elbow grease

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈel.bəʊ ˌɡriːs]
• 美式音标 [ˈel.boʊ ˌɡriːs]
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基本解释

• 費力的工作；重活

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英汉例句

雙語例句

• If you use a bit of elbow grease you'll get the floor clean.
  你衹要用點勁，就能把地板擦乾淨。
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• They run on good old clean human energy – extra calories and a bit of elbow grease.
  它們運行依靠優良古老的乾淨人類能源——多餘的卡路裡和一點躰力活。
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• By dint of much elbow grease, I was able to get both windows in the truck almost completely rolled down.
  靠著肘部脂肪的力量，我終於能夠把卡車裡的每扇窗子都差不多完全搖了下來。
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權威例句

• But they don't say how--or how much money or elbow grease it will get.
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• In reality, creativity and innovation function a lot like WD-40: with a little elbow grease and a healthy dose of persistence.
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• And if we get stopped in the process, we really need to keep on going because a great movement never achieved anything without a little elbow grease.
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词组短语

短語

• elbow - GREase 常指“費勁兒的躰力活兒
• SpongeBob Elbow Grease 海緜寶寶擦餐桌
• use elbow grease 費很大的勁頭
• Elbow grease nipple 彎頸式滑脂嘴

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• a lot of physical effort

柯林斯英英字典

• People use elbow grease to refer to the strength and energy that you use when doing physical work like rubbing or polishing.

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