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shanghai

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上海(位于中国东海之滨,长江口南岸)

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shanghai为小学词汇

词形变化:

名词:shanghaier 动词过去式:shanghaied 过去分词:shanghaied 现在分词:shanghaiing 第三人称单数:shanghais

shanghai


/ʃæŋ'haɪ; ʃæŋ`haɪ/
v (pt, pp -haied / -5haId; -haId/, pres p -haiing / -5haIIN; -haIIN/)
1 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb (into doing sth) (infml 口) trick or force sb into doing sth 诱骗或强迫某人做某事
*tourists shanghaied into buying expensive fakes 被诱骗买昂贵假货的游客.2 [Tn] (sl 俚) (formerly) make (a man) unconscious with drink or drugs and take him away to be a sailor (旧时)用酒或麻醉剂使(男子)失去知觉後将其掳走当水手.

shanghai


v past tense and past participleshanghaiedpresent participleshanghaiing [T]
old-fashioned
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Shanghai; from the use of force or deception to get sailors for ships going to China]
to trick or force someone into doing something unwillingly
shanghai sb into doing sth
 I got shanghaied into organizing the kids' party.
1. Both these ships set out from Shanghai on June 18th, 1872 on an exciting race to England.
    两船于1872年6月18日同时从上海启航驶往英国,途中展开了一场激烈的比赛。

2. The weather in Shanghai is very changeable.
    上海的天气变化多样.

3. There is a Japanese consulate in Shanghai.
    上海有一处日本领事馆。

4. The Shanghai dialect is very colorful.
    上海话是丰富多彩的。

5. They live in a suburban area of Shanghai.
    他们住在上海的一个郊区。

6. Telecommunications is also a key to Shanghai's dream of becoming a top financial center.
    通信工程也是上海实现其成为一流金融中心这一梦想的关键。

7. To offer peak performance in providing the electronic data and paperless trading global investors expect, Shanghai plans telecommunications networks as powerful as those in Manhattan.
    为了能给国际投资者提供其所期望的电子数据和无纸化交易的出色服务,上海计划建设与曼哈顿的网络同样强大的远程通信网络。

8. He has taken ship for Shanghai.
    他已乘船去上海了。

9. He telegraphed from Shanghai.
    他从上海来电报。

10. My grandparents are in Shanghai.
    我祖父母在上海.

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