neutral
adj
1
(a) not supporting or helping either side in a dispute, contest,war, etc; impartial 中立的; 不偏不倚的; 公平的
a neutral country, judge, assessment 中立国、 公正的法官、 公正的评价
be/remain neutral 保持中立.
(b) of a country that remains neutral in war 中立国的
neutral territory, ships, etc 中立国的领土、 船只等.
2
(a) having no distinct or positive qualities 无明显特性的
He is rather a neutral character, ie has no obvious virtues or faults. 他品性平平.
(b) (of colours) not strong or vivid, eg grey or fawn (指颜色)不鲜艳的(如灰色或浅黄褐色)
A neutral tie can be worn with a shirt of any colour. 暗灰色的领带配什麽颜色的衬衣都行.
3 (of a gear) in which the engine is not connected with the parts driven by it (指汽车的排挡)空挡的
leave a car in neutral gear 让汽车排挡置於空挡位置
Put the gear lever in the neutral position. 把变速杆推到空挡的位置.
4 (chemistry 化) neither acid nor alkaline 中性的. neutral, n
1 [C] person, country, etc that is neutral 中立的人、 国家等.
2 [U] neutral(3) position of the gears 空挡位置
slip (the gears) into neutral 把(排挡)推到空挡位置
The car's in neutral. 那汽车在空挡位置.
Carl, what does quake mean, as in the word earthquake?
卡尔,earthquake这个词中的“quake”是什么意思?
Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to your house and borrowed a necklace of yours? Pierre, my husband, was working in a government office. We'd been invited to a ball at the palace so I needed to borrow some jewellery.