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Our car was useless for want of petrol.是什么意思？

Our car was useless for want of petrol.

由于缺少汽油, 我们的汽车派不上用场。

相关词汇
our car was useless for want of petrol

our

pron. 我们的，we的所有格形式，<口>我们家，敝；
例句
Roland was taken aback by our strength of feeling...
我们反应如此强烈，令罗兰大吃一惊。

car

n. 汽车，车厢，轿车；
例句
His car was held up and he was abducted by four gunmen...
他的车遭遇拦劫，随后他被4名持枪歹徒劫持。

was

v. 用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质（ be的过去式 ），在，存在，不受干扰；
例句
There was a terrible sadness in her eyes...
她眼神中流露出深深的悲伤。

useless

adj. 无用的，无效的，无价值的，差劲的，不怎么样的；
例句
The camel's feet, well adapted for dry sand, are useless on mud.
骆驼的蹄子虽然非常适合于在干沙上行走，碰到泥泞时却无计可施。

for

prep. 为，为了，倾向于，关于，当作；conj. 因为，由于；
例句
I've come looking for a bit of advice.
我特来讨教。

want

v. 想要，希望，打算，需要…在场；n. 需要的东西，缺少，贫穷；
例句
I want to be honest, honest above everything else.
我想要做到诚实，一切以诚实为上。

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；
例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

petrol

n. 汽油；
例句
The crowds became violent and threw petrol bombs at the police...
人群变得狂暴起来，并向警察投掷汽油弹。
热门例句
...the spiralling vortex airflow that slows the plane.
使飞机减速的螺旋形气流涡旋
You just go on ahead. I'll come by later...
你只管先往前走。我随后就来。
He sat there while I made the case for his dismissal...
他坐在那儿，听我陈述解雇他的理由。
For further information, please contact 414 3925, extension 2253.
详情请致电414 3925,转分机2253。
This decree obliges unions to delay strikes.
该法令迫使工会推迟罢工。
He would be able to flash a roll of greenbacks too some day.
真的,他要在这些要人名流现在吃饭的地方吃饭.
I am a dark, self - destructive, happiness - doubting, unforgivable man.
我是个阴郁, 自我 毁灭, 怀疑快乐, 不可饶恕的人.
He lived on an invalidity pension which came as a weekly giro.
他靠每周领取的作为病残养老金的直接转账救济支票过日子。
All the antiques have been authenticated and recorded.
所有的古董都已经过鉴别并进行记录。
You're joking. Are you serious?...
你准是在开玩笑。你是认真的吗？
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a smattering of French
懂一点法文
This kind of teapot is very expensive.
这种茶壶相当贵。
The wind tangled her hair.
风吹乱了她的头发。
miscellaneous odds and ends
零碎杂物
The company insisted that he had a complete physical.
该公司坚持要他做全面的体格检查。
The shelf contained a pell-mell assortment of English novels.
那书架上有一批杂乱的英国小说。
Watch out that you don't get them into trouble.
当心, 别让他们碰到麻烦。
He assumed command of the Eighth Army.
他统率着第八军。
A bright moving object appeared in the sky at sunset.
日落西山时,天空出现了一个移动的发亮物体。
The boy banded the dog's neck with a yellow string.
男孩把一条黄绳绑在狗脖子上。