艾伦秀第24期:封面处女秀

1、pull down

拆毁；摧毁；拆掉

They'd pulled the registry office down which then left an open space.

他们拆掉户籍登记处后，那里留下了一片空地。

A small crowd attempted to pull down a statue.

一小伙人试图推倒一尊塑像。

2、illustrate

表明;说明;证明

The example of the United States illustrates this point.

美国的例子证明了这一点。

This change is neatly illustrated by what has happened to the Arab League.

这种变化鲜明地体现在阿拉伯联盟所发生的事件上。

(用例子、故事或图表)说明,阐明

Let me give another example to illustrate this difficult point.

我再举个例子来说明这个难点。

Throughout, she illustrates her analysis with excerpts from discussions.

自始至终,她摘引讨论内容来阐明她的分析。

给(书)加插图(或图表)

She went on to art school and is now illustrating a book.

她后来读了艺术学校,现在正在为一本书画插图。

He has illustrated the book with black-and-white photographs.

他为那本书配了一些黑白照片插图。

3、take off

(飞机)起飞

We eventually took off at 11 o'clock and arrived in Venice at 1.30.

我们终于在11点起飞，1:30 到达威尼斯。

(产品、活动、事业等)腾飞，突然成功

They need to expand the number of farmers who are involved if the scheme's going to really take off.

这个方案要想真正成功，他们就需要增加参与的农场主的人数。

In 1944, he met Edith Piaf, and his career took off.

1944 年，他结识了伊迪思·比阿夫，从此他的事业开始腾飞。

(突然)离开，走开，走掉

He took off at once and headed back to the motel.

他立刻离开，回到汽车旅馆。

He took himself off to Mexico.

他突然动身去了墨西哥。