sag• Once, when morale was sagging, a visibly pregnant IsabelIa rode up to cheer the troops.• Edberg seemed to sag after losing the second set.• Stock prices sagged again today.• He sagged back against the wall, and held out his hand.• Benjy sat on his sagging back steps with six-year-old Louis Klubock, who lived next door.• There was a wide, cobbledenclosure, flanked on all sides by sagging black buildings.• Your face will be more likely to have a dullcomplexion, with podgy, saggingcheeks and doublechin.• She turned and saw that the tablesagged in the middle.• The shelvessagged under the weight of hundreds of records and CDs.• His whole body seemed to sag with relief.
ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤a bit, slightly有點兒下陷/略微下垂➤visibly明顯委靡◇She seemed to visibly sag at the thought of what lay ahead.她似乎一想到將要遇到的事就明顯變得很消沉。➤limply無力地下垂◇All she could do was sag limply in his arms.她能做的只有無力地倒在他懷裏。➤back, down, forward向後仰;向下垂;向前傾◇Martin sighed and sagged back in his chair.馬丁歎了口氣,癱坐在椅子上。◇Helga's body sagged forward.黑爾佳向前癱倒下去。PREPOSITION➤against斜靠着◇She sagged against the door.她倚在門上。➤under在⋯重壓下下陷◇The shelf sagged under the weight of hundreds of volumes.在數百本書的重壓下,書架向下凹陷了。PHRASES➤sag in the middle中間下陷◇a mattress that was beginning to sag in the middle中間開始凹陷的牀墊