Undo
[ʌn'duː] or [ʌn'du]
解释:
(verb.) cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect; 'I wish I could undo my actions'.
(verb.) cause the ruin or downfall of; 'A single mistake undid the President and he had to resign'.
录入:米歇尔--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To reverse, as what has been done; to annul; to bring to naught.
(v. t.) To loose; to open; to take to piece; to unfasten; to untie; hence, to unravel; to solve; as, to undo a knot; to undo a puzzling question; to undo a riddle.
(v. t.) To bring to poverty; to impoverish; to ruin, as in reputation, morals, hopes, or the like; as, many are undone by unavoidable losses, but more undo themselves by vices and dissipation, or by indolence.
弗兰克编辑
同义词及近义词:
v. a. [1]. Annul, invalidate, frustrate, bring to nought.[2]. Loose, unfasten, untie, disengage, open, unfold, disentangle, unravel.[3]. Ruin, destroy.[4]. Impoverish, bring to poverty.
海尔格校对
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Annul, frustrate, untie, unfasten, destroy,[See ANNUL]
整理:默尔
解释:
v.t. to reverse what has been done: to bring to naught: to loose: to open: to unravel: to impoverish: to ruin as in reputation: (Shak.) to leave undone.—ns. Undo′er; Undo′ing the reversal of what has been done: ruin.—adj. Undone′ not done: ruined: untied unfastened.
校对:朱莉娅
例句:
- I pray you, reverend father as you are a Christian, to undo your door, and at least point out to me my road. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Now the question is whether it's worth-while to undo all that has been done. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- When he began to undo the chain, the legs desisted, and a voice began. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- Ah, don't let us undo what you've done! 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- Your portion is unhappily so small that it will in all likelihood undo the effects of your loveliness and amiable qualifications. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- Undo the postern gate, and let out the Jew and me. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- I am simply blighted--like a damaged ear of corn--the business is done and can't be undone. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Nothing has been left undone, my dear sir--nothing whatever. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- You left nothing undone. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- This proved to be a most knotty and intricate puzzle--tricky and evasive--always leading on and promising something, and at the last slipping away leaving the work undone. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Certainly a gray mist swirled before my eyes, and when it cleared I found my collar-ends undone and the tingling after-taste of brandy upon my lips. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- These things ought ye to have done, and not to have left the others undone. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- The Knight undid the clasp of the baldric, and indulged his fellow-traveller, who immediately hung the bugle round his own neck. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- He undid it slowly, leering and laughing at me, before he began to turn them over, and threw it there. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- It took no inconsiderable perseverance to arouse the inmates; but at last the respectable proprietor appeared, and undid the door. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- I sat beside him, undid my tunic and tried to rip the tail of my shirt. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- Having gazed cautiously round him, and listened intently, he gently undid the fastenings of the door, and looked abroad. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- With trembling hands I undid my trunk, turned out the contents, and drew from the bottom my own hair. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- The little fellow crouched trembling just an instant, but that instant was quite long enough to prove his undoing. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- She did not say anything but slipped her hand inside of his shirt and he felt her undoing the shirt buttons and she said, You, too. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- Undoing his helmet, he placed it on the table, and stood a moment as if to collect himself before he told his news. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The Medes and Persians formed an alliance with the nomadic Semitic Chaldeans of the south for the joint undoing of Assyria. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- And as she spoke she was undoing a small parcel, which Fanny had observed in her hand when they met. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- But his very thirst for knowledge and new facts again proved his undoing. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- What the acid does, the base undoes, either wholly or in part. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Give her a whiff of fresh air with the bellows, Charley,' said Mr. Dawkins; 'and you slap her hands, Fagin, while Bill undoes the petticuts. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
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