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1. an acquired taste

acquire的意思是取得，获得；购得；学到，an acquired taste表示后天养成的嗜好；假以时日并多次尝试而喜欢上的东西。形容某人的话，可能表示某人不是第一眼就会喜欢的类型吧。

Olives are an acquired taste.
橄榄这种东西吃得多就爱吃了。

 

2. melt away

melt away有这两个意思：①逐渐消失；逐渐散去

As the police sirens were heard, the crowd started to melt away.
警笛一响，人群就开始散开了。

②（强烈的情绪）变弱，消失

Her anger melted away when she read the letter.
读到信时，她的怒火慢慢消失了。

谢尔顿的爸爸听说对方在减肥，夸张的来了一句“you are melting away“，当然不是说人渐渐消失了，只是幽默地说对方会变瘦啦！

 

3. sixth sense

sixth sense就是第六感，直觉。

A sixth sense told me that the train was going to crash.
直觉告诉我这列火车要撞车。

 

直觉的不同表达：

① instinct

Her first instinct was to run.
她的第一反应是逃跑。

have an instinct for
凭直觉

② gut

gut feeling/reaction
直觉，内心感觉

go with one's gut
听从直觉

③ hunch

act on/follow a hunch
按直觉行事

② intuition

have an intuition that
凭直觉感到