直截了當:straight的用法和辨析
I'm cleaning up and I'm moving on, going straight and choosing life.
——《Trainspotting 》
我已經洗心革面,繼續前進, 一直向前,選擇生活。
——《猜火車》
一、你知道straight有幾種含義嗎?
adj.
1.直的;筆直的
Good posture results from holding the backbone straight.
好的姿勢是保持脊柱筆直的結果。
2.正直的;直率的
Jeff has always been a straight arrow.
傑夫一直是個品行端正的老實人。
3.連續的
Tuesday's record setting pace came on the second straight day of sharply lower oil prices.
星期二,即油價格連續驟降的第二天,股市緊隨其後,再創新高。
4.整齊的
His teeth were perfectly straight.
他的牙齒非常整齊。
adv.
1.直接地;坦率地;立即
He went straight to Lagos, without stopping in Nairobi.
他徑直前往拉各斯,未在內羅畢停留。
2.不斷地
I'm used to going a lot of hours straight.
我已習慣於長時間地連續工作了。
n.
1.直線;直線部分
Our cars were clearly too slow along the straights.
我們的賽車在直道上跑得顯然太慢了。
二、你知道straight和哪些詞更搭嗎?
straight angle
n.[數]平角
straight arrow
a. [美口]循規蹈矩的
straight sinus
直竇
straight life insurance
n. 終生付保險費的人壽保險
straight off
立即, 馬上
三、學會straight的用法了嗎?來做個小測試吧~
Human time does not turn in a circle; it runs ahead in a ______ line.
人類的時間不是循環轉動的,而是直線前進的。