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小圆点;斑点
Spots are small, round, coloured areas on a surface.
例句
The leaves have yellow areas on the top and underneath are powdery orange spots...
叶子的表面有黄色斑块，背面则有桔色粉状圆点。
The swimsuit comes in navy with white spots or blue with green spots.
这款泳衣有藏青色带白色圆点的，也有蓝色带绿色圆点的。
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(皮肤上的)小肿块，斑点
Spots on a person's skin are small lumps or marks.
例句
Never squeeze blackheads, spots or pimples.
千万不要挤黑头、小肿块或粉刺。
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(液体的)滴，点
A spot of a liquid is a small amount of it.
例句
Spots of rain had begun to fall...
雨点开始落下来了。
Secure with a few spots of glue.
用几滴胶水粘住。
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少量;少许
If you have a spot of something, you have a small amount of it.
例句
Mr Brooke is undoubtedly in a spot of bother...
布鲁克先生肯定遇到了点小麻烦。
A year or two ago I found myself indulging in a spot of yachting in Finnish waters...
一两年前，我有一阵子曾迷上了在芬兰海域中进行帆船运动。
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地点;处所
You can refer to a particular place as a spot .
例句
They stayed at several of the island's top tourist spots...
他们在岛上最著名的几处旅游景点作了停留。
They all stood there staring, as if frozen to the spot.
他们都站在那儿发愣，就像被冻在那里似的。
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(电视、广播节目的)固定时段
A spot in a television or radio show is a part of it that is regularly reserved for a particular performer or type of entertainment.
例句
Unsuccessful at screen writing, he got a spot on a CNN film show.
写电影剧本未获成功后，他在美国有线新闻网的一档电影节目中争取到了一个固定时段。
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VERB
看到;发现;认出
If you spot something or someone, you notice them.
例句
Vicenzo failed to spot the error...
维森佐未能发现该错误。
He left the party seconds before smoke was spotted coming up the stairs.
就在他离开聚会几秒钟后有人发现烟雾顺着楼梯冒上来了。
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PHRASE
在现场
If you are on the spot, you are at the actual place where something is happening.
例句
...areas where troops are on the spot and protecting civilians...
有部队在现场保护平民的地区
Mr Connolly is their 'man on the spot' and the person you can call if you have a complaint.
康诺利先生是他们的“现场代表”，要投诉可以和他联系。
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PHRASE
立即;当场
If you do something on the spot, you do it immediately.
例句
James was called to see the producer and got the job on the spot...
詹姆斯被叫去见制片人，当场就得到了那份工作。
The surveyor will use a laptop computer to give on the spot advice.
检测员会用一台手提电脑当场给出意见。
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PHRASE
使…陷入困境;使…为难
If you put someone on the spot, you cause them to have to answer a difficult question or make a difficult decision.
例句
He put me on the spot a bit because he invited me right in front of his mum and I didn't particularly want to go...
他让我有点难堪，因为他当着他母亲的面邀请我，而我又不太想去。
Even clever people are not terribly clever when put on the spot.
即便是聪明人在面对难题时也未必就能表现得特别聪明。
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处于困境
If you are in a tight spot, you are in a difficult situation.
例句
In a tight spot there is no one I would sooner see than Frank.
有麻烦时，我会首先去找弗兰克。