【ajar】 - SAT备考词汇

ajar

UK:  [ə'dʒɑː(r)]

US:  [ə'dʒɑr]

adv.

1.不协调

2.(门)微开,半开

3.微掩着,半掩着

4.半开着

adj.

1.〔常用作表语〕

2.不协调;半开的

1 . After some minutes the door was sufficiently ajar for her to slip out.
过了几分钟门终于拉成半开，她得以通过了。

2 . The door was ajar . Mourngrym peered in cautiously, hand going to his sword hilt out of long habit.
门是半开着的，莫恩格林小心地凝视着，手习惯性地向剑柄伸去。

3 . With the door ajar , Kupchak peeked in. West was seated at his desk in the dark, staring straight ahead, eyes bloodshot.
门是微开着的，库普切克轻瞥了一眼，韦斯特在黑暗中坐在他的桌子上，充满血丝的眼睛呆呆的看着前方。

4 . The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. - E.
Dickinson心灵应该永远保持张开的姿态，准备迎接令人心醉的体验。

5 . America's pledge to negotiate further on this issue may have seemed more credible because the door is now ajar for Virgin America.
由于大门现在已经向维珍美国敞开，美国在就此问题进一步磋商中的担保似乎更加可靠了。