Breathe
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vi. 呼吸;活着，生存;小憩一会儿，歇歇气;散发香气;
vt. 呼吸;吸进（如香气）;尤指平静地吐露，低语;使…明显的，暗示;
📝 例句
He wanted to breathe clean air.
他希望呼吸一下清新的空气。
All mammals breathe air.
哺乳类动物全都呼吸空气。
In the main, this means to give me better air to breathe.
这主要是指给我呼吸的空气要好些。
At high altitudes of Tibet it is difficult to breathe.
在西藏海拔很高的地方呼吸很困难。
He' ll breathe new life into the team.
他会给队里带来新气象。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ breath-呼吸,e-谐音“一”:呼吸困难就要使劲呼吸
※ br-拼音“病人”,eat-吃,he-拼音“和”:和病人一起吃饭,不敢呼吸
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
📖 牛津释义
breathe
v
1 [I] take air into the lungs and send it out again 呼吸
People breathe more slowly when they are asleep. 人睡觉时呼吸比较缓慢.
She's still breathing, ie still alive. 她仍在呼吸（还活著）.
He was breathing hard/heavily after racing for the train. 他跑著赶上火车以後, 吃力地喘著气.
2 [Ip, Tn, Tn.p]
~ in/out; ~ sth (in/out) take (air, etc) into or send (it) out of the lungs 吸入或呼出（空气等）
The doctor told me to breathe in and then breathe out (again) slowly. 医生叫我吸气然後（再）慢慢地呼出.
It's good to breathe (in) fresh country air instead of city smoke. 呼吸乡间的新鲜空气而不吸入城市的烟尘是有益的.
3 [Tn] say (sth) softly; whisper 轻声说（某事）; 低语
breathe loving words in sb's ear 在某人耳边低语情话
breathe a threat 低声说出恐吓的话.
4 show that one is full of (a feeling); exude 表示充满（感情）; 流露
The team breathed confidence before the match. 该队在比赛前显得很有信心.
5 (idm 习语) (be able to) breathe (easily/freely) again feel calm or relieved after a period of tension, fear or exertion; relax （在一度紧张、恐惧或努力之後）恢复平静或安下心来; 松口气
Now my debts are paid I can breathe again. 现在我已还清欠债, 可以松口气了. breathe down sb's `neck (infml 口) be close behind sb (eg in a race); watch sb (too) closely 随後紧跟某人（如赛跑中）; 紧紧盯住（某人）
I can't concentrate with you breathing down my neck. 你这样紧紧盯著我, 使我精神无法集中. (not) breathe a `word (of/about sth) (to sb) (not) tell sb sth (esp a secret); (not) reveal sth to sb （不）告诉某人某事（尤指秘密）; （不）向某人透露某事
Promise me you won't breathe a word of this to anyone. 答应我别将此事泄漏给任何人. breathe one's `last (fml euph 文, 婉) die 断气.
6 (phr v) breathe sth into sb/sth fill (a person or group) with (a feeling) 使（某人或团体）充满（某种感情）
The new manager has breathed fresh life into (ie revitalized) the company. 新经理给公司带来了朝气.
🎯 考研助记
这个(the)面包(bread)会 呼吸
🔁 扩展释义
*[bri:ð]vi. 呼吸, 生存, 低语vt. 呼吸, 使喘息, 发散, 低声说相关词组: be able to breathe again breathe down someone's neck breathe in breathe out breathe new life into breathe one's last breathe upon
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You work hard on all your committees,
而你总是在各种委员会里忙，
Wouldn't I know?
我还会不知道吗？
Though my aunt pursued what was, in those days, an enlightened policy, in that she never allowed her domestic staff to work more than eight hours a day, she was extremely difficult to please.
姑妈待佣人在当时算是开明的，从来不让佣人每天工作超过8小时，但他们很难使她称心如意。