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小词详解 | yank
yank 英 [jæŋk] 美 [jæŋk]
But the electoral successes of Donald Trump and the campaign to yank Britain out of the European Union (EU) have shaken the dismal science.
但特朗普当选和英国脱欧运动动摇了这门沉闷的科学。
——《经济学人》Comets are icy leftovers from the anarchic birth of the solar system that occasionally are yanked by the forces of gravity toward the sun.
彗星是太阳系在混乱状态下诞生时留下的冰冷残余物,有时会被引力猛拉向太阳。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 猛拉
他绊到了电线,一下子把插头拽了出来。然后他站起来走了,没有注意到他所造成的附带损害。
He tripped over the cord and yanked the plug out. Then he got up and walked away, oblivious of the collateral damage he had caused.
门外有一块铜牌,上面用拉丁字母列着各位牙科医生的名字。他使劲一拉门想把它打开。
There was a brass plaque outside the door listing the various dentists' names rendered in the Latin alphabet. He gave the door a yank to open it.
这地方全是美国佬。
The place was full of Yanks.
Someone yanked Harry up by the hair, dragged him a short way, pushed him down into a sitting position, then started binding him back-to-back with other people.
有人猛扯哈利的头发把他拉起来,拽着他走了一小段路,又把他一推坐到地上,然后开始把他跟别人背靠背绑在一起。
jerk: a quick, sharp, sudden movement tug: a hard or sudden pull twitch: cause to move in a specified direction by giving a sharp pull