1 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] 整洁的;整齐的 A
neat place, thing, or person is tidy and smart, and has everything in the correct place.
整洁的;整齐的 -
So they left her in the neat little house, alone with her memories.
于是他们把她一个人留在整洁的小房子里,只有记忆陪着她。
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She undressed and put her wet clothes in a neat pile in the corner.
她脱掉衣服,把湿衣服整齐地码成一堆放在角落里。
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...a girl in a neat grey flannel suit.
身着整洁的灰色法兰绒套装的女孩
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Everything was neat and tidy and gleamingly clean.
所有的东西都整整齐齐、干干净净、闪闪发亮。
2 ADJ-GRADED 爱整洁的;会收拾的 Someone who is
neat keeps their home or possessions tidy, with everything in the correct place.
爱整洁的;会收拾的 -
'That's not like Alf,' he said, 'leaving papers muddled like that. He's always so neat.'
他说道:“这不像是阿尔夫的风格,他不会把文件弄得那么乱。他一向很爱整洁。”
neatly -
I followed her into that room which her mother had maintained so neatly.
我跟着她走进那个她妈妈收拾得十分整洁的房间。
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He had maybe a thousand tapes, all neatly labelled and catalogued.
他大约有1,000盒磁带,都整齐地贴着标签并分了类。
3 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] 匀整的;秀气的;小巧优雅的 A
neat object, part of the body, or shape is quite small and has a smooth outline.
匀整的;秀气的;小巧优雅的 4 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] (行动等)干净利落的,利索的 A
neat movement or action is done accurately and skilfully, with no unnecessary movements.
(行动等)干净利落的,利索的 -
A neat move between Black and Keane left Nigel Clough in the clear, but his shot skimmed wide of the far post.
奈杰尔·克拉夫凭借一次漂亮的跑位在布莱克和基恩之间扯出了空当儿,但是他的射门却大大偏出了远门柱。
neatly -
He watched her peel and dissect a pear neatly, no mess, no sticky fingers.
他看着她利索地削完梨,再切成块,没有弄得乱七八糟,手指也没弄得黏糊糊的。
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...watching a solitary car backing out neatly.
看着单独一辆车利落地倒了出来
5 ADJ-GRADED 巧妙的;简洁的;简便易行的 A
neat way of organizing, achieving, explaining, or expressing something is clever and convenient.
巧妙的;简洁的;简便易行的 -
It had been such a neat, clever plan.
这曾是个如此巧妙、机智的计划。
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Neat solutions are not easily found to these issues.
很难找到解决这些问题的巧妙办法。
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'Make the punishment fit the crime.' How neat and tidy it sounded.
“罪罚相当”,这听起来多么简洁。
neatly -
Real people do not fit neatly into these categories.
现实中的人是没法简单地归入这些类别的。
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The theory that personality is determined by our biology neatly lets everyone off the hook.
个性是由生物学特征决定的,这种理论让我们每个人都可以解脱了。
neatness -
He knew full well he had been outflanked, and he appreciated the neatness of it.
他十分清楚自己已经输了,他很欣赏这种干净利落的落败方式。
6 ADJ-GRADED 很好的;很棒的 If you say that something is
neat, you mean that it is very good.
很好的;很棒的 [US, informal, approval] -
'Oh, those new apartments are really neat,' the girl babbled on.
那个女孩赞不绝口地说:“噢,那些新公寓真是非常棒。”
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It'll be neat to have a father and son playing on the same team.
爸爸和儿子同队效力,那真是太棒了。
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He thought Mick was a really neat guy.
他认为米克真是一个好小伙。
7 ADJ [ADJ n] (烈性酒)未掺水的,纯的 When someone drinks strong alcohol
neat, they do not add a weaker liquid such as water to it.
(烈性酒)未掺水的,纯的 [mainly British] in AM, use 美国英语用 straight
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