用来喻指生活中的激烈斗争的一场足球比赛a game of football used as a metaphor for the competitive struggle of life明喻通常以 like 或as开头.Similes usually start with " like " or " as ".[喻]舆论的倾向对他有利.The tide has set in his favour....
Hassles with your boss are sure erupt if you speak your mind.要是说出你的想法,一定会和老板发生争执.He avers that chaos will erupt if he loses...他断言，如果他失败将会爆发动乱。Then when fighting did erupt, he took us half seriously , half sceptically.仗打起...
回想起来，他们似乎很可能疏忽了。Retrospectively, it seems as if they probably were negligent.某厂家由于疏忽，制造并销售了一款刹车系统存在缺陷的汽车。A manufacturer negligently made and marketed a car with defective brakes.人无完人，谁都难保不偶尔疏忽一次。Nobody is perfect, and ev...
leavened bread膨松的面包He leavened his speech with humor.他在演说中掺了一点幽默.His mood of deep pessimism cannot have been leavened by his mode of transport—a black cab...他极度悲观沮丧，而他的代步工具——一辆黑色的出租车，丝毫不能舒缓这一情绪。A small cake of shortened ...