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flat adj.平坦的；扁平的；单调的；断然的；[音乐]降音的；气不足的adv.平直地；直截了当；低于标准音高地n.<英>公寓；平面部分；[音乐]降半音；泄气轮胎v.变平；降调；住公寓 (1) 我们县大部分地方非常平坦。(2) 在开阔平坦的地区有大量的青草供牛群食用。(3) 过去人们认为地球是扁平的。(4) 令人兴奋的事过后，她感到平淡无味。(5) 我的要求遭到了断然拒绝。(6) 那个音应该是降 B 音，而不是 B 音。(7) 我们那辆汽车有一只轮胎漏了气。(8) 她在温暖的阳光下平躺著。(9) 我身无分文。(10) 我的老板明确地告诉我不能早走。(11) 她正在购买一套靠近她办公室的单元房。(12) 他用手掌打门。(13) C 大调中没有升半音和降半音。(14) 我们得找个地方修理一下漏气的轮胎。 Geometrically, something flat is an even, level plane, like Kansas relative to the Rocky Mountains, or the cargo area of a flatbed truck. As an adjective, flat means "less than lively." A flat soda has no bubbles. If your speech falls flat, no one was excited. If you get mugged you might choose to lie flat on the ground. A flat note is just below the right pitch. And if you're cooking is flat, it's boring.

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英 [flæt] 美 [flæt] (1) Most of our county is as flat as a pancake.(2) In flat open country there is plenty of grass for the cattle to feed on.(3) People used to think that the earth was flat.(4) After the excitement was over, she felt flat.(5) My request was met with a flat refusal.(6) That note should be B flat, not B.(7) Our car had a flat tire.(8) She lay flat on her back in the warm sunshine.(9) I'm flat broke.(10) My boss told me flat that I could not leave early.(11) She is buying a flat close to her office.(12) He beat on the door with the flat of his hand.(13) There are no sharps or flats in the key of C major.(14) We need to find a place that can fix the flat. A flat is an apartment. If a girl invites you up to her flat, she's not trying to squash you, she's inviting you over. And she's probably from England, because flat is much more common in British than American English. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词](一间)公寓；(一套)单元房 A flat is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor and part of a larger building. A flat usually includes a kitchen and bathroom.   [also N num]  [mainly BRIT 主英]Sara lives with her husband and children in a flat in central London...萨拉和丈夫还有孩子们住在伦敦中心城区的一间公寓里。It started a fire in a block of flats...大火是从一幢公寓大楼烧起的。Later on, Victor from flat 10 called.后来，10 号公寓的维克托打来电话。in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用apartment2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]平的；平展的；平滑的 Something that is flat is level, smooth, or even, rather than sloping, curved, or uneven. Tiles can be fixed to any surface as long as it's flat, firm and dry...只要表面平整、坚固而且干燥，瓷砖就可以贴住。After a moment his right hand moved across the cloth, smoothing it flat...过了一会儿，他用右手把布抹平。...windows which a thief can reach from a drainpipe or flat roof...小偷从排水管或平屋顶上就可够到的窗户The sea was calm, perfectly flat.海面风平浪静，没有一丝波澜。3[ADJ 形容词]水平的；非竖直的 Flat means horizontal and not upright.   [ADJ n]Two men near him threw themselves flat...他身旁的两个男人直挺挺趴倒在地上。As heartburn is usually worse when you're lying down in bed, you should avoid lying flat.通常躺着的时候胃灼热会更加厉害，所以应当避免平卧。4[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]浅的；不深的；矮的；扁的 A flat object is not very tall or deep in relation to its length and width.   [usu ADJ n]Ellen is walking down the drive with a square flat box balanced on one hand.埃伦正一手托着一个方形的扁盒子沿私人车道走着。5[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](地势)平的，平坦的，无起伏的 Flat land is level, with no high hills or other raised parts.   [ADJ n]To the north lie the flat and fertile farmlands of the Solway plain...北边是索尔韦平原平坦而肥沃的农田。The landscape became wider, flatter and very scenic...地势变得更开阔、更平整，风景十分优美。The highway stretched out flat and straight ahead.公路平坦而笔直地向前延伸。flatnessNotice the flatness and the rich, red earth.注意那平坦的地势和肥沃的红土地。