01. getting/running low, be
定义: 快用完, 不够用.
例句: How do I know which color cartridge is getting low? (我如何知道哪一个颜色的墨水盒快用完?)
传统的CMYK四颜色墨水盒彩色喷墨打印机
02. get-well card, a
定义: 慰问卡; 祝福病人早日康复的卡片.
例句: We sent her a get well card with our good wishes and many signatures. (我们寄给她一张慰问卡附上我们的祝福和许多人的签名)
慰问卡
03. ghetto blaster, a
定义: 响亮喧天的手提音响.
例句: I saw an old dude carrying a ghetto blaster blaring out some classic funk. He was checking out girls on the street a third his age. (我看到一个老头扛着一台手提音响发出刺耳的某首老式放克音乐. 他正色眯眯地盯着街上年龄只有他三分之一的女孩们)
手提音响
04. ghost at the feast, the
定义: (老提过去不痛快之事)令人扫兴的人或事.
例句: Although we don't want to be accused of being the ghost at the feast, we'd like to remind you that most of late filing penalties can be avoided by filing the extension. (尽管我们不愿被人指责为扫人兴, 我们还是要提醒您: 大部分的过期申报处分可以经由申请延期来避免)
05. ghost of a chance, a
定义: 希望渺茫, 不可能.
例句: If you don't read the manual first, you won't have a ghost of a chance of finding out what could be wrong with the printer. (如果你不首先阅读使用手册的话, 你不可能找出这台印表机的问题在哪儿)
06. ghost town, a
定义: 鬼城, 被废弃的城镇. (注: 意指美国西部一些曾一时风发的乡镇现在完全被废弃)
例句: During the winter break, very few students remain on campus. It's like a ghost town. (在放寒假的时候, 极少学生还留在校区. 它像个鬼城)
07. ghostly presence, a
定义: (看不见但)隐约感到某东西的存在; 一丝丝的记忆, 经验或影响.
例句: You hope to forget the past, but the ghostly presence of the recent divorce reminds you that whatever happened earlier could happen again. (虽然你希望忘却过去, 但近日的离婚所留下来的一丝丝教训提醒了你: 过去曾经发生过的事有可能还会再度发生)
08. GI
定义: 美国大兵, 现役或退役的美国武装部队的一员.
例句: I went to the toy store and bought a GI Joe doll for my son. (我去了这家玩具店买了一个大兵乔玩偶给我儿子)
大兵乔玩偶
09. giant sucking sound, a
定义: 大量的工作流失. (注: 1992年美国总统候选人培若说的名言: 如北美贸易协定通过后大量的美国工作会移到墨西哥像一个巨大吸气声一样)
例句: It may not be a giant sucking sound, but these are really good jobs demanding high skills and paying high salaries. More and more, they are leaving the US (它虽然不是一个大量工作的流失, 但这些确实是要求高端技术并支付高薪的好工作. 但它们越来越多地离开美国)
10. gibe vs. jibe vs. jive
定义: [易混淆字或片语]gibe(动词)嘲笑, 挑衅, 羞辱; jibe(动词)符合, 与...一致; jive(动词)摇摆手舞足蹈, 愚弄, 取笑, 演奏摇摆乐.
11. gift from God, a
定义: 天赐的才智, 才华, 人, 事或物, 盼望已久的人事或物令人惊喜地来到.
例句: Because it is a gift from God, humor should be kept wholesome and helpful. It should provide joy, not inflict injury. (由于它是上天所赐的才华, 幽默应是符合道德标准并对他人有助益的. 它应该给予人们快乐而不是伤害)
12. gift of (the) gab, the
定义: 有能言善道的能力, 具有说服力.
例句: John has a real gift of the gab and is great at parties. (约翰能言善道, 一到聚会上就大展才华)
13. gild the lily, to
定义: 给百合花镀金, 画蛇添足, 添加妆饰是多余的.
例句: You're beautiful the way you are. You don't need makeup. You would be gilding the lily. (你天生就是个美人胚. 你不需要化妆打扮. 化妆打扮对你来说是多余的)
14. gin up, to
定义: [俚语]开始, 创造, 产生, 推动; 设下陷阱; 增加生动活泼, 增强; 打气, 鼓励.
例句: Despite all of the attempts to gin up enthusiasm for this Super Bowl, I don't think most of the country really gives a darn about it. (尽管所有的鼓动对这次美式足球联盟年度冠军赛的热情所付出的努力, 我不认为大部分的国人在乎这次冠军赛)
美式足球联盟年度冠军赛的奖杯—超级碗
15. ginger up, to
定义: [英国俚语]刺激, 打气, 鼓励, 增加生动活泼.
例句: Our morale is at an all-time low, we need a new strategy to ginger our team up. (我们的士气正处于最低迷的状态, 我们需要一套新策略来激励我们团队的斗志)
16. gippy tummy, to have a
定义: [英国俚语]泻肚子.
例句: It's a shame! He had a gippy tummy most of the time when he visited Guadalajara last week. (真可惜啊! 他上个星期去瓜达拉哈拉大部分的时候都在泻肚子)
17. gird (up) one's loins, to
定义: 准备作战, 准备应付(艰辛)工作.
例句: Both sides are presently girding their loins for the legal battles that lie ahead. (双方正在准备应付即将发生的诉讼官司)
18. gird for, to
定义: 准备作战, 准备应付(艰辛)工作.
例句: If you fall on the side of the clash, you will tend to be hawkish on foreign policy and you are girding yourself for a long future of conflict. (如果你属于冲突这一边, 你会倾向于在外交政策上强硬并准备应付长期未来的冲突)
19. girl Friday, a
定义: 女得力助手或雇员, 任劳任怨的女性雇员.
例句: Jane is our girl Friday. She does the important jobs in our office. (珍是我们的得力助手. 办公室的重要工作都是交由她来做)
20. girl next door, the
定义: 邻家女孩. (注: 邻家女孩成为可爱, 友善, 平易近人, 坦诚的女郎的代名词)
例句: Rachel is really like the girl next door, figuratively and literally. She grew up in Kent with two supportive parents. (不论象征上或实质上, 瑞秋的确像一个邻家女孩. 她是在肯特长大的并有两个支持她和鼓励她的父母)