corners
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A2 初級
v.t.及物動詞使走投無路
He corners his guests with improper questions.
n. pl.名詞 (複數)角落
Look how much dust piled in the corners
v.i.不及物動詞(車輛)轉彎
The car slowly corners to the parking area.
n. pl.名詞 (複數)邊際
Look, the cat has chewed the corners of my dictionary!
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這些建築如何使土耳其-敘利亞的地震如此致命 (How these buildings made Turkey-Syria’s earthquake so deadly)
06:16
- But another problem in Turkey is that construction companies have been cutting corners and ignoring building codes for decades.
但土耳其的另一個問題是,建築公司幾十年來一直在偷工減料,無視建築規範。
- have been cutting corners and ignoring building codes
一直在偷工減料,無視建築法規
跟著加拿大人 Bob 學英文系列:學習 8 個可在工作中使用的慣用語! (Learn 8 English Idioms You Can Use At Work! ???)
06:59
- You shouldn't cut corners.
你不應該偷工減料。
- When you cut corners, it means you do something by spending less money or less time on it.
當你偷工減料時,就意味著你少花錢或少花時間在一些事情上。
前邪教成員解釋他是如何逃離月亮教的 (Ex-Cult Member Explains How He Escaped the Moonies)
06:11
- Well, my last job in the cult was as a fundraising captain in Baltimore, and we were selling flowers on street corners.
嗯……我在邪教的最後一份工作是在巴爾的摩擔任募款隊長,我們在街角賣花。
- and we were selling flowers on street corners.
我們在街角賣花。
我終於找到了一個有用的單軌列車。 (I finally found a useful monorail.)
03:25
- That means it can climb very steep hills like this and take tight corners with no risk of slipping.
也就是說它可以像這樣爬上非常陡峭的山丘,並在沒有滑落風險的情況下通過狹窄的轉角。
- It can go around tight corners and it's easy to install.
它可以繞過狹窄的角落,而且很容易安裝。