小D每日一句一周詳解(12.17~12.23)

12月17日:The airplane overshot the runway.飛機(jī)沖出了跑道。?????

oot:v.?越過(guò),過(guò)火
例如:The missile overshot its target. (導(dǎo)彈越過(guò)目標(biāo)。)
? ? ? ? ? He overshot the truth. (他言過(guò)其實(shí)。)

12月18日:She needs to find an outlet for her many talents.她的多才多藝需要找個(gè)施展的機(jī)會(huì)。?????

n. 出路;表現(xiàn)機(jī)會(huì);經(jīng)銷店;出口;排水管;插座
例如:Her father had found an outlet for his ambition in his work.(她父親在工作中找到了施展抱負(fù)的途徑。)
? ? ? ? ?You don't mean open more retail outlets?(你還想開更多零售店嗎?)

12月19日:She is a sophisticated woman.她是一個(gè)老成的人。?????

ticated:adj. 老于世故的;富有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的;不落俗套的;復(fù)雜的,精密的,尖端的
例如:He is a sophisticated columnist.(他是一位富有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的專欄作家。)
? ? ? ? ??It's a sophisticated design.(這是件脫俗的設(shè)計(jì)。)

12月20日:He has taken to staying up late.他習(xí)慣熬夜。?????

up late:深夜不睡,遲睡
例如:I am going to stay up late to finish my paper. (為了完成報(bào)告我打算熬夜不睡。)
? ? ? ? ? Mary's father will not permit her to stay up late. ( 瑪麗的父親不允許她熬夜。)

12月21日:I groped for the light switch.我摸索著找電燈開關(guān)。?????

for:探索,尋找
例如:Struck dumb, I groped for a chair. ( 我驚呆了,摸著一張椅子坐下。)
? ? ? ? ? He groped for a solution to his problem. (他探求解決問(wèn)題的方法。)

12月22日:I am under great strain recently.我最近壓力很大。??????

great strain:承受巨大壓力
例如:You've been under great strain; you need a rest. (你太緊張了,需要休息一下。)
? ? ? ? ? In judging his conduct, we must keep sight of the fact that he was under great strain at the time. (在判斷他的行為時(shí),我們必須考慮到這樣一個(gè)事實(shí):他當(dāng)時(shí)過(guò)度緊張。)

12月23日The acting is wildly uneven.演技起伏很大。?????

adj. 不平均的,不均勻的;奇數(shù)的;不穩(wěn)定,不規(guī)則的,易變化的
例如:Postwar oil discoveries have been very uneven distributed among countries.(在戰(zhàn)后,油田的發(fā)現(xiàn)在各國(guó)的分布是極不均勻的。)
? ? ? ? ? It was an uneven but inspired performance.(演出時(shí)好時(shí)壞但卻富于靈感。)

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