rip-off
rip-off 英文词源
- rip-off (n.)
- "an act of fraud, a swindle," 1969, from verbal phrase rip off "to steal or rob" (c. 1967) in U.S. black slang, from rip (v.) + off (adv.). Rip was prison slang for "to steal" since 1904, and was also used in this sense in 12c. Meaning "an exploitative imitation, a plagiarism" is from 1971. Related: Ripped-off.
rip-off 双语例句
1. Underneath this image of normalcy, addiction threatened to rip this family apart. 在这一切正常的表象下潜伏的是将使这个家庭四分五裂的毒瘾。 来自柯林斯例句
- 2. "Yaaaaaaa," Carla let rip with the cry of the Valkyries.
- “呀——”卡拉放开喉咙，发出女武神瓦尔基里一般的嘶喊声。
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- 3. I felt the banner rip as we were pushed in opposite directions.
- 当我们被推向相反的方向时，我感觉横幅被撕裂了。
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- 4. If we wrote I think he would rip up the letter.
- 如果我们写信的话，我想他会把信撕得粉碎。
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- 5. Next day, Miss Stone decided to sew up the rip.
- 第二天，斯通小姐决定将撕破的地方缝好。
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