n. 火把;燃烧的木柴;放火者;煽动叛乱者;
📝 例句
He is represented by the media as a dangerous firebrand .
新闻媒介报导,他是个危险的政治煽动者。
🌱 联想助记
【记】fire-火,brand-商标:商标就是根燃烧的木头。用火做商标的人多半是引起动乱,煽动叛乱的人
📖 牛津释义
firebrand
n
1 piece of burning wood 燃烧的木块.
2 (fig 比喻) person who causes (esp social or political) trouble 引起(尤指社会的或政治的)动乱的人.
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
mediate
vt. 经调解解决;斡旋促成;
vi. 调停,调解,斡旋;
adj. 居间的,间接的;
slime
n. 黏质物;黏液;黏泥;软泥;
v. (用稀泥等)涂,糊;分泌黏液使黏滑;清除黏液[稀泥等];〈英俚〉滑脱,用狡猾手段脱身溜掉 (away through etc.);
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🗣️ 情景例句
I'm surprised they're not here.
我奇怪他们怎么没来。
We could see that the path continued on the other side, but we had no idea how we could get across the stream.
我们可以看到小路在深溪对岸继续向前伸展,但却不知如何越过这道深溪。
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