7PHRASE 紧跟在后 If a person or an animal is at your heels, they are following close behind you. 紧跟在后
She strode off down the restaurant with Cavendish following close at her heels.
她大步向餐馆里面走去,卡文迪什紧随其后。
8PHRASE 使听话;使就范 If you bring someone to heel, you force them to obey you. 使听话;使就范
It's still not clear how the president will use his power to bring the republics to heel.
总统将如何行使自己的权力使共和党人就范仍不太清楚。
9PHRASE [VERB inflects]咔嚓一声立正(敬礼或问候) If someone such as a soldier clicks their heels, they make a sound by knocking the heels of their shoes together when saluting or greeting someone. 咔嚓一声立正(敬礼或问候)
...a courtly European who still clicked his heels when he met a lady.
遇见女士仍咔嚓一声行礼的彬彬有礼的欧洲人
10PHRASE [VERB inflects]久等;空等 If you are cooling your heels, someone is deliberately keeping you waiting, so that you get bored or impatient. 久等;空等 [informal]
Cohen didn't mention that he had Ted Forstmann cooling his heels in a back room.
科恩没有提起自己让泰德·福斯特曼在后室里空等的事。
11PHRASE 坚持立场;固执己见 If you dig your heels in or dig in your heels, you refuse to do something such as change your opinions or plans, especially when someone is trying very hard to make you do so. 坚持立场;固执己见
It was really the British who, by digging their heels in, prevented any last-minute deal.
实际上是因为英国人拒不让步,才使得最后一刻达成协议的希望落空了。
12PHRASE (时间上)紧跟…之后,紧接着 If you say that one event follows hard on the heels of another or hot on the heels of another, you mean that one happens very quickly or immediately after another. (时间上)紧跟…之后,紧接着
Unfortunately, bad news has come hard on the heels of good.
很遗憾,好消息的后面紧跟着就是坏消息。
The visit follows hot on the heels of their season at the Edinburgh International Festival.
他们在爱丁堡国际艺术节上的表演季一结束,紧接着又要出访。
13PHRASE 紧追…之后;紧随…之后 If you say that someone is hot on your heels, you are emphasizing that they are chasing you and are not very far behind you. 紧追…之后;紧随…之后 [emphasis]
They sped through the American southwest with the law hot on their heels.
他们飞车穿越美国西南部,警察紧追其后。
14PHRASE 无聊地等;不耐烦地等待 If you are kicking your heels, you are having to wait around with nothing to do, so that you get bored or impatient. 无聊地等;不耐烦地等待 [British, informal]
The authorities wouldn't grant us permission to fly all the way down to San Francisco, so I had to kick my heels at Tunis Airport.
当局不允许我们直飞旧金山,所以我只好在突尼斯机场不耐烦地等待。
15PHRASE (尤指因生气或吃惊而)突然转身 If you turn on your heel or spin on your heel, you suddenly turn round, especially because you are angry or surprised. (尤指因生气或吃惊而)突然转身
He simply turned on his heel and walked away.
他突然就转身走开了。
16PHRASE [VERB inflects]逃走;脚底开溜 If you take to your heels, you run away. 逃走;脚底开溜 [literary]
He stood, for a moment, staring defiantly back at her, then took to his heels.
他站着不服地回瞪了她一会儿,然后就逃走了。
17head over heels→see: head to drag your heels→see: drag