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another crack nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | colloquial (another attempt) (口语) | 再度尝试,再试一次
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| If you give me another crack at solving the riddle, I'm sure I'll get it. |
another go nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | informal (further attempt) | 再度尝试 zài dù cháng shì |
| | 再试一次 zài shì yí cì |
| I'll have another go at winning the lottery. |
another go nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (another turn) | 另一轮 lìng yì lún |
| The line is shorter now so I think I'll have another go at the roller coaster. |
another one nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (one more) | 再一个 zài yí gè |
| You can never have too many credit cards so I applied for another one. |
another one nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (a different one) | 另一个 lìng yí gè |
| I lost my teddy bear so my parents bought me another one. |
another shot nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (another attempt) | 再度尝试 zài dù cháng shì |
| | 再试一次 zài shì yí cì |
| I am going to have another shot at it. |
another thing nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | ([sth] else, and also) | 其它 qí tā |
| | 别的 bié de |
| You ate the last piece of cake, and another thing, there's no bread left - did you eat that too? Another thing that annoys me is that she smokes at the dinner table. |
another time advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (in the future) | 其它时候
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| | 其它时间
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| | 另约时间
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| Not tonight, but perhaps another time? |
another try nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (a further attempt) | 再试一次 zài shì yí cì |
| If you are not successful the first time, give it another try. |
at another time advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (in other circumstances) | 在不同场合,在别的时候
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| At another time, she would have responded with anger, but she was so tired, she let his comments go. |
complement one another v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (be well matched) | 互补,相辅相成
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| Liz and Brian are very different, but as a couple, they complement one another. |
get to know one another v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (become better acquainted) | 互相了解 hù xiāng liǎo jiě |
| | 彼此熟悉 bǐ cǐ shú xī |
| The two men got to know each other while they were both at college. |
groom each other, groom one another v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (animals: clean each other) (动物) | 相互梳理对方毛发
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| Kate's cats groom each other often, and produce a lot of hairballs. |
have another go v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | informal (try again) | 再试一次 zài shì yí cì |
| | 再来一次 zài lái yí cì |
| Gary wasn't happy with his first attempt so he decided to have another go. |
have another go at [sth] v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | informal (try again) | 再试一次 zài shì yí cì |
| That attempt didn't work out very well, so I'll have another go at it. |
have another go v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | UK: informal (game: take further turn) (游戏) | 再玩一轮,再来一次
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| If you throw a six, you move six squares and then have another go. |
have another helping, have a second helping v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (receive additional serving of [sth]) | 再来一份 zài lái yí fèn |
| | 再吃一点 zài chī yì diǎn |
| That pudding was delicious. Can I have another helping, please? |
help one another viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (assist each other) | 互相帮助 hù xiāng bāng zhù |
| | 彼此帮助 bǐ cǐ bāng zhù |
| The students formed study groups, to help one another prepare for the exams. |
in another way advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (differently) | 用别的方法 yòng bié de fāng fǎ |
| | 用另一种方法 yòng lìng yì zhǒng fāng fǎ |
| | 换个方式 huàn gè fāng shì |
be made for each other, be made for one another v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | informal, figurative (be ideally suited to each other) (情侣等) | 天造地设,天生一对,非常般配
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| What a lovely couple; they're made for each other. Those two business partners are equally nasty; they're made for one another. |
on another note exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (to change the subject) | 另一方面 lìng yì fāng miàn |
| | 另外 lìng wài |
| | 换个话题
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one another pronpronoun: Replaces noun--for example, "He took the cookie and ate it." "I saw you yesterday." | (each other) | 相互 xiāng hù |
| | 彼此 bǐ cǐ |
| The lovers liked nothing better than to be with one another. Lisa believes that women in academia should help one another to get ahead. |
one thing leads to another exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (one action begins a series) (用于直接进入结论时) | 一件事情引发另一件 yí jiàn shì qíng yǐn fā lìng yí jiàn |
| One thing led to another, and now she's pregnant. |
one way or another advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (somehow, by some means) | 用某种办法
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take another look v | (re-examine [sth]) | 再检查 zài jiǎn chá |
| | 再查看一下 zài chá kàn yí xià |
| Once you think you have everything figured out, it's never a bad idea to take another look. |
understand one another, understand each other vtr + refltransitive verb and reflexive pronoun: Transitive verb with reflexive pronoun--for example, "Enjoy yourself." "They behaved themselves." | (have an agreement) | 彼此理解 bǐ cǐ lǐ jiě |
| | 相互了解 xiāng hù liǎo jiě |
| We really understand one another; sometimes we don't even need to speak. |
yet another adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (one more, an additional) | 另一个的 lìng yí gè de |
| | 又一个的 yòu yí gè de |