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N-COUNT
手
Your hands are the parts of your body at the end of your arms. Each hand has four fingers and a thumb.
例句
I put my hand into my pocket and pulled out the letter...
我把手伸進口袋，掏出了那封信。
Sylvia, camera in hand, asked, 'Where do we go first?'
西爾維婭手里拿著相機問道：“我們先去哪里？”
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N-SING
作用;影響
The hand of someone or something is their influence in an event or situation.
例句
The hand of the military authorities can be seen in the entire electoral process...
整個選舉過程中都能看出軍方的介入。
The study will strengthen the hand of congressmen who want stricter enforcement of the 14-year-old Act.
該研究將使那些希望更加嚴格執行這項已存在14年的法案的議員影響力加強。
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N-PLURAL
照顧;支配;掌管
If you say that something is in a particular person's hands, you mean that they are looking after it, own it, or are responsible for it.
例句
I feel that possibly the majority of these dogs are in the wrong hands...
在我看來很可能這些狗大多數都沒有人妥善照看。
He is leaving his north London business in the hands of a colleague...
他把自己倫敦北部的業務交給一位同事打理。
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N-SING
幫助;援手
If you ask someone for a hand with something, you are asking them to help you in what you are doing.
例句
I could see you'd want a hand with the children...
我能看出你需要有人幫著照看孩子。
Come and give me a hand in the garden...
到花園里來幫我一把。
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N-COUNT
（工廠或農場的）工人，體力勞動者（通常指男性）
A hand is someone, usually a man, who does hard physical work, for example in a factory or on a farm, as part of a group of people who all do similar work.
例句
He now works as a farm hand...
他現在是一名農場工人。
He met mill hands, miners and farm labourers.
他見過工廠工人、礦工和農場工人。
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N-SING
（通常指演出前后的）鼓掌，掌聲
If someone asks an audience to give someone a hand, they are asking the audience to clap loudly, usually before or after that person performs.
例句
Let's give 'em a big hand.
讓我們為他們熱烈鼓掌。
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N-COUNT
（女方的）允婚
If a man asks for a woman's hand in marriage, he asks her or her parents for permission to marry her.
例句
He came to ask Usha's father for her hand in marriage.
他來請求烏莎的父親把女兒嫁給他。
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N-COUNT
（紙牌游戲中的）手中的牌，一手牌
In a game of cards, your hand is the set of cards that you are holding in your hand at a particular time or the cards that are dealt to you at the beginning of the game.
例句
He carefully inspected his hand.
他仔細地審視著自己手中的牌。
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N-COUNT
一手之寬（測量馬匹高度的單位，等于4英寸）
A hand is a measurement of four inches, which is used for measuring the height of a horse from its front feet to its shoulders.
例句
I had a very good 14.2 hands pony, called Brandy.
我有一匹很棒的14.2手高的小馬，名叫布朗迪。
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N-COUNT
（鐘表上的）指針
The hands of a clock or watch are the thin pieces of metal or plastic that indicate what time it is.
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N-SING
字跡;手跡;筆跡
Your hand is the style in which you write with a pen or pencil.
例句
The manuscripts were written in the composer's own hand.
手稿是作曲家親筆寫的。
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PHRASE
（空間或時間上）接近的，不遠的
If something is at hand ,near at hand, or close at hand, it is very near in place or time.
例句
Having the right equipment at hand will be enormously helpful...
手頭上有合適的設備將會幫上大忙。
Realizing that his retirement was near at hand, he looked for some additional income.
意識到自己快要退休了，他想要掙些外快。
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PREP-PHRASE
在…手中，從…那里（尤指受到不好的待遇）
If someone experiences a particular kind of treatment, especially unpleasant treatment, at the hands of a person or organization, they receive it from them.
例句
The civilian population were suffering greatly at the hands of the security forces.
老百姓吃盡了安全部隊的苦頭。
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PHRASE
用手工
If you do something by hand, you do it using your hands rather than a machine.
例句
Each pleat was stitched in place by hand.
每條褶裥都是手工縫制到位的。
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PHRASE
變換所有權;易主;易手
When something changes hands, its ownership changes, usually because it is sold to someone else.
例句
The firm has changed hands many times over the years.
該公司多年來已幾易其主。
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PHRASE
完全受（某人）支配;完全聽命于（某人）
If you have someone eating out of your hand, they are completely under your control.
例句
Parker could have customers eating out of his hand.
帕克能讓顧客對自己言聽計從。
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PHRASE
連手帶腳地，手腳一起地（捆綁）
If someone is bound hand and foot, both their hands and both their feet are tied together.
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PHRASE
迫使（某人）提前行動（或公開其所作所為）
If you force someone's hand, you force them to act sooner than they want to, or to act in public when they would prefer to keep their actions secret.
例句
He blamed the press for forcing his hand.
