| 单词 | hang over something/somebody |
| 释义 | hang over something/somebodyhang over something/somebody phrasal verbphr v PROBABLYif something bad is hanging over you, you are worried or anxious about it 〔不愉快的事〕萦绕着；使担心 The threat of redundancy was still hanging over us. 失业的威胁依然笼罩在我们心头。 It’s not very nice to have huge debts hanging over your head. 心里牵挂着巨额债务总是很难受的。 Examples from the Corpus hang over • It hangs over any thickness of wardrobe rail and fastens with Velcro.• The enigmatic thing was the great pall of suspicion hanging over such an ordinary - appearing man.• If the bolts were responsible, then a further question mark will hang over the future of the industry.• In the Chouf now, the Druze holy colours hang over the militia checkpoints.• The excess should hang over the sides of the dish.• The last time I went down there, the uncovered pier was still hanging over the slate-gray water.• The question of motive hangs over these first pages, and over the whole novel.• For the first time since 1991, no threat of labor problems hangs over this season. hanging over ... head• Meanwhile, Napster goes from strength to strength, despite the legal case hanging over its head.• Most unpleasant having something like that hanging over your head.• Southampton were ordered to pay just £5,000 up front with the rest hanging over their head.• It's been hanging over my head like the sword of Damocles.• His colleagues admit while the charges were hanging over his head they had trouble getting funding. → hang over something/somebody at hang1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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