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Posted 2022-07-30 yuanjingnan

ADJ-GRADED 奇怪的；古怪的；不寻常的If you describe someone or something as peculiar, you think that they are strange or unusual, sometimes in an unpleasant way.

Mr Kennet has a rather peculiar sense of humour...

肯尼特先生有种很奇怪的幽默感。

VERB 退避;后退;离开If you retreat, you move away from something or someone.

‘I‘ve already got a job,‘ I said quickly, and retreated from the room...

“我已经有了一份工作。”我马上说道，并从房间里退了出来。

 

VERB 教化;使开化To civilize a person or society means to educate them and improve their way of life.

...a comedy about a man who tries to civilise a woman—but she ends up civilising him...

一出有关一个男人试图教化一个女人，结果反而被那个女人教化的喜剧

 

ADJ 可想到的;可想象的;可以相信的If something is conceivable, you can imagine it or believe it.

Without their support the project would not have been conceivable...

如果没有他们的支持，这个项目根本就不可想象。