1 VERB 掌掴;用巴掌拍;打…耳光 If you slap someone, you hit them with the palm of your hand. 掌掴;用巴掌拍;打…耳光
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He would push or slap her once in a while. [VERB noun]
他偶尔会推搡她或是打她的耳光。
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I slapped him hard across the face. [VERB noun adv./prep.]
我重重地掴了他一记耳光。
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He was slapping a woman around and I objected. [VERB noun adv./prep.]
他正在掌掴一个女人，我上前制止。
SYN smack, hit, strike, beat
2 VERB (友好地)拍(…的后背) If you slap someone on the back, you hit them in a friendly manner on their back. (友好地)拍(…的后背)
3 VERB (迅速或马虎地)涂，抹，贴 If you slap something onto a surface, you put it there quickly, roughly, or carelessly. (迅速或马虎地)涂，抹，贴
SYN throw, fling, sling [informal] , stick [informal]
4 VERB (不合理或草率地)施加(赋税、禁令等) If journalists say that the authorities slap something such as a tax or a ban on something, they think it is unreasonable or put on without careful thought. (不合理或草率地)施加(赋税、禁令等) [informal, disapproval]
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The government slapped a ban on the export of unprocessed logs. [VERB noun + on]
政府贸然禁止出口未加工过的原木。
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Thankfully the Government still hasn't discovered a way of slapping a tax on love, sunshine or air. [VERB noun on noun]
谢天谢地，政府还没有找到对爱情、阳光和空气课税的方法。
SYN impose, put, place, lay
5 PHRASE 打击;侮辱;一记耳光 If you describe something that someone does as a slap in the face, you mean that it shocks or upsets you because it shows that they do not support you or respect you. 打击;侮辱;一记耳光
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'The Sun' calls it a massive slap in the face for the United States government. [+ for]
《太阳报》称之为打在美国政府脸上的一记重重的耳光。
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Britons persist in treating any pay rise of less than 5% as a slap in the face.
英国人坚持认为加薪不到 5%不啻于一种羞辱。
SYN insult, humiliation, snub, affront
6 PHRASE 轻微的警告;轻微的惩罚 A slap on the wrist is a warning or a punishment that is not very severe. 轻微的警告;轻微的惩罚
SYN reprimand, row, rebuke, ticking-off [informal]
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| N. | a slap on the back, a slap on the wrist 1 a slap in the face 5 |
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