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understatement
保守的說法；不充分的敘述
To say we were pleased is an understatement (= we were extremely pleased).
只說我們高興真是輕描淡寫。
'These figures are a bit disappointing.' 'That's got to be the understatement of the year.'
"這些數字有點令人失望。" "那一定是本年度最保守的說法了。"
stray
迷路；偏離；走失
He strayed into the path of an oncoming car.
他偏到了一輛迎面駛來的汽車的行車路線上。
Her eyes kept straying over to the clock on the wall.
她的目光不時瞟向墻上的鐘。
wake sb up
to stop sleeping; to make sb stop sleeping
醒；醒來；喚醒；弄醒
What time do you usually wake up in the morning?
通常你早晨幾點鐘醒？
I always wake early in the summer.
我夏天總是醒得早。
shoot
劇痛跳竄
a shooting pain in the back
背部的一陣劇痛
The pain shot up her arm.
疼痛順著她的胳膊竄了上來。
