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柯林斯詞典
- NOUN USES AND PHRASES
1. N-COUNT Your hands are the parts of your body at the end of your arms. Each hand has four fingers and a thumb. 手
I put my hand into my pocket and pulled out the letter. 我把手伸進(jìn)衣袋，掏出那封信。
2. N-SING The hand of someone or something is their influence in an event or situation. 影響
The hand of the military authorities can be seen in the entire electoral process. 軍方的影響在整個(gè)選舉過程中都可以看到。
3. N-PLURAL If you say that something is in a particular person's hands, you mean that they are taking care of it, own it, or are responsible for it. 照顧; 掌控
I feel that possibly the majority of these dogs are in the wrong hands. 我覺得這些狗中大多數(shù)可能沒有得到適當(dāng)?shù)恼疹櫋?/p>
We're in safe hands. 我們得到妥善的照顧。
4. N-SING If you ask someone for a hand with something, you are asking them to help you in what you are doing. 幫助
Come and give me a hand in the garden. 到花園里來給我搭把手。
5. N-SING If someone asks an audience to give someone a hand, they are asking the audience to clap loudly, usually before or after that person performs. 鼓掌
Let's give 'em a big hand. 讓我們?yōu)樗麄儫崃夜恼啤?/p>
6. N-COUNT In a game of cards, your hand is the set of cards that you are holding in your hand at a particular time or the cards that are dealt to you at the beginning of the game. (紙牌游戲) 手中的牌
He carefully inspected his hand. 他仔細(xì)檢查手中的牌。
7. N-COUNT The hands of a clock or watch are the thin pieces of metal or plastic that indicate what time it is. (鐘表的) 指針
The hands of the clock on the wall moved with a slight click. Half past ten. 墻上時(shí)鐘的指針伴著輕輕的嘀嗒聲走著。10:30了。
8. PHRASE If something is at hand, near at hand, or close at hand, it is very near in place or time. 在手邊; 在眼前
Having the right equipment at hand will be enormously helpful. 有合適的工具在手邊將會極為有用。
9. PHRASE If someone experiences a particular kind of treatment, especially unpleasant treatment, at the hands of a person or organization, they receive it from them. 在…的手中 (尤指受到不好的待遇)
The civilian population was suffering greatly at the hands of the security forces. 這些平民在保安部隊(duì)的手中吃盡了苦頭。
10. PHRASE If you do something by hand, you do it using your hands rather than a machine. 手工
Each pleat was stitched in place by hand. 每個(gè)褶子都是手工縫制的。
11. PHRASE When something changes hands, its ownership changes, usually because it is sold to someone else. (常指某物因賣給他人) 易主
The firm has changed hands many times over the years. 這家公司幾年來已多次易主。
12. PHRASE If you have your hands full with something, you are very busy because of it. 為...忙得不可開交
She had her hands full with new arrivals. 她為這些新來的忙得不可開交。
13. PHRASE If someone gives you a free hand, they give you the freedom to use your own judgment and to do exactly as you wish. 便宜行事
He gave Stephanie a free hand in the decoration. 他讓斯蒂芬妮在裝潢時(shí)便宜行事。
14. PHRASE If you get your hands on something or lay your hands on something, you manage to find it or obtain it, usually after some difficulty. 搞到[非正式]
Patty began reading everything she could get her hands on. 帕蒂開始閱讀她能搞到的所有東西。
15. PHRASE If two people are hand in hand, they are holding each other's nearest hand, usually while they are walking or sitting together. People often do this to show their affection for each other. 手拉手
I saw them making their way, hand in hand, down the path. 我看到他們手拉手沿著小路朝前走。
16. PHRASE If two things go hand in hand, they are closely connected and cannot be considered separately from each other. 密切相關(guān)
For us, research and teaching go hand in hand. 對于我們來說，研究與教學(xué)密切相關(guān)。
17. PHRASE If you have a hand in something such as an event or activity, you are involved in it. 參與某事
He thanked all who had a hand in his release. 他感謝了所有參與解救他的人。
18. PHRASE If two people are holding hands, they are holding each other's nearest hand, usually while they are walking or sitting together. People often do this to show their affection for each other. 手拉手
She approached a young couple holding hands on a bench. 她走近一對手拉手坐在長凳上的年輕情侶。
19. PHRASE The job or problem in hand is the job or problem that you are dealing with at the moment. 處理中的
The business in hand was approaching some kind of climax. 這件正在處理中的事情正接近某種關(guān)鍵時(shí)刻。
20. PHRASE If a situation is in hand, it is under control. 在控制之下
The Olympic organizers say that matters are well in hand. 奧運(yùn)會組織者說各項(xiàng)事務(wù)完全在掌控之中。
21. PHRASE If you lend someone a hand, you help them. 幫助某人
