7VERB (通常指向警方)告发,揭发 If you finger a person or organization, you tell someone, usually the police, that the person or organization has done something illegal or wrong. (通常指向警方)告发,揭发 [informal]
Police and prosecutors manipulated the eyewitnesses so they would finger Aldo. [VERB noun]
警方和检察官操纵目击证人指证奥尔多。
People who have fingered crack houses and fingered drug dealers have been assassinated. [VERB noun]
那些告发可卡因毒窟和毒品贩子的人遭到了暗杀。
8N-COUNT [usually NOUNof n]一指之宽(指表示容量的杯中酒的深度) A finger of a strong alcoholic drink is an amount of it which, when it is in a glass, is the same size as the width of a person's finger. 一指之宽(指表示容量的杯中酒的深度)
I poured two final fingers of bourbon into my glass.
我把最后两指宽的波旁威士忌都倒进自己杯中。
9PHRASE (因自己的失败或错误而)吃苦头 If you get your fingers burned or burn your fingers, you suffer because something you did or were involved in was a failure or a mistake. (因自己的失败或错误而)吃苦头
He has had his fingers burnt by deals that turned out badly.
几笔糟糕的生意让他吃了苦头。
Mr Walesa burned his fingers by promising he would give every Pole 100m zlotys to start a business.
瓦文萨先生因为承诺给每个波兰人1亿兹罗提创办企业而尝到了苦果。
10PHRASE (把食指与中指交叉以)祈求好运 If you cross your fingers, you put one finger on top of another and hope for good luck. If you say that someone is keeping their fingers crossed, you mean they are hoping for good luck. (把食指与中指交叉以)祈求好运
He crossed his fingers, asking for luck for the first time in his life.
他交叉手指,生平第一次祈求好运。
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they turn up soon.
我在心里祈求他们赶快露面。
11PHRASE 动…一根毫毛;碰…一下 If you say that someone did not lay a finger on a particular person or thing, you are emphasizing that they did not touch or harm them at all. 动…一根毫毛;碰…一下 [emphasis]
I must make it clear I never laid a finger on her.
我得说清楚,我可没有动过她一根毫毛。
12PHRASE 尽举手之劳;帮一点忙 If you say that a person does not lift a finger or raise a finger to do something, especially to help someone, you are critical of them because they do nothing. 尽举手之劳;帮一点忙 [disapproval]
She never lifted a finger around the house.
家里的活儿她从来一点忙都不帮。
They will not lift a finger to help their country.
他们不愿为自己的国家出一点儿力。
13PHRASE [Ns inflect]到处插手;四处干预 If you say that someone has a finger in every pie, you mean they are involved in a lot of things. 到处插手;四处干预
He very much likes to have a finger in every pie.
他很喜欢什么事都插上一杠。
He's a man with fingers in a lot of pies.
他这个人总是到处管闲事。
14PHRASE 指责;指控 If you point the finger at someone or point an accusing finger at someone, you blame them or accuse them of doing wrong. 指责;指控
He said he wasn't pointing an accusing finger at anyone in the government or the army.
他说他并不是在指责政府或军方的任何人。
15PHRASE [VERB inflects, PHRASE n]将怀疑(或指责)的矛头指(向…) To point the finger of suspicion or blame at someone means to make people suspect them of doing wrong or blame them for doing wrong. 将怀疑(或指责)的矛头指(向…)
Forensic evidence points the finger of suspicion firmly at him.
法医的证据将怀疑的矛头明确地指向了他。
16PHRASE (粗鲁地叫别人)赶紧(或努力)干起来 If you tell someone to pull their finger out or to get their finger out, you are telling them rudely that you want them to start doing some work or making an effort. (粗鲁地叫别人)赶紧(或努力)干起来 [British, informal, disapproval]
Isn't it about time that you pulled your finger out?
现在到了你该赶紧动起来的时候了吧?
17PHRASE 弄清,指出,确认(原因、问题等) If you put your finger on something, for example a reason or problem, you see and identify exactly what it is. 弄清,指出,确认(原因、问题等)
Midge couldn't quite put her finger on the reason.
米吉还不能十分确定原因何在。
He could never quite put his finger on who or what was responsible for all this.
他一直就搞不清楚是谁或者什么造成了这一切。
18PHRASE 从…手中溜走;为…所错失 If someone or something slips through your fingers, you just fail to catch them, get them, or keep them. 从…手中溜走;为…所错失
Money has slipped through his fingers all his life.
