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The art of painting
Words and expressions
wander [vi & vt]
①to walk slowly around or to a place, often without any particular sense of purpose or direction 闲逛;
她在大街上漫无目的地到处游荡。
e.g. She wandered aimlessly around the streets.
②to move away from the place where you ought to be or the people you are with 走失;
~ (away/off)
那孩子走散后迷路了。
e.g. The child wandered off and got lost.
wander [vi & vt]
③ to stop being directed on sth and to move without much control to other ideas, subjects, etc. 走神
她浮想联翩,思绪回到了童年。
e.g. Her thoughts wandered back to her childhood.
④(of a road or river) to curve instead of following a straight course蜿蜒;迂回曲折
[V , usually + adv./prep.]
这条路蜿蜒曲折地穿过山丘。
e.g. The road wanders along through the hills.
2. neighbourhood (AmE neighborhood) n.
①a district or an area of a town; 街区;城区
e.g. a poor neighbourhood
②the area that you are in or the area near a particular place;所在地;邻近的地方
3. strike (struck, struck) [V]
1) (不用于进行时) (of a thought or an idea ) to come into sb's mind suddenly 突然想到;
我突然想到一个糟糕的想法。
e.g. An awful thought has just struck me.
It struck/hit sb. that…
=It occurred to sb. that…
我突然意识到我犯了一个错误。
2) (formal) to hit sb/sth hard or with force撞;碰;
这个孩子跑到马路上被轿车撞到了。
e.g. The child ran into the road and was struck by a car.
He fell, _____________ (strike)his head on the edge of the table.
striking
3) (formal)to hit sb/sth with your hand or a weapon 打;
她打了他一耳光。
e.g. She struck him in the face.
3. strike (struck, struck)
4) to attack sb/sth, especially suddenly 突击; 攻击
狮子蹲身准备袭击。 crouched(蹲下)
e.g. The lion crouched ready to strike.
5)~ (for sth) to refuse to work as a protest 罢工
工会投票决定罢工,要求加薪6%。
e.g. The union has voted to strike for a pay increase of 6%
6) to rub sth such as a match against a surface so that it produces a flame;划(火柴);
在墙上划火柴
strike a match on a wall
be struck by sb/sth (informal) 被某人(或某物)打动;迷恋某人(或某物)
她年轻热情,把我迷住了。
I was struck by her youth and enthusiasm.
strike a balance (between A and B)(在对立二者之间)找到折中办法;平衡(对立的双方)
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