01. fellow citizens
定义: 同胞们, 同一市镇的人们.
例句: This is a great opportunity to find out what's going on in your neighborhood and meet your fellow citizens of our city. (这是一个很好的机会了解你周边地区的近况以及和你同一市镇的人们见面)
02. fellow traveller, a
定义: 同路人, 同情者, 游伴.
例句: Let me repeat that I am not even a fellow traveler to the Occupy Wall Street, let alone a spokesman. (我再说一遍我根本不是占领华尔街运动的同路人, 更别说是个代言人)
03. fence in, to
定义: 圈禁, 限制某人活动, 以篱笆围住.
例句: I don't want to fence you in, but you have to get home by 9:00 PM and if you don't obey you are going to be grounded. (我不希望圈禁你, 但你必须在晚上九点钟之前回家; 如果你不服从我的话, 你会被禁足)
04. fence with, to
定义: 避免直接回答, 避重就轻, 顾左右而言他.
例句: The mayor was very clever at fencing with the press about his future plans. (这个市长很巧妙地在记者会上避免直接回答他的未来计划)
05. fence, to
定义: 销赃, 卖出赃物.
例句: He stole watches and fenced them on the street. (他偷表然后在街头销赃)
06. fence-sitter, a
定义: 采取中立观望态度者, 见风使舵者, 优柔寡断的人.
例句: Many politicians become fence-sitters because they want to please everyone. (由于他们想要取悦每个人, 许多政客成为见风使舵者)
07. fend for oneself, to
定义: 照顾, 保护自己.
例句: He is old enough to fend for himself. (他已经大到可以照顾自己)
08. fend off, to
定义: 防卫并击退(敌人或要伤害你的人的攻击).
例句: Lance Armstrong must again fend off allegations made by former teammates that he cheated in races. (蓝斯•阿姆斯壮必须再一次反击其前队友所做出的他比赛作弊指控)
09. fender-bender, a
定义: 小车祸. (注: 意指没有人受严重伤害)
例句: Tom got into a fender-bender while he was looking for a parking place. (汤姆在寻找停车位的时候酿成小车祸)
10. ferret out, to
定义: 坚持不懈地搜查出来; 逼迫人或动物现身. (注: 古欧洲猎人用与貂同类的鼬鼠冲入兔子洞穴逼兔子出洞以捕杀)
例句: Dozens of uniformed officers and detectives spent nearly seven hours ferreting out the suspects who were hiding inside apartments in San Diego. (数十名便衣警官与警探花费了七个小时坚持不懈地将躲藏在圣地牙哥公寓内的嫌犯逮捕)
11. ferret something out, to
定义: 坚持不懈地搜查某事.
例句: Sometimes a simple sentence would spare the reader the effort of ferreting answers out of tables and graphs. (有时候一句简单话就可以免除读者吃力地从图表中搜寻答案的麻烦)
12. fertile ground, a
定义: 沃土; 肥沃, 富产地区.
例句: Moisture is a fertile ground for bacterial growth. However, one quarter of ear infections are viral, not bacterial. (潮湿是一个细菌生长的沃土. 但是, 四分之一的耳部感染是由病毒所引起的,而不是细菌造成的)
13. fertile recruiting ground, a
定义: 可招募充沛人力或人才的地方.
例句: Drug traffickers have a fertile recruiting ground in Puerto Rico, where unemployment has been hovering around 15%. (由于这里的失业率一直徘徊在百分之十五左右, 毒枭在波多黎各找到了可招募充沛人力的地方)
14. fess up, to
定义: 认错, 认罪.
例句: The truth will not go away, so you might as well fess up and admit you are a liar. (真相不会凭空消失, 所以你干脆认错, 承认你撒谎)
15. fetal position, a
定义: 胎儿姿势, 蜷缩睡姿. (注: 当人遇到危险时, 会做婴儿一般蜷曲身体的姿势)
例句: Sufferers of anxiety are also known to assume the fetal position during panic attacks. (焦虑症患者也为人所知地在惊慌时刻会做出胎儿姿势)
胎儿姿势
16. fetch and carry, to
定义: 做打杂, 跑腿, 枯燥, 没尊严的工作.
例句: Dogs may be trained to fetch and carry, open and close doors, pull wheelchairs, and lift immobilized limbs. (狗也可训练做打杂, 跑腿的工作, 开关门, 拖拉轮椅, 以及抬起动弹不得的肢体)
17. fetch up, to
定义: 最后到达, 提出, 制造, 补偿, 停止.
例句: After a whole hour of driving, we fetched up back where we started. (开了一整个钟头之后, 我们最后又回到我们的起点. 注: 意指我们迷了路, 绕了一大圈之后又回到原点)
18. fever breaks, the
定义: 发烧停止或退烧.
例句: After about 15 minutes, his fever broke and he started sweating. It's been two hours and he is still cool to the touch and says he feels much better. (大约十五分钟之后, 他开始退烧和流汗. 到现在已经有两个钟头, 他仍然身体凉爽, 他说感觉舒服多了)
19. few and far between
定义: 非常少, 稀少.
例句: Fill up your tank now. Service stations on this highway are few and far between. (你现在就把汽油加满. 这条公路上的加油站非常少)
20. few if any, be
定义: 少之又少, 就算有也很少, 少得可怜.
例句: Few if any pianists have performed the Grieg concerto with such sensitivity. (少之又少的钢琴家曾以这样的灵敏手法弹出格里格协奏曲)