at a word, in a word
这两个短语意思不同:at a word的意思是“一口气”“立刻”,用来加强谓语的语气; in a word的意思是“一句话”“总而言之”,用来总结全部意见,常放在句首。
in a word, in word
这两个短语意思不同:in word的意思是“口头上”“表面上”, in a word是“总而言之”的意思。
下面两个句子的意思不同:
He was at a loss for word.
他一时找不到一个合适的词。
He was at a loss for words.
他不知如何表达。
word，vocabulary，language，term，lexicon
这些名词均有“文字，词，语言”之意。
word普通用词，指语言的最小单位的单词、字，也可指话、整句话或一段话。
vocabulary集合名词，指词汇、语汇或词汇量。
language普通用词，指国家、民族或种族内部使用，已经系统化的语言。
term指专业术语。
lexicon指某种语言、某人或某一知识领域的全部词汇。
You can take his word for it. He has always been on the up and up.
你可以相信他的话, 他一向老实可靠.
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I sent word to her to go and look after you.
我给她送个信儿,让她去照料你.
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We believe in him, who is always true to his word.
我们信任他, 他总是说话算话的.
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The word has passed into complete disuse.
这个词已经完全不用了.
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Without a word, she turned and swept out of the room.
她一言不发, 转过身高傲地走出了房间.
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In our company the manager has the last word.
在我们公司经理有最后决定权.
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She listened attentively and set down every word he said.
她专心听着,把他说的话一字不漏地记下来.
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Every word he said hit the nail on the head.
他说的真是头头是道.
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Can you guess the meaning of the word from the context?
你能从上下文猜出那词的意思 吗 ?
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He had an encyclopedic command of the field of knowledge, and by a word or a phase, by delicate rapier thrust, he punctured them.
他所掌握的知识就像百科全书那样丰富.用一个字或一句话, 用几句灵敏机智的对答, 他就洞穿了对方的要害.
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Why didn't she say a word? Is there anything in her mind that she finds it hard to disclose?
为什么她一言不发,是不是有什么难言之隐?
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You'll have to hunt up the word in the dictionary.
你须在字典里查找这个字.
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Refer to the dictionary when you don't know how to spell a word.
当你不知道怎么拼写一个词时,查阅一下词典.
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Not being sure of the word, he turned it up in the dictionary.
他对那个词没有把握, 于是就查字典.
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He extorted a meaning from the word.
他曲解了该词词义.
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You needn't puzzle over every single word or phrase in the book.
这本书用不着一字一句地抠.
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" Queer " is the word often used euphemistically for " mad ".
“ Queer ” 这个词常用作 “ mad ” 的委婉语.
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He is not the sort of man who would go back on his word.
他不是那种说话不算数的人.
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The man wrote fifty dollars opposite the word " value ".
那人在价值一词的同一行 写下 了50美元.
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His thoughts were far away and he didn't hear a word of what you said.
他心不在焉,你说什么他都没听见.
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Don't stop at the face value of the word.
不要停留在这个字的表面意思上.
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I spent half an hour searching through dictionaries for the meaning of that word.
我花了半个小时的时间在许多字典中寻找那个字的意义.
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Once you've given your word, don't try to back out.
一旦许下诺言, 就不要想翻悔.
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This isn't the right word to use here.
这个词用在这里不合适.
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In " It's a bloody miracle! ", " bloody " is used as an intensive word.
在 “ It‘sabloodymiracle! ” 一句中, bloody是用作加强语气的词.
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The wrong pronunciation of the word is sanctioned by public usage.
人们接受了这个字的错误读法,因为大家都这样念.
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Don't go back on your word.
可别 说 了又变卦啊!
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He was at loss for a word.
他找不到恰当的字眼.
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Don't worry, I wouldn't breathe a word of your secret.
别担心, 我不会泄漏你的秘密.
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