小D每日一句一周详解(12.17~12.23)

12月17日:The airplane overshot the runway.飞机冲出了跑道。     

oot:v. 越过,过火
例如:The missile overshot its target. (导弹越过目标。)
          He overshot the truth. (他言过其实。)

12月18日:She needs to find an outlet for her many talents.她的多才多艺需要找个施展的机会。     

n. 出路;表现机会;经销店;出口;排水管;插座
例如:Her father had found an outlet for his ambition in his work.(她父亲在工作中找到了施展抱负的途径。)
         You don't mean open more retail outlets?(你还想开更多零售店吗?)

12月19日:She is a sophisticated woman.她是一个老成的人。     

ticated:adj. 老于世故的;富有经验的;不落俗套的;复杂的,精密的,尖端的
例如:He is a sophisticated columnist.(他是一位富有经验的专栏作家。)
          It's a sophisticated design.(这是件脱俗的设计。)

12月20日:He has taken to staying up late.他习惯熬夜。     

up late:深夜不睡,迟睡
例如:I am going to stay up late to finish my paper. (为了完成报告我打算熬夜不睡。)
          Mary's father will not permit her to stay up late. ( 玛丽的父亲不允许她熬夜。)

12月21日:I groped for the light switch.我摸索着找电灯开关。     

for:探索,寻找
例如:Struck dumb, I groped for a chair. ( 我惊呆了,摸着一张椅子坐下。)
          He groped for a solution to his problem. (他探求解决问题的方法。)

12月22日:I am under great strain recently.我最近压力很大。      

great strain:承受巨大压力
例如:You've been under great strain; you need a rest. (你太紧张了,需要休息一下。)
          In judging his conduct, we must keep sight of the fact that he was under great strain at the time. (在判断他的行为时,我们必须考虑到这样一个事实:他当时过度紧张。)

12月23日The acting is wildly uneven.演技起伏很大。     

adj. 不平均的,不均匀的;奇数的;不稳定,不规则的,易变化的
例如:Postwar oil discoveries have been very uneven distributed among countries.(在战后,油田的发现在各国的分布是极不均匀的。)
          It was an uneven but inspired performance.(演出时好时坏但却富于灵感。)

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