6[N-COUNT 可数名词]平地；(尤指)低洼地，浅滩 A low flat area of uncultivated land, especially an area where the ground is soft and wet, can be referred to as flats or a flat .   [usu pl]The salt marshes and mud flats attract large numbers of waterfowl.盐碱地和泥滩吸引了大量水鸟。7[N-COUNT 可数名词]平面；平坦部分 You can refer to one of the broad flat surfaces of an object as the flat of that object.   [usu sing]He slammed the counter with the flat of his hand.他用手掌使劲拍打着柜台。...eight cloves of garlic crushed with the flat of a knife.用刀面拍碎的 8 粒蒜瓣8[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](鞋)平跟的，平底的 Flat shoes have no heels or very low heels.   [usu ADJ n]  [AM 美]People wear slacks, sweaters, flat shoes, and all manner of casual attire for travel.人们穿着宽松的长裤、运动衫、平底鞋和各式适合旅行的休闲服装。Flats are flat shoes.平跟鞋；平底鞋His mother looked ten years younger in jeans and flats.他妈妈穿上牛仔裤和平跟鞋，看上去年轻了 10 岁。9[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](轮胎、球、气球等)瘪的，没气的 A flat tyre, ball, or balloon does not have enough air in it. 10[N-COUNT 可数名词]瘪了的轮胎 A flat is a tyre that does not have enough air in it. Then, after I finally got back on the highway, I developed a flat.后来，我终于回到公路上后，车胎又瘪了。11[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](饮料)无泡的，走了气的 A drink that is flat is no longer fizzy. Could this really stop the champagne from going flat?这真的能让香槟不走气吗？12[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](电池)没电的，电耗光的，电不足的 A flat battery has lost some or all of its electrical charge.   [mainly BRIT 主英]His car alarm had been going off for two days and, as a result, the battery was flat.他的汽车报警器连着响了两天，结果电池耗没电了。in AM, use 美国英语用dead13[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](扁)平足的 If you have flat feet, the arches of your feet are too low. The condition of flat feet runs in families.平足会在家族中遗传。14[ADJ 形容词](拒绝或否认)断然的，坚决的 A flat denial or refusal is definite and firm, and is unlikely to be changed.   [ADJ n]The Foreign Ministry has issued a flat denial of any involvement...外交部已经坚决否认参与过此事。She is likely to give you a flat refusal.她很可能会断然拒绝你。flatlyMichael flatly denied virtually every rumour...迈克尔几乎对每个传闻都坚决否认。He flatly refused to discuss it...他断然拒绝讨论此事。I could use some money, Sarah told him flatly.萨拉态度坚决地告诉他，我可以用一部分钱。15[ADJ 形容词]飞速的；短短的 If you say that something happened, for example, in ten seconds flat or ten minutes flat, you are emphasizing that it happened surprisingly quickly and only took ten seconds or ten minutes.   [num n ADJ]  [emphasis]You're sitting behind an engine that'll move you from 0 to 60mph in six seconds flat...您面前的引擎，可以在短短 6 秒钟内速度从 0 提升至每小时 60 英里。I had it all explained to me in two minutes flat.短短两分钟内，我让人把一切都给我解释了一下。16[ADJ 形容词](比率、价格或百分比)固定的，统一的 A flat rate, price, or percentage is one that is fixed and which applies in every situation.   [ADJ n]Fees are charged at a flat rate, rather than on a percentage basis...费用按固定价格收取，而不是基于百分比收取。Sometimes there's a flat fee for carrying out a particular task...有时执行某项特定的任务有固定的价码。Medicare is preparing to cut all payments by a flat 2%.国家医疗保健体系正准备对所有收费都统一减少 2%。17[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](贸易或商业)停滞的，不景气的 If trade or business is flat, it is slow and inactive, rather than busy and improving or increasing. During the first eight months of this year, sales of big pickups were up 14% while car sales stayed flat...今年前 8 个月，大型货车的销售量增加了 14％，而小轿车的销售仍然不景气。For the country overall, house prices have remained flat.从全国来说，房屋价格没有多大变化。18[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]枯燥的；无趣的；乏味的 If you describe something as flat, you mean that it is dull and not exciting or interesting. The past few days have seemed comparatively flat and empty...过去这几天似乎比较平淡无聊。It is a long time since a party leader delivered such a dreadfully flat speech as he did yesterday.很久没有政党领导人像他昨天那样作如此枯燥无聊的演讲了。