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hand BODY PARThAndn [C]the part of the body at the end of the arm which is used for holding, moving, touching and feeling things手The four fingers, thumb and palm are the main parts of the hand, which is attached to the arm by the wrist.四指、大拇指和手掌是手的主要部分，手和手臂由手腕相连接。All these toys are made by hand, not on a machine.所有这些玩具都是手工制作的，非机器所制。Surely we can get a computer to analyse all this data instead of doing it by hand?我们无疑可以用计算机代替手工分析所有的数据吧?You may as well deliver her invitation by hand (=not using the postal service) since she lives so close.既然她住得如此近，你可以亲自把请帖给她送去(不用邮递)。Hey you! Get your hands off (=Stop touching) my bike!喂！你不要碰我的自行车！(fig.) The peace protesters'placards carried slogans such as'Hands off the Middle East!'和平抗议者的牌子上写着诸如“不许干涉中东”的口号。Guy's made a marvellous bookcase--I had no idea he was so good with his hands.盖伊做了一个奇妙的书架----我不知道他的手如此灵巧。Rosie, remember you should always hold my hand when we cross the road.罗西，记住当我们过马路时，你要抓住我的手。They weren't kissing or anything--they were just holding hands.他们没有亲吻或干其他事----他们只是握着手而已。Hold your fork in your left hand and your knife in your right hand.左手握叉，右手握刀。I wish you'd try and look smart instead of just standing there with your hands in your pockets!我希望你能努力显得精神一点，而不是站在那儿两手插在口袋里。She sat, pen in hand (=with a pen in her hand), searching for the right words.她坐着，手里拿着笔，想找到合适的词。Those two can't keep their hands off each other --they never stop kissing and cuddling.那两人无法不去触摸对方----他们不停地接吻拥抱。(fig.) Susan keeps a firm hand on (=controls carefully) everything that goes on in the offi -ce.苏珊认真管理办公室里的每一件事。"Congratula tions!" she said and shook me by the hand /shook my hand / shook hands with me.“祝贺你！”她说着和我握手。She took me by the hand and led me into the cave.她拉着我的手，带我进了洞。There's a hand towel in the bathroom by the washbasin.浴室洗脸盆旁边有一块擦手巾。 BathroomA person's hand is also their writing.字迹Most of his letters were typed, but we've found a few personal ones written in his own hand (=written by him with a pen).他的大部分信是打字的，但我们也发现一些私人信件是他亲笔所写。I've never seen such an untidy hand! Your writing is barely legible.我从未见过如此潦草的笔迹！你的笔迹几乎辨认不出。If something is at hand, it is near in time or position.在附近，在手边，临近的An end to illicit trafficking in these drugs may be at hand.这些毒品的非法交易很快会被取缔。We want to ensure that help is at hand (=easily available) for all children suffering abuse.我们想确保所有遭受虐待的孩子能容易地得到帮助。Remember to keep a first-aid kit close / near at hand all the time.记住要让急救箱一直在身边。I have been involved in war and know of its terrible costs at first hand (=from my personal experience of it).我参加了战争并从亲身经历中知道了它的可怕代价。The report of the attack came at second hand (=through another person).有关袭击的报道来自第二手材料。How many people have died at the hands of (=because of) terrorist organizations since the violence began?自从暴力开始后有多少人死在恐怖组织手中?Welsh has suffered badly at the hands of the dominant English language.占统治地位的英语语言使威尔士语大受压制。If you live (from) hand to mouth or if you live a hand-to-mouth existence, you have just enough food or money to live without suffering.刚够糊口地，刚够解决温饱地We've been living hand to mouth ever since I lost my job.自从我没了工作以后，我们的生活仅够糊口。I'll kill him if I ever get my hands on (=catch) him.如果我抓住他，我会杀了他。We can't get / lay / put our hands on (=obtain) enough of these computers--they've been selling amazingly well.我们得不到足够的这种计算机----它们的销路好得令人吃惊。I'd love to help but I've got my hands full (=I'm very busy) organizing the school play.我很想帮忙，但我正忙于组织学校的演出。We soon realised this was no ordinary singer that we'd got on our hands (=that we were dealing with).