他指責新聞界迫使自己采取行動。
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PHRASE
（為…）忙得不可開交;（因…）應接不暇
If you have your hands full with something, you are very busy because of it.
例句
She had her hands full with new arrivals.
她忙于應付新來的人。
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PHRASE
自行決定權;自由行動權
If someone gives you a free hand, they give you the freedom to use your own judgment and to do exactly as you wish.
例句
He gave Stephanie a free hand in the decoration.
他放手讓斯蒂芬妮全權負責裝修一事。
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PHRASE
迅速而大量地（賺錢或花錢）
If you say that someone is making or losing money hand over fist, you mean that they are getting or losing a lot of money very quickly.
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PHRASE
（通常指經過努力后）獲得，得到
If you get your hands on something or lay your hands on something, you manage to find it or obtain it, usually after some difficulty.
例句
Patty began reading everything she could get her hands on.
帕蒂開始閱讀她能找到的所有東西。
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PHRASE
（與某人）密切合作地
If you work hand in glove with someone, you work very closely with them.
例句
The UN inspectors work hand in glove with the Western intelligence agencies.
聯合國觀察員和西方情報機構之間密切合作。
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PHRASE
（常指為表示愛意而）手拉手的，攜著手的
If two people are hand in hand, they are holding each other's nearest hand, usually while they are walking or sitting together. People often do this to show their affection for each other.
例句
I saw them making their way, hand in hand, down the path.
我看到他們手拉手沿著小路往前走去。
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PHRASE
（兩件事）密切相關地，同時并進地
If two things go hand in hand, they are closely connected and cannot be considered separately from each other.
例句
For us, research and teaching go hand in hand...
對我們而言，研究和教學是齊頭并進的。
Hand in hand with the police inquiries the government has also announced a full investigation.
在警方調查的同時，政府也宣布要展開徹查。
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PHRASE
參加;參與
If you have a hand in something such as an event or activity, you are involved in it.
例句
He thanked all who had a hand in his release.
他向所有幫助自己獲得釋放的人表示感謝。
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PHRASE
（統治者）用高壓手段，嚴厲地
If you say that someone such as the ruler of a country treats people with a heavy hand, you are criticizing them because they are very strict and severe with them.
例句
Henry and Richard both ruled with a heavy hand.
亨利和理查都用高壓手段實行統治。
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PHR-RECIP
（常指為表示愛意而）手拉手，牽手
If two people are holding hands, they are holding each other's nearest hand, usually while they are walking or sitting together. People often do this to show their affection for each other.
例句
She approached a young couple holding hands on a bench.
她走近一對手拉手坐在長椅上的年輕情侶。
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PHRASE
給…精神上的支持
If you ask someone to hold your hand at an event that you are worried about, you ask them to support you by being there with you.
例句
I don't need anyone to hold my hand.
我不需要任何人的精神安慰。
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PHRASE
（比賽）尚待進行
In a competition, if someone has games or matches in hand, they have more games or matches left to play than their opponent and therefore have the possibility of scoring more points.
例句
Wales are three points behind Romania in the group but have a game in hand.
威爾士隊在小組中以3分之差落后于羅馬尼亞隊，但他們還有一場比賽沒踢。
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PHRASE
（時間或金錢）寬余的
If you have time or money in hand, you have more time or money than you need.
例句
Hughes finished with 15 seconds in hand.
休斯提前了15秒完成。
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PHRASE
（工作或問題）辦理中的，處理中的
The job or problem in hand is the job or problem that you are dealing with at the moment.
例句
The business in hand was approaching some kind of climax.
手頭的生意似乎快到緊要關頭了。
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PHRASE
（局勢）在控制下，在掌握中
If a situation is in hand, it is under control.
例句
The Olympic organisers say that matters are well in hand.
奧運會的組織方說各項事務都在掌控之中。
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PHRASE
偶爾練習以保持熟練
If you do something to keep your hand in, you practise a skill or hobby occasionally in order to remain fairly good at it.
例句
He still plays keyboards for a local band to keep his hand in.
他仍在一個本地樂隊里擔任鍵盤手，以免技藝生疏。
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PHRASE
趴著;四肢著地
If you are on your hands and knees, your knees and feet and the palms of your hands are touching the ground.
例句
Chris crawled on his hands and knees out onto the highway.
克里斯手腳并用爬上了公路。
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PHRASE
向…伸出援手;給予…幫助
If you lend someone a hand, you help them.
例句
I'd be glad to lend a hand.
我很樂意幫忙。
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PHRASE
（不客氣的警告語）別碰…，別干涉…
If you tell someone to keep their hands off something or to take their hands off it, you are telling them in a rather aggressive way not to touch it or interfere with it.
例句
Keep your hands off my milk.
不準打我的牛奶的主意。
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PHRASE
馬上;立即;無需詢問（或查證）
If you do not know something off hand, you do not know it without having to ask someone else or look it up in a book.
例句
I can't think of any off hand.
