BURNING, HEAT, OR ENTHUSIASM 燃烧;热量;激情
- N-UNCOUNT 火
Fire is the hot, bright flames produced by things that are burning.
- They saw a big flash and a huge ball of fire reaching hundreds of feet into the sky...
他们看见一道强光和一个巨大的火球冲向数百英尺的高空。 - Many students were trapped by smoke and fire on an upper floor.
许多学生被浓烟和大火困在了较高的一层上。
- N-VAR 火灾;失火
Fire or a fire is an occurrence of uncontrolled burning which destroys buildings, forests, or other things.
- 87 people died in a fire at the Happy Land Social Club...
87 人在乐土社交俱乐部的火灾中丧生。 - A forest fire is sweeping across portions of north Maine this evening...
今晚一场森林大火正席卷缅因州北部的部分地区。 - Much of historic Rennes was destroyed by fire in 1720.
雷恩古城的大部分在 1720 年的大火中毁于一旦。
- N-COUNT 炉火;灶火;生成的火
A fire is a burning pile of wood, coal, or other fuel that you make, for example to use for heat, light, or cooking.
- There was a fire in the grate...
壁炉内燃着火。 - After the killing, he calmly lit a fire to destroy evidence.
杀人后,他镇定地点起火销毁罪证。
- N-COUNT (电或煤气)取暖器
A fire is a device that uses electricity or gas to give out heat and warm a room.
- The gas fire was still alight...
燃气取暖器还在烧着。 - She switched on one bar of the electric fire.
她打开了一片电暖器。
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用heater
- VERB 烧制(陶器等黏土制品)
When a pot or clay object is fired, it is heated at a high temperature in a special oven, as part of the process of making it.
- After the pot is dipped in this mixture, it is fired...
陶罐在这一混合料中浸过之后就拿去烧制。 - I have watched the potters mold, fire and paint their bowls, plates and vases with sacred designs.
我见过制陶工人捏塑、烧制碗碟花瓶,并在上面涂绘各种宗教图案。
- VERB (引擎)点火,打火
When the engine of a motor vehicle fires, an electrical spark is produced which causes the fuel to burn and the engine to work.
- The engine fired and we moved off.
点着引擎后我们就开走了。
- VERB (以某种燃料)驱动
If a machine is fired with a particular fuel, it operates by means of that fuel.
- The engines were fired with coal and needed water to keep the steam up.
这些发动机烧煤,并且需要加水以不断产生蒸汽。
- VERB 激起;唤起;使充满激情;激发(想象力)
If you fire someone with enthusiasm, you make them feel very enthusiastic. If you fire someone's imagination, you make them feel interested and excited.
- ...the potential to fire the imagination of an entire generation...
能够激发整整一代人想象力的潜能 - It was Allen who fired this rivalry with real passion...
是艾伦为这场较量注入了激情。 - Both his grandfathers were fired with an enthusiasm for public speaking...
他的祖父和外公都热衷于演说。 - By Monday, Senor Menem had returned, apparently fired with new determination.
到星期一时梅嫩先生已经回来了,显然他又燃起了新的决心。
- N-UNCOUNT 激情;生气;活力
You can use fire to refer in an approving way to someone's energy and enthusiasm.
- I went to hear him speak and was very impressed. He seemed so full of fire...
我去听了他的讲话,结果留下了非常深刻的印象。他看上去充满了激情。 - His punishing schedule seemed to dim his fire at times.
繁忙的日程似乎有时让他精力不济。
- PHRASE 着火;起火;开始燃烧
If an object or substance catches fire, it starts burning.
- My home catches fire and everything is destroyed...
我家失了火,所有的东西都烧毁了。 - The aircraft caught fire soon after take-off.
飞机起飞后不久就着火了。
- PHRASE 激动人心;赢得成功
If a situation or event catches fire, it begins to be exciting and successful.
- The play only really catches fire once Aschenbach falls in love.
这部剧直到阿申巴赫堕入情网后才真正开始精彩起来。
- PHRASE 以火攻火;以毒攻毒;以其人之道还治其人之身
If you fight fire with fire, you deal with people attacking or threatening you by using similar methods to the ones that they are using.
- The only way they can deal with crime is to fight fire with fire.
