There is no question that the United States imports a great deal of energy and, in fact, relies on that steady flow to maintain its economy.
出自-2014年6月閱讀原文
When that flow is interrupted, we feel the pain in short supplies and higher prices, At the same time, we derive massive economic benefits when we buy the most affordable energy on the world market and when we engage in energy trade around the world
出自-2014年6月閱讀原文
In the next couple of years the businesses that thrive will be those that are tight with costs, careful of debt, cautious with cash flow and extremely attentive to what customers want.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
By 1973, domestic US sources of oil were peaking, and the nation was importing more of its oil, depending on a constant flow from abroad to keep cars on the road and machines running.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
Instead of protecting speech and encouraging diversity and innovative thinking, the tenure system often stifles(壓制)them: younger professors must win the approval of established colleagues for tenure, encouraging like-mindedness and sometimes inhibiting the free flow of ideas.
出自-2012年6月閱讀原文
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VERB
流動;流向
If a liquid, gas, or electrical current flows somewhere, it moves there steadily and continuously.
例句
A stream flowed gently down into the valley...
一條小溪潺潺流進山谷。
The current flows into electric motors that drive the wheels.
電流流向電機，電機帶動輪子轉動。
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VERB
(人群或事物)流動，持續移動
If a number of people or things flow from one place to another, they move there steadily in large groups, usually without stopping.
例句
Large numbers of refugees continue to flow from the troubled region into the no-man's land...
大批難民不斷從騷亂地區涌入無人地帶。
Troops would patrol major roads to ensure that traffic flows freely throughout the country.
軍隊將在主要道路巡邏以確保全國的交通通暢。
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VERB
(信息)傳播，流傳;(資金)流通
If information or money flows somewhere, it moves freely between people or organizations.
例句
A lot of this information flowed through other police departments...
大量此類信息在警察機關其他部門中流傳。
An interest rate reduction is needed to get more money flowing and create jobs.
需要下調利率來推動資金流動以及創造就業機會。
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VERB
(感情)充滿，洋溢
If an emotion flows through someone, they feel it very intensely, often so that other people notice it.
例句
In that moment a surge of hatred flowed through my blood...
那一刻，一股仇恨在我的血液中翻涌。
Waves of emotion flowed across his huge face.
他那張大臉上一時間表情千變萬化。
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VERB
源自;由…引起
If a quality or situation flows from something, it comes from it or results naturally from it.
例句
Undesirable consequences flow from these misconceptions.
這些誤解造成了不良的影響。
...the psychological effects that can flow from childhood experiences of sexual abuse.
可能由于兒時受到性侵犯而產生的心理影響
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VERB
(話語)流暢，流利
If someone's words flow, they are spoken smoothly and continuously.
例句
His words flowed more readily.
他說得更加流利了。
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VERB
(頭發或衣服)垂下，飄拂
If someone's hair or clothing flows about them, it hangs freely and loosely.
例句
...a long white dress which flowed over her body.
她身上穿的一條飄逸的白色長裙
...long black flowing hair.
飄逸的黑色長發
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VERB
充滿;滿是;到處是
If you say that something flows or that a place flows with it, you are indicating that there is a great deal of that thing in the place.
例句
The wine flowed and we danced the night away...
我們喝了很多酒，跳了一個晚上的舞。
The square was packed, and the cobbled streets flowed with coloured petals.
廣場上擠滿了人，鵝卵石鋪就的街道上滿是五顏六色的花朵。
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PHRASE
滔滔不絕;口若懸河
Someone who is in full flow is talking easily and continuously and seems likely to go on talking for some time.
例句
He had been replying for some 40 minutes already and was still in full flow.
他已經就就此問題回答了 40 分鐘左右，仍然不見有停下來的意思。
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PHRASE
(活動)如火如荼地進行;(人)全力以赴，充滿激情
If you say that an activity, or the person who is performing the activity, is in full flow, you mean that the activity has started and is being carried out with a great deal of energy and enthusiasm.
例句
Lunch at Harry's Bar was in full flow when Irene made a splendid entrance...
當艾琳光彩照人地出現在門口時，哈里酒吧的午餐會正是熱鬧非凡。
The Everton keeper needed all his courage to thwart a charging Vinny Jones in full flow.
埃弗頓的守門員需要鼓足全部勇氣才有可能抵擋住狀態正佳的維尼·瓊斯的沖鋒射門。
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PHRASE
隨波逐流;隨大流
If you go with the flow, you let things happen or let other people tell you what to do, rather than trying to control what happens yourself.
例句
There's nothing I can do about the problem, so I might as well go with the flow.
關于這個問題我無能為力，所以我不如就順其自然好了。
Noun
1. the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
2. the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
3. the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
4. any uninterrupted stream or discharge
5. something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously;
"a stream of people emptied from the terminal""the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"6. dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas;
"two streams of development run through American history""stream of consciousness""the flow of thought""the current of history"7. the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause;
"the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation""a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates"the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"--AristotleVerb
1. move or progress freely as if in a stream;
"The crowd flowed out of the stadium"2. move along, of liquids;
"Water flowed into the cave""the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"3. cause to flow;
"The artist flowed the washes on the paper"4. be abundantly present;
"The champagne flowed at the wedding"5. fall or flow in a certain way;
"This dress hangs well""Her long black hair flowed down her back"6. cover or swamp with water
7. undergo menstruation;
"She started menstruating at the age of 11"