flatnessKenworthy detected a certain flatness in the days that followed.肯沃西在接下来的几天中感到有些平淡无趣。19[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](嗓音)平淡的，单调的 You use flat to describe someone's voice when they are saying something without expressing any emotion. 'Whatever you say,' he said in a deadly flat voice. 'I'll sit here and wait.'...“不管你说什么，我都会坐在这里等。”他用一种极为平淡的声音说道。Her voice was flat, with no question or hope in it.她的声音平淡，听不出疑虑也感觉不到希望。flatly'I know you,' he said flatly, matter-of-fact, neutral in tone.“我认识你。”他平淡地说道，就事论事，不带任何感情。20[ADJ 形容词](用于表示音符的字母后)降半音的，降音的 Flat is used after a letter representing a musical note to show that the note should be played or sung half a tone lower than the note which otherwise matches that letter. Flat is often represented by the symbol  after the letter.   [n ADJ]...Schubert's B flat Piano Trio (Opus 99).舒伯特降 B 调钢琴三重奏(第 99 号作品)21[ADV-GRADED 副词](演唱或乐器)比标准音低的，音偏低的 If someone sings flat or if a musical instrument is flat, their singing or the instrument is slightly lower in pitch than it should be.   [ADV after v]Her vocal range was, to say the least of it, limited, and she had a distressing tendency to sing flat.至少可以说，她的音域不够宽，而且令人不舒服的是，她总是音高偏低。Flat is also an adjective.He had been fired because his singing was flat.他因为唱歌音调偏低而被炒了。22[PHRASE 短语]非常平坦的；完全平展的 If you say that something is as flat as a pancake, you are emphasizing that it is completely flat.   [v-link PHR]  [emphasis]My home state of Illinois is flat as a pancake...我的故乡伊利诺伊州一马平川。23[PHRASE 短语]摔倒；跌倒 If you fall flat on your face, you fall over.   [V inflects]A man walked in off the street and fell flat on his face, unconscious.一个男人从街上走进来，趴倒在地，不省人事。24[PHRASE 短语]失败；不成功 If an event or attempt falls flat or falls flat on its face, it is unsuccessful.   [V inflects]Liz meant it as a joke but it fell flat...利兹本想开个玩笑，结果却没有达到效果。If it wasn't for the main actress, Ellen Barkin, the plot would have fallen flat on its face.如果不是女主角埃伦·巴尔金的话，整个情节会非常失败。25[PHRASE 短语]一文不名；身无分文；一贫如洗 If you say that you are flat broke, you mean that you have no money at all.   [v-link PHR]  [emphasis]  [INFORMAL 非正式]Two years later he is flat broke and on the dole.两年后，他一贫如洗，靠失业救济金生活。26[PHRASE 短语]全速；全力以赴；竭尽全力 If you do something flat out, you do it as fast or as hard as you can.   [PHR after v]Everyone is working flat out to try to trap those responsible...每个人都在全力以赴，设法捉住那些罪魁祸首。They hurtled across the line in a flat-out sprint.他们拼命冲刺，越过终点线。27[PHRASE 短语]完完全全的；确确实实的 You use flat out to emphasize that something is completely the case.   [PHR n/adj]  [emphasis]  [mainly AM 主美]  [INFORMAL 非正式]That allegation is a flat-out lie...那项指控是彻头彻尾的谎言。They say the industry is flat out lying about the effects of deregulation.他们说业界所谓的放宽管制已经取得了成效的说法纯属谎言。28[PHRASE 短语]在平地上 On the flat means on level ground. He had angina and was unable to walk for more than 200 yards on the flat.他患有心绞痛，在平地上最多能走 200 码。29  in a flat spin→see: spin；

英语单词	flat
英美音标	英 [flæt] 美 [flæt]
中文释义	adj.平坦的；扁平的；单调的；断然的；[音乐]降音的；气不足的 adv.平直地；直截了当；低于标准音高地 n.<英>公寓；平面部分；[音乐]降半音；泄气轮胎 v.变平；降调；住公寓
英语例句	(1) Most of our county is as flat as a pancake. (2) In flat open country there is plenty of grass for the cattle to feed on. (3) People used to think that the earth was flat. (4) After the excitement was over, she felt flat. (5) My request was met with a flat refusal. (6) That note should be B flat, not B. (7) Our car had a flat tire. (8) She lay flat on her back in the warm sunshine. (9) I'm flat broke. (10) My boss told me flat that I could not leave early. (11) She is buying a flat close to her office. (12) He beat on the door with the flat of his hand. (13) There are no sharps or flats in the key of C major. (14) We need to find a place that can fix the flat.
