monkey around v.闲混[俚语]

时间：2007-01-29 07:23:27

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monkey around  


Definition: To waste time playing or loafing.
Example: 1) Stop monkeying around -- your term paper is due in two hours!  
Etymology: Monkeys love to play, but they aren't very good at productive labor1.

Synonyms2: screw around, goof3 off

Definition: To tinker with something; to try to operate or fix something, but without serious effort or success.
Example: 1) Don't monkey around with the remote control -- you'll probably break it.  

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1 labor P9Tzs     
n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦
参考例句：
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
2 synonyms 61074ebd64d7f24131fd4b896f51f711     
同义词( synonym的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • If you want to grasp English, you must carefully discriminate synonyms. 如果你想掌握好英语，你必须仔细区分同义词。
  • Study the idioms and synonyms l wrote down before your test. 学考试前我给你写的习惯用语和同义字。
3 goof 1euzg     
v.弄糟；闲混；n.呆瓜
参考例句：
  • We goofed last week at the end of our interview with singer Annie Ross.上周我们采访歌手安妮·罗斯，结果到快结束时犯了个愚蠢的错误。
  • You will never be good students so long as you goof around.如果你们成天游手好闲，就永远也成不了好学生。

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