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N-COUNT
末梢;尖端;頂端
The tip of something long and narrow is the end of it.
例句
The sleeves covered his hands to the tips of his fingers...
袖子遮住了他的手，一直蓋到指尖。
She poked and shifted things with the tip of her walking stick...
她用手杖尖翻撥挪動東西。
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V-ERG
(使)傾斜;(使)斜側
If you tip an object or part of your body or if it tips, it moves into a sloping position with one end or side higher than the other.
例句
He leaned away from her, and she had to tip her head back to see him...
他傾著身子避開她，她不得不把頭向后歪著看他。
A young boy is standing on a stool, reaching for a cookie jar, and the stool is about to tip...
一個小男孩正站在凳子上，伸手夠一個曲奇罐子，凳子眼看就要歪了。
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VERB
傾倒;倒出
If you tip something somewhere, you pour it there.
例句
Tip the vegetables into a bowl...
把蔬菜倒進碗里。
She took out the plate, stared blankly at the dried-up food on it, and tipped it into the bin…
她拿出盤子，茫然地望著上面已經干掉的食物，然后把它倒進了垃圾桶。
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VERB
扔掉,倒掉(垃圾)
To tip rubbish means to get rid of it by leaving it somewhere.
例句
...the costs of tipping rubbish in landfills...
在廢棄物填埋場傾倒垃圾的成本
How do you stop people tipping?...
你怎樣阻止人們亂倒垃圾呢？
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N-COUNT
垃圾場
A tip is a place where rubbish is left.
例句
Officers had found a large bread knife on the rubbish tip…
警察在垃圾場發現了一把很大的面包刀。
I took a load of rubbish and grass cuttings to the tip.
我把一堆垃圾與修剪下的碎草運到了垃圾場。
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N-COUNT
臟亂的場所
If you describe a place as a tip, you mean it is very untidy.
例句
The flat is an absolute tip.
這套公寓簡直就是個垃圾場。
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VERB
給…小費
If you tip someone such as a waiter in a restaurant, you give them some money in order to thank them for their services.
例句
Do you really think it's customary to tip the waiters?...
你真的認為給侍者小費是約定俗成的嗎？
She tipped the barmen 10 dollars and bought drinks all round.
她給了吧臺服務員 10 美元小費，還請在場的所有人喝了酒。
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N-COUNT
小費
If you give a tip to someone such as a waiter in a restaurant, you give them some money to thank them for their services.
例句
I gave the barber a tip...
我給了理發師小費。
The Head Porter was keeping all the tips.
行李員領班扣留了所有人的小費。
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N-COUNT
訣竅;忠告;指導
A tip is a useful piece of advice.
例句
It shows how to prepare a CV, and gives tips on applying for jobs.
它說明了如何準備簡歷，并就如何申請職位提了些建議。
…tips for busy managers…
給繁忙的經理們的忠告
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VERB
認定…會(做某事或獲得成功)
If a person is tipped to do something or is tipped for success at something, experts or journalists believe that they will do that thing or achieve that success.
例句
He is tipped to be the country's next foreign minister...
他被認定會成為該國下一任外交部長。
He was widely tipped for success.
大家都認定他會成功。
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N-COUNT
(對賽馬、比賽結果的)預測，內幕消息
Someone's tip for a race or competition is their advice on its likely result, especially to someone who wants to bet money on the result.
例句
I've a tip for the races…
我有一條關于賽馬比賽的內部消息。
United are still my tip for the Title.
我仍然認定聯隊會奪冠。
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PHRASE
(事物的)端倪，表面一小部分，冰山一角
If you say that a problem is the tip of the iceberg, you mean that it is one small part of a much larger problem.
例句
Unless we're all a lot more careful, the people who have died so far will be just the tip of the iceberg.
除非我們都加倍小心，否則死者的人數會比現在多得多。
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PHRASE
使占優勢
If something tips the scales or tips the balance, it gives someone a slight advantage.
例句
Today's slightly shorter race could well help to tip the scales in his favour...
今天距離稍短的賽跑可能會對他占據優勢大有助益。
If the trial were evenly poised the newspapers might tip the balance against them.
如果選拔賽雙方打平，報界可能會使形勢朝著不利于他們的方向傾斜。
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PHRASE
話到嘴邊(卻沒說出來)
If a comment or question is on the tip of your tongue, you really want to say it or ask it, but you decide not to say it.
例句
It was on the tip of Mahoney's tongue to say the boss was out...
馬奧尼想說老板出去了，話到嘴邊卻沒說出口。
A sarcastic remark was on the tip of her tongue.
挖苦的話到了她嘴邊卻沒說出來。