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★☆☆☆☆托福英语词汇
📖 中文释义
- n. 栖木, 休息所, 群栖的禽鸟
- vi. 栖息, 安歇
- vt. 使栖息
🔗 释义中的汉语词
🧩 词形变化
💬 双语例句
Obama’s visit in May was presented as an effort to reinvigorate relations in the context of the rise of the Asia-Pacific region. Unfortunately, the chickens of Obama’s first term have already come home to roost.
中国对拉美的影响力大幅增加,但美国仍漠然视之。 奥巴马5月的拉美之行表现出试图在亚太地区崛起的环境下振兴拉美关系的姿态。 不幸的是,奥巴马必须收拾好第一个任期留下的烂摊子。
Now, the costs of the soccer jamboree, coming on top of the country’s ongoing economic slowdown, are coming home to roost. Several analysts have concluded that Brazil’s bubble has burst, and that the so-called “country of the future” will remain stuck in the present.
如今,足球狂欢的代价开始显露,令正处于经济减速中的巴西雪上加霜。 一些分析师认为巴西的泡沫已经破裂,所谓的“未来之国”将依然困顿于当下。
The big question is whether the rich countries that have long ruled the roost at the Fund would actually surrender some of their power. They might, and they should, even if global financial markets take time to adjust to a slightly smaller role for the dollar.
最大的问题是长期以来在IMF当家的富国们是否会让出一部分权力。 他们或许会,也应该这样做,即使全球金融市场需要时间来调整适应美元地位稍降的情况。 他们真地会失少得多。
🔵 同义词
🔗 常用搭配
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- n. a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds
- n. a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep
- v. settle down or stay, as if on a roost