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was单词基本解析：

v.用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质（ be的过去式 ）; 在，存在; 不受干扰
is, am的过去式
v.用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质（ be的过去式 ）；在，存在；不受干扰；

was变化用词：

副词: warily | 形容词比较级: warier | 形容词最高级: wariest | 名词: wariness |

was英英释义：

名词 wa:

a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific

同义词：Washington, Evergreen State, WA

动词 be:

have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

同义词：be

be identical to; be someone or something

同义词：be

occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere

同义词：be

have an existence, be extant

同义词：exist, be

happen, occur, take place

同义词：be

be identical or equivalent to

同义词：equal, be

form or compose

同义词：constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be

work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function

同义词：be, follow

represent, as of a character on stage

同义词：embody, be, personify

spend or use time

同义词：be

have life, be alive

同义词：be, live

to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form

同义词：be

be priced at

同义词：cost, be

ben.a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element

同义词：berylliumgluciniumatomic number 4

v.have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)be identical to; be someone or somethingoccupy a certain position or area; be somewhere

"What is behind this behavior?"

have an existence, be extant

同义词：exist

happen, occur, take placebe identical or equivalent to

同义词：equal

form or compose

"These constitute my entire belonging"

同义词：constituterepresentmake upcomprise

work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function

同义词：follow

represent, as of a character on stage

同义词：embodypersonify

spend or use time

"I may be an hour"

have life, be alive

同义词：live

to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form

"let her be"

be priced at

同义词：cost

was中文词源：

was 是，居住，存在 来自PIE*wes,居住，存在，词源同Vesta,古罗马家神或灶神，后用做be动词单数过去式。

was用法和例句：

Insist upon good housekeeping in your laboratory. Secure all gas cylinders.

请维持实验室之整洁, 确保气体钢瓶的安全.

The fact was established after investigation.

审查属实.

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Everybody was delighted to see her.

大家见到她都很高兴.

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He was debarred from holding public office.

他被禁止担任公职.

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The monarch was ousted by a military coup.

那君主被军事政变者废黜了.

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The whole incident was recorded on film.

整个事件都记录在胶片上了.

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There was only one survivor.

仅存一人.

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Hearing that there was an emergency case, the doctor put down his chopsticks and left at once.

听说有急诊, 医生撂下筷子就走.

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I was a tired man when the long race was over.

我跑完长跑后疲乏极了.

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Her health was the forfeIt'she paid for working too hard.

她的健康的丧失是辛劳过度所致.

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The peace treaty was signed in Paris.

和约在巴黎签订.

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The conclusion of the movie was anticlimactic.

电影的结局真没劲.

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Much of the skin on her arm was abraded.

她胳膊上的大片皮肤被擦破了.

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He was grinning proudly, delighted with his achievements.

他为自己的成就感到喜悦,自豪地咧着嘴笑.

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He was not always truthful.

他并非总是说真话.

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The audience was fascinated by their superb performance.

他们的精彩表演使观众看得入了迷.

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Full amends was made.

作了全部赔偿.

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The audience was captivated by her performance.

观众们被她的表演吸引住了.

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The house had been ransacked of all that was worth anything.

屋子里所有值钱的东西都被抢去了.

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He was a crafty old thing.

他是一个诡计多端的家伙.

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She was a scholarly woman who had specialized in Italian literature at university.

她是个学问精深的女人,她在大学里读的专业是意大利文学.

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She was put in a fluster by the unexpected guests.

不速之客的到来弄得她很慌张.

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The king was attended upon [ on ] by a number of servants.

国王有好多奴仆侍候.

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The time appointed for the meeting was ten o'clock.

约定的开会时间是十点.

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He was carried away by his enthusiasm.

热情使他的头脑不够冷静.

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Agriculture was awfully neglected in the past.

过去农业遭到严重忽视.

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The moon was covered by the dark clouds.

月亮被乌云遮蔽了.

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The car ran over the child, but by a miracle, he was unhurt.

