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Six months out, more people who had quit abruptly had stuck with it—more than one-fifth of them, compared to about one-seventh in the other group.
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Thousands of bees left a town after landing on the back of a car when their queen got stuck in its boot.
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His teacher said if he went on like that, his face would get stuck when the winds changed.
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With a wireless setup, you stick batterypowered sensors up around your home that keep an eye on windows, doors, motion, and more.
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Rescue efforts were underway Thursday morning for 17 miners who were stuck in an elevator below ground at Cargill rock salt mine near Lansing, New York, according to Marcia Lynch, Public Information Officer at Tompkins County’s Emergency Response Department.
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But what I learned, and what stuck with me through my time teaching writing at Harvard, was a deeper lesson about the nature of creative criticism.
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For students, it means they're basically stuck with a four pound paper-weight that they can't sell back.
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They were a company stuck in time
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They are deeply stuck in their glorious past.
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In the Great Depression many unhappy couples close to stick together because
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sticks to them in their daily life
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Singaporean head chef Tommy Teh Kum Chai offers daily specials on a blackboard, rather than sticking to a menu.
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Be business-like and stick to the point.
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I leave it to the reader's political preference to decide which, if any, charges should stick.
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While they sound efficient and cost-saving, a recent study reports that they are not effective, primarily because depressed patients are not likely to engage with them or stick with them.
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with a wireless setup, you stick battery-powered sensors up around your home that keep an eye on windows, doors, motion, and more.
2016年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
Noun
1. implement consisting of a length of wood;
"he collected dry sticks for a campfire""the kid had a candied apple on a stick"2. a small thin branch of a tree
3. a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
4. informal terms of the leg;
"fever left him weak on his sticks"5. marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
6. threat of a penalty;
"the policy so far is all stick and no carrot"Verb
1. fix, force, or implant;
"lodge a bullet in the table"2. stay put (in a certain place);
"We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati""Stay put in the corner here!""Stick around and you will learn something!"3. cause to protrude or as if to protrude;
"stick one's hand out of the window""stick one's nose into other people's business"4. stick to firmly;
"Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"5. be or become fixed;
"The door sticks--we will have to plane it"6. endure;
"The label stuck to her for the rest of her life"7. be a devoted follower or supporter;
"The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism""She sticks to her principles"8. be loyal to;
"She stood by her husband in times of trouble""The friends stuck together through the war"9. cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface;
"stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"10. fasten with an adhesive material like glue;
"stick the poster onto the wall"11. fasten with or as with pins or nails;
"stick the photo onto the corkboard"12. fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something;
"stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"13. pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument;
"he stuck the cloth with the needle"14. pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed;
"He stuck the needle into his finger"15. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation;
"The dress clings to her body""The label stuck to the box""The sushi rice grains cohere"16. saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous;
"They stuck me with the dinner bill""I was stung with a huge tax bill"17. be a mystery or bewildering to;
"This beats me!""Got me--I don't know the answer!""a vexing problem""This question really stuck me"