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VERB
掌摑;用巴掌拍;打…耳光
If you slap someone, you hit them with the palm of your hand.
例句
He would push or slap her once in a while...
他偶爾會推搡她或是打她的耳光。
I slapped him hard across the face...
我重重地摑了他一記耳光。
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VERB
(友好地)拍(…的后背)
If you slap someone on the back, you hit them in a friendly manner on their back.
例句
A large middle-aged lady slapped me on the back and said 'Nice to see you again.'
一位身材高大的中年女士拍了拍我的后背說：“很高興再次見到你。”
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VERB
(迅速或馬虎地)涂，抹，貼
If you slap something onto a surface, you put it there quickly, roughly, or carelessly.
例句
The barman slapped the cup on to the waiting saucer.
酒吧服務生麻利地把茶杯放在了茶碟上。
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VERB
(不合理或草率地)施加(賦稅、禁令等)
If journalists say that the authorities slap something such as a tax or a ban on something, they think it is unreasonable or put on without careful thought.
例句
The government slapped a ban on the export of unprocessed logs...
政府貿然禁止出口未加工過的原木。
Thankfully the Government still hasn't discovered a way of slapping a tax on love, sunshine or air.
謝天謝地，政府還沒有找到對愛情、陽光和空氣課稅的方法。
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PHRASE
打擊;侮辱;一記耳光
If you describe something that someone does as a slap in the face, you mean that it shocks or upsets you because it shows that they do not support you or respect you.
例句
'The Sun' calls it a massive slap in the face for the United States government...
《太陽報》稱之為打在美國政府臉上的一記重重的耳光。
Britons persist in treating any pay rise of less than 5% as a slap in the face.
英國人堅持認為加薪不到 5%不啻于一種羞辱。
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PHRASE
輕微的警告;輕微的懲罰
A slap on the wrist is a warning or a punishment that is not very severe.
例句
The fine they gave her is just more or less a slap on the wrist.
他們對她開出的罰金不過是一個輕微的警告而已。