bring sb down:令某人掃興
bing的兩個短語:
bring down
(1) 擊落或打落(飛機、飛鳥等)。如:We managed to bring down three of the enemy planes. 我們設法擊落了三架敵機。注:有時也表示:使落下。如:The pilot brought his crippled plane down in a field. 飛行員把失靈的飛機降落在田野里。
(2) 打死或打傷(野獸、動物等)(。如:He aimed, fired and brought down the antelope. 他瞄準羚羊射擊,把它打倒了。
(3) 使倒下,推翻。如:The wind brought down a number of trees. 大風吹倒了一些樹。
The scandal may bring down the government. 這一丑聞有可能使政府垮臺。
(4) 降低(溫度、價格、費用等)。如:The government tried to bring down the price. 政府設法降低價格。
bring up
(1) 提出,提起。如:Why brought that up again? 又提它干嗎? In the course of study they brought up many questions. 在學習過程中他們提出了許多問題。
(2) 撫養,培養。如:He was brought up in the country. 他在農村長大。She brought up five children. 他撫養了五個孩子。
(3) 嘔吐。如:He was so ill that he brought up everything. 他病得很重,什么都吐了出來。
yell: 大叫
fatfree:脫脂
leap off: 跳下去
run up: 跑上去
bonehead: 笨蛋
mediterranean:地中海(的)
curiously: 好奇地
intelligent: 聰明的,智能的
Though very intelligent, she is nevertheless rather modest.
她很聰明,倒也很謙虛。
Maybe the earth has been visited by intelligent creatures from outer space.
也許太空的智慧生物已經訪問過地球。
stunning: 極漂亮的
stagger: 蹣跚,躊躇
She staggered and fell.
她踉蹌了幾步,跌倒在地。
The drunk man staggered across the room.
那個醉漢搖搖晃晃地穿過房間。
nuts:熱中的,發狂的,瘋的
grab:抓取,搶去
binocular: 雙目望遠鏡
spy on: 暗中監視,窺探
campaign: 參加活動,參加競選
The campaign was a blockbuster.
這次競選運動聲勢浩大。
He announced that he would campaign for the senate.
他宣布他將參加議員競選。
【語法用法】
compaign表示活動的意思,特指政治或商業性的活動,或者競選活動。
錯句舉例與錯句分析:
錯句: Both Windsor Castle and the Tower of London were part of William 's campaign to establish himself as the undisputed King of England.
訂正: Both Windsor Castle and the Tower of London were constructed as part of William 's campaign to establish himself as the undisputed King of England.
翻譯: 建造溫莎堡和倫敦塔都曾是威廉活動的一部分目的使競選成為英格蘭無可爭議的國王。
分析: campaign建筑城堡可以是威廉活動的一部分, 但建筑物本身不是。
cute: a.可愛的,聰明的,俐伶的
butt: 屁股
definitely: 絕對,當然