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及物/不及物动词讲解，解释

及物动词说明…的原因，辩解

不及物动词说明，解释，辩解

1. 解释;说明
If you explain something, you give details about it or describe it so that it can be understood.

e.g. Not every judge, however, has the ability to explain the law in simple terms...
然而，不是每个法官都能用简单的语言来解释法律。
e.g. Don't sign anything until your solicitor has explained the contract to you...
在律师向你解释清楚合同之前，不要签署任何东西。

2. 解释;辩解;说明…的理由
If you explain something that has happened, you give people reasons for it, especially in an attempt to justify it.

e.g. 'Let me explain, sir.' — 'Don't tell me about it. I don't want to know.'...
“您听我解释，先生。”——“别跟我说，我不想知道。”
e.g. Before she ran away, she left a note explaining her actions...
逃跑前，她留下一张便条解释原委。

相关词组：explain away

名词钉子; 指甲，趾甲; 钉状物; 纳尔

及物动词钉住; 抓住; 使固定; 揭露

1. 钉子
A nail is a thin piece of metal with one pointed end and one flat end. You hit the flat end with a hammer in order to push the nail into something such as a wall.

e.g. A mirror hung on a nail above the washstand...
脸盆架上方用钉子挂着一面镜子。
e.g. He hammered the nail into the branch.
他把钉子钉到了树枝上。

2. (用钉子)钉住，钉牢
If you nail something somewhere, you fix it there using one or more nails.

e.g. Frank put the first plank down and nailed it in place...
弗兰克放下第一块厚木板，把它钉在合适的位置上。
e.g. They nail shut the front door...
他们把前门钉死了。

3. 指甲;趾甲
Your nails are the thin hard parts that grow at the ends of your fingers and toes.

e.g. Keep your nails short and your hands clean.
常剪指甲，保持双手清洁。

4. 抓住;逮住;证明…有罪
To nail someone means to catch them and prove that they have been breaking the law.

e.g. The prosecution still managed to nail him for robberies at the homes of leading industrialists.
检控方仍设法使其入室抢劫知名实业家们的罪名成立。

5. 冷酷无情的;铁石心肠的;强硬好斗的
If you say that someone is as hard as nails, you mean that they are extremely tough and aggressive, either physically or in their attitude towards other people or other situations.

e.g. He's a shrewd businessman and hard as nails...
他是一个既精明又铁石心肠的生意人。
e.g. He simply looked mean and hard as nails.
他看起来既卑鄙又冷酷无情。

6. 正中要害;说得中肯
If you say that someone has hit the nail on the head, you think they are exactly right about something.

e.g. 'I think it would civilize people a bit more if they had decent conditions.' — 'I think you've hit the nail on the head.'
“我认为，如果人们有良好的环境，就会更有教养一点。”——“我想你说到点子上了。”

7. a nail in the coffin - see coffin
to nail your colours to the mast - see colour
to fight tooth and nail - see tooth

相关词组：nail downnail up

形容词特殊的; 专用的; 专门的; 重要的

名词专车; 特价; 特刊; 特约稿

1. 特别的;非同寻常的
Someone or something that is special is better or more important than other people or things.

e.g. You're very special to me, darling...
亲爱的，你对我来说很重要。
e.g. There are strong arguments for holidays at Easter and Christmas because these are special occasions...
支持复活节和圣诞节放假是有充分论据的，因为这些节日都是特殊的时刻。

2. 特殊的；异常的
Special means different from normal.

e.g. In special cases, a husband can deduct the travel expenses of his wife who accompanies him on a business trip...
在特殊情况下，丈夫可以扣除陪同出差的妻子的旅费。
e.g. So you didn't notice anything special about him?...
这么说你并没有发现他有什么异常之处了？

3. 特派的;有特殊用途的
You use special to describe someone who is officially appointed or who has a particular position specially created for them.

e.g. Due to his wife's illness, he returned to the State Department as special adviser to the President...
由于妻子生病，他回到了国务院，出任总统的特别顾问。
e.g. Frank Deford is a special correspondent for Newsweek magazine.
弗兰克·德福特是《新闻周刊》杂志的特派记者。

4. (为残疾人或有心理障碍者)特设的，专门的
Special institutions are for people who have serious physical or mental problems.

e.g. Police are still searching for a convicted rapist, who escaped from Broadmoor special hospital yesterday.
警方仍然在搜寻昨天从布罗德莫尔专科医院逃跑的一名强奸犯。

5. 特有的;独具特色的
You use special to describe something that relates to one particular person, group, or place.

e.g. Every anxious person will have his or her own special problems or fears.
每一个焦虑的人都会有自己的问题或者担心。
e.g. ...it requires a very special brand of courage to fight dictators.
与独裁者作斗争需要非同寻常的勇气。

6. 特产;特色菜;特别节目
A special is a product, programme, or meal which is not normally available, or which is made for a particular purpose.

e.g. ...complaints about the BBC's Hallowe'en special, 'Ghostwatch'...
对英国广播公司的万圣节特别节目《幽灵观察》的投诉
e.g. Grocery stores have to offer enough specials to bring people into the store.
杂货店为了招揽顾客不得不推出多种特色产品。

名词信任; 信托; 照管; 受托基金机构

及物/不及物动词相信， 信任

及物动词相信; 对…有信心，依赖于; 盼望，自信地期待，设想; 让他人照管，托管

1. 信任;信赖
If you trust someone, you believe that they are honest and sincere and will not deliberately do anything to harm you.

e.g. 'I trust you completely,' he said...
“我完全信任你，”他说。
e.g. He did argue in a general way that the president can't be trusted.
他确实泛泛提过总统不可信赖。

名词小薄片，（尤指）碎片; 火星，火花; 晒鱼架，食品搁架; 昏过去，不省人事

不及物动词（成小薄片）脱落，剥落

及物动词把（鱼、食物等）切成薄片

1. 小薄片;(尤指)碎片
A flake is a small thin piece of something, especially one that has broken off a larger piece.

e.g. ...flakes of paint...
剥落的油漆碎片
e.g. Large flakes of snow began swiftly to fall.
大片大片的雪花开始簌簌飘落。

2. (油漆等)剥落，脱落
If something such as paint flakes, small thin pieces of it come off.

e.g. They can see how its colours have faded and where paint has flaked.
他们能看到颜色消退的情况以及油漆剥落的地方。

3. (食物)变成薄片;把…切成薄片
If a food such as fish flakes, or if you flake it, it breaks into small thin pieces.

e.g. Fry until the fish flakes...
把鱼煎成薄片。
e.g. Skin, bone and flake the fish.
去鱼皮、鱼骨，再把鱼肉片成薄片。

4. (疲倦得)倒下，睡下，完全放松
If you flake out, you collapse, go to sleep, or totally relax because you are very tired.

e.g. If he flakes out before I get back, just cover him with a blanket...
如果我回来之前他就困得睡着了，给他盖条毯子就行了。
e.g. Ireland is not for you if you want to flake out on a beach.
如果想躺在沙滩上好好放松一下，爱尔兰并不是合适的地方。

相关词组：flake offflake out

名词粥; 稀饭; 麦片粥; 肉汤

1. （尤指早餐食用的）麦片粥
Porridge is a thick sticky food made from oats cooked in water or milk and eaten hot, especially for breakfast.