sweat/swet/

vi

1. 出汗；流汗；发汗

• sweating heavily 大汗淋漓

• We were sweating after the long climb. 攀登了很长距离后，我们大汗淋漓。

2. 焦急万分

• We were all really sweating when we waited for the results. 等待结果的那一刻，我们都焦急万分。

3. 非正式 辛苦工作；拼命干

• For years he had sweated to keep the family fed. 数年来他拼命干活以养活这个家。

• sweat away at one's work 埋头工作

4. 表面渗出水分

• Cheese sweats in ripening. 乳酪变熟时表面有水。

vt 将…加热；蒸

词组sweat it 美口 为此担心

• Don't sweat it. 别担心。

sweat it out 忍受到最后

• They had to sweat it out until help came. 在救援到来之前，他们只好焦急地等待着。

sweat out

1. 通过排汗治好(或减轻)

• sweat out a cold 出汗治伤风

2. 忍受

• sweat out a five-year jail sentence 熬过5年徒刑

3. 焦急地期待

• He was sweating out the results of the exams. 他正焦急地等待着考试成绩的发布。

4. 勉强应付；艰苦地争取

• He sweated out the difficult test. 他勉强把艰难的测验应付过去。

• At last she sweated out a master's degree. 最后她艰难地攻下了硕士学位。