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小词详解 | whack
whack 英 [wæk] 美 [wæk]
In Big Mac terms, the Mexican peso is undervalued by a whacking 55.9% against the greenback.
根据巨无霸指数,墨西哥比索相对美元被低估高达55.9%。
——《经济学人》The admissions process is out of whack. Just ask the heartbroken applicant, rejected by her dream school.
大学招生过程已经乱了套。只需去问问被梦想中的学校拒绝了的心碎的申请人。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 猛拳重击
她用棍子狠狠地打他。
She whacked him with a club.
我想这封信的大意是说他被轻易地击败了。
I think the purport of the letter was that he got whacked.
低收入者只需支付一半的费用,而高收入者则需支付全额费用。这可以缓解贫富差距。
Low earners will pay only half the charge but high earners will have to pay full whack. It can ease the disparity between rich and poor.别怕还价,现在是卖方市场。他们愿意为这样的货物出最高价格。
Don't be afraid to haggle: for the moment, it's a seller's market. They're prepared to pay top whack for goods like this.
试试通过磨砂膏去除死皮细胞。
Take a whack at sloughing off dead skin cells by using a facial scrub.那个身材高大的女人戴上头盔,跨坐在摩托车上,然后全速驾车行驶。但她并不知道发动机出了毛病。
The hefty woman pulled on her helmet and straddled the motorbike, then drove along at full throttle. But she didn't know that the motor was out of whack.
She does whack it, by George. The way her crooked skirt swings at each whack.
哎呀,她拍得可真猛。随着拍打,她那歪歪拧拧的裙子就摇来摆去。
slap: hit or strike with the palm of the hand or a flat object punch: strike with the fist smack: strike (someone or something), typically with the palm of the hand and as a punishment