• 词义辨析

    lean, emaciated, haggard, spare, thin

    这组词都可表示“瘦”。它们的区别是:
    spare指人的身材给人以美感的瘦; thin既可指人的身材,也可指人的身体某部位瘦,大多数指因疾病或疲劳而消瘦; emaciated表示的“瘦”主要是由疾病和营养不良造成的; haggard指人的面孔憔悴的,枯槁的,主要是由于忧虑和少眠所致; lean指人天生瘦,是缺少脂肪的意思。例如:
    She was a tall, spare girl.她是个瘦高个儿的姑娘。
    His face was thin.他的脸瘦。
    He was emaciated by long illness.他由于长期生病而瘦弱了。
    The haggard faces of the rescued miners showed what they had suffered.被救出的矿工枯槁的面容表明他们遭受了什么样的苦难。
    He had the lean fit look of a trained athlete.他具有一个受过训练的运动员的清瘦而健康的面容。

    lean, gaunt, slender, thin

    这组词都可形容人“瘦”。它们的区别是:
    thin指因病、过分劳累或缺乏营养等而缺少正常的肌肉; gaunt指因饥饿或操劳过度而呈现的枯瘦或憔悴的面庞; lean强调缺乏脂肪,指自然的瘦,其肌肉却很结实; slender可指人或动物,作“细长的,苗条的”解,有时含有“纤弱”的意思。例如:
    He has the gaunt face of a starving man.他是一副憔悴的面容的饿汉相。
    The forest ranger is lean.那位森林警察很结实。
    She admired Alice's slender build.她羡慕艾丽斯那苗条的身材。

    lean,slender,slim,slight,thin

    这些形容词均有“瘦的”之意。
    lean侧重缺少脂肪。既可能是因病而瘦,也可能因饥饿而消瘦;也指身体消瘦,但肌肉结实,身体健康。
    slender指身体细长、体态优美、苗条适中,多用于指女性。
    slim指身体的细长,体重轻不着重外形的优美,可用于不同的性别,常用于减轻体重的人。
    slight指身材又瘦又小。
    thin普通用词,指腰细、骨架窄,常因疾病或疲劳而消瘦。

  • 双语例句
1、

The value of the pound will force British companies to be leaner and fitter.

英镑目前的汇率将迫使英国公司厉行精兵简政。

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2、

For example, leaner people have more detectable brown fat than overweight people.

例如, 瘦人与超重者相比有更多可检测的棕色脂肪.

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3、

When he became leaner and faster, his digital doppelganger also became sleeker and more fleet - footed.

当真科比变得更瘦并且更快, 他的虚拟兄弟也变得灵动飞快.

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4、

The leaner the dog, the fatter the flea.

狗越瘦, 跳蚤越肥.

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5、

In general ? the leaner the meat? the better - and wild game tends to be the leanest.

一般来说,肉越 瘦 越好,而野味一般都很瘦.

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Magneti Marelli 100 % misfire detection and leaner engine performance.

MagnetiMarelli公司100%失火检测和精简的发动机性能.

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7、

You can totally trick the camera into making you appear and leaner ( what belly pooch ? ) .

你完全可以诱使相机,让它使你看起来更 高挑 苗条.

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Cabbage was always a depressing reminder of the leaner years of my childhood.

卷心菜往往使我沮丧地回忆起我孩提时代那些缺吃少穿的年头.

辞典例句

9、

In the study, the optimistic women exercised more and were leaner than pessimistic peers.

研究表明, 乐观的女性锻炼得多,而且比悲观的人瘦的多.

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10、

All roast beef was leaner than all hamburger meat.

所有的烤牛排都比汉堡中的肉瘦.

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11、

As GM sees it, the company will have leaner management with faster decision making.

通用汽车认为, 新公司管理层将更紧凑,决策过程会更快捷.

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12、

Making the leading organs at and above the corps level leaner by streamlining the organizational structure.

精简机构,精干军以上领导机关.

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13、

The job cuts will make it leaner but also hurt morale.

裁员将使其瘦身,但也会大伤其元气.

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But in leaner times producers benefit from certain demand.

而在不景气时期,稳定的需求对生产商有利.

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