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To judge everything as either one way or the other, good or bad.
Our boss always thinks that everything is straightforward, but he doesn’t realize that this whole situation is not as black and white as he thinks!老板想問題總是太簡單。他根本意識不到情況并非向他想的那樣非黑即白!
2. Put something down in black and white
To write or have something written down on paper for confirmation or evidence
I don’t understand why you don’t believe me! Look, it’s written here in black and white!
Somewhere very dark, when it is hard to see anything
We had another power cut last night; it was as black as night in our house. We didn’t even have any candles!
Used to describe something that is badly bruised
John’s face was black and blue after the boxing match.
Fred came home with a horrible black eye today, but he won’t tell us what happened!弗雷德青著眼睛回家,卻怎么也不告訴我們到底發(fā)生了什么!
This means to, either darkens by putting out or dimming the lights, or to lose consciousness.
We had a huge black out here last night, the whole town was out of power for about 7 hours!昨晚我們這兒大斷電,整座小鎮(zhèn)連續(xù)七小時漆黑一片。
I don’t know what happened to him, he just blacked out! Maybe he banged his head.不知道怎么回事,他突然就失去意識了!也許是碰著頭了。
Used to describe something that is very dirty, black with dirt
My hands and clothes were as black as a skillet, and I was only halfway through cleaning your garage!
A term used for places where goods are illegally bought and sold for a profit.
Jerry used to sell cigarettes from South America on the black market!
To exclude or ostracize someone socially
Their company has been blackballed ever since that scandal was all over the newspapers.
To write someone’s name on a list if they break any rules, and ban them from having the opportunity to take part again將違反規(guī)定的人列入黑名單,并取消再次參加的機會
“I was in a lot of debt a while ago, and was unable to pay it all back, so I’ve been blacklisted. I’m not allowed to get a mortgage in my own name.”“之前我負債累累,無法償還所有的欠款,因此被列入了黑名單。從此之后,再也不能申請貸款了。”
(來源:滬江英語)