意味: absorptiometer

əb'sɔrpʃmɪtə(r) /əb'sɔː-n. 吸光光度計; 吸収率測定装置

ete イディオム

anal retentive

too concerned with detail, pedantic Amy is anal retentive. She writes down everything the teacher says.

for Pete's sake

"for the good of ""Pete"" and everybody" For Pete's sake, don't talk when your mouth is full of food!

mete out

administer, give according to the law or policy It was his duty to mete out justice in the colony.

peter out

die down gradually, grow less strong The large crowd from the football game has begun to peter out and the streets around the stadium are becoming quiet now.

rob Peter to pay Paul

take from one person or thing to pay another When the government began to take money from education to pay for the medical system it was like robbing Peter to pay Paul.

sweeten the pot

add more good things, make it worth more If we sweeten the pot with a trip to Paris, we'll sell more tickets.

the Peter Principle

people are promoted to a job they cannot do The manager is an example of the Peter Principle. He's hopeless!

ticketed

known as, named, labeled If you do something funny, you'll be ticketed as the team clown.

veterano

veteran gang member, war veteran

compete with

be in competition with；enter intocontest with与…竞争
This firm is too small to compete with the transnational corporation．这家公司太小了，竞争不过跨国公司。
Now China can compete with other countries．现在中国可以和其它国家竞争。

pretend to

profess to have自称
Certainly I can pretend to no special knowledge of electronics．我当然不能说已经掌握了电子学的专门知识。
He pretended to abilities which he didn't actually possess．他自称有这样那样的才能，但实际上并不是那么回事。

cut one's eyeteeth on

Idiom(s): cut one's eyeteeth on sth

Theme: TRAINING

to have done something since one was very young; to have much experience at something. (Folksy.)
• Do I know about cars? I cut my eyeteeth on cars.
• I cut my eyeteeth on Bach. I can whistle everything he wrote.

bound and determined

Idiom(s): bound and determined

Theme: DETERMINATION

determined. (Fixed order.)
• We were bound and determined to get there on time.
• I'm bound and determined that this wont happen again.

honest-to-Pete

Idiom(s): honest-to-goodness AND honest-to- God; honest-to-Pete

Theme: TRUTH

truthful; genuine.
• Is that an honest-to-goodness leather jacket, or is it vinyl?
• It's honest-to-goodness vinyl.

Honest to Pete

Idiom(s): Honest to goodness, AND Honest to God.; Honest to Pete.

Theme: TRUTH

I speak the truth. (Some people may object to the use of God in this phrase.)
• Did he really say that? Honest to goodness?
• Honest to Pete, I’ve been to the moon.
• I've been there, too—honest to God.

Stolen fruit is the sweetest.

What is forbidden is the most tempting.

For the love of Pete

Usually used in exasperation, as in 'Oh, for the love of Pete!'

Talk nineteen to the dozen

If someone talks very quickly, they talk nineteen to the dozen.

house detective|detective|house

n. A detective employed by a hotel, store, or other business to watch for any trouble. The one-armed man sweeping the bank floor was really the house detective.

peter out|peter

v., informal To fail or die down gradually; grow less; become exhausted. After the factory closed, the town pretty well petered out. The mine once had a rich vein of silver, but it petered out. But as he thought of her, his anger slowly petered out.
Compare: GIVE OUT.

rob Peter to pay Paul|Paul|Peter|pay|pay Paul|rob|

v. phr. To change one duty or need for another; take from one person or thing to pay another. Bill owed Sam a dollar, so he borrowed another from Joe to pay Sam back. He robbed Peter to pay Paul. Trying to study a lesson for one class during another class is like robbing Peter to pay Paul.

bound and determined to

bound and determined to
Firmly resolved to, as in He was bound and determined to finish the assignment before taking on another. This phrase is a redundancy used for emphasis, as bound and determined here both mean “resolved to.” Also see bound to, be.

bête noire

bête noire
A person or thing that is particularly disliked. For example, Calculus was the bête noire of my freshman courses. This phrase, French for “black beast,” entered the English language in the early 1800s. For synonyms, see pain in the neck; thorn in one's flesh.

determine

determine
see bound and determined to.

eternal

eternal
the Eternal
God

eternal triangle

eternal triangle
A relationship involving three lovers, such as two women involved with one man or two men with one woman. For example, The plot of the murder mystery revolved around the eternal triangle of a husband, wife, and another woman. [c. 1900]

eyeteeth

eyeteeth
see give one's eyeteeth.

give one's eyeteeth

give one's eyeteeth
Also, give one's right arm. Go to any lengths to obtain, as in She'd give her eyeteeth for a mink coat, or He'd give his right arm for a new car. These hyperbolic expressions both allude to something precious, the eyeteeth (or canines) being useful for both biting and chewing and the right arm a virtual necessity for the 90 percent of the population who are right-handed. Both date from the first half of the 1900s, when the first replaced give one's eyes, from the mid-1800s.

hope springs eternal

hope springs eternal
People will keep on hoping, no matter what the odds. For example, I keep buying lottery tickets—hope springs eternal. This expression was coined by Alexander Pope (An Essay on Man, 1732) and quickly became proverbial.

meter is running, the

meter is running, the
Costs or other consequences are accumulating, as in We'd better come to a decision soon, for the meter is running. This metaphoric expression alludes to the fare mounting up on a taxi meter. [Late 1900s]

Pete

Pete
Also, Peter. See for one's sake; honest to God; rob Peter to pay Paul.

Peter

Peter
rob Peter to pay Paul
to pay a debt, obligation, etc. by creating or leaving unpaid another

sweeten the kitty

sweeten the kitty
Also, sweeten the pot or deal. Make something financially more attractive, as in I am unable to give you the new title but I could sweeten the kitty a little by giving you a raise. This idiom comes from card games such as poker, where it means “add money to the pool,” and uses sweeten in the sense of “make more agreeable.” [Slang; c. 1900]