他们打击犯罪的唯一方法就是以牙还牙。
- PHRASE 激情;生气;强烈的情感
If you say that someone has fire in their belly, you are expressing approval of them because they are energetic, enthusiastic, and have very strong feelings.
- Rocco does not have the same fire in his belly as his father.
罗科不像他父亲那样充满激情。
- PHRASE 着火;起火;在燃烧
If something is on fire, it is burning and being damaged or destroyed by an uncontrolled fire.
- The captain radioed that the ship was on fire.
船长发无线电说船着火了。
- PHRASE 热情似火;激动万分;激情澎湃
If you say that someone is on fire, you mean they are very enthusiastic, excited, or passionate about something.
- He was on fire with this marvelous sight.
看到这一令人叹为观止的景象,他激动万分。
- PHRASE 玩火;冒险;做危险的事
If you say that someone is playing with fire, you mean that they are doing something dangerous that may result in great harm for them and cause many problems.
- Schulte warned government and industrial leaders that those who even venture to think about mass layoffs are playing with fire.
舒尔特警告政府和业界领袖说,哪怕只是动动大规模裁员念头的人都是在玩火。
- PHRASE 放火烧;使燃烧
If you set fire to something or if you set it on fire, you start it burning in order to damage or destroy it.
- They set fire to vehicles outside that building...
他们纵火焚烧了停在那幢大楼外的车辆。 - Lightning set several buildings on fire.
闪电燃着了几栋大楼。
- to have irons on the fire → see: iron
- like a house on fire → see: house
- there's no smoke without fire → see: smoke
- PHRASAL VERB 开动,发动(机器)
If you fire up a machine, you switch it on.
- Put on a helmet, fire up your engine and head out on the open road.
戴上头盔,发动引擎,开上乡村干道。
- PHRASAL VERB 激起…的热情(或积极性)
If you fire someone up, you make them feel very enthusiastic or motivated.
- The president knows his task is to fire up the delegates.
总统知道自己的任务就是唤起代表的热情。
SHOOTING OR ATTACKING 射击;攻击
- VERB 开(枪或炮);射出(子弹)
If someone fires a gun or a bullet, or if they fire, a bullet is sent from a gun that they are using.
- Seven people were wounded when soldiers fired rubber bullets to disperse crowds...
士兵发射橡皮子弹驱散人群时有7个人受了伤。 - New guns firing high explosive shells were incorporated into the battlefield...
发射高爆弹的新型大炮在战场上得到了使用。 - The gun was fired and Beaton was wounded a second time...
枪响了,比顿再次受伤。 - Seventeen people were killed when security forces fired on demonstrators...
安全部队朝示威者开枪致使 17 人丧生。 - They were firing. I screamed at them to stop.
他们正在开枪。我尖叫着,让他们停下。
- N-UNCOUNT 枪击;炮火;火力
You can use fire to refer to the shots fired from a gun or guns.
- His car was raked with fire from automatic weapons...
他的车遭到自动武器火力的扫射。 - The two were reportedly killed in an exchange of fire during a police raid.
据报道,这两人在警方突击搜查时发生的交火中被打死。
- VERB 射,放(箭)
If you fire an arrow, you send it from a bow.
- He fired an arrow into a clearing in the forest.
他将箭射向林中的一片空地。
- VERB 连珠炮似的提出(问题)
If you fire questions at someone, you ask them a lot of questions very quickly, one after another.
- They were bombarded by more than 100 representatives firing questions on pollution.
100多名代表针对污染问题向他们发起连珠炮似的提问。
- N-UNCOUNT 猛烈的批评(或抨击、指责)
You can use fire to refer to someone's strong criticisms of something.
- He said they should turn their fire on the Conservative Party instead.
他说他们应该掉转枪口,向保守党开火。
- PHRASE 吸引火力;成为靶子
If you draw fire from someone, you cause them to shoot at you, for example because they think that you are threatening them.
- Crowds elsewhere drew fire from troops.
其他地方的人群吸引了军队的火力。
- PHRASE 招致批评;引发攻击
If you draw fire for something that you have done, you cause people to criticize you or attack you because of it.
- The council recently drew fire for its intervention in the dispute...
