英语充电:
Devil is not so black as he is painted魔鬼并不像人们描绘的那样黑;没有人有人们口中的那么坏
I don't believe that actress is as coldhearted as the gossip columns say she is. The devil is not so black as he is painted. 我不相信那个女演员有八卦专栏说得那么冷血,魔鬼并不像人们描绘的那样黑。
give a black eye to (someone or something)让某人或某事看起来很糟;毁掉一个人的声誉
That food critic's negative review really gave a black eye to my restaurant. 那位美食评论家的消极评论毁了我餐馆的声誉。
black looks: 怒视;恶狠狠的盯视
Passing my stall, she cast black looks at the amount of stuff still unsold.她经过我的货摊的时候,怒气冲冲地看了几眼还没有卖出去的东西。
as clear as black and white就像黑白那样分明;明显界定;没有任何困惑、含糊不清的空间
Love isn't always as clear as black and white, you know. You have to accept that there are many gray areas in relationships. 爱不总是黑白分明的,你知道吗。在恋爱关系中你不得不面对里面许多的灰色地带。
The case made by the government seems as clear as black and white: raise taxes to pay for public amenities. 政府做的这件事看起来就像黑和白一样简单明了:提高税收以支付公共便利设施。
in the black 有盈余;有结余
Until his finances are in the black I don't want to get married. 在他有银行存款之前,我不想和他结婚。
We've managed to stay in the black for over a year now. 现在我们已保持了一年多的盈利状态。
Now that our budget is in the black, how about turning our attention to the national sleep deficit?
我们国家的预算现在已经开始盈余了,但是什么时候我们才能把我们的注意力集中到我们的睡眠赤字上去呢?
black out熄灯; 灯火管制; 停止;中断;尽力忘记;努力忘却;涂黑;盖住
Suddenly all the lights blacked out. 突然灯都熄灭了。
I think I am going to black out. 我感觉自己快要昏过去了。
I tried not to think about it. I blacked it out.我尽量不去想它,竭力要将它忘掉。
U.S. government specialists went through each page, blacking out any information a foreign intelligence expert could use美国政府的专家们审查了每一页内容,涂掉了外国情报专家可能利用的任何信息。
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