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| 1 | I/T if a weapon fires or someone fires it , someone uses it to shoot 开火；发射；开（枪）；开（炮） |
| She squeezed the trigger, but the gun failed to fire. 她扣动了扳机，但枪没有响。 |
| +at Jed lifted his rifle and fired at the target. 杰德举起步枪朝目标射击。 |
| +on/upon Police threatened to fire on demonstrators. 警察威胁将向示威者开火。 |
| fire a gun/weapon The rebels fired their machine guns into the air. 叛乱分子用机关枪向空中射击。 |
| fire a bullet/round/shot/missile etc Several shots were fired, and three men were seen running away. 响了几枪之后，有人看见有3个人跑开了。 |
| fire back (=shoot at someone who is shooting at you) The gunmen fired, and police fired back. 还击 |
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| 2 | T to make someone leave their job , sometimes as a punishment 解雇；开除 |
| She was fired for refusing to comply with safety regulations. 她因为拒绝遵守安全规定而被解雇了。 |
| He’ s the person responsible for hiring and firing. 他负责人员的招聘和解聘工作。 |
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| 3 | T to ask someone a question , especially one that is difficult for them to answer 提问（尤指难以回答的问题） |
| fire questions at sb Reporters fired questions at her as she left the court house. 她离开法院的时候，记者们向她连珠炮似地提出了很多问题。 |
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| 4 | I if an engine fires, it starts to work （引擎）点火，发动 |
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| 5 | T to bake clay at a very high temperature so that it becomes very hard 烧制（陶器） |
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| - | fire away
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| used for giving someone permission to ask a question |
| 请说吧；请问吧 |
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| - | fire sb’ s imagination
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| to make someone feel very interested in something and excited about it |
| 激发某人的想象力 |
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| - | fire sb with enthusiasm
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| to make someone feel very enthusiastic |
| 唤起某人的热情 |
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| - | firing on all cylinders
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| putting a lot of energy and effort into doing something |
| 竭尽全力 |
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| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˌfire ˈoff |
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| 1 | to quickly send a message or give instructions 匆忙发出（讯息或指示） | I sat down and fired off a letter to my MP. 我坐下来匆忙给我的议员发了一封信。 | |
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| 2 | to shoot with a gun or other weapon 开（枪）；开（炮） | The British ship fired off a few warning shots. 英舰开了几炮以示警告。 | |
| - | ˌfire ˈup |
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| | to make someone feel very enthusiastic 使热情高涨 | She’ s all fired up about this new course she’ s taking. 她对选的这门新课非常感兴趣。 | |
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