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Spot N Count Phrase 例:The Small I Put Difficult

单词 spot
音标
英[spɒt] 美[spɑt]
解释
n.地点,场所;斑点,污点;[股票]现货;职位,职务;v.弄上污渍,弄上斑点;污辱,玷污;认出,发现;散步;adj.现场的;现货的;插播的;abbr.satellite positioning and tracking 卫星定位和跟踪;
例句

N-COUNT
小圆点;斑点
Spots are small, round, coloured areas on a surface.
例:The leaves have yellow areas on the top and underneath are powdery orange spots...叶子的表面有黄色斑块,背面则有桔色粉状圆点。
例:The swimsuit comes in navy with white spots or blue with green spots.这款泳衣有藏青色带白色圆点的,也有蓝色带绿色圆点的。

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(皮肤上的)小肿块,斑点
Spots on a person's skin are small lumps or marks.
例:Never squeeze blackheads, spots or pimples.千万不要挤黑头、小肿块或粉刺。

N-COUNT
(液体的)滴,点
A spot of a liquid is a small amount of it.
例:Spots of rain had begun to fall...雨点开始落下来了。
例:Secure with a few spots of glue.用几滴胶水粘住。

QUANT
少量;少许
If you have a spot of something, you have a small amount of it.
例:Mr Brooke is undoubtedly in a spot of bother...布鲁克先生肯定遇到了点小麻烦。
例:A year or two ago I found myself indulging in a spot of yachting in Finnish waters...一两年前,我有一阵子曾迷上了在芬兰海域中进行帆船运动。

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地点;处所
You can refer to a particular place as a spot .
例:They stayed at several of the island's top tourist spots...他们在岛上最著名的几处旅游景点作了停留。
例:They all stood there staring, as if frozen to the spot.他们都站在那儿发愣,就像被冻在那里似的。

N-COUNT
(电视、广播节目的)固定时段
A spot in a television or radio show is a part of it that is regularly reserved for a particular performer or type of entertainment.
例:Unsuccessful at screen writing, he got a spot on a CNN film show.写电影剧本未获成功后,他在美国有线新闻网的一档电影节目中争取到了一个固定时段。

VERB
看到;发现;认出
If you spot something or someone, you notice them.
例:Vicenzo failed to spot the error...维森佐未能发现该错误。
例:He left the party seconds before smoke was spotted coming up the stairs.就在他离开聚会几秒钟后有人发现烟雾顺着楼梯冒上来了。

PHRASE
在现场
If you are on the spot, you are at the actual place where something is happening.
例:...areas where troops are on the spot and protecting civilians...有部队在现场保护平民的地区
例:Mr Connolly is their 'man on the spot' and the person you can call if you have a complaint.康诺利先生是他们的“现场代表”,要投诉可以和他联系。

PHRASE
立即;当场
If you do something on the spot, you do it immediately.
例:James was called to see the producer and got the job on the spot...詹姆斯被叫去见制片人,当场就得到了那份工作。
例:The surveyor will use a laptop computer to give on the spot advice.检测员会用一台手提电脑当场给出意见。

PHRASE
使…陷入困境;使…为难
If you put someone on the spot, you cause them to have to answer a difficult question or make a difficult decision.
例:He put me on the spot a bit because he invited me right in front of his mum and I didn't particularly want to go...他让我有点难堪,因为他当着他母亲的面邀请我,而我又不太想去。
例:Even clever people are not terribly clever when put on the spot.即便是聪明人在面对难题时也未必就能表现得特别聪明。

PHRASE
处于困境
If you are in a tight spot, you are in a difficult situation.
例:In a tight spot there is no one I would sooner see than Frank.有麻烦时,我会首先去找弗兰克。
变形
third:spots~done:spotted~pl:spots~ing:spotting~past:spotted~

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