英:[di:p sɪks]
美:[dip sɪks]
英:[di:p sɪks]
美:[dip sɪks]
deep-sixes, deep-sixing, deep-sixed
verb
transitive verb
to get rid of : discard, eliminate
legislators voting to deep-six a government program
slang to throw overboard
noun
a place of disposal or abandonment—used especially in the phrase give it the deep six
Noun from the leadsman's call by the deep six for a depth corresponding to the sixth deep on a sounding line
The first known use of deep-six was in 1922
1 deep-sixed the documents with the incriminating evidence
2 Will the current climate of contention, controversy and general bad vibes from both sides of the Middle East divide crash the parties and deep-six the celebrations for a truly outstanding year of cinema and small-screen achievements?
3 Plans to build a new mall were deep-sixed after protests from local residents.
修建新室内购物中心的计划由于当地居民反对而搁浅。
4 I'd simply like to deep-six this whole project.
我简直想把整个项目都扔进垃圾堆。
5 One language expert says that deep six is the bottom of the ocean.
一个语言专家说,deepsix是海洋的底部.
6 The agency gave my suggestions the deep six.
经销处对我的建议置之不理.
7 The boy went swimming in the deep lake regardless of his mother's fears for his safety.
那个男孩不顾母亲对他安全的担扰,跑到深湖中游泳。
1 毁灭
ravage end death ruin doom annihilation undoing ruination destroy consume undo devastate perish annihilate fordo
2 抛弃
abandonment desert abandon dump scrap discard ditch chuck forsake unlearn jilt chuck away chuck out throw overboard get out of give up throw away walk out cast aside walk out on turn your back on slough off resignation slough renunciation repudiation heave-ho dingo dice leave foot throw cast reject shed resign sling cashier remit renounce forgo desolate jettison shuffle off fling up be cast away turn from fling away fling off
3 丢弃
waste leave abandon dump bin trash junk discard ditch chuck divest jettison chuck away chuck out on the scrapheap get rid of throw away cast aside
4 放弃
surrender abandonment cession abnegation drop bag reverse yield desert abandon waive chuck lapse relinquish forgo jettison forswear back off from let drop bottle it throw your hand in close the book on let go get out of give up back down lay down let go of back off part with pack up pass up back down on back down from
5 摒弃