二十笔实用成语 57

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二十笔实用成语 57

01. at any one time
定义: 每一次, 在任何特定时间. (注: at any one time与at a time或at any given time同义)
例句: Currently, the national electricity suppliers need to know at any one time how much electricity the country needs, and exactly match it. (目前, 全国性电力供应商必须要知道在任何特定时间内国家需要多少电力, 然后准确地满足其需求)

02. at any price
定义: 不惜一切代价地.
例句: Libya's army has been told to restore security at any price and will remain loyal to longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi. (利比亚陆军被训令要不惜一切代价恢复安全, 并维持对长期领导人卡扎菲的忠诚)

03. at any rate
定义: 无论如何, 至少.
例句: At any rate, what matters the most is not how far you can over-clock the CPU, but rather how well it scales and therefore performs once over-clocked. (不管怎样, 最重要的不是你能把中央处理器的时脉速度提升到多高, 而是一旦它被超频后如何稳定地处理不断增加的工作)

04. at any second
定义: 随时, 任何时刻(都会发生).
例句: I have had an average of 5 hours of sleep a day. Try sleeping with an alarm clock that can go off at any second. (我一天平均睡眠五小时. 在闹钟随时可能响起的情况下努力睡眠)

05. at any time
定义: 随时, 任何时刻(都会发生).
例句: Indonesia warned Monday that its most volatile volcano could erupt at any time and started evacuating some of the thousands of villagers. (印尼在星期一发出警告其最不稳定的火山将会随时爆发并开始疏散数千名村民)

06. at bat
定义: 轮到某人上场; [运动术语]轮到某人打击例如棒球及板球.
例句: It's the bottom of the first inning and the home team is at bat. (这时是第一局的下半场, 轮到地主队打击)

07. at bay
定义: 被制止, 被阻挡, 防止接近或受伤害.
例句: The smoke keeps the mosquitoes at bay because they don't like smoke. (烟雾阻止蚊子入侵因为它们不喜欢烟雾)

08. at best
定义: 在最乐观情况下, 在最好的情况下, 充其量地.
例句: The dinner was not at all pleasant. At best the food was not burned. (这个晚餐一点都不愉快. 充其量地说, 食物没烧焦)

09. at bottom
定义: 基本上, 根本上, 事实上.
例句: It is important, therefore, to hold fast to this: that poetry is at bottom a criticism of life; that the greatness of a poet lies in his powerful and beautiful application of ideas to life. (这是重要的, 因此要牢牢记住: 诗词基本上是对生命的批判; 诗人的伟大端赖于他对生命强力并出色的理念运用)

10. at call
定义: 随传即付, 随传即还, 随时待命, 随传随到.
例句: The financial crisis in October 2010, forced Mr. Leland to rely on expensive, alternative funding that was at call. (2010年十月的财务危机迫使李兰德先生依赖昂贵的替代性随传即付的融资)

11. at close quarters
定义: 拥挤地, 近距离地, 短兵相接地.
例句: Tourists not only get to seeing the elephants at close quarters but are also allowed to help bath the elephants if they so chose. (旅客只能在近距离看象群, 但如果他们愿意的话, 也准许他们帮大象洗澡)

12. at close range
定义: 近距离地, 逼近地, 短兵相接地.
例句: If you reproduce the sounds of field mice and other rodents, you'll attract predators at close range. (如果你复制田鼠以及其他啮齿动物的声音, 你将会吸引捕食动物到你的附近)

13. at cross-purposes
定义: 观点分歧地, 彼此不和地, 南辕北辙地.
例句: We'll never succeed together if we continue to work at cross-purposes with each other. (如果我们继续彼此不和地工作下去, 我们将永远不会成功)

14. at crossroads
定义: 居于十字路口, 面临抉择关头.
例句: As the government clears path for embryonic stem-cell research, Catholic healthcare finds itself at crossroads of religion and medicine. (当政府清除了胚胎干细胞研究的障碍, 天主教的医疗保健将会发现自己面临抉择宗教与医疗的窘境)

15. at daggers drawn, be
定义: 剑拔弩张的, 互相敌视的, 一触即发的.
例句: The two countries have several times been at daggers drawn over the future of the island. (这两个国家数次为了这个岛屿的未来曾经剑拔弩张)

16. at death's door, be
定义: 滨临死亡的, 病入膏肓的, 生命垂危的.
例句: The most important thing to understand is that when your are at death's door, and I have been there three times, you can't take any of the material things with you. (你应该了解一件最重要的事, 当你滨临死亡时, 我曾经碰过三次, 你无法带走世间任何的财物)

17. at different times
定义: 不时地, 在不同时间地, 在不同时期地.
例句: Hermaphrodite individuals often produce eggs and sperm at different times, whilst some produce sperm apically and eggs basally. (雌雄同体的海绵个体经常在不同时间排卵和分泌精子, 但也有些个体同时在顶端分泌精子和底端排卵)

18. at each other's throats, be
定义: 相互缠斗, 争吵不休.
例句: The males in the office where I work were always at each other's throats, throwing insults which I have to add were mainly in jest. (办公室里的男性同事总是彼此为敌, 互相辱骂, 但我必须要说这些大部分是玩笑话)

19. at ease
定义: 轻松自在的, 无拘束的; [军事术语]稍息.
例句: The lieutenant said, "At ease, soldier. We're not on duty." (这位中尉说, "稍息, 大兵. 我们现在不是在值勤中")

20. at every chance
定义: 不放过任何一个机会地, 抓住一切机会地.
例句: Your suggestions and invaluable information have helped my child, who has a reading disability. He is now reading at every chance he gets. (你的建议与宝贵的资料已经帮助了我的患有阅读障碍小孩. 他现在一有机会就读书)