8N-PLURAL 偏远乡村;边远地区 If you say that someone lives in the sticks, you mean that they live a long way from any large cities. 偏远乡村;边远地区 [informal, disapproval]
He lived out in the sticks somewhere.
他住在某个偏远的乡村。
9PHRASE 批评别人的依据 If you say that something is a stick to beat someone with, you mean that it is used, or could be used, as a basis for criticism. 批评别人的依据 [journalism]
Unfortunately historic American fiction is constantly being used as a stick to beat contemporary British writers with.
不幸的是,经典的美国小说经常被用来作为批评当代英国作家的依据。
10PHRASE (完全)误解;错误地理解 If someone gets the wrong end of the stick or gets hold of the wrong end of the stick, they do not understand something correctly and get the wrong idea about it. (完全)误解;错误地理解 [informal]
11PHRASE 很多 If you say that there are more things than you could or can shake a stick at, you are emphasizing in a humorous way that there are a lot of them. 很多 [informal, emphasis]
...a man with more medals than you can shake a stick at.
3VERB 突出/扎进 If something is sticking out from a surface or object, it extends up or away from it. If something is sticking into a surface or object, it is partly in it. 突出/扎进
They lay where they had fallen from the crane, sticking out of the water. [VERB adv./prep.]
它们还在从起重机上掉落的地方,一部分露出水面。
Something was sticking from the pocket of the little man's grimy shorts. [VERB adv./prep.]
小个子男人脏乎乎的短裤口袋里鼓鼓的,伸出来个什么东西。
His hair sticks up in half a dozen directions. [VERB adv./prep.]
他的头发胡乱支棱着。
...when we see her with lots of tubes and needles sticking into her little body. [VERB adv./prep.]
当我们看到她瘦小的身体上插着很多导管和针头时
4VERB (用胶水、胶带等)粘,粘贴 If you stick one thing to another, you attach it using glue, sticky tape, or another sticky substance. (用胶水、胶带等)粘,粘贴
Don't forget to clip the token and stick it on your card. [VERB noun prep.]
别忘了剪下标志,贴到你的卡上。
We just stuck it to the window. [VERB noun prep.]
我们就把它贴在窗户上了。
He has nowhere to stick up his posters. [VERB noun with adv.]
他没地方贴海报了。
Stick down any loose bits of flooring. [VERB noun with adv.]
7VERB (名字)流传开去,被众人采用 If you give someone or something a name and the name sticks, it becomes the name which most people use to refer to that person or thing. (名字)流传开去,被众人采用
A friend dubbed it 'The Sanctuary' and the name stuck. [VERB]
有位朋友戏谑地称它为“避难所”,然后这个名称就沿用了下来。
8VERB [no cont, with brd-neg](证明…)属实,成立 If someone manages to make a charge or accusation stick, they show that the person accused is guilty of the crime or action they are accused of. (证明…)属实,成立
I don't see how they'll make the charges stick. [VERB]
我不知道他们将如何证明这些指控属实。
But legal experts are not sure if such a charge can stick. [VERB]
但法律专家们不能肯定这一指控是否成立。
9VERB 固定不动 If something which can usually be moved sticks, it becomes fixed in one position. 固定不动
The needle on the dial went right round to fifty feet, which was as far as it could go, and there it stuck. [VERB]
仪表盘上的指针一下转到了 50 英尺处,也就是到头了,然后就停在那里不动了。
The dagger stuck tightly in the silver scabbard. [VERB]
10VERB 忍受;容忍 If you are in an unpleasant or difficult situation and you say that you cannot stick it, you mean that you cannot bear to remain there long. 忍受;容忍 [British, informal]
Got a job bottle-washing at the brewery. I lasted a fortnight. I couldn't stick it. [VERB noun]
12PHRASE 去他的(工作);杵一边去 If you say that someone can stick something, especially a job, or if you tell them where to stick it, you are rudely refusing it or emphasizing that you do not want it or like it. 去他的(工作);杵一边去 [informal, rude, feelings]
It's a rotten play, so they can stick it.
这部剧糟透了,他们趁早拉倒吧。
She then stormed out in a temper telling him to 'stick his job'.
ADJECTIVE | ... OF STICKS | VERB + STICKADJECTIVE➤big, long大棍子;長棍子▸➤little, short小棍子;短棍子▸➤thick, thin粗棍子;細棍子... OF STICKS➤bundle一捆枯枝▸➤pile一堆柴枝VERB + STICK➤carry, hold, wield手持/手握/拿着棍子▸➤brandish, wave揮舞棍子◇A mob came over the hill yelling and brandishing sticks.一幫暴徒揮舞着棍棒叫喊着從山那邊衝過來。➤throw扔棍子stick
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ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤just, simply隨便放置◇He simply stuck a pin in at random among the names of candidates.他只是在候選人的名字中間隨意勾選。PREPOSITION➤in, into, on, onto, through刺入;扎進;插在⋯上;塞進◇He stuck the note through her letter box. (BrE) 他把便條塞進了她的郵箱。◇He stuck the note through her mail slot. (NAmE) 他把便條塞進了她的郵箱。stick
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●stick to sthADVERB➤close, closely認真堅持▸➤rigidly, slavishly, strictly刻板/盲目/嚴格堅持◇What is the point of sticking slavishly to the rules?有必要死守那些規則嗎?➤doggedly, firmly, resolutely, stubbornly頑強地/堅定地/堅決地/固執地堅持◇She simply made a decision and resolutely stuck to it.她只是作了個決定並堅決貫徹到底。VERB + STICK TO➤tend to傾向於堅持◇I tended to stick to tried and tested techniques.我傾向於相信經實驗證明可行的技術。➤decide to決定堅持▸➤be determined to決心堅持