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Weather Weathered 例:The Difficult Phrase 例:I Rock Eye

单词 weathered
音标
英['weðəd] 美[ˈwɛðəd]
解释
风化的;
例句

N-UNCOUNT
天气
The weather is the condition of the atmosphere in one area at a particular time, for example if it is raining, hot, or windy.
例:The weather was bad...天气很糟。
例:I like cold weather...我喜欢冷天。

V-ERG
(使)风化;(使)褪色;(使)受到侵蚀
If something such as wood or rock weathers or is weathered, it changes colour or shape as a result of the wind, sun, rain, or cold.
例:Unpainted wooden furniture weathers to a grey colour...没有上漆的木制家具会褪成灰色。
例:This rock has been weathered and eroded.这块岩石经风吹日晒已被侵蚀。

VERB
经受住,渡过(难关等)
If you weather a difficult time or a difficult situation, you survive it and are able to continue normally after it has passed or ended.
例:The company has weathered the recession...这家公司从经济萧条中挺了过来。
例:The government has weathered its worst political crisis.政府平安度过了其最严重的政治危机。

PHRASE
警惕;密切注意;留心观察
If you keep a weather eye on someone or something, you stay alert so that you will notice if anything unpleasant happens.
例:Street committees keep a weather eye on the families in their district.街道委员会留意所辖区域内的家家户户。

PHRASE
夸大…的困难;对…小题大做
If you say that someone is making heavy weather of a task, you are critical of them because they are doing it in an inefficient way and are making it seem more difficult than it really is.
例:Some of the riders in this section made heavy weather of the cross-country race.这个环节的部分骑手夸大了这场越野比赛的困难。

PHRASE
身体不适;微恙
If you say that you are under the weather, you mean that you feel slightly ill.
例:I was still feeling a bit under the weather.我仍觉得身体有些不舒服。
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