中文例句	(1) 我们县大部分地方非常平坦。 (2) 在开阔平坦的地区有大量的青草供牛群食用。 (3) 过去人们认为地球是扁平的。 (4) 令人兴奋的事过后，她感到平淡无味。 (5) 我的要求遭到了断然拒绝。 (6) 那个音应该是降 B 音，而不是 B 音。 (7) 我们那辆汽车有一只轮胎漏了气。 (8) 她在温暖的阳光下平躺著。 (9) 我身无分文。 (10) 我的老板明确地告诉我不能早走。 (11) 她正在购买一套靠近她办公室的单元房。 (12) 他用手掌打门。 (13) C 大调中没有升半音和降半音。 (14) 我们得找个地方修理一下漏气的轮胎。
vocabulary简明	A flat is an apartment. If a girl invites you up to her flat, she's not trying to squash you, she's inviting you over. And she's probably from England, because flat is much more common in British than American English.
vocabulary扩展	Geometrically, something flat is an even, level plane, like Kansas relative to the Rocky Mountains, or the cargo area of a flatbed truck. As an adjective, flat means "less than lively." A flat soda has no bubbles. If your speech falls flat, no one was excited. If you get mugged you might choose to lie flat on the ground. A flat note is just below the right pitch. And if you're cooking is flat, it's boring.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](一间)公寓；(一套)单元房 A flat is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor and part of a larger building. A flat usually includes a kitchen and bathroom. [also N num] [mainly BRIT 主英] Sara lives with her husband and children in a flat in central London... 萨拉和丈夫还有孩子们住在伦敦中心城区的一间公寓里。 It started a fire in a block of flats... 大火是从一幢公寓大楼烧起的。 Later on, Victor from flat 10 called. 后来，10 号公寓的维克托打来电话。 in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用apartment 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]平的；平展的；平滑的 Something that is flat is level, smooth, or even, rather than sloping, curved, or uneven. Tiles can be fixed to any surface as long as it's flat, firm and dry... 只要表面平整、坚固而且干燥，瓷砖就可以贴住。 After a moment his right hand moved across the cloth, smoothing it flat... 过了一会儿，他用右手把布抹平。 ...windows which a thief can reach from a drainpipe or flat roof... 小偷从排水管或平屋顶上就可够到的窗户 The sea was calm, perfectly flat. 海面风平浪静，没有一丝波澜。 3 [ADJ 形容词]水平的；非竖直的 Flat means horizontal and not upright. [ADJ n] Two men near him threw themselves flat... 他身旁的两个男人直挺挺趴倒在地上。 As heartburn is usually worse when you're lying down in bed, you should avoid lying flat. 通常躺着的时候胃灼热会更加厉害，所以应当避免平卧。 4 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]浅的；不深的；矮的；扁的 A flat object is not very tall or deep in relation to its length and width. [usu ADJ n] Ellen is walking down the drive with a square flat box balanced on one hand. 埃伦正一手托着一个方形的扁盒子沿私人车道走着。 5 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](地势)平的，平坦的，无起伏的 Flat land is level, with no high hills or other raised parts. [ADJ n] To the north lie the flat and fertile farmlands of the Solway plain... 北边是索尔韦平原平坦而肥沃的农田。 The landscape became wider, flatter and very scenic... 地势变得更开阔、更平整，风景十分优美。 The highway stretched out flat and straight ahead. 公路平坦而笔直地向前延伸。 flatness Notice the flatness and the rich, red earth. 注意那平坦的地势和肥沃的红土地。 6 [N-COUNT 可数名词]平地；(尤指)低洼地，浅滩 A low flat area of uncultivated land, especially an area where the ground is soft and wet, can be referred to as flats or a flat . [usu pl] The salt marshes and mud flats attract large numbers of waterfowl. 盐碱地和泥滩吸引了大量水鸟。 7 [N-COUNT 可数名词]平面；平坦部分 You can refer to one of the broad flat surfaces of an object as the flat of that object. [usu sing] He slammed the counter with the flat of his hand. 