二十笔实用成语 197

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二十笔实用成语 197

01. caught with one's hand in the cookie jar, to get
定义: 出其不意被人发现正在进行一个窘态, 犯错或犯罪的行为.
例句: A insurance broker, who admittedly got caught with his hand in the cookie jar, has been accused of the theft of $400,000 from the Bank of America. (一个承认被人发现犯罪行为的保险经纪人被指控从美国银行偷窃四十万美元)

02. caught with one's pants down, to get
定义: 出其不意被人发现正在进行一个窘态, 犯错或犯罪的行为.
例句: A TSA Agent was caught with his pants down as he was spotted removing an iPad from a traveler's bag and attempting to stuff it into his pants. (当他从旅客的袋子里偷走一台平板电脑并企图塞进裤子里, 一个联邦交通安全局干员被人发现他正在进行犯罪的窘态)

03. cauliflower ear, a
定义: 菜花耳朵, 肿胀或变型的耳朵.
例句: After years of playing rugby Ronnie had a cauliflower ear. It had been bumped and injured too many times. (玩了多年橄榄球之后, 朗尼得了一只菜花耳朵. 它被撞击受伤太多次)

04. 'cause
定义: [非正式用语]因为. (注: 'cause是because的缩写)
例句: "Why did he do that?" "'Cause I told him to." ("他为什么这么做?" "因为我要他这么做.")

05. cause a commotion, to
定义: 造成骚乱, 混乱或骚动.
例句: A horse caused a commotion this afternoon in Yorba Linda, forcing police to briefly close Imperial Highway to southbound traffic. (这个下午, 一匹马在约巴林达市造成骚乱, 强迫警方短暂地关闭因佩里亚尔公路往南的交通)

06. cause a stir, to
定义: 造成骚乱, 混乱或骚动.
例句: Ron Suskind, whose book "Confidence Men" is already causing a stir with tart quotes and a portrait of Obama Administration dysfunction. (以尖刻引述以及奥巴马政府的功能失调的描述, 朗•撒斯肯所写的"骗徒"一书已经造成骚动)

07. cause celebre, a
定义: 轰动引人的讼案; 弄得满城风雨地恶名昭彰的事件, 人物, 或案情.
例句: The war in Iraq has become a "cause celebre" for Islamic extremists, breeding resentment of the US that will get worse before it gets better. (对于伊斯兰极端派份子来说, 这个伊拉克战争已成了恶名昭彰的事件, 它滋长了对美国的憎恨, 情况在改善之前还会更恶化)

08. cause for celebration, be a
定义: 值得庆祝的一件好事.
例句: Removal of invasive algae is a cause for celebration, particularly when it involves job creation, composting and community engagement. (清除侵略性的藻类是一件值得庆祝的好事, 尤其当它牵涉到增加就业机会, 堆肥和社区的参与)

09. cause for concern, a
定义: 令人担忧的正当理由, 有担心...的必要.
例句: Winterkill is a cause for concern. As snowstorm after snowstorm, this winter have dumped inches and feet of white blankets across the prairie. (我们有必要担心寒冬冻死这个问题. 由于一场接一场的暴风雪, 这个冬季已经降下了大量白雪遍及整个大草原)

10. cause great hardship, to
定义: 造成极大困难.
例句: The lack of clean, well-fitting clothes and shoes causes great hardship for the homeless—it hurts one's self-image and one's chance to get ahead. (由于缺乏干净, 合身的衣服与鞋子, 给无家可归的游民造成极大困难—它伤害了自我形象和获得成功的机会)

11. cause of death, the
定义: 致死的原因.
例句: An inquiry seeking the cause of death for one or more of the presidents is certainly the second most frequently asked question I receive. (寻求一个或多个总统死因的询问是我所收到的第二个最常见的问题)

12. cause problems, to
定义: 制造问题.
例句: Nerve damage from diabetes, complications from surgery, and spinal cord injury also may cause erection problems. (由糖尿病引起的神经损害, 手术造成的并发症, 和脊椎受伤都有可能造成勃起困难)

13. cause raised eyebrows, to
定义: 造成惊讶或反对.
例句: Sometimes Tom would hole himself up all day long, causing raised eyebrows among the hotel staff. (有时候汤姆会整天把自己关在房间里不出来引起这家旅馆员工的不满)

14. cause wide public concern, to
定义: 造成公众的关切, 造成广泛的关切.
例句: The oil spill poses a range of environmental risks and causes wide public concern whether as catastrophic spills or chronic discharges. (不论这是灾难性的漏油或是长期的泄油, 这个漏油事件产生了潜在的环境危险以及造成广泛的关切)

15. caution against, to
定义: 警告有关于某个危险.
例句: I must caution you against riding a motorcycle without a helmet. (我必须警告你不戴安全帽骑摩托车的危险)

16. cautiously optimistic, be
定义: 审慎地乐观.
例句: We don't want to jump the gun too soon, but this year, with more early-October snow, our ski industry is cautiously optimistic. (我们并不想过早行动, 不过今年, 十月初就下了这么多雪, 我们的滑雪行业还是审慎地乐观)

17. cave in, to
定义: 屈服, 顺服; 坍塌, 坍方.
例句: The company finally caved in to the union's demand for more money. (这家公司终于屈服于工会加薪的要求)

18. caveat emptor
定义: [商业术语]买主自行负责, 警告买主自己要小心; 货物既售, 概不退还, 在买之前先检查物品是否有问题及保证.
例句: In real estate deals, the caveat emptor doctrine holds that a seller has no duty to disclose to potential buyers defects in the property being offered for sale. (在房地产的买卖中, 买主自行负责的原则主张, 卖主没有义务跟潜在买主透露这个被出售房地产的缺陷)

19. caveman, a
定义: 原始人, 野蛮人, 粗鲁人.
例句: He was called an enemy of society, possessed of the manners and culture of a caveman, the destroyer of the city's prosperity. (他被人称为社会的公敌, 着了野蛮人态度和文化的魔, 这个城市繁荣的终结者)

20. cc
定义: 立方厘米; 副本; 副本分送交其他收信人. (注: cc是carbon copy的缩写)
例句: to John Lin, cc Walter Huang (致约翰•林, 副本分送交华尔特•黄)