英语成语:do a disappearing act
1. To become no longer visible.
机译:1.变得不再可见。
I watched Jill’s car drive away until it disappeared from view.
机译:我看着吉尔的车开走,直到它从视野中消失。
1. To disappear without any indication to one’s or something’s whereabouts. Authorities are puzzled by the navy submarine that seemingly disappeared without a trace last Thursday.
机译:消失没有任何迹象表明自己或某物的下落。当局对上周四似乎消失得无影无踪的海军潜艇感到困惑。
Police have been searching for two weeks to find a young girl who disappeared without trace from her home in Rochester.
机译:警方已经搜寻了两周,寻找一名在罗切斯特家中失踪的年轻女孩。
2. To be forgotten about by the population as a whole, especially after being very popular.
机译:2.被整个人遗忘,尤其是在非常受欢迎之后。
The digital pets fad took the world by storm in the late 1990s, but disappeared without a trace after a few years.
机译:数字宠物的时尚在20世纪90年代末席卷全球,但几年后消失得无影无踪。
2. To become missing from some place, as if having been removed or become lost (usually to someone’s surprise or confusion). That poor little girl disappeared from that school back in the ’80s and was never found.
机译:2.从某个地方失踪,好像被带走或迷路了(通常让某人感到惊讶或困惑)。那个可怜的小女孩早在80年代就从那所学校失踪了,一直没有找到。
I would give you my stapler, but it seems to have disappeared from my desk.
机译:我会给你我的订书机,但它似乎从我的桌子上消失了。
To depart or go away very suddenly or without warning, especially so as to avoid doing or dealing with something. Brian is nearly two weeks late finishing his sales report—that’s why he’s been doing a vanishing act whenever the boss is around.
机译:突然或毫无征兆地离开或离开,尤指为了避免做某事或处理某事。布赖恩迟了将近两个星期才完成他的销售报告——这就是为什么每当老板在的时候,他都会做一件消失的事。
My roommate loves to throw parties here, but she always does a vanishing act the next day when everything needs to be cleaned up!
机译:我的室友喜欢在这里举办派对,但第二天当一切都需要清理的时候,她总是会消失!
To depart or go away very suddenly or without warning, especially so as to avoid doing something. Brian is nearly two weeks late finishing his sales report—that’s why he’s been pulling a disappearing act whenever the boss is around.
机译:突然或毫无征兆地离开或离开,尤指为了避免做某事。布赖恩迟了将近两个星期才完成他的销售报告——这就是为什么每当老板在的时候,他都会表现得很消失。
My roommate loves to throw parties here, but she always pulls a disappearing act the next day when everything needs to be cleaned up!
机译:我的室友喜欢在这里举办派对,但第二天当一切都需要清理的时候,她总是表现得很消失!
To recede or absent oneself from public view; to become or remain hidden in society. I think people expected us to disappear into the woodwork after the referendum results, but we made sure to stay firmly in the eye of the public.
机译:从公众视野中退出;成为或保持隐藏在社会中。我认为人们希望我们在公投结果出来后消失在木制品中,但我们确保牢牢地留在公众的视线中。
The former movie star, never one to disappear into the woodwork, launched a very successful chain of restaurants and eventually ran for public office in Washington state.
机译:这位前电影明星从未消失在木制品中,他创办了一家非常成功的连锁餐厅,并最终竞选了华盛顿州的公职。
To vanish completely and without a trace.
机译:消失得无影无踪。
I would give you my stapler, but it seems to have disappeared into thin air.
机译:我想给你我的订书机,但它似乎消失得无影无踪。
To vanish from sight or flee suddenly from a place. The three of us did a disappearing act, heading for the Mexican border so we could leave this all behind us.
机译:突然从视线中消失或突然逃离某个地方。我们三个人做了一个消失的动作,前往墨西哥边境,这样我们就可以把这一切抛在脑后。
My kids always do a disappearing act when I tell them it’s time for their chores.
机译:当我告诉孩子们该做家务的时候,他们总是表现得很消失。