描述事物與狀況
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- out of date
- 過時的，老舊的 The newspaper is a week out of date; can I recycle it?
- first-rate
- 一流的，優良的 The meal and service were truly first-rate. Thanks for the wonderful evening.
- clear-cut = crystal clear
- 非常清楚，具體，很顯而易見的 The manager took a clear-cut position on pay raises. There would be none this year.
- brand new
- 全新的 Baron spent several thousand dollars on his 1945 Ford to make it look brand new.
- be the pits
- 糟透了，很慘 The weather is the pits. We haven't seen the sun in weeks.
- dog-earred
- 破舊的，翻爛的 －常用在書籍或印刷物上 This paperback novel is quite dog-earred. You must have read it several times.
- paint a picture
- 描述狀況 （常與rosy 或 gloomy 合用）；樂觀painted a rosy／ gloomy picture
- spick and span
- 非常整齊清潔 Mary's kitchen looked spick and span before her in-laws came to visit.
- second-rate
- 二流的
- run of the mil
- 普通的，一般的
- out of this world
- 完美的，美好的 The roast leg of lamb and potatoes in the oven smell out of this world.
- up to date
- 最新的，流行的，及時的 The president constantly has to be kept up to date on international affairs.
- out of the ordinary
- 不尋常的，特殊的 Axel came home aafter midnight last night. That's quite out of the ordinary for him.