單詞
give-away
- n. 無意中泄露秘密；贈品
英文詞源
- give-away (n.)
- also giveaway, "act of giving away," 1872, from verbal phrase give away, c. 1400 (of brides from 1719); see give (v.) + away (adv.). The phrase in the meaning "to betray, expose, reveal" is from 1878, originally U.S. slang. Hence also Related: give-away (n.) "inadvertent betrayal or revelation" (1882).
雙語例句
- 1. When life gets hard and you want to give up, remember that life is full of ups and downs, and without the downs, the ups would mean nothing.
- 當生活很艱難，你想要放棄的時候，請記住，生活充滿了起起落落，如果沒有低谷，那站在高處也失去了意義。
來自
- 2. "I can't give you an answer now," he hedged.
- “我現在不能回答你，”他閃避道。
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- 3. Give the cardboard two or three coats of varnish to harden it.
- 在紙板上涂兩三層清漆使其變硬。
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- 4. How very thoughtless. I'll give him a piece of my mind.
- 真是太沒頭腦了，我要告訴他我很生氣。
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- 5. Mr Dudley has pledged to give any award to charity.
- 達德利先生已承諾將任何所獲的損害賠償額都捐給慈善機構。
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