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sweetswi:tadj-er, -est (esp. of food or drink) having a taste similar to that of sugar; not bitter or salty甜的，不咸的，淡的Do you want your pancakes sweet or savoury?你的薄煎饼要甜的还是咸的？The pineapple was very ripe--sweet and juicy.这只菠萝已经熟透了----又甜又多汁。It's quite a sweet-smelling perfume.这是一种很香的香水。(Am) Sweet butter has had no salt added to it.淡味黄油If an emotion or event is sweet, it is very pleasant and satisfying.（感情或事件）愉快的，惬意的For her, revenge was sweet.她觉得报复使她心里痛快。She was enjoying the sweet smell of success.她正品尝着成功的喜悦。If a sound is sweet, it is pleasant and easy to like.（声音）悦耳的，动听的She has a sweet singing voice.她有一副甜美的歌喉。Sweet can be used, esp. of something or someone small, to mean charming and attractive.可爱的，逗人的The little baby elephant looked so sweet.那头小象看上去真是逗人喜爱。They live in a sweet little house.他们住在一间精致的小屋里。What a sweet baby!多么可爱的小孩！Sweet can also mean kind, generous and likeable.和蔼的，亲切的，讨人喜欢的I think Alex is really sweet.我觉得亚历克斯很讨人喜欢。It was sweet of you to help me.你帮我真是太好了。They were very sweet to us when we stayed with them.我们和他们待在一起时他们对我们好极了。To keep someone sweet is to try to keep them satisfied and pleased with you.与某人搞好关系We're allowing the French engineers to use our computers, to keep them sweet in case we need their help later on.我们让那些法国工程师用我们的电脑是为了和他们搞好关系，因为以后我们或许也需要他们的帮助。(dated infml) If you are sweet on someone, you like them very much or you are in love with them.喜欢或爱上某人She's still sweet on him after all this time!过了那么久她还是一如既往地爱他。Sweet-and-sour food has a flavour that is both sweet and sour.糖醋的sweet-and-sour chicken糖醋鸡Sweet-and-sour dishes and sauces are typical of Chinese cooking.用糖醋调味的菜和酱汁是典型的中国烹饪法。(Br) A sweet chestnut (Am chestnut) is a large tree with leaves divided into five parts and large round nuts that are cooked and eaten hot.欧洲栗树(slang) Sweet Fanny Adams (abbreviation sweet F A) means nothing.什么也没有I know sweet Fanny Adams about it.我对此事一无所知。(humorous) Sweet nothings are romantic and loving talk.情话They're the couple in the corner, whispering/murmuring sweet nothings to each other.他们就是那对恋人，在角上情话绵绵。A sweet pea is a climbing plant with pale-coloured sweet-smelling flowers.香豌豆A sweet pepper is a PEPPER .甜椒A sweet potato (esp. Am also yam) is a pinkish brown or orange-coloured vegetable with yellow flesh.甘薯，山芋(infml) To sweet-talk someone is to talk to them in a pleasing and/or clever way in order to persuade them to do or believe something.用甜言蜜语哄骗At election time, the politicians arrive and sweet-talk us but they never keep their promises.选举时政客们总是到处游说，花言巧语地哄骗我们，但他们从不实践诺言。The salesman tried to sweet-talk me into buying a bigger car.推销员花言巧语想哄骗我买一辆更大的汽车。Don't let the sweet talk fool you!别让甜言蜜语迷惑了你！If you have a sweet tooth, you like eating sweet foods, esp. sweets and chocolate.爱吃甜食（尤指糖果和巧克力）"Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life, at last I've found thee" (title of a song written by Rida Johnson Young and Victor Herbert, 1910)《啊！我终于发现了甜蜜生活的奥秘》（里达·约翰逊·扬和维克托·赫伯特所写的一首歌名）"A sweet disorder in the dress" (Robert Herrick in the poem Delight in Disorder, 1648)“奇装异服的美感”（选自罗伯特·赫里克的诗《混乱的美感》，1648）"Sweet Dreams are Made of This"(title of a song by The Eurythmics, 1983)《甜蜜的梦是由它编织的》（“韵律舞”小组演唱的一首歌名）
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