perspiration
英 [pɜːspɪ'reɪʃ(ə)n]
美 [,pɝspə'reʃən]
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1. genius(天才) = inspiration(灵感)(1%) + perspiration(汗水)(99%) 要想人前显贵，就得人后受罪。
- perspiration (n.)
- 1610s, from French perspiration (1560s), noun of action from perspirer "perspire," from Latin perspirare "blow or breathe constantly," from per- "through" (see per) + spirare "to breathe, blow" (see spirit (n.)). Applied to excretion of invisible moistures through the skin (1620s), hence used as a euphemism for "sweat" from 1725.
- 1. During fever a large quantity of fluid is lost in perspiration.
- 发烧时，大量水分会通过排汗而丧失。
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- 2. Chantal was writhing in pain and bathed in perspiration.
- 夏恩托痛苦地翻来覆去，汗水淋淋。
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- 3. Lou was dripping with perspiration.
- 卢浑身淌汗。
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- 4. She was writhing in pain, bathed in perspiration.
- 她痛苦地扭动着，全身都汗湿了。
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- 5. His hands were wet with perspiration.
- 他双手被汗水浸湿了。
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