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英语名人名言: Weather 天气
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  • When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure.

    Alice Hoffman, 'Here on Earth'

    Barometer1, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.

    Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary

    Time for the weather report. It's cold out folks. Bonecrushing cold. The kind of cold which will wrench3 the spirit out of a young man, or forge it into steel.

    Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Lost and Found, 1992

    Weather forecast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered4 light by morning.

    George Carlin (1937 - 2008)

    Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists5?

    Kelvin Throop III

    Don't knock the weather. If it didn't change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn't start a conversation.

    Kin2 Hubbard (1868 - 1930)

    No matter how rich you become, how famous or powerful, when you die the size of your funeral will still pretty much depend on the weather.

    Michael Pritchard

    Money is the opposite of the weather. Nobody talks about it, but everybody does something about it.

    Rebecca Johnson, in 'Vogue'

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    1 barometer [bəˈrɒmɪtə(r)] fPLyP   第8级
    n.气压表,睛雨表,反应指标
    参考例句:
    • The barometer marked a continuing fall in atmospheric pressure. 气压表表明气压在继续下降。
    • The arrow on the barometer was pointing to "stormy". 气压计上的箭头指向“有暴风雨”。
    2 kin [kɪn] 22Zxv   第7级
    n.家族,亲属,血缘关系;adj.亲属关系的,同类的
    参考例句:
    • He comes of good kin. 他出身好。
    • She has gone to live with her husband's kin. 她住到丈夫的亲戚家里去了。
    3 wrench [rentʃ] FMvzF   第7级
    vt.猛拧;挣脱;使扭伤;vi. 扭伤;猛扭;猛绞;n.扳手;痛苦,难受,扭伤
    参考例句:
    • He gave a wrench to his ankle when he jumped down. 他跳下去的时候扭伤了足踝。
    • It was a wrench to leave the old home. 离开这个老家非常痛苦。
    4 scattered ['skætəd] 7jgzKF   第7级
    adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的
    参考例句:
    • Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来,塞进文件夹里。
    5 economists [ɪ'kɒnəmɪsts] 2ba0a36f92d9c37ef31cc751bca1a748   第8级
    n.经济学家,经济专家( economist的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
    • Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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