3月8日商務英語
2010年03月08日
ragamuffin；to keep someone or something at bay
??? 今日單詞：
| 單詞 | 中文釋義 | 英文釋義 | 例句 |
| ragamuffin | （衣衫襤褸的）流浪兒（名詞，非正式用語） | (noun, INFORMAL) A disheveled, shaggily dressed child. | EXAMPLE: When he arrived to stay in our city house, my cousin's son was a shy ragamuffin from the farm who needed new clothes, a bath and a haircut. 我堂兄的兒子剛來到我們城市的住宅居住時，是一個衣衫襤褸的農村流浪兒，需要理發、洗澡、換新衣服。 |
????今日短語：
| 短語 | 中文釋義 | 英文釋義 | 例句 |
| to keep someone or something at bay | 抑制，阻止 |
To keep someone or something from doing harm by preventing movement. |
EXAMPLE: The group of angry women were able to keep the thief at bay by blocking the building's only door until the police arrived to arrest him. 這群憤怒的婦女堵住了這座樓唯一的門，阻止小偷出逃，直到警察到來，將其逮捕。 |
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