half-baked
英 [ˌhɑːfˈbeɪkt]
美 [ˌhæfˈbeɪkt]
将“half-baked”分解为“half”(一半)和“baked”(烤熟的)。想象一个蛋糕只烤了一半,外面看起来是生,没有完全烤熟。这样就能形象地记住“half-baked”意味着某事物不完整、未完成或不成熟的。
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- half-baked (adj.)
- 1620s as "underdone;" colloquial figurative sense of "silly, immature" is from 1855; see half + bake (v.).
- 1. Elliott crossed the finish line just half a second behind his adversary.
- 埃利奥特跨过终点线时仅比对手落后半秒钟。
- 2. She'd half expected him to withdraw from the course.
- 她多少已经预料到他会中途就退出这门课程。
- 3. The French, who led 21-3 at half time, scored eight tries.
- 上半场以21:3领先的法国队有8个达阵得分。
- 4. The curtains were half drawn to cut out the sunlight.
- 窗帘拉上了一半以遮挡阳光。
- 5. From what I hear, half the campus is lusting after her.
- 从我听到的来看,半个学校的人都想和她上床。