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straw DRIED STEMSHstrC:, $strB:n [U]the dried yellow stems of crops such as wheat or rice which are used as bedding or food for animals and for making traditional objects used in the home稻草，麦秆It's thirsty work stacking bales of straw!堆稻草是件使人口渴的劳累活!Martha bought a lovely straw basket at the craft fair.玛莎在工艺品集市上买了只可爱的草篮。Gareth had long straw-coloured hair and piercing blue eyes.加勒思有着浅黄色的长发和一双敏锐的蓝眼睛。Frank took off his broad straw hat and nodded to Alexandra.弗兰克脱下宽边草帽，向亚力山大点了点头。You clutch or grasp at straws when you are willing to try anything to improve a difficult or disadvantageous situation, even if it has little chance of success.抓住救命稻草She offered to take a pay cut to keep her job, but she was just grasping at straws.她提出减薪来保留她的工作，但她这只是在捞救命稻草。"I'll do all the housework and gardening if you promise not to leave me, " said her boyfriend, clutching at straws.“如果你答应不离开我的话，我会做所有的家务和园艺，”她的男友说，试图捞根救命稻草。A straw boater is a stiff hat with a flat top and wide straight BRIM which is traditionally worn when travelling along a river in a boat to protect the wearer from the sun.遮阳帽The rowing crew looked very smart in their blazers and straw boaters.这些划船运动员穿着色彩鲜艳的上装，戴着遮阳帽，看上去很英俊。A straw man or man of straw is someone, often an imaginary person, who is used to hide an illegal or secret activity.虚拟的人The fraud depended on hundreds of bank accounts being opened on behalf of straw men.这骗局靠用假名开上千个银行户头行骗。In a discussion, a straw man or man of straw is also an invented argument which one side accuses the opposing side of supporting in order to defeat that argument completely and so help defeat the opposing side.假想的反对方论点Both sides in the dispute felt obliged to attack the other, with the result that straw men were often set up in order to be demolished.争论的双方都觉得必须攻击对方，因此假想的反对论点经常被设立以推翻之。The idea that national identity will be lost as a result of European integration is just a man of straw which he is wasting his time fighting.欧洲一体化会导致国家地位的丧失，这只是他在浪费时间进行反驳的一个假想论点。A straw poll is an unofficial vote which is taken to discover what people think about an idea or problem or how they intend to vote in an election.(民意调查)非正式投票A straw poll of local inhabitants in Mediterranean resorts concluded that British tourists were the worst dressed and Italians the most stylish.对地中海度假地居民非正式民意调查表明，英国旅游者穿得最差，意大利游客穿得最潇洒。She overhauled her election campaign when she was placed third in a straw poll.当她在民意试调查中处于第三位时，她彻底修订了她的竞选策略。The final straw or the last straw or the straw that breaks the camel's back is a problem which can be dealt with on its own, but which makes a situation very difficult or impossible when it is added to existing problems.最终使人无法忍受的事，最后一根稻草Losing my job was bad enough, but being evicted from my house was the straw that broke the camel's back.丢了工作已经够坏的了，但从家中被逐出令我无法忍受。She's always been rude to me, but it was the last straw when she started insulting my mother.她一直对我很粗鲁，但最终使我受不了的是她开始侮辱我的母亲。A straw in the wind is something that suggests what might happen.迹象，预兆There were a few straws in the wind yesterday which indicated that an air attack was imminent.昨天就有些迹象表明空袭即将来临。
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