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stew (obj)HstjU:, $stU:vTo stew meat, fish, vegetables or fruit is to cook them slowly and gently in a little liquid.用文火炖，焖Stew the pears gently in red wine for a couple of hours. [T]将梨子在红葡萄酒中慢慢炖上几小时。We had stewed beef/clams/apples/prunes for dinner.我们晚餐有炖牛肉/文蛤/苹果/梅干。If a person stews, they are angry.生气，发怒You're not still stewing about what happened yesterday, are you? [I]你不再为昨天发生的事生气，是吗?To stew is also to do nothing productive.消磨时间With jobs so scarce, many young people spend long hours with little to do but drink and stew. [I]因就业机会十分有限，许多年轻人除了喝酒和消磨时间外，整天无所事事。(infml) To stew (in your own juice) is to think about or suffer the results of your own foolish actions, without anyone giving you any help.让其自己思考;自食其果，自作自受I'm not going to help Thomas sort out that mistake he made--he can stew in his own juice for a bit.我不想帮托马斯弄清楚他所犯的错误----让他自作自受。Jean will calm down soon--just leave her to stew/let her stew for a while.简会很快冷静的----让她自己去想一会儿。
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