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小词详解 | jab
In contrast Germany has administered merely 317,000 jabs, or 0.4% of its people.
相比之下,德国仅进行了31.7万次接种,占其人口的0.4%。
——《经济学人》When Mr. Basuki landed a jab at an opponent who had accused him of disrespecting Islam, the family let out a cheer.
当对手指责钟万学(Basuki Purnama)不尊重伊斯兰教,遭他反唇相讥时,全家人发出了欢呼。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] (尤指用尖锐的东西)粗暴地或迅速地戳(某人或某物)
流感预防针
flu jabs/shots
当心!你的雨伞快戳到我眼睛了!还有小心别让铁丝网钩破衣服。
Watch out! You nearly jabbed me in the eye with your umbrella! And be careful not to snag your coat on the barbed wire.她老是抱怨那个贱妇是如何不把她放在眼里的。我想这就是她用胳膊肘猛顶那个贱妇的肚子的原因。
She's always grousing about how she's been treated by the tramp like dirt. I think that's why she gave the tramp a jab in the stomach with her elbow.
对对手而言,那个身材高大的女人实在是太强大了,一顿结实的左刺拳打得对手摇摇晃晃。
The hefty woman was simply too powerful for her opponent, rocking her with a steady supply of left jabs.
他们一直在互相指责,其中民主党一方抨击总统的一大堆错综复杂的对外政策问题。
They have been sniping at each other, with the Democrats taking jabs at a thicket of foreign policy problems of the president.
That jab seemed in something of Rhett's old style and Scarlett grew annoyed.
这是一句带刺儿的话,看来瑞德的老脾气还没有改掉,因此思嘉有点恼火了。
poke: jab or prod (someone or something), especially with one's finger prod: poke (someone) with a finger, foot, or pointed object nudge: prod (someone) gently, typically with one's elbow, in order to draw their attention to something