中英慣用短語:
  • adj.  未受反駁的,未否認的   uncontradicted
  • adj.  未耗盡的, 未吃光的, 未毀滅的   unconsumed
  •   未被優待反虐待; 得不償失   (get) more kicks than halfpence
  • n.  杯子, 一杯的容量, 酒的計量單位, 奬杯, 聖餐杯, 酒, 飲酒, 經歷, 遇, 杯狀物, 萼, 杯狀窩, 骨臼, 球洞, 罩帽, 噴註室, 幹吸杯, 火罐, 杯狀凹地, 盆地, 冷飲, 求並運算, 袖套, 隔電子外裙, 盤盂, 盅, 碗, 座, 槽, 坩堝, 絞盤軸座, 茶杯, (一)杯, 金杯, 優勝杯, 酒杯   cup
  •   某人將要殃, 某人將要倒黴   woe betide sb.
  • n.  某人耳朵發燒(懷疑人議論, 尤指說壞話)   If this news ever reaches her ears, she'll be furious. 這個消息萬一傳到她的耳朵裏, 她一定得大發雷霆. din in one's ears => din v. sb's `ears are burning sb suspects that he is being talked about, esp in an unkind way
  •   查理一世遭斬首.   Charles I had his head cut off
  • n.  武裝中立(保持中立, 但如攻擊可立即應戰).   armed neutrality, ie readiness to fight if attacked, while remaining neutral until this happens
  • vt.  毆打, 猛擊, 使遭慘敗   whale
  • v.  比爾經常自己孩子耍笑.   Bill is constantly being sent up by his children
  • adj.  沒有反對的, 不反對的, 無對手的, 沒有到反對的   unopposed
  • v.  河岸决堤後, 田地洪水淹沒.   When the river burst its banks the fields were inundated
  • vt.  註定...要遇不幸, 命中註定, 預定命運, 註定, 預先譴責   foredoom
  • n.  流亡[遭放逐]   be sent into exile
  • n.  狠狠)挫敗某人[到(慘重)失敗].   licking (
  • v.  理查德和戴維極力想把問題列入議程, 但多數票否决.   Richard and David tried to get the question put on the agenda but they were heavily outvoted