委员会最近因为介入该起争端而遭到批评。 - The campaign is drawing fire from anti-smoking advocates.
该活动正受到禁烟倡导者的攻击。
- PHRASE 暂缓(或推迟)决定
If you hang fire, you delay making a decision about something.
- All I can suggest is that you just hang fire and wait a minute or two and try again...
我的建议就是,先缓一缓,等上一两分钟再试一次。 - Last week, banks and building societies were hanging fire on interest rates.
上周,银行和建屋互助会推迟了就利率问题作出决定。
- PHRASE 停止射击;等待射击开始
If someone holds their fire or holds fire, they stop shooting or they wait before they start shooting.
- Devereux ordered his men to hold their fire until the ships got closer.
德弗罗命令士兵等船靠近了再开火。
- PHRASE 暂缓(或推迟行动)
If you hold fire in a situation, you delay before taking action.
- Observers reckon the Bank of England will hold fire until nearer the Budget.
观察家认为英格兰银行会推迟到更加接近预算案出台时再采取措施。
- PHRASE (子弹的)发射线,行进线
If you are in the line of fire, you are in a position where someone is aiming their gun at you. If you move into their line of fire, you move into a position between them and the thing they were aiming at.
- He cheerfully blows away any bad guy stupid enough to get in his line of fire...
他兴高采烈地将蠢到撞上他枪口的坏家伙全都干掉。 - The man and his son had been pushed into the line of fire by their captors.
父子俩被那些掳走他们的人推到了枪口前。
- PHRASE 开枪;开火
If you open fire on someone, you start shooting at them.
- Then without warning, the troops opened fire on the crowd.
接着军队未作警示便向人群开了火。
- PHRASE 开枪回击;开火还击
If you return fire or you return someone's fire, you shoot back at someone who has shot at you.
- The soldiers returned fire after being attacked.
士兵们在遇袭后予以还击。
- PHRASE 遭到射击;受到火力攻击
If you come under fire or are under fire, someone starts shooting at you.
- The Belgians fell back as the infantry came under fire.
步兵团受到火力攻击时比利时人向后撤退。 - ...sending aid to cities which have been under fire for weeks now.
向那些现已连续数周遭受炮火袭击的城市提供援助
- PHRASE 遭到猛烈批评;受到强烈抨击
If you come under fire from someone or are under fire, they criticize you strongly.
- The president's plan first came under fire from critics who said he hadn't included enough spending cuts.
总统的计划先是遭到批评者的猛烈抨击,他们称开支削减力度不够。
- to fire from the hip → see: hip
- PHRASAL VERB 说吧;讲吧;问吧
If someone wants to say or ask something, you can say 'fire away' as a way of showing that you are ready for them to speak.
- 'May I ask you something?' — 'Sure. Fire away.'
“我可以问你一个问题吗?”——“当然可以。尽管问吧。”
- PHRASAL VERB 发射,射出(子弹、导弹等)
If you fire off a shot, you send a bullet or other missile from a gun.
- A gunman fired off a volley of shots into the air...
持枪歹徒朝天扫射了一排子弹。 - Cecil now began to panic and fired off two distress rockets.
塞西尔此时开始慌张起来,连忙发射了两枚遇险信号火箭。 - ...an illustration of a guy firing a huge cannon off into the distance.
描绘某人向远处发射巨型大炮的插图
- PHRASAL VERB (常指作为一系列之一地迅速)发出(信件),提出(问题),讲出(话语)
If you fire off a letter, question, or remark, you send or say it very quickly, often as part of a series.
- He immediately fired off an angry letter to his ministry colleagues...
他立即给部里的同事发了一封怒气冲冲的信。 - Ordinary officers fired off a string of angry demands to the government, to improve their pay, status, and conditions.
普通警员愤怒地向政府提出了一连串增加工资、提高地位和改善条件的要求。
DISMISSAL 解雇
- VERB 解雇;开除
If an employer fires you, they dismiss you from your job.
- If he hadn't been so good at the rest of his job, I probably would have fired him...
如果不是因为他在工作的其他方面做得如此之好,我可能就把他开除了。 - She was sent a box of chocolates along with a letter saying she was fired.
她收到一盒巧克力和一封信,信上说她被解雇了。