Undo
[ʌn'duː] or [ʌn'du]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
錄入:米歇尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
弗兰克編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
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.
海尔格校對
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Annul, frustrate, untie, unfasten, destroy,[See ANNUL]
整理:默尔
解釋/意思:
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.
校對:朱莉娅
例句/造句/用法:
- I pray you, reverend father as you are a Christian, to undo your door, and at least point out to me my road. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Now the question is whether it's worth-while to undo all that has been done. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- When he began to undo the chain, the legs desisted, and a voice began. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Ah, don't let us undo what you've done! 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Your portion is unhappily so small that it will in all likelihood undo the effects of your loveliness and amiable qualifications. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Undo the postern gate, and let out the Jew and me. 沃爾特·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. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Nothing has been left undone, my dear sir--nothing whatever. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- You left nothing undone. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- 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. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- 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. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- These things ought ye to have done, and not to have left the others undone. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The Knight undid the clasp of the baldric, and indulged his fellow-traveller, who immediately hung the bugle round his own neck. 沃爾特·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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- It took no inconsiderable perseverance to arouse the inmates; but at last the respectable proprietor appeared, and undid the door. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I sat beside him, undid my tunic and tried to rip the tail of my shirt. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Having gazed cautiously round him, and listened intently, he gently undid the fastenings of the door, and looked abroad. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- With trembling hands I undid my trunk, turned out the contents, and drew from the bottom my own hair. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- The little fellow crouched trembling just an instant, but that instant was quite long enough to prove his undoing. 愛德格·賴斯·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. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Undoing his helmet, he placed it on the table, and stood a moment as if to collect himself before he told his news. 沃爾特·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·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- And as she spoke she was undoing a small parcel, which Fanny had observed in her hand when they met. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- But his very thirst for knowledge and new facts again proved his undoing. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- What the acid does, the base undoes, either wholly or in part. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
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