文档介绍：in a row: happening a number of times, one after another
- Bill Gates lost $6 billion last year, but that didn’t stop him from being the richest man in the world for the 8th year in a row.
doze off: fall into a light sleep
- Before I had time to doze off again, I was disturbed by a rattling of plates and dishes in the servant’s hall.
- That proved to be my undoing, for I soon got back to my old bad habit of dozing off in front of the screen.
frail: adj. weak
- Mrs. Warner is already 96 and too frail to live by herself.
strain: vt.
1) make a situation or relationship more difficult
- Relations between Tokyo and Washington were further strained by the ary crisis involving the December 1971 revaluation of the Japanese yen.
- 该事件使得两国关系趋于紧张。
(=The incident has strained relations between the two countries.)
2) stretch tightly by pulling
- They strained the wire between two posts.
make ends meet: balance one’s e and expenditure
- It may be difficult at times to make ends meet on your small e.
- It was very difficult for Arthur to make ends meet when his factory was put on a three-day week during the recession.
stretch:
1. vt.
1) make sth. longer, wider or tighter by pulling
- Where can I buy those things that stretch your shoes?
- A spider’s web can be stretched considerably without weakening.
- 你如果拉橡皮带,它就会伸长。
(=If you stretch a piece of elastic, it es much longer.)
2) extend or thrust out (a limb or part of the body) and tighten the muscles
- She went out to stretch her legs after lunch.
- 应付抽筋最有效的方法就是轻柔缓和地去伸展肌肉抽筋的部位。
(=The most effective treatment for muscle cramps is to gently stretch the cramped muscle.)
2. vi. spread out over an area or a period of time; extend
- The ocean stretched as far as they could see on all sides.
- 这条道路穿过沙漠伸向远方。
(=The road stretched out across the desert into the distance.)
Collocation:
stretch one’s legs 散步
stretch a point 做出让步
at a stretch 连续地
at full stretch 竭尽全力
beyond the stretch of …超出…范围
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