他这一辈子都没能抓住金钱。
You mustn't allow a golden opportunity to slip through your fingers or you will regret it later.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + FINGER | FINGER + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤first, index, pointer (NAmE) 食指➤middle中指➤ring, third, wedding無名指◇I noticed the ring on the third finger of her left hand.我注意到她左手無名指上戴着的戒指。➤little, pinky (NAmE) 小指➤broken, dislocated, injured, severed折斷的/脫臼的/受傷的/切斷的手指➤pointing指着的手指➤accusatory, accusing, warning帶指責意味的手指;帶警告意味的手指◇The teacher raised a warning finger and we stopped talking.老師豎起一根手指警告我們,我們就不說話了。➤delicate, elegant, graceful, slender, slim嬌美的/優雅的/優美的/細長的/纖細的手指➤long長長的手指▸➤bony, lean, skeletal, skinny, thin瘦骨嶙峋的/纖瘦的/皮包骨頭的/瘦削的/很細的手指▸➤chubby, fat, plump, podgy, pudgy, stubby胖乎乎的/胖胖的/豐滿的/胖嘟嘟的/厚實的/粗短的手指▸➤calloused/callused, clawed, gnarled起繭的/爪形的/指關節凸出的手指▸➤gentle柔和的手指◇She took off his bandages with gentle fingers.她動作輕柔地取下他的繃帶。➤capable, deft, nimble, skilful/skillful, skilled能幹的/靈活的/敏捷的/靈巧的/熟練的手(指)◇Her nimble fingers undid the knot in seconds.轉瞬之間她靈巧地解開了結。➤nervous, numb神經質的/麻木的手指➤shaking, shaky, trembling顫抖的/顫巍巍的/發抖的手(指)▸➤clumsy笨拙的手指◇His clumsy fingers struggled with the buttons.他用笨拙的手指努力扣衣扣。➤limp無力的手(指)➤cold, frozen, icy很冷的/凍僵的/冰冷的手(指)➤extended, outstretched張開的/伸開的手指➤intertwined勾在一起的手指▸➤dirty, filthy, grubby, sticky髒兮兮的/不潔的/污穢的/黏乎乎的手指➤gloved戴手套的手指➤manicured指甲修剪過的手指➤trigger扣扳機的手指(即右手食指)VERB + FINGER➤point用手指指着;指向◇'It was them!' she cried, pointing an accusing finger at the boys.她憤怒的指着那些男孩子,叫道:“是他們!”◇The investigators pointed the finger of blame at the driver of the crashed bus. (figurative) 調查者暗示責任在於被撞毀的公共汽車的司機。➤draw放手指◇The man drew a finger across his throat in a threatening gesture.那個男子的手指劃過喉嚨,做了一個威脅的手勢。➤insert, jam, poke, put, shove, stick, thrust把手指插入/塞進/捅向/放到/推到/點向/戳向◇Everyone put their fingers in their ears when the shooting started.射擊一開始,大家都用手指塞住耳朵。➤jab, stab戳手指◇The protester was jabbing a finger aggressively at a policeman.那個示威者挑釁地用手指戳向一名警察。➤entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace, thread把手指交錯扣在一起◇He gently laced his fingers between mine.他輕柔地把自己的手指和我的扣在一起。➤hook勾起手指◇She hooked her fingers in the belt loop of his jeans.她把手指彎了起來伸進他牛仔褲的腰帶圈裏。➤hold up, raise豎起手指◇She raised a finger to her lips to ask for silence.她豎起手指放到唇邊示意大家安靜。➤wag, waggle, wave, wiggle晃動/擺動/揮舞/揮動手指◇'None of that!' cried the teacher, wagging her finger.“不許這樣!”老師叫道,擺了擺手指。➤twiddle搓弄手指◇Dad started twiddling his fingers nervously.爸爸開始緊張地搓弄着手指。➤dip用手指蘸◇I dipped my finger in the sauce and licked it.我用指頭蘸了蘸醬,舔了一下。➤lick舔手指▸➤run, trace, trail移動手指;用手指摸◇She ran her finger along the dusty shelf.她的手指順着滿是灰塵的架子摸過去。◇Sally trailed her fingers in the water idly.薩利的手指在水中無聊地劃動着。➤drum, tap手指有節奏地敲打/輕敲◇He was drumming his fingers nervously on the arm of the chair.他緊張地用指頭敲打着椅子的扶手。➤click, snap打響指◇We were swaying and clicking our fingers in time to the music.我們搖晃着,隨着音樂節拍打着響指。◇He snapped his fingers and the waiter came running.他打了個響指,服務生快步走來。➤shut, trap卡住手指◇The child needed treatment after trapping her finger in the car door.這個小女孩的手指被汽車門卡了一下,需要治療。➤cut, slice割破/劃破手指➤break, dislocate使手指斷裂/脫臼▸➤crook彎曲手指◇He crooked a finger to tell us to go over to him.他彎了彎手指,示意我們到他那兒去。➤clench, close, curl攥緊/握緊/捲起手指◇Tina curled her slender fingers into a fist.蒂娜捲起細長的手指,握成拳頭。➤extend, spread, stretch, stretch out伸展/攤開/伸出手指◇He held up his hand with the fingers extended.他張開手指舉起手來。➤flex屈指▸➤prick扎手指◇The nurse pricked my finger to get some blood.護士用針扎我的指頭取血。FINGER + NOUN➤bones, joints指骨;指關節▸➤movement手指活動▸➤injury手指受傷➤puppet指偶PREPOSITION➤with your fingers用手指◇It's easiest to eat corn with your fingers.吃玉米時用手拿着最方便。PHRASES➤the finger of blame, the finger of fate, the finger of suspicion (allfigurative) 責備之手;命運之手;嫌疑所指◇The finger of suspicion was pointed at the construction company.疑點指向建築公司。➤the tips of the fingers指尖