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| 1 | C an occasion when a lot of rain falls very quickly , often with very strong winds or thunder and lightning 暴风雨 |
| a storm breaks (=begins) A violent storm broke just as we reached the mountain. 暴风雨来临 |
| a storm is brewing (=will happen soon) There was a storm brewing on the horizon. 一场暴风雨正在酝酿 |
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| 2 | singular a situation in which many people are upset or excited 激动；骚动；风潮；风暴 |
| the storm over working conditions 对工作条件的强烈不满 |
| cause/provoke/spark a storm of sth His arrest provoked a storm of protest. 他的被捕引发了强烈的抗议风潮。 |
| a storm brews (=starts) Laurence is blissfully unaware of the legal storm brewing around him. 风暴在酝酿 |
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| - | the calm/lull before the storm
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| a quiet time just before problems start |
| 暴风雨前的平静；出问题前的一段平静时期 |
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| - | go down a storm
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| to be very popular |
| 深受欢迎；深受喜爱 |
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| The play went down a storm. 这部剧非常受欢迎。 |
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| - | a storm in a teacup BRITISH
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| a lot of trouble about something that is not important |
| 茶杯里掀起的大风波；大惊小怪；小题大做 |
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| - | take sth by storm
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| 1 | to be very successful in a particular place or among a particular group of people 在某地大获成功；完全征服（某群人） | Jazz took London and Paris by storm in the 1920s. 爵士乐在20世纪20年代风靡伦敦和巴黎。 | |
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| 2 | to take control of a place using force and violence 攻占，强夺（某地） |
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| - | weather/ride the storm
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| to not be badly harmed or damaged during a difficult period of time |
| 渡过难关 |
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| The government appears to have weathered the storm. 看起来政府已渡过难关。 |
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| - | ...up a storm AMERICAN informal
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| used for emphasizing that someone does something with all their energy , strength , and ability |
| 干劲儿十足地；全力以赴地 |
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| Andy’ s been cooking up a storm for the party tomorrow. 安迪一直在起劲儿地为明天的聚会烧饭做菜。 |
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| Words frequently used with storm | | storm 的常见搭配词 | | adjectives | fierce, freak, great, howling, raging, severe, terrible, violent, | 1 | | verbs | cause, create, provoke, raise, spark, unleash, | 2 | | | |
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