spark n. 1.火花;火星。 2.(钻石等的)闪光;(目光的)闪耀。 3.生气,活力,(才智的)焕发。 4.〔美国〕小钻石;小宝石。 5.〔通常用于否定句〕一丝,一分,一点点。 6.【电学】电花,瞬态放电。 7.【机械工程】(内燃机火花塞的)控制放电装置。 8.〔pl.〕〔口语〕(船上的)无线电技术员。 A single spark can start a prairie fire. 星星之火可以燎原。 There was a wild spark in his eyes. 他的两眼炯炯发光。 The vital spark in him makes him an artist. 他的生气勃勃的活力使得他成为一个艺术家。 fairy sparks 磷光,鬼火。 a spark of wit 才气的焕发。 the vital spark=the spark of life 生气。 as the sparks fly upward 合乎道理,的确,不错。 have not a spark of interest 毫无趣味。 strike sparks out of sb. 激发某人的聪明才智。 vi.,vt. 发火花,飞火星儿;使闪耀,使闪光;用眼神表示(喜悦等);〔美国〕鼓舞,激励。 Joseph is a player who can spark his team to victory. 约瑟是个能激励他的队员取胜的运动员。 The discovery sparked us to further study. 这个发现鼓舞我们作进一步的研究。 n. 愉快的年轻人;翩翩少年;纨绔子弟,花花公子;求爱者;情郎。 vi. 讨好女人,追逐女性。 vt. 〔美国〕求爱,求婚。
Her sudden tragic death sparked off a feeding frenzy in the media 她的突然的悲惨的故去,导致媒体蜂拥而至的采访。
The explosive was sparked off by someone striking the iron heel of his boot on the stone floor 炸药是某人用皮靴的铁后跟撞击石头地面产生的火星而引爆的。
Both clubs have been charged by the fa with failing to control their players in the wake of the 20 - man brawl sparked off by jon obi mikel ' s tugging of kolo toure ' s shirt 米克尔拉拽图雷的动作引发大约20人参与的群殴,两家俱乐部都因未能有效控制自己球员行为遭到足总指控。
Simply to acknowledge our confusion , even though we cannot accept it completely , can bring some light of understanding and spark off in us a new process , a process of healing 要认清我们的困惑,虽然我们还不完全了解它,不过它却带给我们智慧之光,让我们进入一种崭新的历程,一种治疗的历程。
The us stock market plunge on monday , 19 october 1987 sparked off a worldwide stock market slide . in hong kong , panic sale of stocks plummeted the hang seng index by 420 points , or 11 per cent in one trading day 美股于一九八七年十月十九日急跌,引发全球股市大幅下滑,港股出现恐慌性抛售,恒生指数于一夜间下跌四百二十点,跌幅达百分之十一,被称为黑色星期一。
Of late , the question of what makes a singaporean has sparked off a whole slew of discussions . prime minister goh chok tong has recently suggested that the singaporean is kiasu , kiasee , and if he is a man , kiabo 新加坡人到底有什么特性这个话题,曾几何时引起人们广泛的谈论,总理吴作栋不久前也提及新加坡人怕输,怕死,同时他也认为,假如是一名男性的话,还加多那么一点怕老婆的个性。
When he found himself amidst an unfamiliar social group in an unfamiliar cultural environment , the interplay between the alien culture and his own culture would spark off a string of ideas that would come to bear significantly on his inquiries into the essence of culture 身处一个不熟悉的社群之中,面对著一种不熟悉的文化环境,异文化和己文化的交错冲击,常常会激发出一些特别的思考,对文化本质的探讨有莫大的启发。
In the 58 years since the invention of the transistor sparked off the modern information technology revolution , only a handful of europe - based companies have managed to become world leaders in electronic technologies and many of those through luck rather than judgment 晶体管的发明引发了现代信息技术革命,但此后58年里,只有少数几家总部位于欧洲的公司成为了全球电子科技的领导者,其中许多是靠运气而非判断力获得成功的。