例句

• The boss gets on my wick with his everlasting complaints about timekeeping. And he thinks nothing of rolling up to the office at ten o’clock himself. 上司总是抱怨说我们不守时,真令我烦透了。可是他对自己10点钟才到办公室却一点也不在乎。
• She’s always talking about herself—she gets on my wick. 她总是在谈论自己,这真让我恼火。
• It’s very hard to turn the wick up and down. 这灯芯很难旋上旋下。
• Thank you for coming, James. Unfortunately, I don’t think your presence will make a whit of difference to the outcome of this meeting, as I’m fairly sure our demands won’t be met. 詹姆斯，谢谢你能来。但不幸的是，你的出席丝毫不能改变这次会议的结果。我确信我们的要求得不到满足。
• There’s not a whit of truth in the statement. 这声明里没有丝毫的真实性。
• The whirlpool sucked down everything floating on the water. 漩涡把水面上漂的东西都吸进去了。
• A whirlpool is formed by water going round very fast. 漩涡是由不断快速旋转的水形成的。
• The canoe was sucked into the whirlpool. 那独木舟被卷进了漩涡。
• a whimsical personality 变化无常的个性
• Now and again, he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell. 他不时闻到一股怪味。
• A whiff of fresh air cleared his head. 他吸了一点新鲜空气后头脑清醒了。
• He’s trying to figure out a way to weasel out of the deal. 他正设法逃避根据协议应承担的义务。
• What I did was wrong and I should be punished. I’m not going to try and weasel out. 我错了， 应受惩罚。我不会设法逃避的。
• wearisome business 使人厌倦的事务
• Our marriage was at a watershed. 我们的婚姻到了一个转折关头。
• a waspish remark 恶毒的话
• The speech hits out at warmongers. 演讲猛烈地抨击了战争贩子。
• The manager booted his secretary out for her wantonness. 经理开除了他的秘书,因为她行为放荡。
• the wanton destruction of public property 对公物的恣意破坏
• get sth. by a wangle 用不正当手段获得某物