汽车压着了这个小孩, 但他却没有受伤,真是奇迹.

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In the Middle Ages, a favourite punishment was to gouge out a prisoner's eyes.

在中世纪, 惩罚犯人最常用的办法是剜眼睛.

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The condition of her family was not improving.

她的家境仍无转机.

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A small boy was beating out a tune on a tin can.

一个小男孩正用铁皮罐敲奏出曲子来。

On hearing the soft footsteps outside her room, she was seized with panic.

一听到门外有轻轻的脚步声，她惊慌失措。

After a day at the races I was left stony broke.

一天赛马会下来，我一贫如洗。

From the outset it was clear that be was guilty.

一开始就已清楚，他是有罪的。

A creeper was entwined round the pillar.

一根攀缘植物缠绕在柱子上。

The wind was whispering in the trees.

一阵风穿过树林沙沙作响。

Somehow he was irritated by the smoothness of the salesman.

不知为什麽这个推销员的圆滑使他恼怒。

He was known to be a young man with lofty ideals.

人们都知道他是一个有抱负的青年。

The sea was choppy today because of the windstorm.

今天起了风暴，海上波涛汹涌。

He was disobedient to his mother.

他不听他母亲的话。

He was unaware that she was such a good pianist.

他不知道她是如此好的钢琴演奏者。

He fell down the stairs and was all black and blue.

他从楼梯跌下而青一块紫一块了。

He was compulsorily retired as incompetent.

他以无能为由而被迫退休。

He was in black from crew to earing.

他全身上下都穿着黑衣服。

He was born in the palmy days of peace.

他出生于和平的兴盛时期。

He was hostile to any change in our plan.

他反对我们计划中的任何改变。

He was fretting with impatience.

他因不耐烦而烦躁不安。

He was had up for dangerous driving.

他因危险驾驶而被控告。

He was sharply reprimanded for his negligence.

他因玩忽职责而受到严厉的申斥。

He was captured trying to escape from the country.

他在企图逃离这个国家时被捕获。

He gave in when he was threatened with torture.

他在受到严刑威胁时投降了。

In dealing with the problem he was cautious to an extreme.

他在处理这个问题时谨慎得过分了。

He claimed that the newspaper report was a libel.

他声称报纸上的报导是一种诽谤。

He was enthusing about his new pocket cassette recorder.

他对自己的新袖珍录音机爱不释手。

He was dismayed at his lack of understanding.

他对自已的无知感到沮丧。

He worked very fast, insomuch that he was through in an hour.

他工作得很快，一小时内便做完了。

Nothing was left for him to hang on to.

他已经没有什么东西可以指靠的了。

He was not a man to sit down with affront.

他并不是一个可以忍受当众侮辱的人。

He was elected chairman of the education committee.

他当选为教育委员会主任委员。

He agreed that he was wrong with a good grace.

他很大方地承认自己错了。

He was given a job commensurate with his abilities.

他得到一份与他能力相称的工作。

He was anxious to show himself patriot.

他急于表明自己是个爱国者。

He was the tough guy, the big shot, who gave orders with the crack of a whip.

他是个威风凛凛发号施令的强悍的家伙，是个大人物。

He was a dishonor to his regiment.

他是那个团的耻辱。

He was consuming his final libation.

他正在喝着他的最后一杯酒。

He was giving the pictures a few finishing touches.

他正在给他的画作最后的修饰。

He was fawning on a damsel with soft words.

他正用甜言蜜语向一位女郞献殷勤。

He was now in the measures of Lewis XIV.

他此刻正与路易十四共商大计。

He was destined to plod the path of toil.

他注定要在艰辛的道路上跋涉。

He was so ill that two nurses attended on him.

他病得那样重，有两个护士照顾他。

His son was indentured to the local blacksmith.

他的儿子拜当地的铁匠为师签订了师徒合同。

His wife was a constant inspiration to him.

