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英语单词“burn the midnight oil”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

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单词 burn the midnight oil 释义

burn the midnight oil

idiomC2toworklate into thenight工作到深夜;熬夜工作
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(Definition ofburn the midnight oilfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • A short while back he was ever poring over the written page and burning the midnight oil.
  • Do you write best in the morning or do you burn the midnight oil?
  • How shall we sit up late at night, burning the midnight oil of study, and yet rise with the dawn, strong from sweet sleep, to guide the plough?
  • I hate study, and I will not spoil my looks by burning the midnight oil.
  • Then in radiant secrecy Louisa burned the midnight oil and prepared the little book for the press.
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