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el.bowH5el7bEJ, $-boJn [C]the bony point at which the arm bends, or the part of a piece of clothing which covers this area肘;(衣服的)肘部Her arm was bandaged from the elbow to the fingers.她的胳膊从肘部一直包扎到手指。The sleeve of his shirt was torn at the elbow.他衬衫袖子的肘部被撕破了。During the visit, the interpreter was always at her elbow (= close beside and a little behind her).参观过程中，翻译一直在她近旁。(fig.) He retired after three years at the Minister's elbow (= after three years working closely with the Minister).在部长身边工作了三年后他退休了。(Br infml) If you give someone the elbow, you end your relationship with them.(英国口语中用)与某人绝交When she discovered what had happened, she soon gave him the elbow.她发现事情的真相后，很快与他绝交。If you use elbow grease, you put a lot of effort into doing something.费劲，苦干The polish needs a certain amount of elbow grease to apply.上光需要相当大的力气。They now need to put some real elbow grease into promoting the product.要推销产品他们现在可得真得苦干一番了。Elbow room is space to move around in.活动的余地，活动的空间There were so many people at the exhibition that you couldn't find any elbow room.展览会上有那么多人，以致于找不到一点活动的空间。(fig.) At first the management gave the new director plenty of elbow room (= freedom of action).开始，资方给这位新经理足够的行动自由。
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