他用手掌使劲拍打着柜台。 ...eight cloves of garlic crushed with the flat of a knife. 用刀面拍碎的 8 粒蒜瓣 8 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](鞋)平跟的，平底的 Flat shoes have no heels or very low heels. [usu ADJ n] [AM 美] People wear slacks, sweaters, flat shoes, and all manner of casual attire for travel. 人们穿着宽松的长裤、运动衫、平底鞋和各式适合旅行的休闲服装。 Flats are flat shoes.平跟鞋；平底鞋 His mother looked ten years younger in jeans and flats. 他妈妈穿上牛仔裤和平跟鞋，看上去年轻了 10 岁。 9 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](轮胎、球、气球等)瘪的，没气的 A flat tyre, ball, or balloon does not have enough air in it. 10 [N-COUNT 可数名词]瘪了的轮胎 A flat is a tyre that does not have enough air in it. Then, after I finally got back on the highway, I developed a flat. 后来，我终于回到公路上后，车胎又瘪了。 11 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](饮料)无泡的，走了气的 A drink that is flat is no longer fizzy. Could this really stop the champagne from going flat? 这真的能让香槟不走气吗？ 12 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](电池)没电的，电耗光的，电不足的 A flat battery has lost some or all of its electrical charge. [mainly BRIT 主英] His car alarm had been going off for two days and, as a result, the battery was flat. 他的汽车报警器连着响了两天，结果电池耗没电了。 in AM, use 美国英语用dead 13 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](扁)平足的 If you have flat feet, the arches of your feet are too low. The condition of flat feet runs in families. 平足会在家族中遗传。 14 [ADJ 形容词](拒绝或否认)断然的，坚决的 A flat denial or refusal is definite and firm, and is unlikely to be changed. [ADJ n] The Foreign Ministry has issued a flat denial of any involvement... 外交部已经坚决否认参与过此事。 She is likely to give you a flat refusal. 她很可能会断然拒绝你。 flatly Michael flatly denied virtually every rumour... 迈克尔几乎对每个传闻都坚决否认。 He flatly refused to discuss it... 他断然拒绝讨论此事。 I could use some money, Sarah told him flatly. 萨拉态度坚决地告诉他，我可以用一部分钱。 15 [ADJ 形容词]飞速的；短短的 If you say that something happened, for example, in ten seconds flat or ten minutes flat, you are emphasizing that it happened surprisingly quickly and only took ten seconds or ten minutes. [num n ADJ] [emphasis] You're sitting behind an engine that'll move you from 0 to 60mph in six seconds flat... 您面前的引擎，可以在短短 6 秒钟内速度从 0 提升至每小时 60 英里。 I had it all explained to me in two minutes flat. 短短两分钟内，我让人把一切都给我解释了一下。 16 [ADJ 形容词](比率、价格或百分比)固定的，统一的 A flat rate, price, or percentage is one that is fixed and which applies in every situation. [ADJ n] Fees are charged at a flat rate, rather than on a percentage basis... 费用按固定价格收取，而不是基于百分比收取。 Sometimes there's a flat fee for carrying out a particular task... 有时执行某项特定的任务有固定的价码。 Medicare is preparing to cut all payments by a flat 2%. 国家医疗保健体系正准备对所有收费都统一减少 2%。 17 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](贸易或商业)停滞的，不景气的 If trade or business is flat, it is slow and inactive, rather than busy and improving or increasing. During the first eight months of this year, sales of big pickups were up 14% while car sales stayed flat... 今年前 8 个月，大型货车的销售量增加了 14％，而小轿车的销售仍然不景气。 For the country overall, house prices have remained flat. 从全国来说，房屋价格没有多大变化。 18 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]枯燥的；无趣的；乏味的 If you describe something as flat, you mean that it is dull and not exciting or interesting. The past few days have seemed comparatively flat and empty... 