apple
n
1
(a) round fruit with firm juicy flesh and green, red or yellow skin when ripe 苹果
[attrib 作定语]
an apple pie 苹果馅饼
apple sauce 苹果酱. =>illus at fruit 见fruit之插图.
(b) (also `apple tree) tree bearing this fruit 苹果树.
2 (idm 习语) an/the ,apple of `discord (fml 文) cause of an argument or a quarrel 争端; 祸根. the ,apple of sb's `eye person or thing that is loved more than any other 心爱的人或物; 掌上明珠
She is the apple of her father's eye. 她是父亲的掌上明珠. in ,apple-pie `order very neatly arranged 井然有序.
A good, satisfying job can be the product of years of education.
一个理想而令人满意的工作,是在接受几年的教育之下才能获得的。
I have got some wonderful news to tell you. I have been offered a scholarship at a university in Australia for my further education. One hundred and twenty-five students took exams for it, and I was one of the five to be chosen. However, my parents are tr