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本帖最后由 kantong 于 2013-1-26 00:20 编辑
Review: #24, #21, #18, #2 (thesaurus)
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The flowers gave off a fragrant odor.
花发出一阵幽香。
The air was fragrant with the smell of orange blossoms.
[These are all words for the quality of sth that people and animals can sense through their noses, especially when this is pleasant.]
[smell • scent • aroma • fragrance • whiff]
◇ Apple blossom has a delicate scent.
◇ A satisfying aroma of eggs and bacon came from the kitchen.
◇ This is a light wine with a delicate aroma.
◇ The fragrance of wood smoke drifted through the village.
◇ The air was fragrant with the scents from the sea and the hills.
◇ He caught a whiff of her perfume as she passed.
◇ She can't bear the slightest whiff of tobacco smoke.
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[to have a good smell]
[smell nice/good • fragrant • fresh • aromatic • sweet-smelling • delicate • perfumed ]
▪ The forest was cool and fragrant, and the walk through it calmed my spirits.
▪ Thai basil is fast growing and wonderfully aromatic.
▪ The room was warm, sweet-smelling, and luxurious.
▪ The plant produces tiny, but sweet-smelling white flowers.
▪ This soup has a marvelous, delicate fragrance and a slightly sweet taste.
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Dreams have no terminus.
梦想没有终点.
[These are all words for a place where a train or bus stops or where a journey ends.]
[ station • destination • terminal • stop • bus stop • terminus • depot ]
◇ The island is a popular holiday destination.
◇ When the bus reached the terminus they were waiting to meet us.
◇ The museum is in the old railroad depot building.
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There can't be any real escapist since one cannot escape indefinitely.
没有任何能真正逃避现实的人,因为逃也只能避一时。
[These words all mean to get away from sb who is chasing you or a dangerous situation that threatens you.]
[escape • get away • elude • evade • lose]
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[to escape from somewhere where you are in danger]
[ escape • get out • run away/run off • bolt • run for it/make a run for it • flee • make your escape • take to your heels • break free/break away • bail out]
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Careless drivers cause many irreparable accidents.
粗心的司机会引起许多无法弥补的事故。
Extensive mining will cause irreparable damage to the area.
[ 4 too badly damaged to be repaired
be beyond repair [ verb phrase ] too badly damaged to be repaired - use this about objects, buildings, and vehicles :
▪ Unfortunately, the engine is beyond repair.
be damaged beyond repair
▪ A lot of the furniture had been damaged beyond repair.
irreparable [ adjective ] irreparable damage or harm to objects, buildings, or vehicles cannot be repaired :
▪ The explosion caused irreparable damage to several buildings.
▪ The forest suffered irreparable damage as a result of last year’s fire.]
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The sight inspired him with nostalgia.
这景象激起了他的怀旧之情。
The painting can inspire a pensive mood.
这幅画能引人沉思。
His league inspired my enthusiasm of gamble.
他的传奇经历激起我冒险的热情。
The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
美好的生活由爱激励,有知识引导。
[These words all mean to make sb want to do sth or make sb excited about sth.]
[inspire • motivate • fire sb up • stimulate]
◇ The actors visit schools and hope to inspire the children to put on their own productions.
◇ We created the conditions whereby the child is motivated to speak.
◇ Assessment may also be used to motivate pupils to greater efforts by providing a target to aim for.
◇ They went out to spread their message fired up with enthusiasm.
◇ The conference stimulated him to study the subject in more depth.
◇ Stimulate the patient to activity but don't push him too hard.
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Dark storm clouds loomed on the horizon.
The bleak mountains that loomed out of the blackness and towered around us.
“Stalin looms over the whole human tragedy of 1930-1933”(Robert Conquest)
“斯大林赫然耸现在1930—1933年整个人类的悲剧中”(罗伯特·康奎斯特)
Revolution loomed but the aristocrats paid no heed.
革命已迫在眉睫,但贵族们并未加以注意
[These words all mean to start to be seen in a place:
appear • emerge • show • loom • pop • manifest itself • form • come out • come into view/come into sight • issue • materialize]
loom [intransitive verb] if a problem or difficulty looms, it is likely to happen soon:
▪ As the day of my interview loomed, I became increasingly nervous.
▪ With the prospect of bankruptcy looming, life is getting tough for small businesses.
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He has a loose life.
他过着放纵的生活。
He always loose himself during weekdays.
他经常在工作日也放纵自己
Loose make someone lazy
His logic is too loose to make much sense.
I was able to loose one clumsy volley with my rifle, but the cat held his ground. He growled once again, this time louder than the first, and vanished.
我笨拙的开了枪,但是那头豹子丝毫未动。他又咆哮了一声,比第一次的声音更大,然后就消失了。
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[not exact:
rough • approximate • vague • hazy • loose ]
▪ I’ve got a rough estimate here of what it might cost.
▪ She had a rough idea of where Harry lived, but she didn’t know the exact street.
▪ Please state on the form the approximate value of all your household goods.
▪ The doctor’s vague explanations only increased Clara’s fears.
▪ I’ve only got a vague idea of what he wants for this project.
▪ Officials were vague about the number of weapons that were uncovered.
▪ She had a hazy recollection of being carried out of the room.
▪ The details are still a little hazy.
▪ This is only a loose translation of the original paper.
▪ A looser interpretation of the law would lead to more convictions.
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“Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal” (Samuel Johnson).
“当自愿的时候愚昧就是犯罪” (塞缪尔·约翰逊)。
Placement in the Academy is voluntary.
加入学会是自愿的。
Any charity which is blind to the principle of voluntary will collapse some day.
任何慈善事业如果忽略了自愿的这个原则都将轰然倒塌
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We should adhere to our parent's suggestion sometimes.
我们有时应该顺着我们父母的意见
To adhere to life, he must adhere to human relationships, and he caught at every straw.
要顽强地活下去,他必须保持人与人之间的各种关系,因此他争抢着每一根救命稻草。
You are a person characterized with rigidly adhere to form.
你是个拘泥于形式的人。
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Fortune is mysterious.
命运是神秘莫测
He died in mysterious circumstances.
他死得蹊跷。
They can be friendly and affectionate towards humans, but they lead mysterious lives of their own as well.
它们可以对人友好,充满柔情。但是,它们又有自己神秘的生活方式。
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This is a threshold for me to become sophisticated.
这是我变老练的一个开端。
He had never crossed the threshold of a bar before.
他过去从未进过酒吧的门。
Diploma is a threshold for an occupation.
文凭是应聘的门槛
The most difficult mountain to cross is the threshold.
最难越过的山是门槛。(万事开头难。)
Scientists are now on the threshold of an important discovery.
科学家们很快就要有一项重大发现
She felt as though she was on the threshold of a new life.
她觉得好像就要开始新生活了。
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Honor is outweigh money.
The healthy outweigh the everything. Health outweigh anything else.
The experience you got from the issue far outweigh the issue itself.
从这件事得到的经验远比事件本身有价值。
Though life's goodness can at times be overshadowed, it is never outweighed.
尽管生命的美好有时被蒙上阴影,但它却永远不会被埋没。
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