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(除拇指以外的)手指
Your fingers are the four long thin parts at the end of each hand.
例句
She suddenly held up a small, bony finger and pointed across the room...
她突然伸出一根瘦小的手指，指向屋子的另一頭。
She ran her fingers through her hair...
她用手指捋了捋頭發。
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(手套的)手指部分
The fingers of a glove are the parts that a person's fingers fit into.
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指狀物;狹長物
A finger of something such as smoke or land is an amount of it that is shaped rather like a finger.
例句
...a thin finger of land that separates Pakistan from the former Soviet Union...
分隔巴基斯坦和蘇聯的一塊狹長地帶
Cover the base with a single layer of sponge fingers.
底部墊上一層海棉條。
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VERB
用手指觸碰;撥弄;撫摸
If you finger something, you touch or feel it with your fingers.
例句
He fingered the few coins in his pocket...
他撥弄著口袋里的幾枚硬幣。
Self-consciously she fingered the emeralds at her throat.
她局促不安地摸撫著脖子上的綠寶石。
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VERB
(通常指向警方)告發，揭發
If you finger a person or organization, you tell someone, usually the police, that the person or organization has done something illegal or wrong.
例句
Police and prosecutors manipulated the eyewitnesses so they would finger Aldo...
警方和檢察官操縱目擊證人指證奧爾多。
People who have fingered crack houses and fingered drug dealers have been assassinated.
那些告發可卡因毒窟和毒品販子的人遭到了暗殺。
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一指之寬(指表示容量的杯中酒的深度)
A finger of a strong alcoholic drink is an amount of it which, when it is in a glass, is the same size as the width of a person's finger.
例句
I poured two final fingers of bourbon into my glass.
我把最后兩指寬的波旁威士忌都倒進自己杯中。
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PHRASE
(因自己的失敗或錯誤而)吃苦頭
If you get your fingers burned or burn your fingers, you suffer because something you did or were involved in was a failure or a mistake.
例句
He has had his fingers burnt by deals that turned out badly...
幾筆糟糕的生意讓他吃了苦頭。
Mr Walesa burned his fingers by promising he would give every Pole 100m zlotys to start a business.
瓦文薩先生因為承諾給每個波蘭人1億茲羅提創辦企業而嘗到了苦果。
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PHRASE
(把食指與中指交叉以)祈求好運
If you cross your fingers, you put one finger on top of another and hope for good luck. If you say that someone is keeping their fingers crossed, you mean they are hoping for good luck.
例句
He crossed his fingers, asking for luck for the first time in his life...
他交叉手指，生平第一次祈求好運。
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they turn up soon.
我在心里祈求他們趕快露面。
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PHRASE
動…一根毫毛;碰…一下
If you say that someone did not lay a finger on a particular person or thing, you are emphasizing that they did not touch or harm them at all.
例句
I must make it clear I never laid a finger on her.
我得說清楚，我可沒有動過她一根毫毛。
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PHRASE
盡舉手之勞;幫一點忙
If you say that a person does not lift a finger or raise a finger to do something, especially to help someone, you are critical of them because they do nothing.
例句
She never lifted a finger around the house...
家里的活兒她從來一點忙都不幫。
They will not lift a finger to help their country.
他們不愿為自己的國家出一點兒力。
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PHRASE
到處插手;四處干預
If you say that someone has a finger in every pie, you mean they are involved in a lot of things.
例句
He very much likes to have a finger in every pie...
他很喜歡什么事都插上一杠。
He's a man with fingers in a lot of pies.
他這個人總是到處管閑事。
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PHRASE
指責;指控
If you point the finger at someone or point an accusing finger at someone, you blame them or accuse them of doing wrong.
例句
He said he wasn't pointing an accusing finger at anyone in the government or the army.
他說他并不是在指責政府或軍方的任何人。
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PHRASE
將懷疑(或指責)的矛頭指(向…)
To point the finger of suspicion or blame at someone means to make people suspect them of doing wrong or blame them for doing wrong.
例句
Forensic evidence points the finger of suspicion firmly at him.
法醫的證據將懷疑的矛頭明確地指向了他。
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PHRASE
(粗魯地叫別人)趕緊(或努力)干起來
If you tell someone to pull their finger out or to get their finger out, you are telling them rudely that you want them to start doing some work or making an effort.
例句
Isn't it about time that you pulled your finger out?
現在到了你該趕緊動起來的時候了吧？
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PHRASE
弄清，指出，確認(原因、問題等)
If you put your finger on something, for example a reason or problem, you see and identify exactly what it is.
例句
Midge couldn't quite put her finger on the reason...
米吉還不能十分確定原因何在。
He could never quite put his finger on who or what was responsible for all this.
他一直就搞不清楚是誰或者什么造成了這一切。
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PHRASE
從…手中溜走;為…所錯失
If someone or something slips through your fingers, you just fail to catch them, get them, or keep them.
例句
Money has slipped through his fingers all his life...
他這一輩子都沒能抓住金錢。
You mustn't allow a golden opportunity to slip through your fingers or you will regret it later.
千萬別錯失良機，否則日后追悔莫及。