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| /swiːt/ |
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| 1 | tasting like sugar 甜（味）的 |
| I’ d like something sweet, like a piece of cake. 我想吃点甜的东西，比方说一块蛋糕。 |
| This tea is too sweet. 这茶太甜了。 |
| She doesn’ t really like sweet things. 她并非真的喜欢甜食。 |
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| 2 | pleasant in smell , sound , or appearance 悦耳的；芳香的；芬芳的；漂亮的 |
| The room is filled with the sweet fragrance of flowers. 房间里弥漫着花香。 |
| The entire audience was entranced by her clear sweet voice. 所有观众都被她那清亮悦耳的嗓音迷住了。 |
| a sweet little kitten 可爱的小猫咪 |
| | 2a | kind , gentle , or nice to other people 和蔼可亲的；温柔的；体贴的 | | Caroline was the sweetest little girl I have ever looked after. 卡罗琳是我照看过的最温顺的小女孩。 | | +of It was so sweet of you to do this. 你这么做实在是太体贴了。 | |
| | 2b | making you experience a pleasant feeling 令人愉快的 | | The victory was sweet revenge for the team’ s defeat last season. 这次的胜利为该队上个赛季的失败报了一箭之仇，这令他们感到很开心。 | | the sweet smell of success (=the pleasant feeling of success) We have yet to experience the sweet smell of success. 成功的喜悦 | |
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| - | be sweet on sb old-fashioned
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| to be attracted to someone in a romantic way |
| 爱上某人 |
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| - | keep sb sweet informal
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| to do good things for someone so that they will continue to support you or be friendly to you |
| 讨好（或巴结）某人 |
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| They want to keep us sweet so that we won’ t make a fuss. 他们想讨好我们，让我们不再抱怨。 |
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| - | sweet FA/Fanny Adams very informal
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| nothing at all |
| 根本没有；没什么东西 |
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| - | your (own) sweet time informal
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| if you take your own sweet time , or do something in your own sweet time , you take a long time to do it |
| （自己做某事所花费的）很长的一段时间 |
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| He certainly took his own sweet time getting here. 他到这儿来一定花了很长时间。 |
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| - | your own sweet way
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| the way that you choose to do something , especially when this annoys other people |
| （尤指令其他人不满的）自己的做事方式 |
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| He’ s determined to do it his own sweet way. 他执意以自己的方式做这件事。 |
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| See also | | - home 1 | | - short 1 | | - sweetness | | - sweet nothings | | - sweet tooth | |
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