leaven
英[ˈlev(ə)n]
美[ˈlɛvən]
- 在…中加入轻松、活泼或变更的因素
词态变化
复数: leavens;第三人称单数: leavens;过去式: leavened;过去分词: leavened;现在分词: leavening;
双语例句
- 1. A few jokes add leaven to a boring speech.
- 几句笑话可给枯燥无味的演讲增添活跃的气氛。
- 2. He found congenial officers who knew how to leaven war's rigours with riotous enjoyment.
- 他找到了懂得用狂欢来冲淡战争的严酷的志趣相投的军官。
- 3. The leaven of reform was working.
- 改革的影响力在起作用.
- 4. You are the leaven which binds together the entire fabric of our national system of defence.
- 你们是构成我国整个国防系统的最重要要素.
- 5. These men have been the leaven in the lump of the race.
- 如果说这个种族是块面团,这些人便是发酵剂.