单词 | 指使 |
释义 | 〔correct〕Redress refers to setting right something considered immoral or unethical and usually involves making reparation: Redress 指使被认为不道德或不正义的事变正确,通常包括做一些补救: 〔artificial〕Synthetic often implies the use of a chemical process to produce a substance that will look or function like the original, often with certain advantages, such as enhanced durability or convenience of use or care: Synthetic 常指使用化学反应来产生一种看起来或用起来像原来的东西,常常带有某种长处,如耐用或使用和保养方便: 〔ridicule〕These verbs refer to making another the butt of amusement or mirth.这些动词意指使别人成为取笑和欢笑的靶子。〔boss〕bossing us around.指使我们团团转〔annoy〕 rile is to upset one's equanimity and stir one up: rile 一词指使某人失去平静,煽动起某人: 〔reveal〕These verbs signify to make known what has been or ought to be kept from the knowledge of others.这些动词都是指使已知或应是鲜为人知的东西为人所知。〔erosion〕The group of natural processes, including weathering, dissolution, abrasion, corrosion, and transportation, by which material is worn away from the earth's surface.腐蚀,侵蚀:指使材料从地表磨损、消耗的一组自然过程,包括风化、溶解、磨蚀、浪蚀、腐蚀和搬运〔buttonhole〕"He was also frequently buttonholed by White House lobbyists . . . who seemed to be permanently assigned to shadow the burly Democrat"(Terence Moran)“他不断地被白宫的说客留住谈话…这些人似乎总是受指使而使这位率直的民主党人不快”(特伦斯·莫兰)〔echo〕One might think that our wordecho is from the name of the nymph Echo, whom Greek mythology associates with echoes.According to one version of her story,she was torn to pieces by shepherds driven to this act by the god Pan, who was hopelessly in love with her.Pieces of Echo hidden in the ground still respond to Pan's frenzied cries,producing the phenomena known as echoes.A second version of her tale has it that Echo, as a penalty for distracting Hera from observing Zeus's infidelities, lost all power of speech,except the ability to reply.This defect lost her the love of Narcissus,which caused Echo to pine away until only her voice was left.The hapless nymph, however, cannot even claim credit for echoesbecause the Greek wordēkhō, the source of Englishecho, existed with our common noun sense before any mention of Echo is found.Our wordecho is first recorded in Middle English in a work composed in 1340. 您可能想到echo 这个词来自仙女埃科的名字, 她在希腊神话中与回声有关。关于她的故事,有一种说法认为,神潘爱她无望,便指使牧羊狗将她撕成碎片。她的碎片藏在地下时仍在回答潘的疯狂叫喊,于是产生了回声。另一种说法是,埃科使得赫拉察觉不到宙斯的不忠,作为惩罚被剥夺了说话的能力,只能重复别人的话。这个缺陷使她失去了纳西色斯的爱情,于是埃科不断憔悴消损,最后只留下她的声音。可惜的是这位不幸的女神并不能因为制造了回声这个词而居功,因为希腊语ekho , 即英语中echo 的来源, 早在任何关于埃科的故事之前就存在了。我们现在的词echo 最早是在1340年出现于中世纪英文作品中 〔unity〕 Solidarity refers to the community of objectives and responsibilities that enables a group of people to think and act as one: Solidarity 是指使一群人像一个人那样思考和行动的目标和责任的一致: 〔involve〕To connect closely and often incriminatingly; implicate:密切关联,牵连:和…直接有关,经常指使某人担上罪责;牵连:〔pacify〕 pacify is to restore calm to or establish peace in: Pacify 指使恢复平静或建立和平: 〔artifice〕Maneuver applies to calculated and skillful tactics and often to a single strategic move: Maneuver 指使用特意计划的和技巧的战术,常常是为了一个战略行动: 〔boss〕To give orders to, especially in an arrogant or domineering manner:指使:发号施令,尤指以傲慢或跋扈的态度:〔fear〕Dismay is apprehension that robs one of courage or the power to act effectively: Dismay 指使某人失去勇气或进行有效行动力量的恐慌: 〔ruin〕 demolish, to pull down or break to pieces,and the more generaldestroy, to tear down, can all imply reduction to ruins or even complete obliteration: demolish 指推倒或粉碎,destroy 的意义更广泛,指拆毁,拆卸。 这三个词都可指使变为废墟或彻底消失: 〔use〕These verbs mean to avail oneself of someone or something in order to make him, her, or it useful, functional, or beneficial.Touse is to put into service or apply for a purpose: 这些动词的意思是利用某人或某物使之变得有用,能起作用或有益。Use 是指使用或为某一目的使用: 〔use〕 Utilize is especially appropriate in the narrower sense of making something profitable or of finding new and practical uses for it: Utilize 更适合指使某事有利可图或寻找某物新的和实际的用法这种较狭窄的意思: |
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