我们很快明白我们面对的不是一个普通的歌手。If you are hand in glove / (Am also) hand and glove with someone, you have a very close business or working relationship with them.密切往来，密切关系We have been working hand in glove with our European partners to beat our American competitors.我们和欧洲伙伴密切合作以击败我们的美国竞争者。I saw Pat and Chris walking hand in hand (=holding each other's hand) through town the other day.那天我看见帕特和克丽斯手拉手走过镇上。If something goes hand in hand with something else, it is closely related to it and happens at the same time as it or as a result of it.密切相关地Prosperity goes hand in hand with investment.Prosperity and investment go hand in hand.繁荣与投资密切相关。If you make or lose money hand over fist, you make or lose a lot of money very quickly and easily.迅速轻易地She's been making money hand over fist since she set up her own business.自从她开了商店以来，她很容易地赚到了钱。If you have something in hand, it is left over and so you can use it.手中拥有的I've got enough money in hand to buy a new car.我手中有足够的钱去买一辆新车。(esp. Br) Italy are three points behind France in the championship, but they have one game in hand (=one game more than France still to play).意大利落后法国三分，但意大利比法国少赛一场。Something (Br and Aus) in hand / (Am) at hand is something that is important at the present moment.当前重要的事物I wish you'd concentrate on the job in hand instead of worrying about what we might be doing in a year's time.我希望你能集中于当前这项工作，而不是担心我们在一年后所做的事。I'd like to return to the matter in hand and try to solve the problem that we're supposed to be discussing.我愿意回到当前这件事情上来并设法解决我们应当讨论的问题。If preparations are in hand, they are being made at the present moment.正在进行中They've had plenty of time to prepare, so the arrangements should be well in hand (=almost ready).他们花了很多时间准备，因此安排应当差不多好了。If something is put in hand, it is put into action.采取行动All major hospitals now have disaster plans to put in hand when notified of serious incidents.一旦被告知有严重事故时所有主要的医院都能立即实行救灾计划。If something is on hand, it is present so that it can take action or be used.到场(以备采取行动或处理)A 1200-strong military force will be on hand to monitor the cease-fire and voting.一支1200 人组成的军事力量将到场监督停火和选举。My bank always has an advisor on hand to discuss financial problems.我的银行总有一位顾问在场讨论金融问题。If you want to compare two opposing opinions or two ways of thinking about the same thing, or if you want to mention the two opposing groups in an argument, you can use the expression on the one hand...on the other (hand).一方面…另一方面…(用于比较两种相对的事物或想法)On the one hand I'd like a job which pays more, but on the other hand I enjoy the work I'm doing at the moment.一方面我喜欢薪水更高的工作，另一方面我又喜欢现在的工作。She's caught in a dispute between the city council on the one hand and the education department on the other.她被卷入了一场一边是市政会、另一边是教育部门之间的争论。The country is dominated by a power struggle between the communists on the one hand and the nationalists on the other.国家现在被一边为共产主义者而另一边为民族 主义者之间的权力斗争所主宰。She rejected / dismissed my suggestions out of hand (=completely and without any consideration) and wouldn't even let me explain them properly.她不假思索地拒绝 / 不考虑我的建议，甚至不让我好好解释一下。If you are bound / tied hand and foot, your hands and your feet are tied together.手脚捆绑在一起The police discovered the hostage bound hand and foot in a disused warehouse.警察在一个废弃的仓库中发现手脚被捆在一起的人质。(fig.) New reporting restrictions have bound the country's media hand and foot (=have greatly limited its freedom).新的报道限制很大地约束了国内媒体的自由。I'm always having to put my hand in my pocket (=pay) for some new toy or other for the kids.我总是不得不掏钱为孩子买新玩具或别的东西。