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• tank （熟词僻义）

  • 表示“表现得很糟糕，快速减少，衰落，下跌”，英文解释为“If something such as a stock price or a movie tanks, it performs very badly, for example because it loses a lot of money.”举个🌰：
  • Tech stocks have tanked.
  • 科技股票暴跌了。

• listing

  • 1）作名词，表示“（表册上的）位置，项目”，英文解释为“a position or an item on a list”举个🌰：

    • The company is seeking a stock exchange listing (= for trading shares) .
    • 这家公司正在争取上市。

  • 2）list作动词本身就可以表示上市（to make a company's shares available on a particular financial market）。

• equate to

  • 表示“相当于；等于”，英文解释为“to be equal to sth else”举个🌰：

    • A $5 000 raise equates to 25%.
    • 提薪5 000元相当于增加了25%。

  • equate表示“将…等同于；等同于”，英文解释为“If you equate one thing with another, or if you say that one thing equates with another, you believe that they are strongly connected.”举个🌰：

    • I'm always wary of men wearing suits, as I equate this with power and authority.
    • 我总是提防着穿制服的人，因为我将其等同于权力及权威。

• quarter （熟词僻义）

  • 表示“（士兵、服务人员等的）营房，宿舍，住房”，英文解释为“[ pl. ] rooms that are provided for soldiers, servants, etc. to live in”举个🌰：
    • We were moved to more comfortable living quarters.
    • 我们搬进了较舒适的住处。
  • 表示“（尤指能提供帮助、信息或作出反应的）个人，群体”，英文解释为“a person or group of people, especially as a source of help, information or a reaction”举个🌰：
    • Support for the plan came from an unexpected quarter.
    • 支持这一计划的是没料想到的一方。

• branch out

  • 表示“朝新的方向拓展；涉足（尤指新工作）；扩展（业务）”，英文解释为“If a person or an organization branches out, they do something that is different from their normal activities or work.”举个🌰：
    • I continued studying moths, and branched out to other insects.
    • 我继续研究飞蛾,同时也开始研究其它昆虫。

• break away from

  • 表示“（尤指速度竞赛中）甩掉”，英文解释为“to move away from a crowd or group, especially in a race”举个🌰：
    • She broke away from the pack and opened up a two-second lead.
    • 她甩开所有其他赛跑者，以两秒领先
  • 表示“突然挣脱；逃脱”，英文解释为“to escape suddenly from sb who is holding you or keeping you prisoner”举个🌰：
    • The prisoner broke away from his guards.
    • 犯人挣脱了看守

• scuttle

  • 不及物动词，表示“碎步疾跑”，英文解释为“When people or small animals scuttle somewhere, they run there with short quick steps. ”举个🌰：
    • Two very small children scuttled away in front of them.
    • 两个很小的孩子在他们面前迈着又碎又快的步子跑开了。
  • 及物动词，表示“破坏（计划、提议）”，英文解释为“To scuttle a plan or a proposal means to make it fail or cause it to stop.”举个🌰：
    • Such threats could scuttle the peace conference.
    • 这样的威胁可能会破坏和平会议。

• laden

  • 表示“充满的（尤指充满令人不快的东西）”，英文解释为“( literary ) full of sth, especially sth unpleasant”举个🌰：
    • His voice was soft, yet laden with threat.
    • 他说话的声音很柔和，但充满了恐吓的语气

• blend into

  • 表示“融合到（背景）中”，英文解释为“to look so similar to the background that it is difficult for you to see it separately”举个🌰：
    • He blended into the crowd.
    • 他消失在人群中。

• overwhelm /ˌəʊvəˈwɛlm/

  • 1）表示“（感情或感觉）充溢，难以禁受”，英文解释为“to have such a strong emotional effect on sb that it is difficult for them to resist or know how to react”举个🌰：

  • She was overwhelmed by feelings of guilt.

  • 她感到愧疚难当。

  • 2）表示“压倒；击败；征服”，英文解释为“to defeat sb completely”举个🌰：

    • They were overwhelmed.
    • 他们被完全击败了。

  • 3）表示“压垮；使应接不暇”，英文解释为“to be so bad or so great that a person cannot deal with it; to give too much of a thing to a person”举个🌰：

    • We were overwhelmed by requests for information.
    • 问讯使我们应接不暇。