graft
翻譯
苦工, 移植, 嫁接, 貪污
例句
It was a skin graft from his own leg.
那是從他自己腿上取的植皮。
Winning the championship took years of hard graft.
贏得冠軍需要多年的苦幹。
He was accused of corruption and graft.
他被指控腐敗和貪污。
文法模式
a skin/bone graft 植皮/骨移植 He needed a skin graft after the fire.
hard graft 苦工 It takes hard graft to succeed.
graft 貪污 The politician was jailed for graft.
近義詞
Synonyms: (苦工) toil, labour; (移植) implant; (貪污) corruption
詞源
源自古法語「grafe」(尖筆),來自希臘語「graphein」(寫)。最初指嫁接植物的尖頭工具,後引申為嫁接行為本身。「苦工」的含義是後來發展的。
記憶技巧
想像將一樣東西「嫁接」到另一樣東西上——無論是皮膚、樹枝,還是為一項任務付出的額外努力。