魔鬼口语:偷看几眼

1. We're facing an intractable problem. 这个问题似乎无法解决。 2. Restaurants jacked up their prices. 饭馆全部涨价。 ►jack up 增加，提高；组织，安排；责备，规劝；停止，放弃 e.g. People are afraid that taxes will soon be jacked up. 人们担心税金会很快提高。 e.g. She jacked up the job because the salary was too low. 她辞掉了这项工作。因为薪水太低了。 3. He cast a few furtive glances. 他偷看了几眼。 4. She’s a talebearer. 这个女人好搬弄是非。 5. I dropped in on Gorge on my way. 路上我顺便拜访了一下乔治。 ►drop in on 顺道拜访 e.g. I'll drop in on you when I have time. 有空我来看你。 6. The taste is no better than chewed tallow. 味同嚼蜡。 7. I’m not gonna do it without some financial inducements. 没点实惠我可不干。 8. Come straight home and don’t loiter. 赶快回家。不要瞎逛。 9. You can't wink at what he did. 你不能对他的行为视而不见哪。 ►wink at 向（某人）使眼色；假装没看见，对……睁一只眼闭一只眼 e.g. Marry ofter winks at the spelling mistakes in her homework. 玛丽常常对她作业里的拼写错误睁一眼闭一眼。 10. You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. 朽木不可雕也。 http://www.enguo.com/hy/?tid=363570