hand-me-down

• adj. 传下来的；现成而价廉质次的
• n. 传下来的东西；现成的廉价衣服

比喻用法。

hand-me-down (adj.)

1826, from the verbal phrase; see hand (v.). As a noun from 1874.

1. He was hand-picked for this job by the Admiral.

他是由海军上将精心挑选出来担任这项工作的。

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2. Without warning, Bardo smacked his fist into his open hand.

巴多没有任何预兆地一拳砸在自己摊开的手掌上.

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3. All this, needless to say, had been culled second-hand from radio reports.

不用说，所有这些都是从电台报道中采集来的二手材料。

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4. They would like to hand over their financial affairs to another body.

他们想把自己的财务移交给另一个机构管理。

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5. Sylvia, camera in hand, asked, "Where do we go first?"

西尔维娅手里拿着相机问道：“我们先去哪里？”

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