中英慣用短語:
  • n.  機械般行動不動腦筋的人   person who acts automatically, without thinking
  • n.  機械裝置或用具(尤指為某用途特製之物)   device or tool, esp one made by an individual for a particular purpose
  • vt.  殺害, 折磨, 犧牲, 為信仰受難或殉難   martyr
  •   殺雞取蛋, 衹圖眼前的利益斷絶財路   kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
  • n.  雜亂倉促的話, 雜亂的聲音, 爆裂聲, 噼啪響聲   splutter
  •   權宜婚姻(因利害關係非為愛情的結合).   marriage made not for love, but for the personal benefit of one or both partners
  • n.  杓鷸(一種濱鳥, 喙長下彎). =>illus at App   water bird with a long thin beak that curves downwards
  • n.  杠桿作用, 杠桿機構, 杠桿率, 杠桿臂長比, 扭轉力矩, 達到目的的手段, 勢力, 影響, (為達到目的使用的)方法, 手段   leverage
  •   條形圖(一種統計圖表, 係以等寬不等高的竪條表示數量). =>illus at chart 見chart之插圖.   graph on which bars of equal width but varying height are used to represent quantities
  • n.  條紋, 綫條(通常全長等寬, 顔色、 材料或質地通常異於底面)   on a surface that is usu different from it in colour, material or texture
  • vt.  來, 來臨, 到, 來到, 及, 到達, 出現(於), 位於, 發生, 開始, 因…發生, 變為, 變得, 生産, 供應, 合計為   come
  •   來訪;轉同意某看法;恢復知覺;甦醒   come (a)round
  • v.  鬆散無束縛地落下或垂下   loosely and freely
  • n.  板球中)迅速使(數名擊球員)出局, 從結束對方擊球機會   quickly (
  • n.  板球戲的)麯球(先嚮一方, 繼轉嚮相反方向的球).   ball bowled as if to turn in a particular direction after bouncing, that actually turns the opposite way (
  • n.  板球的)屏幕(為擊球員看清球設於球場兩端可移動的白色屏幕).   large movable white structure placed at either end of the playing area to help the batsmen see the ball (