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chalk /tʃɔːk/ ► SEE ALLchalk up sth chalk sth up to sth ●ˌchalk ˈup sth (informal) to achieve a success, a victory, a score in a game, etc. 获得,赢得(成功、胜利、比赛等);写下,记录(成就、分数等)◆The team has chalked up its fifth win in a row. 该队已连赢五场比赛。◆This week Dee Brothers chalked up 100 years of business in this town. 本周迪伊兄弟公司在本城开业已经 100 年了。OBJ success, victory, win NOTE When the object of chalk up is a noun, it comes after up, but when the object is a pronoun, it comes between chalk and up * chalk up 的宾语如果是名词,应置于 up 之后;但如果是代词,应置于 chalk 和 up 之间◆She keeps on chalking them up. 她不断取得成功。[v + adv + n] [v + pron + adv]
●chalk one ˈup for sb (NAmE) used to show admiration or praise because sb has won sth (表示钦佩或赞扬)为…记上一功◆Chalk one up for the little guy. The city agreed today to pay 25 homeless people $80 000 to settle a lawsuit alleging police harassment. 这多亏了那个小家伙。今天市里同意向 25 名无家可归的人支付 8 万元,以了结一桩指控警察骚扰的诉讼。●ˌchalk sth ˈup to sth (informal) to think that sth happens as a result of sth else 把…归因于◆We can chalk our recent victories up to a lot of luck. 我们可以把近期的胜利归功于运气好。◆When the goal was disallowed they chalked it up to a bad referee decision. 进球被判无效,他们认为这纯属裁判错判。SYN attribute sth to sth (formal), put sth down to sth[v + n/pron + adv + prep]
●chalk it up to exˈperience (informal, especially NAmE) used to say that you can learn from sth bad that has happened to you 引以为戒;吃一堑,长一智 |