中英惯用短语:
  • n.  懦的人, 懦夫, 没有骨气的人   milksop
  • n.  懦的人, 无用的人, 软无能的人   wimp
  • n.  懦的人(尤指男的)   weak and timid person, esp a man
  • n.  懦的行为, 卑鄙的行为   dastardliness
  • n.  懦而好吹牛的丑角, 只会吹牛的胆小鬼, 无赖, 胆小鬼   scaramouch
  • n.  懦弱而胆怯的男子.   man or boy who is weak and timid
  •   我们等待风势减弱.   We waited for the wind to go down
  •   我做我原先的那份工作要带劲得多. Aged is more formal than old and is used of very old people who have possibly become physically weak.*aged比old文些, 用以指年老的人, 可能身体亦衰. If one wishes to be polite and respectful, one can describe old people as elderly. 若想客气些、 尊敬些, 可用elderly来形容老人. Ancient and antique are usually only applied to things. *ancient和antique通常仅用於事物. We call ancient something that existed a long time ago *ancient用以形容经历了久远年代的事物   I was much happier in my old job.
  • vt.  扑灭, 熄灭, 压制, 抑制, 止, 使沉默, 把...淬火, 使骤冷, 使淬硬, 猝熄, 遏止, 阻尼, 化, 减震, 抑制(欲望), 用水冷却(钢铁), 结束, 淬火   quench
  • v.  打破, 弄破, 弄坏, 违犯, 折断, 削, 超过, 突变   break
  • vt.  打败, 征服, 克服, 压倒, 制服, ...不堪, 击败, 战胜, 压倒, 克制, 使(某人)软, 使(某人)生病, 胜过   overcome
  •   扰动的逐渐减弱   decay (of a disturbance)
  • adj.  找出论据中的弱点.   identify the weak points in an argument, ie those which may be attacked most easily
  • v.  把弦解下,使神经衰弱   unstring
  • adj.  抨击对方的致命弱点.   make a fierce destructive attack on the weakest point in an opponent's argument
  • vt.  抵抗, 抵制, 阻碍, 打破, 平衡, 解(毒), 消除...的作用, 反作用, 中和, 抵销, 减少, 削, 消除, 抵消   counteract