5(a) fat lot of good/usespokenHELP not at all useful or helpful 一点用处也没有的,全然没有帮助的
Fat lot of use you are in the kitchen.
你在厨房一点忙都帮不上。
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(a) fat lot of good/use• A fat lot of good it did me!• Getting the pound down was what Labour governments did with metronomic regularity. Fat lot of good it did them.• Frederick Bissett was a member of the Institute of Professional Scientists, and a fat lot of good that did him.
6fat catinformalRICH someone who has too much money, especially someone who is paid too much for their job – used to show disapproval 阔佬〔尤指薪酬过高的人;含贬义〕
the fat cats at the top who have recently been given obscene pay increases
新近无耻地大涨薪水的上层阔佬们
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fat cat• Too often they are viewed as' ambulance-chasing fat cats'.• The painting, with the two fat cats at the base of the steps, was thought to be by her.• They do not resent the cityfat cats, but believetopbusinessmendeservesuccess.• Why should those fat cats get rich through our efforts?• Teacher: Are there more fat cats than thin cats?• And far from silently resenting the city fat cats, they believe top businessmen deserve success.
7.in fat cityAmerican EnglishAmE old-fashionedRICH having plenty of money 很有钱的
8grow fat on somethingRICHto become rich because of something – used to show disapproval 靠某物致富,因某事发财〔含贬义〕
The finance men had grown fat on managing other people’s money.
金融界人士为别人打理钱财,养肥了自己。
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grow fat on something• Magnus grew fat on brown wholemealscraps and Gina gave up trying to keep him away.• The bullgrew fat on his salary and expense account, but his performance was disappointing to say the least.• They could see themselves growing fat onlarge-scaleconstructionpayrolls.• These stock brokersgrow fat on other people's money.
9a fat lipinformal a lip that is swollen because it has been hit 被打肿的嘴唇
My friend was badly injured with bruised ribs and a fat lip.
fat having too much flesh on your body. It is rude to tell someone that they are fat. It is also better not to use any of these words when talking directly to someone about their body 肥胖的〔说别人fat显得无礼,直接谈论他人身体时最好不要用此类词语〕
She thinks she’s fat.
她觉得自己胖。
He looks the same, just a little fatter.
他看上去老样子,只是稍微胖了些。
overweight weighing more than you should 超重的
Many medical conditions are caused by being overweight.
许多病都是超重引起的。
She was several kilos overweight.
她超重几公斤。
big/large used when saying that someone has a big body. Large is more common than big in written English 〔体型〕大的〔英语书面语中large比big更常用〕
My father was a big man.
我爸爸块头很大。
two large ladies
两名高大的女子
obese extremely fat in a way that is dangerous to your health 病态肥胖的
He went to a summer camp for obese teenagers.
他参加了专为肥胖青少年组织的夏令营。
chubby slightly fat in a nice-looking way – used especially about babies and children 〔尤指婴儿和幼童〕胖嘟嘟的
A chubby little baby was playing on the rug.
一个胖嘟嘟的婴孩在地毯上玩耍。
plump a woman or child who is plump is slightly fat, especially in a pleasant way 〔女性〕丰满的;〔孩子〕胖乎乎的
get fat• The cat's starting to get fat.• I want to remain exceptionally thin, because then I am never likely to get fat.• Sir Alan will be fired before the goosegets fat.• You can have your cake and eat it; the only trouble is, you get fat.• A cyclical deficit is like Melvin, who, understandably, gets fat in the hospital, because he can not exercise.• It may not look like it in the mirror, but getting fat is all in your head.• He was obviously getting fat on his pickings, whatever his game was.• While some special interests get fat, the averagetaxpayer gets stuckcleaning up the manure and feeling prettyfrail.
fat intake• Furthermore, dietary manipulation studies have shown that high fat intake can increase faecal bileacidexcretion.• Getting your diet right Reduce fat intake - to 15% of your diet or less.• So it is also the diet to choose if you have sensibly taken to heart the well-establishedbenefits of reducing fat intake.• These foods will make up the calories they are losing when cutting down on their saturated fat intake.• Poly-unsaturated fats should constitute the next largest share of your fat intake, after mono-unsaturated fats.