avoid
|
避开,避免 |
Matt spent the rest of the week trying to avoid Mrs. Menendez. |
normally
|
通常,正常地 |
Normally he looked forward to music class, but now he was glad he only had it once a week. |
praise
|
表扬,赞扬 |
He didn't want his friends to hear her praising his voice and pressuring him to join chorus. |
pressure
|
1. 施加压力,(2. 压迫,精神压力) |
He didn't want his friends to hear her praising his voice and pressuring him to join chorus. |
certainly
|
1. 无疑地,必定,确实地,(2. (用于回答)当然,可以,没问题) |
He liked to sing by himself, not with a group of kids, and certainly not where Tyler and Brian could hear him. |
cafeteria
|
自助餐馆,自助食堂 |
Mrs. Menendez was in the cafeteria. |
hallway
|
玄关,走廊 |
Mrs. Menendez was in the hallway. |
panic
|
恐慌,惊慌,慌张,手忙脚乱 |
He panicked on Wednesday and came within an inch of walking into the girls' bathroom by mistake. |
dodge
|
(快速)躲闪,灵活地避开 |
By the time Friday came, he was exhausted from dodging her. |
possibility
|
可能性,可能 |
Because the other possibility was so exciting, he could barely say the words. |
barely
|
1. 几乎不,几乎没有,(2. 勉强,好不容易才) |
Because the other possibility was so exciting, he could barely say the words. |
metropolitan
|
主要都市的,大都市的 |
Are we going to the Metropolitan Opera in New York City? |
Met
|
纽约大都市艺术博物馆 (the Metropolitan Opera House = the Met) |
We're not going to the Met. |
movie theater
|
电影院 |
We're going to see an opera at a movie theater. |
spoonful
|
满满一匙,一匙的量 |
Matt made a face as he scooped up another spoonful of cereal. |
series
|
连续,系列 |
The movie theater was showing a series of operas broadcast live from famous opera houses. |
broadcast
|
(在电视或收音机上)广播,播送 |
The movie theater was showing a series of operas broadcast live from famous opera houses. |
live
|
1. 实况地,现场的,(2. 活的,有生命的) |
The movie theater was showing a series of operas broadcast live from famous opera houses. |
opera house
|
歌剧院 |
The movie theater was showing a series of operas broadcast live from famous opera houses. |
production
|
1. 生产,制造,(电影、戏剧等)制片,(2. 产品,产物,(电影、戏剧等)作品或节目) |
Today's opera is The Barber of Seville, and it'll be just like seeing the live production. |
enthusiastically
|
热心地,非常热衷地 |
"Oh! That would be great!" Matt said enthusiastically. |
definitely
|
肯定地,绝对地 |
We definitely can't go there. |
online
|
联机地,在线地 |
I could try to get another ticket online. |
invasion
|
侵入,侵犯 |
Zombie Invasion 4 is opening this weekend. |
highly
|
非常,高度地 |
It was highly unlikely that Brian and Tyler would see the movie without him. |
unlikely
|
不可能发生的,不大有希望的 |
It was highly unlikely that Brian and Tyler would see the movie without him. |
screen
|
(电脑、电视等的)萤幕,画面 |
That movie theater has a dozen screens! |
odds
|
成功的可能性,机率 |
The odds we'll run into somebody I know in the lobby or parking lot are huge! |
lobby
|
(酒店、剧院等的)前厅,门厅 |
The odds we'll run into somebody I know in the lobby or parking lot are huge! |
clip
|
1. (电影中一部分内容的)剪辑,片段,(2. 夹子,回纹针,3. 修剪) |
He'd seen clips of operas online before, but he'd never watched an entire production. |
persuade
|
说服 |
Now all he had to do was persuade his mother to go to one of those other theaters. |
highway
|
高速公路 |
I know you don't like driving on highways, and there's no other way to get to that theater. |
browse
|
1. 上网搜索(信息),(2. 浏览,粗略地看) |
With a sigh, he went back online and browsed his favorite websites. |
website
|
网站 |
With a sigh, he went back online and browsed his favorite websites. |
disguise
|
变装,伪装 |
I'll go in disguise! |
spare
|
1. 剩下的,备用的,(2. 饶恕,赦免,3. 分出,腾出(时间、金钱等)) |
I think we still have some of his old clothes in the spare bedroom. |
bureau
|
衣橱,梳妆台 |
He went off to explore the bureau and closet. |
dig
|
1. 翻找,发掘,(2. 掘(土),挖(地等)) |
He was so busy digging around that he almost didn't hear his mother. |
cane
|
手杖,柺杖 |
He was also wearing his own sunglasses and carrying his grandfather's cane. |
counter
|
1. 柜台,(2. (厨房的)料理台) |
At the theater Mrs. Whitman stopped to buy some snacks at the counter in the lobby. |
intermission
|
幕间休息,中场休息 |
This opera lasts two and a half hours, and that doesn't include intermission. |
overture
|
前奏曲,序幕 |
As the overture started, he settled back in his seat, ready to enjoy the show. |