sweat

sweat

[swet]

n.汗水
n.焦急, 繁重工作, (凝结在物体表面的)水珠
v.(使)出汗
vt.榨取, 使焦虑, 使渗出, 逼问
vi.辛苦工作, 渗出, 焦躁

例句与用法:

Making your own beer? It's not worth the sweat!

你自己酿啤酒吗?不值得费那个劲。

I sweated off ten pounds in a week by playing squash every day.

我每天打壁球,一个星期体重减轻了十磅。

He is covered with sweat.

他浑身是汗。

Compiling a dictionary is an awful sweat.

编词典是一种极其吃力的苦差。

I am sweating all over.

我浑身上下大汗淋漓。

I really sweated over my last essay.

我的确下功夫写了上次那篇文章。

词形变化:

动词过去式: sweated/sweat | 动词过去分词: sweated/sweat | 动词现在分词: sweating | 动词第三人称单数: sweats |


n.

1. 汗, 汗水[U]

There was sweat on his forehead.

他额头冒着汗。

2. (在物体表面凝结成的)水珠, 水汽[U]

3. 【口】焦急, 不安, 神经紧张[S]

We were all in a sweat over the final exam.

我们都为期末考试焦急不安。

4. 【口】苦差使[S]

This job's quite a sweat; I'm exhausted already.

这件工作是个苦差事; 我已经精疲力竭了。

vi.

1. 出汗

They saw his face was white and sweating.

他们看到他脸色苍白, 并且出着汗。

2. (物体表面)结水珠, 附上水汽

A pitcher of ice water sweats on a hot day.

盛着冰水的水罐表面在热天会结水珠。

3. 焦虑, 烦恼; 懊恼

We were really sweating as we waited for the results.

我们在等待结果时真的感到非常焦急。

4. 辛苦工作[(+away)]

He sweated over his written reports.

他埋头撰写书面报告。

vt.

1. 使出汗; 出汗弄湿

He sweated his horse by riding him too hard.

他拼命策马前行, 马都出汗了。

2. (使)渗出, (使)流出; 榨出

3. 使干苦活

The employer sweated his workers.

雇主让他的工人死命干活。

4. 借出汗减轻(体重)[(+off/away)]

He goes to the gymnasium every afternoon to sweat off some weight.

他每天下午去健身房以减轻一点体重。

5. 【口】从……身上榨取, 剥削

Fabulous profits were sweated out of these foreign workers.

从外籍工人身上榨取惊人的利润。

6. 【口】吃力地对付; 焦急地期待[(+out)]

He sweated out his composition in two hours.

他花了两个小时费力地写完了作文。


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