二十笔实用成语 190

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二十笔实用成语 190

01. cash-and-carry
定义: [形容词] 现购自运的, 现金购买并自行带走货品. (注: 通常商家不负责送货)
例句: We were able to get a good price on a sofa in a cash-and-carry deal at the furniture store. (我们能够在这个家具店的一个现购自运的廉售里找到一个沙发的好价钱)

02. cashier's check, a
定义: 银行本票. (注: 在美国, 如果客户没有信用卡或银行帐户将会被要求以银行本票付款)
例句: A Pompano Beach attorney opened a UPS package at his law office last month and out popped a cashier's check for $890,000. (上个月, 一个庞潘诺比奇市律师在他的办公室里打开了一个联合包裹服务送来的包裹, 里面突然出现一张八十九万元的银行本票)

03. cast a cloud over, to
定义: 蒙上阴霾, 令人产生疑虑, 对...开始不信任, 破坏气氛.
例句: Debt panic in Europe, sluggish recovery in US, and a host of negative indicators in developed economies have cast a cloud over global growth. (欧洲的债务恐慌, 美国的迟滞的景气回升, 以及一大堆已开发经济的负面指标令人对全球成长产生疑虑)

04. cast a cold eye, to
定义: 抱着不友善态度, 抱着冷眼旁观态度.
例句: No one likes tax increases, and we in the business community always cast a cold eye at any plan to raise them. (没有人喜欢增税, 而我们商业界一直对任何增税计划抱着不友善态度)

05. cast a critical eye, to
定义: 抱着审慎判断态度.
例句: People don't have time to cast a critical eye on the behaviors of their governments. This is exactly where governments want the people to be. (人民太忙碌, 没时间审慎判断他们政府的行为. 这正是这些政府希望人民所保持的状况)

06. cast a dark cloud over, to
定义: 投下阴影, 令人产生疑虑, 对...开始不信任, 破坏气氛.
例句: Last week's revelations about for-profit universities have now cast a dark cloud over what had been the fastest-growing segment of higher education. (上星期的有关盈利性大学的曝光已经让人们对这个曾一直是这个成长最快的高等教育领域产生了疑虑)

07. cast a pall on/over, to
定义: 投下阴影, 令人产生疑虑, 对...开始不信任, 破坏气氛.
例句: News of her sudden death cast a pall on the awards ceremony. (她猝死的消息破坏了颁奖典礼的气氛)

08. cast a shadow over, to
定义: 投下阴影, 令人产生疑虑, 对...开始不信任, 破坏气氛.
例句: When his last wife arrived at his wedding, it cast a shadow over the whole event. (当他最后一任前妻抵达了他的婚礼现场时, 整个场面的气氛被破坏了)

09. cast a skeptical eye, to
定义: 抱着疑虑不信态度.
例句: City Comptroller's auditors have cast a skeptical eye on some contracts that they contend are costing the city money. (市政府财政稽查处的稽核员对一些合同抱着疑虑不信态度, 声称这些合同浪费市政府公帑)

10. cast a spell, to
定义: 使人着迷, 发挥魅力或影响力; 下了符咒.
例句: When she spoke, her face lighted with a hundred little changing expressions of intelligence that cast a spell of fascination about her. (当她讲话的时候, 她的脸孔焕发出许多微小变化的智慧表情, 让人对她着迷陶醉)

11. cast about/around for, to
定义: 到处寻找, 搜寻.
例句: She is still casting around for someone to watch her son while she is at work. (她还在寻找在她上班的时候来看顾她儿子的人)

12. cast adrift, to
定义: 松绑, 释放, 放走, 任其漂流.
例句: Autism sufferers are being cast adrift when they become adults because of a lack of knowledge among health and social care. (由于缺乏健康与社会保障的知识, 当自闭症患者成年时被弃之不理, 任其漂泊)

13. cast aside any question, to
定义: 不理会任何问题.
例句: Judge Roberts cast aside any question about his commitment to civil rights for all Americans. (罗伯兹法官不理会任何有关他致力争取所有美国人民权的问题)

14. cast aside, to
定义: 不去想, 不理会.
例句: She tried to cast aside her worries and enjoy the party. (她试图不去想她烦心的事, 尽情享乐这个派对)

15. cast aspersion on ..., to
定义: 毁谤, 中伤, 或抹黑某人名声, 名誉, 或名节.
例句: He tried to avoid casting aspersions on his political opponents. (他尽量避免抹黑他政治对手的人格)

16. cast away, to
定义: 抛弃, 遗弃, 拒绝; 浪费, 虚耗.
例句: The crew was cast away on a desert island. (全体船员被遗弃在一个荒岛)

17. cast doubt on ..., to
定义: 令别人对...产生怀疑.
例句: A survey of more than 5,500 firms has cast doubt on whether the UK really did emerge from recession between July and September. (一项对超过五千五百家公司的调查让人对英国是否于七月至九月之间真正地摆脱了经济衰退产生了怀疑)

18. cast down, to
定义: 令人沮丧, 情绪低落; 下降(雨), 抛下地, 往下方(注视).
例句: Newly widowed, he was cast down at the thought of being alone once again. (新近丧偶, 一想到又回到单身孤独的生活让他情绪低落)

19. cast in one's lot with ..., to
定义: 与...患难与共, 不计后果投入或偏袒某方.
例句: Washington was rich, but he decided to cast in his lot with the colonies against Britain. (华盛顿当时是富有的, 但他决定不计后果投入殖民地反抗英帝国的运动)

20. cast in someone's teeth/cast someone in the teeth, to
定义: 责难, 毁谤, 辱骂某人.
例句: She casts her daughter in the teeth for being selfishness. (她责怪她女儿的自私行为)