As the neighbours complained of the noise, my husband spent weeks training him to press his paw on the latch to let himself in.
由于邻居们对狗叫很有意见,所以我丈夫花了几个星期的时间训练它用脚爪按住门闩把自己放进来。
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 59 In or out
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
press
[prɛs]
词频1
词根: press
vt. 压,按;逼迫;紧抱;
vi. 压;逼迫;重压;
n. 强迫征兵;新闻报道,出版物;压榨;印刷机(厂);
💡 press 表”压力,向……人施压”
"The accommodation for the press was makeshift at best."
迁就新闻界充其量只是个权宜之计.
近义:squeeze, depress, pressure, coerce, lobby, prompt
反义:unhand
n. 噪音;嘈杂声,喧闹声;声音,声响;杂音;
vt. 谣传;哄传;传说;
vi. 发出声音;大声议论;
💡 音“闹死”: 噪音太大,吵闹死了 鼻子(nose)里加个(i)- 吵闹
"If you close that door, you can shut the noise in."
你要是关上那扇门, 就听不到吵闹声了.
近义:preach, propagate, report, reveal, spread, broadcast
反义:still, stillness, quietness
n. 丈夫;〈英〉管家;〈古〉节俭的管理人;船舶管理人;
vt. 节俭地使用;〈罕〉做…的丈夫;
💡 hus(house房子)+band(带子-绑):结婚被房子绑着的人- 丈夫 来自hussy (轻佻的女子),和band (束缚),由这两个单词拼缀而成
"She felt her husband constantly belittled her achievements."
她觉得她的丈夫时常贬低她的成就。
近义:keep, maintain, save, spare, conserve, economise
反义:lavish, misspend, misuse, piddle, waste, dilapidate
a. 用尽的, 精疲力竭的\\nspend的过去式和过去分词
近义:outworn, unavailable, consumed, depleted, exhausted
n. 训练;培养;(枪炮,摄影机等的)瞄准;整枝法;
v. 训练,培养( train的现在分词);教育;瞄准;整枝;
"training for non-professional staff"
对非专业员工的培训
近义:learning, preparation, taming, capacitation, coaching, habilitation