I'd be glad to lend a hand. 我樂意幫忙。
22. PHRASE If someone lives hand to mouth or lives from hand to mouth, they have hardly enough food or money to live on. 勉強(qiáng)糊口
I have a wife and two children and we live from hand to mouth on what I earn. 我有妻子和兩個(gè)孩子，我們靠我掙的錢勉強(qiáng)糊口。
23. →see also hand-to-mouth
24. PHRASE If you tell someone to keep their hands off something or to take their hands off it, you are telling them in a slightly aggressive way not to touch it or interfere with it. 不許碰; 不許干涉
Keep your hands off my milk. 不許碰我的牛奶。
25. PHRASE If you do not know something off hand, you do not know it without having to ask someone else or look it up in a book. 馬上; 無需查詢地[口語]
I can't think of any off hand. 我一下子什么也想不起來。
26. PHRASE If you have a problem or responsibility on your hands, you have to deal with it. If it is off your hands, you no longer have to deal with it. 由某人處理/不再由某人處理
They now have yet another drug problem on their hands. 他們現(xiàn)在又在處理另一個(gè)與毒品有關(guān)的問題。
27. PHRASE If someone or something is on hand, they are near and able to be used if they are needed. 現(xiàn)成的
There are experts on hand to give you all the help and advice you need. 有現(xiàn)成的專家隨時(shí)為你提供所需的一切幫助和建議。
28. PHRASE You use on the one hand to introduce the first of two contrasting points, facts, or ways of looking at something. It is always followed later by "on the other hand" or "on the other." 一方面
On the one hand, if the body doesn't have enough cholesterol, we would not be able to survive. On the other hand, if the body has too much cholesterol, the excess begins to line the arteries. 一方面，如果身體沒有足夠的膽固醇，我們將無法生存；另一方面，如果體內(nèi)膽固醇過多，多余的膽固醇就開始讓動脈變厚。
29. PHRASE You use on the other hand to introduce the second of two contrasting points, facts, or ways of looking at something. 另一方面
The film lost money; reviews, on the other hand, were by and large favourable. 這部電影賠了錢；但從另一方面來看，評論大體上是積極的。
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PHRASE If a person or a situation gets out of hand, you are no longer able to control them. 失去控制
His drinking got out of hand. 他飲酒已失去控制。
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PHRASE If you dismiss or reject something out of hand, you do so immediately and do not consider believing or accepting it. 不假思索地
I initially dismissed the idea out of hand. 我起初不假思索地一口否決了這個(gè)主意。
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PHRASE If you take something or someone in hand, you take control or responsibility over them, especially in order to improve them. 對某人/某事負(fù)責(zé)
She took the twins in hand, encouraging them to turn their thoughts to the future. 她對這對雙胞胎負(fù)起責(zé)任，鼓勵他們要多想想未來。
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PHRASE If you say that your hands are tied, you mean that something is preventing you from acting in the way that you want to. 受到阻礙
Politicians are always saying that they want to help us but their hands are tied. 政客們總說他們想幫助我們，但是卻受到阻礙。
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PHRASE If you try your hand at an activity, you attempt to do it, usually for the first time. (通常指初次) 嘗試
He tried his hand at fishing, but he wasn't really very good at it. 他嘗試過釣魚，但他真的不在行。
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PHRASE If you turn your hand to something such as a practical activity, you learn about it and do it for the first time. 學(xué)做某事
...a person who can turn his hand to anything. …一個(gè)什么事都可以學(xué)著去做的人。
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PHRASE If you wash your hands of someone or something, you refuse to be involved with them any more or to take responsibility for them. 洗手不干; 不再負(fù)責(zé)
He seems to have washed his hands of the job. 這種工作他似乎已洗手不干了。
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PHRASE If you win hands down, you win very easily. 輕易取勝
We have been beaten in some games which we should have won hands down. 我們曾經(jīng)在一些本應(yīng)輕易取勝的比賽中落選。
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with one's bare hands→see bare
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to shake someone's hand→see shake
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to shake hands→see shake
PHRASE
1. V-T If you hand something to someone, you pass it to them. 遞...給...
He handed me a little rectangle of white paper. 他遞給我一小條白紙。
返回 handed
hand /h?nd/ (hands)
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