The result is a sort of high-quality, unusually rigorous coffee-table book, designed to be dipped into rather than read from beginning to end.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
After the personal-savings rate dipped to zero in 2005, the shock of the economic crisis last year prompted people to snap shut their wallets.
出自-2012年12月閱讀原文
While the school usually graduated about 90% of its whites, the graduation rate of its blacks and Latinos had dipped to 63% by 2007.
出自-2011年6月閱讀原文
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VERB
浸;蘸
If you dip something in a liquid, you put it into the liquid for a short time, so that only part of it is covered, and take it out again.
例句
They dip the food into the sauce...
他們把食物放到調味汁里蘸了蘸。
Quickly dip the base in and out of cold water.
把底部在冷水中快速地浸一下后拿出來。
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VERB
把(手)伸入
If you dip your hand into a container or dip into the container, you put your hand into it in order to take something out of it.
例句
She dipped a hand into the jar of sweets and pulled one out...
她把手伸進糖果罐，摸出了一顆糖。
Watch your fingers as you dip into the pot...
把手伸進鍋里時當心你的手指頭。
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VERB
(通常指迅速地)下降，下落，下沉
If something dips, it makes a downward movement, usually quite quickly.
例句
Blake jumped in expertly; the boat dipped slightly under his weight...
布萊克很熟練地跳上了船，他的重量使小船微微向下沉了沉。
The sun dipped below the horizon.
太陽落到了地平線下。
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VERB
陡然下降;凹下去;突然下傾
If an area of land, a road, or a path dips, it goes down quite suddenly to a lower level.
例句
The road dipped and rose again.
道路陡然沉下去又升上來。
...a path which suddenly dips down into a tunnel.
突然下降進入一條隧道的小路
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VERB
給(羊等家畜)洗藥浴
When farmers dip sheep or other farm animals, they put them into a container of liquid with chemicals in it, in order to kill harmful insects which live on the animals' bodies.
例句
Their father was helping to dip the sheep.
他們的父親在幫忙給羊群洗藥浴。
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N-UNCOUNT
藥浴液;浸液
Dip is a liquid with chemicals in it which animals or objects can be dipped in to disinfect or clean them.
例句
...sheep dip.
羊群用的藥浴液
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VERB
(數量或水平，通常短暫地)下降，下跌，減少
If the amount or level of something dips, it becomes smaller or lower, usually only for a short period of time.
例句
Unemployment dipped to 6.9 per cent last month...
上個月失業率降到了 6.9%。
The president became more cautious as his popularity dipped.
由于支持率有所下降，總統變得更加謹慎了。
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N-VAR
蘸醬;(蘸蔬菜或餅干吃的)調味醬，果醬
A dip is a thick creamy sauce. You dip pieces of raw vegetable or biscuits into the sauce and then eat them.
例句
Maybe we could just buy some dips.
或許我們可以只買一點兒蘸醬。
...prawns with avocado dip.
配鱷梨醬的對蝦
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N-COUNT
(短時的)游泳，泡水
If you have or take a dip, you go for a quick swim in the sea, a river, or a swimming pool.
例句
She flicked through a romantic paperback between occasional dips in the pool.
用在泳池里游一陣后歇一陣的幾個空當，她翻完了一本平裝本言情小說。
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VERB
將(汽車前燈)調為近光
If you are driving a car and dip the headlights, you operate a switch that makes them shine downwards, so that they do not shine directly into the eyes of other drivers.
例句
He dipped his headlights as they came up behind a slow-moving van...
當他們靠近一輛緩慢行駛的貨車時，他把汽車前燈調成了近光。
This picture shows the view from a car using normal dipped lights.
這幅圖片顯示的是從一輛使用正常近光燈的汽車上所看到的景色。
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VERB
瀏覽;翻看
If you dip into a book, you have a brief look at it without reading or studying it seriously.
例句
...a chance to dip into a wide selection of books on Buddhism.
博覽佛教群書的機會
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VERB
動用(款項等)
If you dip into a sum of money that you had intended to save, you use some of it to buy something or pay for something.
例句
Just when she was ready to dip into her savings, Greg hastened to her rescue.
正當她準備動用自己的存款時，格雷格趕來給她救了急。