5PHR-RECIP 言和;重归于好;化干戈为玉帛 If one country tries to mend fences with another, it tries to end a disagreement or quarrel with the other country. You can also say that two countries mend fences . 言和;重归于好;化干戈为玉帛
Washington was last night doing its best to mend fences with the Europeans, saying it understood their concerns. [+ with]
昨晚,华盛顿尽最大努力与欧洲各国修好,称理解其担忧。
The two countries fought a border war a decade ago, but now they are mending fences.
10年前两国曾进行过边境战争,但现在正在重修旧好。
6PHRASE 保持中立;骑墙 If you sit on the fence, you avoid supporting a particular side in a discussion or argument. 保持中立;骑墙
They are sitting on the fence and refusing to commit themselves.
他们保持中立,拒绝表态。
He's not afraid of making decisions and is a man who never sits on the fence.
他不怕拍板,从不作骑墙派。
SYN be uncommitted, be uncertain, be undecided, vacillate
7PHRASAL VERB (用围栏、篱笆等)把…圈起来 If you fence something in, you surround it completely with a fence. (用围栏、篱笆等)把…圈起来
He plans to fence in about 100 acres of his ranch five miles north of town.
他计划将他镇北 5 英里处的约 100 英亩牧场圈起来。
8PHRASAL VERB 包围;使脱不开身 If you are fenced in by someone or something, they are so close to you that you are unable to move or leave. 包围;使脱不开身
She was basically fenced in by what the military wanted to do.
军旅事务使她基本上无法脱身。
He put his hand on the post behind her so that he had her fenced in and could look down on her.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + FENCE | FENCE + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤high, tall高柵欄▸➤low低柵欄▸➤barbed-wire, chain-link, iron, mesh, metal, picket, rail, steel, stone, wire, wood, wooden, wrought-iron帶刺鐵絲網/鐵鏈式/鐵質/網眼/金屬/尖板條/橫杆/鋼質/石質/金屬絲/木質/木頭/熟鐵柵欄◇The house was surrounded by a white picket fence.這座房子四周圍着白色的尖板條柵欄。➤electric, electrified (NAmE) 電柵欄▸➤back, backyard, garden後面的柵欄;後院的柵欄;花園圍籬▸➤border, boundary, perimeter, security分界的柵欄;圍繞四周的柵欄;安全防護柵欄◇the airport perimeter fence機場周圍的柵欄➤invisible (= to keep pets in) (NAmE) ( 阻擋寵物的)隱形柵欄➤left-field, outfield, right-field (all in baseball均用於棒球)(棒球)左外野/外場/右外野的圍欄➤privacy (NAmE) 民用柵欄◇She walked over to the tall wooden privacy fence.她走到高高的木質私家柵欄前。➤political (figurative) 政治界限◇a proposal approved by people on both sides of the political fence政治上對立的雙方均贊成的提議VERB + FENCE➤build, erect, put up建造/豎起/搭起柵欄▸➤climb, climb over, hop, hop over, jump, jump over, scale攀越柵欄;單腳跳越柵欄;跳過柵欄;攀爬柵欄➤mend (figurative) 改善關係◇The White House already is struggling to mend fences with Europe.白宮已在努力改善與歐洲的關係。FENCE + NOUN➤post柵欄樁➤line (especially NAmE) 柵欄線◇the fence line separating the United States from Mexico將美國與墨西哥隔開的柵欄線PREPOSITION➤over a/the fence在籬笆上◇She leaned over the fence.她斜靠在籬笆上。➤fence around, fence round (especially BrE) 圍着⋯的柵欄◇a fence around the site場地的圍欄