我現在一個也想不出來。
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PHRASE
由…負責/不再由…負責
If you have a problem or responsibility on your hands, you have to deal with it. If it is off your hands, you no longer have to deal with it.
例句
They now have yet another drug problem on their hands...
他們現在又有個吸毒問題需要解決。
She would like the worry of dealing with her affairs taken off her hands.
她希望不再為處理自己的事務而煩惱。
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PHRASE
在手頭;在近處;現有
If someone or something is on hand, they are near and able to be used if they are needed.
例句
The Bridal Department will have experts on hand to give you all the help and advice you need...
婚禮用品部會有現成的專家為您提供所需的一切幫助和建議。
There was simply no cash on hand to meet the cost of food.
手頭實在沒有現金可以購買食品。
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PHRASE
一方面…（另一方面…）
You use on the one hand to introduce the first of two contrasting points, facts, or ways of looking at something. It is always followed later by on the other hand or 'on the other'.
例句
On the one hand, if the body doesn't have enough cholesterol, we would not be able to survive. On the other hand, if the body has too much cholesterol, the excess begins to line the arteries.
一方面，如果體內沒有足夠的膽固醇，我們就無法存活下去。另一方面，如果體內膽固醇過高，多余的膽固醇就會附著在動脈內壁上。
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PHRASE
（從）另一方面（來說）（用于引出相對照的另一點）
You use on the other hand to introduce the second of two contrasting points, facts, or ways of looking at something.
例句
Well, all right, hospitals lose money. But, on the other hand, if people are healthy, don't think of it as losing money; think of it as saving lives.
嗯，好吧，醫院是賠錢。但從另一個角度看，如果人們都健健康康的，就不能認為是在賠錢，而應該想成是在救死扶傷。
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PHRASE
失去控制;不可收拾
If a person or a situation gets out of hand, you are no longer able to control them.
例句
His drinking had got out of hand.
他酗酒的惡習已無法控制。
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PHRASE
立即，不假思索地（屏棄、拒絕等）
If you dismiss or reject something out of hand, you do so immediately and do not consider believing or accepting it.
例句
I initially dismissed the idea out of hand.
我起初不假思索地就否定了這個想法。
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PHRASE
因失算而讓…占便宜;做對…有利的事
If you play into someone's hands, you do something which they want you to do and which places you in their power.
例句
He is playing into the hands of racists.
他這樣做正中種族主義分子的下懷。
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PHRASE
攤牌;亮出底牌;表明自己的真實意圖
If you show your hand, you show how much power you have and the way you intend to act.
例句
He has grown more serious about running for president, although he refuses to show his hand.
盡管他拒絕亮出自己的底牌，他對競選總統一事卻越來越認真了。
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PHRASE
（尤指為有所改善）接手，照管，擔任起對…的責任
If you take something or someone in hand, you take control or responsibility over them, especially in order to improve them.
例句
I hope that Parliament will soon take the NHS in hand...
我希望議會能很快接管國民醫療保健系統。
He had thought her worth taking in hand.
他曾經認為照管她是值得的。
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PHRASE
（因憤怒、絕望或厭惡而）驟然舉起雙手
If someone throws up their hands, they express their anger, frustration, or disgust when a situation becomes so bad that they can no longer accept it.
例句
She threw up her hands in despair...
她絕望地舉起雙手表示放棄。
Or are they just going to throw up their hands and say you're asking too much?
或許他們只會憤怒地揮舞著雙手說你的要求太過分了？
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PHRASE
受到束縛;放不開手腳
If you say that your hands are tied, you mean that something is preventing you from acting in the way that you want to.
例句
Politicians are always saying that they want to help us but their hands are tied...
政客們總是說想幫助我們，但卻身不由己。
Her hands were tied by the way that the US constitution is structured.
她為美國憲法的表述縛住了手腳。
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PHRASE
在手邊;在附近
If you have something to hand or near to hand, you have it with you or near you, ready to use when needed.
例句
You may want to keep this brochure safe, so you have it to hand whenever you may need it.
你應該保管好這份手冊，這樣隨時想用都能馬上在手邊找到。
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PHRASE
（通常指初次）嘗試，試身手
If you try your hand at an activity, you attempt to do it, usually for the first time.
例句
After he left school, he tried his hand at a variety of jobs—bricklayer, cinema usher, coal man.
離開學校后，他嘗試過各種工作，如泥瓦匠、電影院引座員、運煤工。
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PHRASE
著手學做
If you turn your hand to something such as a practical activity, you learn about it and do it for the first time.
例句
...a person who can turn his hand to anything.
什么事都能學著做的人
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PHRASE
洗手不干;不再管;和…斷絕關系
If you wash your hands of someone or something, you refuse to be involved with them any more or to take responsibility for them.
例句
He seems to have washed his hands of the job.
那份工作他好像已經洗手不干了。
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PHRASE
輕易取勝
If you win hands down, you win very easily.