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against his will,
against her will advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (in opposition to wishes) | 违背他的意愿
wéi bèi tā de yì yuàn |
| | Abby was taken to the cabin in the woods against her will. |
| deep down in his heart advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (his conscience) | 在他的内心深处
zài tā de nèi xīn shēn chù |
| | Deep down in his heart he knew what he had done was wrong. |
drive [sb] out of his mind,
drive [sb] out of her mind v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | figurative, informal (annoy) | 使某人极为恼怒
shǐ mǒu rén jí wéi nǎo nù |
| | | 气得某人发疯
qì de mǒu rén fā fēng |
| | The baby's constant crying drove James out of his mind. |
drive [sb] out of his mind,
drive [sb] out of her mind v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | figurative, informal (arouse sexually) | 把某人迷得七荤八素
bǎ mǒu rén mí de qī hūn bā sù |
| | Watching you sunbathe used to drive me out of my mind. |
| grace nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | usually capitalized (title) (大主教、公爵、公爵夫人的尊称) | 大人，阁下，夫人
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| 备注: Usually preceded by his, her, your. |
| | His Grace appeared at the king's court last week. |
| | 上周大人在国王的宫廷出现过。 |
| HM nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | initialism (His Majesty) | 陛下
bì xià |
| | | 国王陛下
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let off the leash,
let [sb] off the leash,
let [sb] off his/her leash v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | figurative (release [sb] from restraint, control) (比喻) | 解开...的枷锁，解开...的束缚
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| | | 解放
jiě fàng |
| | When they saw that he could handle the job, they let him off his leash and he quickly moved up to a higher position. |
Lordship,
your Lordship,
his Lordship nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | UK (term of address for British peer) (对英国贵族的尊称) | 大人，老爷
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| make [sb] lose his concentration⇒ v | (distract [sb]) | 使…分心
shǐ fēn xīn |
| | | 转移…注意力
zhuǎn yí zhù yì lì |
| | The loud music made me lose my concentration. |
| man of his word nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (male: keeps promises) | 信守承诺的人
xìn shǒu chéng nuò de rén |
| | I've worked with him, and I know him to be a man of his word. |
| put [sb] in his/her place v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | figurative (humble) | 使…感到卑微
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| relieve [sb] of his/her job v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (dismiss or fire [sb]) | 解雇某人
jiě gù mǒu rén |
what's-his-name,
what's-her-name nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | slang (man: forgotten name) (记不起名字时) | 那个某某，你叫他什么来着
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| | I ran into what's-his-name again this afternoon. |