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in a row: happening a number of times, one after another
- Bill Gates lost $6 billion last year, but that t 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
twist: vt.
1) turn round; revolve
- Twist the handle to the right and the box will open.
- 我扭过头去把汽车向后倒。
(=I twisted my head round to reverse the car.)
2) deliberately give a false meaning to words, etc.
- The police tried to twist the man’s statement into an admission of guilt.
- 报纸把我的话全都歪曲了。
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(=The papers twisted everything I said.)
Pattern:
twist sth. round sth. 使某物缠绕某物
twist sth. into sth. 把某物扭/搓成某物
twist off 扭断；拧开
twist up 扭弯；歪曲
outbreak: n. the sudden or violent start of sth. unwelcome, such as disease
- The area was struck by an outbreak of cholera.
- So violent was his outbreak that they hesitated to intervene.
- 由于战争爆发，这个研究计划搁浅了。
(=The research project fetched up because of the outbreak of the war.)
alien:
1. n. anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
- Immigrant workers were classed as resident aliens.
- 背井离乡这么久，现在在他自己的国家，他觉得自己像个外人。
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(=After being away for so long, he feels like an alien in his own country now.)
2. adj.
1) very different from what you are used to, especially in a way that is difficult to understand or accept
- Their ideas are quite alien to our ways of thinking.
- 残忍完全不合他的本性。
(=Cruelty is quite alien to his nature.)
2) being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
- After the alien spacecraft had hovered over the park for a short time, it vanished.
- 我在异国他乡遇到故知。
(=I ran into an old friend in the alien land.)
remarkable: adj.
1) striking
- He showed remarkable courage when he faced the danger.
- 他生病的整个阶段都表现出非凡的忍耐力。
(=He showed remarkable endurance throughout his illness.)
2) worthy of attention
- The social changes which occurred in China are remarkable.
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original: adj.
1) b