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Words and Expressions (H)
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havoc 扩展词汇
英 ['hævək] 美 ['hævək]
n. 大破坏；混乱
vt. 破坏
n. (名词)
[U]大破坏，毁坏 widespread damage;destruction
例句
用作名词 (n.)
The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city. 地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。
This concentration of airborne firepower played havoc with the enemy forces.这次机载火力的集中攻击给敌军造成很大破坏。
A major power failure wreaked havoc in New York last night. 昨晚纽约大停电引起了一片混乱。
The fear inside of China is that excess RMB volatility could wreak havoc on a still fragile financial system. 中国国内的担心是，过度的人民币震荡可能给仍然脆弱的金融体制造成大混乱。
用作及物动词 (vt.)
His hard work wreaks havoc in his personal life. 他拼命工作破坏了他的私人生活。
The earthquake has made great havoc of the city. 地震给这个城市造成了巨大的破坏。
常见句型
用作名词 (n.)
The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city. 地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。
Continuing strikes are beginning to play havoc with the national economy. 持续的罢工开始严重破坏国家经济。
You played havoc with my plan! 你搅乱了我的计划！
词汇搭配
play havoc with 毁坏 raise havoc with 对 ... 造成严重破坏 cry havoc 发出劫掠的信号(发出警呼声) raise havoc among 对 ... 造成严重破坏(使 ... 陷入大混乱) make havoc among 使陷入大混乱 play havoc among 对 ... 造成严重破坏,
使 ... 陷入大混乱 make havoc of 造成严重破坏(使 ...
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heads up
小心
1. "Heads up!" said the waiter carrying the hot food. "当心！"端着热食物的男招待说。
We usually yell heads up to warn others of an incoming ball. 我们通常吆喝着警告其他人有球传入。
heads up
事先透露消息；提醒
Example:
He sent a heads-up to the district attorney. 他向地区检察官发出了警告。
英英解释
名词 heads-up :
1. a warning message
2. Informal, Information or notification, especially in advance: gave me the heads-up on the new security measures.
动词 head up :
1. be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
同义词: head
形容词 heads-up :
1. fully alert and watchful
同义词: wide-awake
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herald 常用词汇
英 ['herəld] 美 ['herəld]
详尽释义
n.(名词)
传令官
使者，报信者，信使
预兆，先兆
先驱，先导，前锋
纹章官（英国司宗谱纹章的官员）
通报者，报道者
司仪
《先驱报》
赫罗德（音译名）
预报者，预告者
v.(动词)
通告，预告，通报，宣布，预示
预示...的到来，预示着...的来临，为...先兆
引来，引进，引领
为...的前哨
欢呼，欢迎
Noun:
(formal) a person who announces important news;
"the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet"
something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
Verb:
foreshadow or presage
praise vociferously;
"The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein"
greet enthusiastically or joyfully
例句
用作名词 (n.)
The robin is a herald of spring. 知更鸟是预告春天到来的使者.
The cuckoo is the herald of the spring. 杜鹃报春。
He had the important manner of an official herald. 他像个神气十足的官方传令官。
He became a reporter for the Herald Tribune. 他成为《先驱论坛报》的记者。
Surely it was a herald of things to come. 无疑，这是即将到来的一系列事情的预兆。
This balmy weather is a herald of spring. 这种温和的天气是春天的预兆。
用作及物动词 (vt.)
To us this oracular remark seemed to herald Hitler. 这番玄妙深奥的话在我们看来仿佛预示着希特勒的来临。
Does that herald a return to bloody conflict? 那这是否预示了苏丹将回到血腥冲突的时代?
Does that herald a return to bloody conflict? 那这是否预示了苏丹将回到血腥冲突的时代?
That session will herald China's comprehensive reform. 这意味着中国将出现全面改革的局面。
常见句型
用作名词 (n.)
The returning of the swallows are the heralds of the spring. 燕子归来预示着春天的来临。
In older times a herald went ahead to announce the coming of the king. 在古代，传令官负责先行通知国王要来了。
词汇搭配
herald patch 前驱斑 Age Herald 时代先驱报 much-heralded 预先通报多次的
【近义词】
messenger 报信者 announce 宣布 proclaim 正式宣布 harbinger 先驱 announcer 广播员 crier 喊叫者 courier 送快信的 representative 代表 sign 手势 indication 指示 omen 征兆 portent 前兆 signal 信号 prefigure 预示 foreshadow 预示 presage 预感 foreshow 预示 give out 分发 publish 出版 tout 兜售 shout 呼喊 trumpet 喇叭 antecede 在 ... 之前 mercury 水银 promote 促进 ambassador 大使 cry 哭 out 出 cry out 大喊(大声疾呼) forerunner 先驱 bring news 带来消息 news 新闻 bring 带来 hail 冰雹 predecessor 祖先 foretell 预言 annunciate 公布 precursor 先驱 trumpeter 小号手 acclaim 喝采
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holy cow
不会吧！；哎呀！；我的天啊（等于holy cats）
不会吧！
不会吧
天哪
天啊
Holy cow! He changed him up for a strike!好家伙！他变换手法打了个慢球！
Holy cow! The deadline is coming up .我的天！ 截止日期快到了。
Holy cow! Look at the size of that car!天哪!看那辆车多长啊!
Holy cow! Your new Jag is so cool!哇!你这辆新美洲虎可真酷!
Holy cow! The deadline is coming up.我的天！截止日期快到了。
Billy: Holy Cow! Have you gone loony or something!比利：天哪!你疯了还是怎么了?
Wow! Holy cow! That's great!哇噻！太好了！真棒！
Holy cow! What was that?天哪！那是什么?
