3月8日商務英語
2010年03月08日
ragamuffin;to keep someone or something at bay
??? 今日單詞:
單詞 | 中文釋義 | 英文釋義 | 例句 |
ragamuffin | (衣衫襤褸的)流浪兒(名詞,非正式用語) | (noun, INFORMAL) A disheveled, shaggily dressed child. | EXAMPLE: When he arrived to stay in our city house, my cousin's son was a shy ragamuffin from the farm who needed new clothes, a bath and a haircut. 我堂兄的兒子剛來到我們城市的住宅居住時,是一個衣衫襤褸的農村流浪兒,需要理發(fā)、洗澡、換新衣服。 |
????今日短語:
短語 | 中文釋義 | 英文釋義 | 例句 |
to keep someone or something at bay | 抑制,阻止 |
To keep someone or something from doing harm by preventing movement. |
EXAMPLE: The group of angry women were able to keep the thief at bay by blocking the building's only door until the police arrived to arrest him. 這群憤怒的婦女堵住了這座樓唯一的門,阻止小偷出逃,直到警察到來,將其逮捕。 |