fag away
collocation拼命工作;苦干
She fagged away at her thesis all weekend.
她整个周末都在拼命赶论文。
苦干;拼命工作
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苦干;拼命工作
work hard
He fagged for a senior boy during his first year at the boarding school.
他在寄宿学校的第一年为一名高年级男生做杂役。
在英国公立学校为高年级学生服务
act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools
努力工作
work hard
因过度使用或巨大压力而疲惫
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
fag
Base
原形
fags
3rd person
第三人称单数
fagging
-ing
现在分词
fagged
Past
过去式
fagged
Past participle
过去分词
He fags for the older boys at school.
他在学校为高年级学生跑腿。
She fagged all day doing the cleaning.
她做了一整天的清洁工作,累坏了。
The workers are fagging away at the construction site.
工人们正在建筑工地上辛苦地干活。
规则动词,过去式和过去分词加-ed,现在分词加-ing。
The new students are fagging for the prefects every evening.
新生们每天晚上在为级长做杂役。
Tom fags for a sixth-former and has to polish his shoes.
汤姆为一名六年级学生做杂役,还得擦他的鞋。
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拼命工作;苦干
She fagged away at her thesis all weekend.
她整个周末都在拼命赶论文。
使精疲力竭;使疲惫不堪
The long hike really fagged me out.
那次长途徒步真的把我累坏了。
为(高年级学生)当杂役
In the old days, new boys had to fag for the prefects.
在过去,新生不得不为级长当杂役。
累极了;精疲力竭
After the match, the players were completely fagged out.
比赛结束后,球员们完全精疲力竭了。
精疲力竭的;累垮的
After the long hike, I was totally fagged out.
长途跋涉后,我彻底累垮了。
努力苦干;埋头工作
He fags away at his English every day.
他每天埋头苦学英语。
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把 fag 想成“乏”+“干”:埋头苦干到人发乏、精疲力竭——就像旧时英校里低年级生被高年级生使唤着干活,干到累垮。
语域:informal 常见场景:informal British speech、historical UK boarding-school settings 该词条表示‘苦干’或‘使疲惫’时,多用于非正式英式英语;表示‘为高年级学生当杂役’时,则主要用于英国公学语境。
这些词均以 -ag 结尾,发音为 /æɡ/,与 fag(/fæɡ/)押韵。注意:fig(/fɪɡ/)和 fog(/fɒɡ/)看起来相似,但读音不同。
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