Holy cow !天哪！太好了！
Holy cow! Give me a chance!天哪，给我一个机会吧!
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hone
[həun]
n. 细磨刀石, 磨孔机
vt. 磨刀, 磨练
vi. <方>渴望, 抱怨
例句与词语
【例句用法】
1. My pen friend from Paris is coming to stay so I had better hone up on my French. 我巴黎的笔友要来小住一段时间，因此我最好赶紧温习一下法语。
2. God work wonders now and then; Behold, a lawyer an hone man. 上帝时或会制造一些奇迹; 看啊，身为一名律师，居然还是老实人！
3. They hone their skills in their everyday lives. 他们在日常生活中磨炼才能。
4. He was honing his razor although it's very sharp. 尽管他的剃刀十分锋利了，可他还是不停地磨它。
5. Other villagers brought me goat's cheese and hone. 其他村民给我带来了羊奶干酪和磨石。
【同义词】
sharpen vt.使尖锐, 磨快, ... perfect adj.完美的, 完全的 improve vt.改善, 改进 refine v.精炼, 改进, 使更文雅 enhance vt.提高, 增加, 加强 polish n.光泽, 上光剂 work on v.对 ... 起作用 practice n.练习, 实行, 习惯 practise v. 练习, 实践 whet n. 磨, 磨利之物
【短语词组】
hone stone 珩磨块 road hone 土路整平器 cylinder hone grinder 气缸珩磨机 cylinder hone 汽缸珩磨头
英英解释
名词 hone :
1. a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
动词 hone :
1. sharpen with a hone
2. make perfect or complete
同义词: perfect
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humble 核心词汇
英 ['hʌmbl] 美 ['hʌmbl]
副词: humbly 比较级: humbler 最高级: humblest 名词: humbleness 过去式: humbled 过去分词: humbled 现在分词: humbling 第三人称单数: humbles
adj.(形容词)
谦逊的，恭顺的，谦卑的，虚心的，恭恭敬敬的
（地位）低下的，卑微的，下贱的，微末的，低微的，微贱的，卑贱的
低级的，低等的
不值钱的，粗陋的，简陋的
v.(动词)
压下，压低，使降低地位、身份
使丧失
一落千丈
屈辱，挫（败）
使谦卑，使谦恭，使卑下，使地位降低，（使）威信扫地，使感到卑微
轻松打败
低声下气
（使）谦逊，使谦虚，虚心
贬抑，贬低
Adjective:
low or inferior in station or quality;
"a humble cottage"
"a lowly parish priest"
"a modest man of the people"
"small beginnings"
marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful;
"a humble apology"
"essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"
used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);
"baseborn wretches with dirty faces"
"of humble (or lowly) birth"
Verb:
cause to be unpretentious;
"This experience will humble him"
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of;
"He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
例句
用作形容词 (adj.)
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud. 博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。
The duke did well by people in humble stations. 那位公爵善待地位低下的人。
The family lived in a humble cottage. 这户人家住在一所简陋的农舍里。
You are welcome to my humble home. 非常欢迎您光临寒舍。
He flew high though he was of humble origin. 他虽出生低微,却胸怀大志。
He never forgot his humble origins. 他从未忘记过自己出身卑微。
We must do good rather than evil, on however humble a scale. 勿因善小而不为，勿因恶小而为之。
Let me state my humble opinion. 容陈管见。
I spread afore him my humble store, like the Bee. 我用我象蜜蜂般积攒的那点东西款待他。
用作及物动词 (vt.)
She'll humble you to the dust. 她一定要把你糟蹋得一文不值。
And to do this we need to humble ourselves. 要做到这一点，我们需要是自己谦卑。
They tried to humble your importance in that achievement. 他们企图贬低你在那次功绩中的重要作用。
You could humble at your feet the proudest heads in the world. 你能使世界上最骄傲的头在你脚前俯伏。
常见句型
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语
～+ n.
In my humble opinion, he will win the election. 依我拙见,他将在选举中获胜。
He is a man of humble birth. 他出身卑微。
We live in a humble cottage. 我们住在一所简陋的小屋里。
用作表语
S+be+～
Many famous people are surprisingly humble. 许多名人都是出人意料地谦虚。
Be it ever so humble, there is no place like home. 自己的家再简陋也比别处好。
S+be+～+ prep .-phrase
He is very humble towards his superiors. 他对上级很谦恭。
用作宾语补足语
S+V+O+～
Defeat makes people humble. 挫折使人谦卑。
常用短语
用作形容词 (adj.)
eat humble pie
赔罪; 赔礼; 道歉be very apologetic
When he realized his mistake, he had to eat humble pie. 他认识到了自己的错误,只好赔礼道歉。
词汇搭配
humble pie(狩猎后供仆人吃的)内脏做的煎馅饼；[喻]屈辱；丢脸 humble plant含羞草 eat humble pie忍辱含垢(忍气吞声；卑躬屈膝；低头谢罪)
词语用法
adj.(形容词)
humble的基本意思是人或其言行谦逊的,谦虚的,引申可指人或其社会地位低下的,卑微的,也可指某事物简陋的,低劣的。
humble还可用作及物动词,作使谦恭,使卑下解。例如:The examination results humbled him.考试成绩挫了他的傲气。
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hunker
英 ['hʌŋkə(r)] 美 ['hʌŋkər]
vi.蹲；蹲坐
Verb:
sit on one's heels;
"In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"
"The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
词汇搭配
hunker down 盘坐 on one's hunkers 蹲着; 以蹲坐姿势
【近义词】
crouch 蹲下 squat 蹲下 cower 畏缩 crawl 爬行 stoop 佝偻 kneel 跪 scrunch 碾 hunker down 盘坐 scrunch up 揉皱
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