N-COUNT 老鼠;耗子 A rat is an animal which has a long tail and looks like a large mouse.
This was demonstrated in a laboratory experiment with rats. 在实验室用老鼠进行的实验证明了这一点。
...a rat-infested derelict building. 鼠灾泛滥的废弃建筑
N-COUNT 卑劣的人;不忠实的人;小人 If you call someone a rat, you mean that you are angry with them or dislike them, often because they have cheated you or betrayed you.
What did you do with the gun you took from that little rat Turner? 你是怎么处理从那个叫特纳的小叛徒手里得到的枪的?
VERB 告密;出卖 If someone rats on you, they tell someone in authority about things that you have done, especially bad things.
They were accused of encouraging children to rat on their parents. 他们被指控唆使儿童告发自己的父母。
VERB 违约;食言 If someone rats on an agreement, they do not do what they said they would do.
She claims he ratted on their divorce settlement. 她声称他违反了他们的离婚协议。
PHRASE 怀疑有问题;发现不对头;有所警觉 If you smell a rat, you begin to suspect or realize that something is wrong in a particular situation, for example that someone is trying to deceive you or harm you.
If I don't send a picture, he will smell a rat... 如果我不寄出照片,他将有所察觉。
Though Lloyd George's behaviour seemed curious, Haig still did not smell a rat. 尽管劳埃德·乔治的行为古怪,黑格仍然没有任何怀疑。
The securities and Exchange Commission recently charged a former Goldman director, Rajat Gupta, with insider trading for allegedly ratting out the details of Goldman board meetings – including the one in September 2008 at which the Board approved the Berkshire investment. 最近,美国证券交易委员会(TheSecuritiesandExchangeCommission)指控高盛前董事拉吉特•古普塔涉嫌泄露高盛董事会会议内容(包括2008年9月那次批准伯克希尔哈撒韦投资的会议)用于内幕交易。
By ratting him out to my parents? 把他丢给我的爸妈?
Everything was shaking and trembling, ratting. 每样东西都在摇动而且震得嘎嘎作响。
He's trying to squeeze youinto ratting. 他要逼得你背叛我。
Superman wouldn't cut me out of the story by ratting on me to the opposing team. it's good I got myself back into the game and scored the winning touchdown. 超人不会把我出卖给对手还把我踢出报道的调查。好在我自己半道杀回比赛并且成功触地得分。
I hope you're not thinking of ratting on the deal. 我希望你不要想反悔而毁了这笔交易。
The girls will make short work of anybody they find ratting! 小姊妹们听说谁是走狗,就要打她!