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頸;脖子
Your neck is the part of your body which joins your head to the rest of your body.
例句
She threw her arms round his neck and hugged him warmly...
她伸出雙臂摟住他的脖子，熱情地擁抱他。
He was short and stocky, and had a thick neck.
他矮壯結實，脖子很粗。
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衣領;領口
The neck of an article of clothing such as a shirt, dress, or sweater is the part which surrounds your neck.
例句
...the low, ruffled neck of her blouse...
她的打褶低胸的襯衫領口
He wore a blue shirt open at the neck.
他穿了件藍襯衫，領口敞開著。
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(瓶子、吉他等的)頸狀部位，細長部分，頸部
The neck of something such as a bottle or a guitar is the long narrow part at one end of it.
例句
Catherine gripped the broken neck of the bottle.
凱瑟琳緊握著破裂的瓶頸。
...cancer of the neck of the womb.
宮頸癌
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V-RECIP
摟著脖子親吻;相擁而吻
If two people are necking, they are kissing each other in a sexual way.
例句
They sat talking and necking in the car for another ten minutes...
他們在車里又坐了10分鐘，邊說邊摟著親熱。
I found myself behind a curtain, necking with my best friend's wife.
我意識到自己在簾子后面吻著至友的妻子。
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N-SING
(賽馬)以微弱優勢(獲勝)，險(勝)
If a horse wins a race by a neck, it wins by a very small distance.
例句
Cee En Cee went on to win by a neck from Leigh Crofter.
西恩西再次以微弱優勢戰勝莉·克羅夫特。
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PHRASE
密切監視;緊緊盯住
If you say that someone is breathing down your neck, you mean that they are watching you very closely and checking everything you do.
例句
Most farmers have bank managers breathing down their necks.
大部分農場主的一舉一動都受到銀行經理們的密切關注。
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PHRASE
(尤指選舉中)并駕齊驅，難分高低
In a competition, especially an election, if two or more competitors are neck and neck, they are level with each other and have an equal chance of winning.
例句
The latest polls indicate that the two main parties are neck and neck...
最近的一次民意測驗顯示兩個主要政黨難分高下。
The party is running neck-and-neck with Labour.
該黨和工黨目前是旗鼓相當。
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PHRASE
(常指為實現某事)冒險
If you say that someone is risking their neck, you mean they are doing something very dangerous, often in order to achieve something.
例句
I won't have him risking his neck on that motorcycle.
我不會讓他冒險騎那輛摩托車。
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PHRASE
保全(某人的工作或聲譽)
To save someone's neck means to prevent them from losing their job or harming their reputation.
例句
He had enough friends in the right places to save his neck and cover up for him...
他有很多朋友能保全他，幫他打掩護。
He said the President was making a last ditch attempt to save his own neck.
他說總統正在作最后的努力，希望保住自己的聲譽。
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PHRASE
擔風險;找麻煩;惹禍
If you stick your neck out, you bravely say or do something that might be criticized or might turn out to be wrong.
例句
During my political life I've earned myself a reputation as someone who'll stick his neck out, a bit of a rebel.
我在政治生涯中敢冒風險、有點叛逆是小有名氣的。
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PHRASE
擔負;纏住
If you say that you have something round your neck or around your neck, you mean that it is your responsibility and it causes you a lot of worry.
例句
No-one should start working life with a debt round their neck...
任何人都不該身背債務開始工作生涯。
It's a legacy which will hang around the country's neck for some time to come.
這項遺留問題在未來的一段時間內仍將困擾這個國家。
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PHRASE
深深陷入，被卷入(麻煩、罪行等)
If you say that someone is in some sort of trouble or criminal activity up to their neck, you mean that they are deeply involved in it.
例句
The black market was flourishing, everybody was corrupt, in it up to their necks...
黑市繁榮，每個人都已墮落，深陷其中。
He is probably up to his neck in debt.
他很有可能債務纏身。
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PHRASE
地段;附近地區
Someone or something that is from your neck of the woods is from the same part of the country as you are.
例句
It's so good to see you. What brings you to this neck of the woods?
見到你真高興，哪陣風把你吹來了？