过去这几天似乎比较平淡无聊。 It is a long time since a party leader delivered such a dreadfully flat speech as he did yesterday. 很久没有政党领导人像他昨天那样作如此枯燥无聊的演讲了。 flatness Kenworthy detected a certain flatness in the days that followed. 肯沃西在接下来的几天中感到有些平淡无趣。 19 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](嗓音)平淡的，单调的 You use flat to describe someone's voice when they are saying something without expressing any emotion. 'Whatever you say,' he said in a deadly flat voice. 'I'll sit here and wait.'... “不管你说什么，我都会坐在这里等。”他用一种极为平淡的声音说道。 Her voice was flat, with no question or hope in it. 她的声音平淡，听不出疑虑也感觉不到希望。 flatly 'I know you,' he said flatly, matter-of-fact, neutral in tone. “我认识你。”他平淡地说道，就事论事，不带任何感情。 20 [ADJ 形容词](用于表示音符的字母后)降半音的，降音的 Flat is used after a letter representing a musical note to show that the note should be played or sung half a tone lower than the note which otherwise matches that letter. Flat is often represented by the symbol after the letter. [n ADJ] ...Schubert's B flat Piano Trio (Opus 99). 舒伯特降 B 调钢琴三重奏(第 99 号作品) 21 [ADV-GRADED 副词](演唱或乐器)比标准音低的，音偏低的 If someone sings flat or if a musical instrument is flat, their singing or the instrument is slightly lower in pitch than it should be. [ADV after v] Her vocal range was, to say the least of it, limited, and she had a distressing tendency to sing flat. 至少可以说，她的音域不够宽，而且令人不舒服的是，她总是音高偏低。 Flat is also an adjective. He had been fired because his singing was flat. 他因为唱歌音调偏低而被炒了。 22 [PHRASE 短语]非常平坦的；完全平展的 If you say that something is as flat as a pancake, you are emphasizing that it is completely flat. [v-link PHR] [emphasis] My home state of Illinois is flat as a pancake... 我的故乡伊利诺伊州一马平川。 23 [PHRASE 短语]摔倒；跌倒 If you fall flat on your face, you fall over. [V inflects] A man walked in off the street and fell flat on his face, unconscious. 一个男人从街上走进来，趴倒在地，不省人事。 24 [PHRASE 短语]失败；不成功 If an event or attempt falls flat or falls flat on its face, it is unsuccessful. [V inflects] Liz meant it as a joke but it fell flat... 利兹本想开个玩笑，结果却没有达到效果。 If it wasn't for the main actress, Ellen Barkin, the plot would have fallen flat on its face. 如果不是女主角埃伦·巴尔金的话，整个情节会非常失败。 25 [PHRASE 短语]一文不名；身无分文；一贫如洗 If you say that you are flat broke, you mean that you have no money at all. [v-link PHR] [emphasis] [INFORMAL 非正式] Two years later he is flat broke and on the dole. 两年后，他一贫如洗，靠失业救济金生活。 26 [PHRASE 短语]全速；全力以赴；竭尽全力 If you do something flat out, you do it as fast or as hard as you can. [PHR after v] Everyone is working flat out to try to trap those responsible... 每个人都在全力以赴，设法捉住那些罪魁祸首。 They hurtled across the line in a flat-out sprint. 他们拼命冲刺，越过终点线。 27 [PHRASE 短语]完完全全的；确确实实的 You use flat out to emphasize that something is completely the case. [PHR n/adj] [emphasis] [mainly AM 主美] [INFORMAL 非正式] That allegation is a flat-out lie... 那项指控是彻头彻尾的谎言。 They say the industry is flat out lying about the effects of deregulation. 他们说业界所谓的放宽管制已经取得了成效的说法纯属谎言。 28 [PHRASE 短语]在平地上 On the flat means on level ground. He had angina and was unable to walk for more than 200 yards on the flat. 他患有心绞痛，在平地上最多能走 200 码。 29 in a flat spin→see: spin ；

Flat Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Phrase 短语 N Note B