他的妻子经常鼓励他。

His disease was complicated by pneumonia.

他的病因肺炎并发症而变得更严重。

His illness was more serious than the doctor first thought.

他的病较医生原来以为的更严重。

His guilt was proved up to the hilt.

他的罪行被完全证实了。

His Achilles' heel was his pride.

他的致命伤就是骄傲自大。

His honesty was called into question.

他的诚实受到了怀疑。

His talk was evocative of the bygone days.

他的谈话令人回忆起往昔的时日。

His modesty [air of joviality] was all put on.

他的谦逊[愉快的样子]都是装出来的。

He glimpsed at my new watch and said it was a good bargain.

他看了一眼我的新表，说买得很上算。

He was led astray by a hooligan.

他被一个流氓引上了邪路。

He was trapped in a burning house.

他被困在正在燃烧的房屋里。

He was expelled from the school.

他被学校开除了。

He left his job largely because he was homesick.

他辞职不干主要是因为他想家。

I was paging through a magazine when he came in.

他进来时我在翻阅一本杂志。

It was unfair that Ivan answered for my mischief.

伊凡为我的胡闹去受惩罚是不公平的。

It was dishonest of you not to say so.

你没有这样说是不诚实的。

It was very thoughtless of you to keep her waiting so long.

你让她等那么久也太不体谅人了。

It was tasteless of you to say that.

你说那种话真是庸俗。

The army was demoralized by defeat.

军队因战败而士气消沉。

The doctor was very thorough in his examination of the sick child.

医生对生病的孩子进行了仔细的检查。

It was hard work getting the children off to bed.

哄孩子们去睡可不是容易的事。

Donald was smarting under an injustice.

唐纳德因受冤屈感到极为痛苦。

The king was burned in effigy by the angry mob.

国王的模拟像被愤怒的民众烧掉以泄心中的愤恨。

The king was shorn of his power by his nobles.

国王被手下的贵族们剥夺了权力。

The crown of St Wenceslas was in prague cathedral.

圣文萨斯雷的皇冠保存在布拉格大教堂。

The ground was covered with ferns.

地面上长满了羊齿植物。

The kettle was boiling away merrily on the fire.

壶水烧开了咕嘟咕嘟地滚泡。

The astronaut accepted danger was part of the job.

太空人承认他们的工作中包含著危险。

The queen was gracious enough to invite us.

女王亲切地邀请了我们。

She was sick at the sight of the blood.

她一见到血就感到恶心。

She was like a narcissus trembling in the wind.

她像一株在风中摇动的水仙。

She was in league with her mother to embarrass me.

她和她母亲联合起来叫我下不了台。

Her speech in Parliament was falsified by the newspapers.

她在议会里的发言被报纸歪曲了。

She didn't attend to what I was saying.

她对我所说的话未加注意。

She led him into believing that she was unmarried.

她巧妙地使他相信她仍小姑独处。

She dolled herself up as though she was a girl of eighteen.

她打扮得花枝招展，好像是个十八岁的姑娘似的。

She was trying hard to disgorge a fish bone.

她拚命想把鱼刺吐出来。

She was one of the rather clever girls I met.

她是我所看见的相当聪明的女孩中的一个。

She was on the verge of telling all the secret.

她正想把全部的秘密讲给我听。

He was fined 200 dollars.
他被罚款200美元。

I think your last argument was a diversion to make us forget the main point.
我认为你最后的那个论点是在转移目标，以便我们忘掉要点。

Joan of Arc was made a saint in 1920.
1920年，贞德被追封为圣女。

The girl charged with murder was said to be mad and unfit to plead.
据说那个被指控谋杀的女孩是疯子，不能为自己申辩。

I didn't know he was the richest person in the world.
我不知道他是世界上最有钱的人。

He lived in California until he was twenty.
他在加里弗尼亚一直住到20岁。

That's just what I was thinking.
我也是这么想的。

His behavior was, in a word, shocking.
总之，他的行为是令人震惊的。

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