For those of you who don't have an atlas to hand (=within reach of you), Newcastle is a city in the north-east of England.对你们中那些手上没有地图的人来说，纽卡斯尔是英格兰东北部的一个城市。He's one of those experimental artists who uses whatever materials come to hand (=are easy to find).他是实验性艺术家之一，会利用任何容易找到的材料(进行创作)。"Hands up! (=Put your hands above your head!)" she said calmly, holding the revolver to his head.“举起手来！”她镇静地说，握住左轮手枪对着他的头。If you win something hands down or you beat someone hands down, you do it completely and very easily.彻底而轻易地击败，获胜If we had a race, she'd win hands down.如果我们举行一次跑步比赛，她会轻而易举地获胜。They'd beat us hands down if we went to war with them.如果我们去和他们交战，他们会很容易地击败我们。(Am) He's hands down (=He is certainly) the best pitcher in the game today.他肯定是今天棒球赛的最佳投手。A passenger's hand baggage / luggage is the small cases or bags that they carry with them onto an aircraft or bus.手提行李，携带的轻便行李How many items of hand luggage am I allowed to take onto the plane?我可以带几件轻便行李登机?Electrical equipment such as radios should be packed in your hand baggage.电子设备如收音机应当装在你的手提行李中。A hand grenade is a small bomb consisting of explosive material in a metal or plastic container that can be thrown easily.手榴弹The hand grenade will explode a few seconds after you remove the trigger pin.你拉出引爆针后，手榴弹会在几秒钟后爆炸。Something that is hand-held has been designed so that it can be held and used easily with one or two hands.便携的，手提的Credit card purchases are recorded on a hand-held computer and then transmitted to our head office for processing.信用卡购物记录在便携式电脑上，然后传输到我们的总部进行处理。A person who has a hands-off way of organizing or dealing with something allows other people to make decisions about how things should be done and avoids becoming personally involved.不干涉Paul has a hands-off style of management.保罗有一套放手的管理方法。Someone with a hands-on way of doing things becomes closely involved in managing and organizing things and in making decisions.事必躬亲的She's very much a hands-on manager and likes to know exactly what everyone is doing.她是个非常爱管事的经理，喜欢确切知道每个人在干什么。Someone who has hands-on experience of something has done or used it personally rather than just read or learned about it.实践，亲身经历All children are expected to have had hands-on experience of computers by the time they leave school.所有的孩子预计在离开学校时都有亲自使用电脑的体验。Many employers consider hands-on experience to be as useful as academic qualifications.许多雇主把实践经验和学历看得一样有用。Someone who is hand-picked has been carefully chosen for a special job or purpose.仔细挑选出来的He was the Prime Minister's hand-picked choice to lead the investigation into police corruption.他是首相亲手挑选来调查警察腐败的人。If people fight hand-to-hand, they are very near or touching each other while they are fighting rather than firing guns at each other from a long way away.逼近地，贴身地Air attacks will severely weaken the enemy, but hand-to-hand combat will be necessary to clear up the last pockets of resistance.空袭会严重削弱敌人，但肉搏战对清除敌方残余力量来说是必要的。Artillery pounded the city while hand-to-hand fighting continued in the streets.大炮猛轰城市而肉搏战在街上继续进行。(Am) A hand truck is a frame with two wheels and two handles used to move large or heavy things.手推车It will be much easier to move the filing cabinets if we use the hand truck.如果我们用手推车的话，搬文件档案柜会更加容易。"Hands that do dishes can be soft as your face" (advertisement for Fairy Liquid washing-up liquid)“和盘子打交道的手会和你的脸一样柔嫩”(Fairy Liquid 洗洁精的广告)"Hands across the sea" (title of a poem by Byron Webber, used to refer to friendship with foreign people or countries, c.1890)“穿越大洋的手”(拜伦·韦伯的诗，指同外国人或外国的友谊) Body, Hand
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