The Professor was beginning to get on Molly's wick.教授快要把莫莉惹毛了。She's always talking about herself — she gets on my wick.她总是在谈论自己,这真让我恼火.It's very hard to turn the wick up and down.这灯芯很难旋上旋下....
He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事,只当它是一种宣传手法.It is just a public relations gimmick.这只不过是一种公关伎俩。The basic gimmick was the distinguishing of one bank from the others.基本决窍是区分某一银行与其它银行的标志....