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ditches

UK //ˈdɪtʃɪz//US //ˈdɪtʃɪz//

词源

源自古英语'dic'(沟渠),与荷兰语'dijk'(堤坝)和德语'Deich'(堤防)同源,最初指人工挖掘的排水通道。动词用法始于20世纪初的美国俚语。

noun

❶ 指地面上挖出的窄长沟渠,通常用于排水、灌溉或作为边界标记。常见于农田、道路两侧或军事防御工事中。

“The farmer dug ditches to drain water from his fields.”

(农民挖沟渠将田里的水排出去。)

“After the heavy rain, the ditches along the road were full of water.”

(大雨过后,路边的沟渠里积满了水。)

同义词:trenches, gutters, canals, moats, furrows

verb

❶ 指突然放弃或摆脱某人或某事物,常用于非正式场合。带有快速决断或抛弃的含义。

“She ditched her old car and bought a new one.”

(她抛弃了旧车,买了一辆新的。)

“He ditched his friends at the party to go meet someone else.”

(他在派对上抛下朋友去见别人了。)

同义词:abandon, discard, drop, dump, jettison

常见短语

last-ditch effort — 指在最后关头做出的拼命努力,通常是在其他方法都失败后的尝试。

“The team made a last-ditch effort to score before the game ended.”

(球队在比赛结束前做了最后的努力试图得分。)

die in a ditch — 夸张表达极度不愿意做某事,宁愿遭遇极端情况也不愿接受某种结果。

“I'd rather die in a ditch than work for that company again.”

(我宁愿死在沟里也不愿再为那家公司工作。)