二十笔实用成语 283

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二十笔实用成语 283

帖子 royl » 周五 1月 13, 2012 8:25 pm

二十笔实用成语 283

01. demur at/to, to
定义: 反对.
例句: Palmer demurred at the suggestion that his votes were influenced by commercial interests. "I'm not being leaned on to make decisions," he said. (帕莫反对他的投票表决是受到商业利益影响的说法, 他说, "我并没有受到压力影响做出决定")

02. Denial is no longer an option.
[成语句型]否认已经不行了.

03. dense as a London fog, be (as)
定义: [不尊重语]笨得要命.
例句: You'd have to be as dense as a London fog to believe that one. (只有傻瓜才会相信这个说法/你一定是笨得要命才会相信这个说法)

04. dense, be a bit
定义: [不尊重语]笨, 脑筋不灵光.
例句: He's a bit dense, and often he doesn't even notice when he hurts someone's feelings. (他脑筋不灵光, 经常伤到别人的尊严都不晓得)

05. Denver boot, a
定义: 阻止; 丹佛靴, 让车子动弹不得的装置. (注: 市政府用来锁住拖欠停车罚款者的车辆逼他缴清欠款才放行)
例句: Chicago police put a Denver boot on the actor's scarlet Rolls Royce when their computer showed a Mr. T with 11 outstanding parking tickets. (当他们电脑显示一名T先生欠缴十一张停车罚单, 芝加哥警察给这个演员的鲜红劳斯莱斯车装上丹佛靴)

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T先生

06. depart this life, to
定义: 死亡, 撒手人寰.
例句: He had been quite worn out by the pain in his belly for five days. Last night, he departed this life, being in the fifty-fourth year of his age. (五天来, 他一直受到肚子疼痛的折磨;他于昨夜撒手人寰, 享年五十四岁)

07. departure/arrival times, the
定义: 起飞/降落时间, 启程/到达时间.
例句: These temporary issues have lingering effects on San Francisco's flight arrival times. (这些暂时问题对飞往旧金山的到达时间造成残留影响)

08. depend on/upon, to
定义: 依赖, 端赖, 依靠, 信任.
例句: These students' future depends on how well they do in these joint entrance exams. (这些学生的未来前途端赖他们在这些入学联考的成绩好坏)

09. depreciate vs. deprecate
定义: [易混淆字或片语]depreciate(动词)降价, 跌价, 贬值; deprecate(动词)轻视, 贬抑, 毁谤.

10. depth bomb/charge, a
定义: [武器术语](反潜用的)深水炸弹.
例句: The depth charge has now largely been replaced by anti-submarine homing torpedoes. (这种深水炸弹现在已经大部分被反潜自导鱼雷所取代)

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深水炸弹

11. deputy premier, a
定义: 副总理, 副首相.
例句: Premier Danny Williams says Tom Rideout will keep his job as deputy premier, because there is no proof he was involved in any illegal activity. (丹尼•威廉姆斯总理说汤姆•莱德奥仍然保留他的副总理工作因为并没有他涉及任何不法活动的证据)

12. derring-do
定义: [名词]大胆行为, 勇往直前, 冒险犯难.
例句: His unwavering devotion to the space program fosters his unassailable sense of right and wrong and inspires feats of derring-do. (他对航天计划不动摇的奉献培养了他是非对错的意识以及鼓舞了冒险犯难行为)

13. descend from, to
定义: 源自; 为...的后代; 降临; 沉沦.
例句: Since birds are descended from dinosaurs, they are in the same group, dinosauria. So the bald eagle, the national symbol of the United States, is actually a dinosaur. (既然鸟类源自恐龙, 他们属于同一种类, 恐龙类. 所以秃鹰, 美国国家象征, 其实是一只恐龙)

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秃鹰

14. descend into a moral abyss, to
定义: 沉沦入道德深渊.
例句: How did our nation descend into a moral abyss? Is there any hope of turning our nation around before the damage destroys our country? (我们国家怎么会沉沦入道德深渊? 在这个伤害摧毁我国之前, 还有没有希望使我们国家有所好转?)

15. descend on/upon, to
定义: 突袭; 突然出现, 突然来临.
例句: Two confirmed tornadoes descended upon towns in western Massachusetts on Monday, leaving four dead and smashing homes and buildings. (星期一, 两个已确定的龙卷风突袭西麻萨诸塞州众市镇, 造成四人死亡以及刮坏房子和建筑物)

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龙卷风

16. describe to a tee, to
定义: 描述极为正确.
例句: They tasted exactly as they described it to a tee. The sweet bun was my favorite part hands down. (它们的味道跟他们所描述的一模一样. 这个甜饼毫无疑问地是我很喜欢的食物)

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甜饼

17. deserve a bouquet of orchids, to
定义: 值得赞赏.
例句: I take my hat off to you; you sure do deserve a bouquet of orchids for making a difference in our lives. (我向你致敬; 你改变了我们的生命, 的确值得赞赏)

18. deserve another chance, to
定义: 值得, 应该给再一次机会.
例句: I think given his achievements so far, he deserves another chance and everyone should come out and support him. (考虑到他目前为止的成就, 我认为应当给再他一次机会, 大家都应该出来支持他)

19. deserve awe and respect, to
定义: 值得崇敬与尊重.
例句: China culture deserves awe and respect for being one of the world's oldest and includes literature, music, visual arts, martial arts, cuisine, etc. (成为世界上最古老之一的中国文化值得崇敬与尊重, 它包含文学, 音乐, 视觉艺术, 武术, 烹饪, 等等​​)

20. deserve credit, to
定义: 值得推崇其功劳.
例句: The President deserves credit for destroying the Democratic Party. He has destroyed it as a party—it is no longer a functional political party. (这位总统值得推崇他摧毁民主党的功劳. 他摧毁它成为一个政党—不再具有功能的政党. 注: 这是一句讽刺奥巴马的话)

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