sell for a price lower than usual We went to a cut-rate furniture store to buy some new furniture for our apartment.
going rate
(See the going rate)
the going rate
the standard price or fee, the usual price The going rate for car repairs is about $60 an hour.
x-rated
for adults, for a mature audience Born Loose is an x-rated video. It contains nudity and sex.
aerated
Over-excited. Becoming obsolete, although still heard used by older generations. Often mispronounced as "aeriated"
ass pirate
(derog) gay male:
crate
derogatory name for a delapidated vehicle
crater face
a face with pock marked skin or the person with such a face
decorate pavement
to vomit
at any rate
in any case; whatever happens无论怎样;无论如何 At any rate we'll leave when it stops raining.无论如何,雨停了我们就要动身。 It isn't much of a car, but at any rate it was not expensive.这不是一辆很好的车,但不管怎样它很便宜。
at the rate of
1.at the speed of以…的速度 The car was running at the rate of 100 kmph. 汽车以100公里的时速行驶。 2.at a charge or payment fixed according to a standard scale以…的比率;以…的价格 I bought the oranges at the rate of seven jiao a jin.我以7角钱一斤的价格买了这些桔子。
concentrate on
direct one's thought to;fix one's attention on把思想集中于;全神贯注于 We must concentrate on developing our foreign trade and commerce.我们必须把注意力集中在发展我们的对外贸易上。 Please be quiet,the children are concentrating on their homework.请安静,孩子们正在专心做家庭作业。 If you don't concentrate more on your work you'll be dismissed.假如你不更加专心地工作,你将被解雇。
concentrate on/upon
direct one's thought to;fix one's attention on把思想集中于;全神贯注于 We must concentrate on developing our foreign trade and commerce.我们必须把注意力集中在发展我们的对外贸易上。 Please be quiet,the children are concentrating on their homework.请安静,孩子们正在专心做家庭作业。 If you don't concentrate more on your work you'll be dismissed.假如你不更加专心地工作,你将被解雇。
concentrate upon
direct one's thought to;fix one's attention on把思想集中于;全神贯注于 We must concentrate on developing our foreign trade and commerce.我们必须把注意力集中在发展我们的对外贸易上。 Please be quiet,the children are concentrating on their homework.请安静,孩子们正在专心做家庭作业。 If you don't concentrate more on your work you'll be dismissed.假如你不更加专心地工作,你将被解雇。
deliberate on
consider;think over carefully 仔细考虑 We are still deliberating over the matter.我们仍在仔细考虑这个问题。 We have deliberated on your proposal.我们对你的建议已经仔细考虑了。
deliberate on/over/upon
consider;think over carefully 仔细考虑 We are still deliberating over the matter.我们仍在仔细考虑这个问题。 We have deliberated on your proposal.我们对你的建议已经仔细考虑了。
deliberate over
consider;think over carefully 仔细考虑 We are still deliberating over the matter.我们仍在仔细考虑这个问题。 We have deliberated on your proposal.我们对你的建议已经仔细考虑了。
deliberate upon
consider;think over carefully 仔细考虑 We are still deliberating over the matter.我们仍在仔细考虑这个问题。 We have deliberated on your proposal.我们对你的建议已经仔细考虑了。
elaborate on
explain in detail(a plan,a theory,etc.)详细说明(计划、理论等) He is going to elaborate on his design.他将对他的设计作详细的说明。 The physicist is asked to elaborate on his theory.这位物理学家被邀请详细解释他的理论。
grateful to
thankful for感谢 We are particularly grateful to him for his timely help.我们特别感谢他的及时帮助。
operate on
perform a surgical operation on给…开刀 They operated on him for a tumour.他们为他施行了切除肿瘤手术。 How many wounded soldiers are there who haven't been operated on yet?那儿还有多少伤员没有动过手术?
separate the sheep from the goats
Idiom(s): separate the sheep from the goats
Theme: DIVISION
to divide people into two groups. • Working in a place like this really separates the sheep from the goats. • We cant go on with the game until we separate the sheep from the goats. Let's see who can jump the farthest.
separate the men from the boys
Idiom(s): separate the men from the boys
Theme: SEPARATION
to separate the competent from those who are less competent. • This is the kind of task that separates the men from the boys. • This project requires a lot of thinking. It'll separate the men from the boys.
rate with
Idiom(s): rate with sb
Theme: REPUTATION
to be in someone's favor; to be thought of highly by someone. • Ann is great. She really rates with me. • She doesn't rate with me at all.
at this rate
Idiom(s): at this rate
Theme: SPEED
at this speed. • Hurry up! We'll never get there at this rate. • At this rate, all the food will be gone before we get there.
at that rate
Idiom(s): at that rate
Theme: SPEED
in that manner; at that speed. • If things keep progressing at that rate, we'll be rich by next year. • At that rate we'll never get the money that is owed us.
Curate's egg
(UK) If something is a bit of a curate's egg, it is only good in parts.
Decorate the mahogany
(USA) When someone buys a round a pub or bar, they decorate the mahogany; putting cash on the bar.
Separate the wheat from the chaff
When you separate the wheat from the chaff, you select what is useful or valuable and reject what is useless or worthless.
at any rate|any rate|rate
adv. phr. In any case; anyhow. It isn't much of a car, but at any rate it was not expensive. Compare: AT LEAST2, IN ANY CASE.
at this rate|at that rate|rate|that rate|this rate
adv. phr. At a speed like this or that; with progress like this or that. John's father said that if John kept going at that rate he would never finish cutting the grass.So Johnny has a whole dollar! At this rate he'll be a millionaire."Three 100's in the last four tests! At this rate you'll soon be teaching the subject," Tom said to Mary.
cut rate(1)|cut|cut rate|rate
n. A lower price; a price less than usual. Toys are on sale at the store for cut rates.
cut-rate(2)|cut|cut rate|rate
adj. Sold for a price lower than usual; selling cheap things. If you buy cut-rate things, be sure they are good quality first.John's brother bought a cut-rate bicycle at the second-hand store.There is a cut-rate drug-store on the corner.
disappear into thin air|air|disappear|evaporate|ev
v. phr. To disappear quickly, without leaving a trace. Money seems to disappear into thin air these days.Jack just vanished into thin air before the meeting had started.
rate with someone|rate|rate with
v. phr. To be esteemed highly by another. The professor really rates with both the graduate students and the undergraduates.
second-rate|rate|second
adj. Of mediocre or inferior quality. The movie received a bad review; it was second-rate at best.
separate the men from the boys|boys|men|separate
v. phr., informal To show who has strength, courage and loyalty and find who do not. When the ship hit an iceberg and sank, it separated the men from the boys.The mile run separates the men from the boys.
x-rated|rated|x
adj., slang, informal Pertaining to movies, magazines, and literature judged pornographic and therefore off limits for minors. My son celebrated his 21st birthday by going to an x-rated movie.
separate but equal Relating to or affected by a policy whereby two groups may be segregated if they are given equal facilities and opportunities. For example, They've divided up the physical education budget so that the girls' teams are separate but equal to the boys. This idiom comes from a Louisiana law of 1890, upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson, “requiring all railway companies carrying passengers on their trains in this state, to provide equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races.” Subsequently it was widely used to separate African-Americans from the white population through a general policy of racial segregation. In 1954, in a unanimous ruling to end school segregation, the Supreme Court finally overturned the law (in Brown v. Board of Education).
separate wheat from chaff
separate wheat from chaff Sort the valuable from the worthless, as in I hope we'll get a preview of the auction so we can separate the wheat from the chaff. This idiom alludes to the ancient practice of winnowing grain.
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