emb Idioma

card-carrying member

a regular member, a person on the membership list Only card-carrying members will be allowed to attend the meeting.

lose a family member

experience the death of a member of the family Poor Sadie. She lost her mother last year and a brother this year.

affiliate member

gang associate; may wear the colors, exhibit tattoos and other symbols, and flash signs AF

bear resemblance to

be somewhat like与…相象
He bears same resemblance to his father．他有些象他的父亲。

embark on

1．go aboard（a shiP，an airplane，etc．）上（船、飞机等）
He embarked on a ship for America yesterday evening.他昨天晚上乘船去了美国。
2．engage in着手；从事
The city has embarked on a program of reshaping its streets and roads．这个城市已着手进行将街道和公路重新规划的项目。
They are embarking on the policy of economic development．他们正在执行发展经济的政策。
Having embarked on this course，they had to stick to it．他们既然已经走上了这条路，只好走到底。

in fear and trembling

Idiom(s): in fear and trembling

Theme: FEAR

with anxiety or fear; with dread. (Fixed order.)
• In fear and trembling, I went into the room to take the test.
• The witness left the courtroom in fear and trembling.

fear and trembling|fear|fear and trepidation|tremb

n. phr. Great fear. He came in fear and trembling to tell his father he had a bad report card.

embarrassment of riches

embarrassment of riches
An overabundance of something, too much of a good thing, as in All four of them have their own cars but there's no room in the driveway—an embarrassment of riches. This term originated in 1738 as John Ozell's translation of a French play, L'Embarras des richesses (1726).