record-holder [ˈrekɔːd-ˈhəuldə] 纪录保持者
truant [ˈtruːənt] n. 逃学的孩子
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A: It is an old story for Peter to play truant.
B: Why not do something to help him to correct it?
A：彼得逃学是常事。
B：为什么不做些事来帮他改正呢？
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unimaginative [ˌʌniˈmædʒənətiv] adj. 缺乏想象力的
shame [ʃeim] n. 惭愧，羞耻
hitchhike [ˈhitʃhaik] v. 搭便车旅行
【构】hitch（免费搭）＋hike（徒步旅行）＝hitchhike（免费搭车旅行）
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A: Let's hitchhike to the next town.
B: OK. It will save us much money.
A：我们搭便车到下一个城镇去吧。
B：好的，这将让我们省下不少钱。
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meantime [ˈmiːntaim] n. 其间
lorry [ˈlɔri] n. 卡车
border [ˈbɔːdə] n. 边界
【扩】boundary 边界
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A: You must go through customs in order to pass across the border.
B: Thank you for telling me that.
A：你要过边境就必须在海关办理手续。
B：谢谢你告诉我。
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evade [iˈveid] v. 逃避，逃离
【派】evader 逃避者
【扩】avoid 逃避，避免
【搭】evade duty 逃税 evade one's responsibility 逃避责任
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A: You don't need to evade the question.
B: I didn't, but I really don't have anything to say.
A：你不必回避这个问题。
B：我没有回避，但是我确实没什么可说的。
noun [专属名词]记录保持者 - The record - holder of 100 - meter race is from Europe. 百米赛的记录 保持者 来自欧洲.
noun [专属名词]旷课者，逃学者；逃避责任者 - She was getting into trouble over playing truant from school. 她由于逃学而遇到了麻烦。
adjective [原级]旷课的，逃学的；懒惰的，闲散的 - I have been nothing but a truant and a vagabond. 我一直只是个无用的流浪汉。
verb [vt. 及物动词]旷课，逃学；偷懒，逃避责任 - She was getting into trouble over playing truant from school. 她因逃课而惹了麻烦。
- The three boys who are fishing over there are truants and ought to be sent back to school.
play truant 逃学（英）
the boy who played truant 逃学的孩子
play hooky 逃学（美）
- be absent from class unpurpose 逃学 （unpurpose adv. 故意的）
- He did it unpurpose. evade school 逃学
verb [vi. 不及物动词]要求（搭便车） - Neff hitchhiked to New York during his Christmas holiday. 内夫在圣诞节休假期间搭免费便车去了纽约。
noun [专属名词]搭便车（旅行） - On my way to Vancouver one Friday night I picked up a hitchhiker. 在我去温哥华的那个星期五的晚上，我载了一个搭便车的人。
hitchhike = take a lift 搭 便 车
adverb [时间副词]同时，在此期间 - Eventually your child will leave home to lead her own life, but in the meantime she relies on your support. 最终你的孩子将会离开家去过她自己的生活，不过在此期间她依赖你的支持。
noun [抽象名词]其时，其间 - For the meantime means for a period of time from now until something else happens. 暂时
in the meantime = meanwhile
noun [专属名词]卡车，货运汽车 - My dad is a lorry driver. 我的父亲是个卡车司机。
noun [专属名词]国境，边界；镶边，包边；狭长花坛，花带 - A border is a strip or band around the edge of something. 饰边 • ...pillowcases trimmed with a hand-crocheted border. …镶有一道手工钩制花边的枕套。
verb [vt. 及物动词]接壤，毗邻；环绕，沿…的边缘；近似，相像 - A country that borders another country, a sea, or a river is next to it. 与…接壤 • ...the European and Arab countries bordering the Mediterranean. …地中海沿岸的欧洲国家和阿拉伯国家。
verb [vt. 及物动词]规避，逃避；难倒，使困惑；未能（被某人）获得；（尤指违法犯罪后）逃脱，躲开（追捕） - By his own admission, he evaded paying taxes as a Florida real-estate speculator.
① vt.（巧妙地）逃脱，躲开
- She evaded a blow from the man and then called out for help.
② vt. 回避，逃避（尤指不当地）
evade doing sth. 逃避做……
- He always tries to evade paying taxes.
- Many children dream of evading school.
avoid v. 逃避，逃离，避免
- avoid 指通过一种合理的，正当的手段来避免做某事；
- evade 指通过欺骗的手段来避免做某事。
- tax avoidance 避税
- tax evasion 逃税
adjective [原级]缺乏想象力的；无趣的 - Her second husband was a steady, unimaginative, corporate lawyer. 她的第二任丈夫是一个沉稳，没什么想象力的公司律师。
noun [抽象名词]羞耻，羞愧；羞耻心，羞耻感；令人惋惜的事，让人遗憾的事；耻辱，丢脸；带来耻辱的人（或行为、局面） - If someone brings shame on you, they make other people lose their respect for you. 耻辱 (Shame on you! 真丢人)
verb [vt. 及物动词]使感到羞耻（或羞愧）；使蒙羞，使丢脸；使黯然失色，使相形见绌 - If something shames you, it causes you to feel shame. 使羞愧 • Her son's affair had humiliated and shamed her. 她儿子的事丢了她的脸、令她羞愧。
- Shame on you! 替你感到可耻！
- What a shame! 真可惜！
put sb. to shame 让某人感到羞愧(使…相形见绌)
- They have all been put to shame by a boy who, while playing truant, travelled 1,600 miles.
- 对别人赞美的回答：Thank you. You are flattering me. （你过奖了。）
- You put me to shame. （你比我好的意思）
- His behavior shamed / disgraced / humiliated / brought shame on / brought disgrace on his family.
put sb. to trouble 给某人带来麻烦
- This really did put her to trouble.这确实给他带来了麻烦。
- He put me to trouble of copying report.他让我抄写这份报告给我添了许多麻烦。