muscle
英['mʌsl] 美['mʌsl]
"the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him"
"the senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign"
"He muscled his way into the office"
1.肌肉
Amuscle is a piece of tissue inside your body which connects two bones and which you use when you make a movement.
e.g. Keeping your muscles strong and in tone helps you to avoid back problems...
保持肌肉强壮发达有利于预防背部疾病。
e.g. He is suffering from a strained thighmuscle...
他的大腿肌肉拉伤了,疼得很。
2.力量;实力;威信
If you say that someone hasmuscle, you mean that they have power and influence, which enables them to do difficult things.
e.g. Eisenhower used hismuscle to persuade Congress to change the law...
艾森豪威尔用他的影响力说服国会修改了该项法律。
e.g. In one town, all the women were urged to remove their money from the banks on an allotted day, to demonstrate women's financialmuscle.
在某市,所有的女性都被建议在指定日期从银行取走她们的钱,以展示女性群体的经济实力。
3.显示实力;小试身手
If a group, organization, or countryflexes itsmuscles, it does something to impress or frighten people, in order to show them that it has power and is considering using it.
e.g. The Fair Trade Commission has of late been flexing its muscles, cracking down on cases of corruption.
公平交易委员会最近在显示威力,严厉打击腐败事件。
4.动一下;动一动
If you say that someone did notmove a muscle, you mean that they stayed absolutely still.
e.g. He stood without moving amuscle, unable to believe what his eyes saw so plainly.
他站在那里一动不动,不能相信眼前如此清清楚楚看到的一切。
相关词组:muscle in
1.
1. 臂力:这个任务完之后就可以开始使用体育馆,里面的器材可以增加肌肉的臂力(muscle)跟跑步的耐力(stamina). 一开始会接到Cesar的电话,要到高速公路下(under the freeway)找他,到了之后要坐上旁边小巷里的一辆车子(BRAVURA),
2. 骨骼肌:关于骨骼肌(muscle)的问题关于骨骼肌(muscle)的原因,关于骨骼肌(muscle)的相关知识. 运动系统的肌肉muscle属于横纹肌,由于绝大部分附着于骨,故又名骨骼肌. 每块肌肉都是具有一定形态、结构和功能的器官,有丰富的血管、淋巴分布,
3. 筋:●采用弧形凸筋(muscle)拍框线槽,提高了拍框和羽线的耐久度,适合更大的拉力磅数,使击球力量传递更充分,更能发挥球员的爆发力. ●整体采用纳米(NANO)全碳材料,对碳纤维组织在分子键的级别进行了补强,增强分子间的结合力.
4.muscle:m.; 肌肉
He strained his muscle in the match.
他在那次比赛中拉伤了肌肉。
The contraction of muscle is a reaction of the body.
肌肉的收缩是人体的一种反应。
He tried to muscle into the club.
他企图强行加入那个俱乐部。
Our competitors have been trying to muscle in for some years .
几年来,我们的竞争对手一直试图夺取利益。
Anyone trying to muscle in on the gang's territory would get his face smashed.
谁要想挤进这帮家伙的地盘,谁就会挨揍。
The dancing lessons will muscle my legs.
跳舞课会使我的腿部肌肉发达。
We should muscle our diplomatic approach.
我们应加强我们的外交手腕。
a calf'/neck'/thigh muscle
小腿 / 脖颈 / 大腿肌肉
to pull'/tear'/strain a muscle
拉伤 / 撕裂 / 扭伤肌肉
This exercise will work the muscles of the lower back.
这样的运动可以锻炼腰部的肌肉。
He didn't move a muscle (= stood completely still) .
他一动不动地站着。
He's an intelligent player but lacks the muscle of older competitors.
他是个聪明的选手,但却缺乏老对手的体力。
to exercise political'/industrial'/financial muscle
运用政治 / 产业 / 金融界影响力
heavily muscled shoulders
非常强壮的肩膀
Keeping your muscles strong and in tone helps you to avoid back problems...
保持肌肉强壮发达有利于预防背部疾病。
He is suffering from a strained thigh muscle...
他的大腿肌肉拉伤了,疼得很。
Eisenhower used his muscle to persuade Congress to change the law...
艾森豪威尔用他的影响力说服国会修改了该项法律。
In one town, all the women were urged to remove their money from the banks on an allotted day, to demonstrate women's financial muscle.
在某市,所有的女性都被建议在指定日期从银行取走她们的钱,以展示女性群体的经济实力。
The Fair Trade Commission has of late been flexing its muscles, cracking down on cases of corruption.
公平交易委员会最近在显示威力,严厉打击腐败事件。
He stood without moving a muscle, unable to believe what his eyes saw so plainly.
他站在那里一动不动,不能相信眼前如此清清楚楚看到的一切。
It's hard to imagine sticking Grandma in a centrifuge to protect her muscle mass.
很难想象把老奶奶绑在离心机上保持肌肉会是什么情形.
The human heart comprises three distinct cell types: cardiomyocytes, endothelial cells, and vascular smooth muscle cells.
人的心脏是由心肌细胞 、 内皮细胞和血管平滑肌细胞三种不同的细胞组成的.
Virtue is the muscle tone that develops from daily and hourly training of a spiritual warrior.
美德是通过不断的精神锻炼而形成的坚实的肌肉.
This increased resistance causes the muscle work harder to pump the blood through these blood vessels.
血流阻力增加会使心肌增加波动强度以将血液输往全身.
A muscle in his jaw pulsed angrily.
他下巴的肌肉愤怒地抽动着.
Push against temptation and you will get muscle in your character.
如果你能抵制诱惑,你的性格就会坚强起来.
We were so tired we couldn't move a muscle.
我们累得动弹不得.
He is a man of muscle.
他是个大力士.
A knot sometimes forms in a tired muscle.
疲乏的肌肉上有时会起硬块.
The heart is made of muscle.
心脏是肌肉组织.
We will put military muscle into the mutual defence pact.
我们将把兵力加进防御互助条约.
The muscle fiber of this animal is diseased.
这个动物的肌肉纤维产生了病变.
I've torn a calf muscle.
我拉伤了小腿肌肉。
Adrenalin was injected into the muscle.
往肌肉里注射了肾上腺素。
Our competitors have been trying to muscle in for some years.
几年来我们的竞争对手一直试图夺取利益。
They muscled in on other's territory.
他们侵占了别人的地盘。
Other criminals have tried to muscle in on the place.
其他罪犯一直想用强制手段夺取这块地盘。
He muscled into the queue.
他不排队强行加塞。
The man wanted to muscle into the line.
那个男子想强行加塞儿。
muscle sb/sth into sthHe tried to muscle his way into the conversation.
他硬插进来谈话。
Even the years of military training had not muscled him into hardness.
甚至几年的军事操练也未曾使他增强体质。
The staff in this company have muscled Mr. Alger out of office.
该公司全体职员迫使阿尔杰先生辞职。
He was muscled out of the organization.
他被强行逐出那个组织。
The Fund had used its financial muscle for investments that were radically different.
出自:S. BrillThere was heavy-jowled Lambchops..who hired himself out as muscle to the after-hours clubs.
出自:B. CallaghanWe muscled the canoe laboriously cross-river to land.
出自:J. Dickey