I'm very fortunate in that I don't have to do the washing-up or the dusting.
我很幸運,因爲我不用洗餐具也不用打掃灰塵。
5VERB 塗(粉);撒(粉);在…上撒 If you dust something with a fine substance such as powder or if you dust a fine substance onto something, you cover it lightly with that substance. 塗(粉);撒(粉);在…上撒
Lightly dust the fish with flour. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
在魚上撒上少許面粉。
Dust and blend blusher on the apples of your cheeks. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
將胭脂調勻塗在你臉頰紅潤的地方。
Dry your feet well and then dust between the toes with baby powder. [VERB adv./prep.]
6PHRASE 消亡;失敗 If you say that something has bitten the dust, you are emphasizing that it no longer exists or that it has failed. 消亡;失敗 [humorous, informal, emphasis]
In the last 30 years many cherished values have bitten the dust.
在過去的 30 年中,許多珍貴的價值觀已經消失殆盡。
The allegation has caused one lecturer's career to bite the dust.
這項指控斷送了一名講師的前程。
7PHRASE 塵埃落定;形勢明朗;事態平息 If you say that something will happen when the dust settles, you mean that a situation will be clearer after it has calmed down. If you let the dust settle before doing something, you let a situation calm down before you try to do anything else. 塵埃落定;形勢明朗;事態平息 [informal]
Once the dust had settled Beck defended his decision.
事態一旦平息,貝克就爲他的決定辯白。
I think we need to let the dust settle and see what's going to happen after that.
我認爲我們需要等事態平息之後再看看會發生什麽。
8PHRASE 被擱置;被忽視;塵封 If you say that something is gathering dust, you mean that it has been left somewhere and nobody is using it or doing anything with it. 被擱置;被忽視;塵封
Many of the machines are gathering dust in basements.
許多機器塵封在地下室裏。
The album is finally being released in October after gathering dust for over a year.