADED引人注目的;异乎寻常的;显著的Something that is striking is very noticeable or unusual. 例:The most striking feature of those statistics is the high proportion of suicides... 那些统计数据最引人注目之处是其极高的自杀率。 2、ADJ-GRADED妩媚动人的;标致的;俊秀的Someone who is striking is very attractive, in a noticeable way. 例:She was a striking woman with long blonde hair. 她是个留着金色长发的俏女郎。 |
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slimming 1.ADJ-GRADED苗条的;纤细的;修长的A slim person has an attractively thin and well-shaped body 例:The young woman was tall and slim... 那个年轻的女子身材苗条修长。 2、VERB(通过节食)减肥,变苗条If you are slimming, you are trying to make yourself thinner and lighter by eating less food 例:Some people will gain weight, no matter how hard they try to slim... 有些人无论多么努力地减肥,都会长肉。 |
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shoelace 1.ADJ-GRADED合适的;适宜的;适当的Someone or something that is suitable for a particular purpose or occasion is right or acceptable for it 例:She had no other dress suitable for the occasion... 她没有其他适合这种场合穿的套裙。 2、n 例: His suitability for the post is open to question. 对这一职位他是否适宜很成问题。 |
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discount 1、N-COUNT减价;折扣A discount is a reduction in the usual price of something. 例: Full-time staff get a 20 per cent discount. 全职员工享受 20% 的折扣。 2、VERB给…打折;打折出售If a shop or company discounts an amount or percentage from something that they are selling, they take the amount or percentage off the usual price. 例:This has forced airlines to discount fares heavily in order to spur demand... 这迫使航空公司对机票大幅打折来刺激需求。 |
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squeeze 1、VERB(通常指用手)挤压,捏If you squeeze something, you press it firmly, usually with your hands. 例:Dip the bread briefly in water, then squeeze it dry. 将面包在水里快速蘸一下,然后将它挤干。 2、N-SING拥挤If you say that getting a number of people into a small space is a squeeze, you mean that it is only just possible for them all to get into it. 例:It was a squeeze in the car with five of them... 车里坐了他们 5 个人,很拥挤。 |