2wish that sth terrible will happen to sb詛咒ADJECTIVE | VERB + CURSE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤ancient古老的詛咒➤evil, terrible邪惡的/惡毒的詛咒➤family家族的詛咒VERB + CURSE➤utter咒罵▸➤place, put詛咒➤break, lift, remove破咒;解除詛咒PREPOSITION➤under a curse受到詛咒而遭殃◇She thought that she must be under a curse.她認為自己肯定是受人詛咒而遭了殃。➤curse on, curse upon對⋯的詛咒◇The witch is supposed to have put a curse on the house.人們認為巫婆對這幢房子念了咒。curse
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ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤roundly狠狠咒罵▸➤loudly大聲詛咒➤aloud高聲詛咒▸➤quietly, softly, under your breath悄悄詛咒;輕聲詛咒◇He cursed under his breath as the hammer slipped.錘子滑偏,他輕輕地罵了一聲。➤inwardly, mentally, silently暗暗/心裏/默默詛咒➤angrily生氣地咒罵PREPOSITION➤for因⋯而咒罵◇I cursed her roundly for being late.因為遲到,我狠狠地罵了她。PHRASES➤curse and swear (BrE) 咒罵➤curse and shout, yell, scream, etc.喊叫着、大叫着、尖叫着等咒罵◇She was cursing and screaming at me just because I was late.僅僅因為我遲到了,她就對我尖聲咒罵。➤curse the day咒罵老天◇He was now cursing the day he ever got involved.他現在詛咒老天把他也捲了進來。➤curse your luck咒罵運氣不好◇She cursed her luck that she had had to wait for so long.她罵自己運氣不佳,得排那麼長時間的隊。