| 单词 | sting |
| 释义 | sting sting // verb, noun
■ verb (stung, stung //) [+ obj] ( 1 to charge sb more money than expected: We changed shipping companies after we got stung for a large bill. 2 to make sb lose money: Shareholders were stung by a sudden collapse in the share price. ■ noun 1 [sing.] something that causes an unpleasant feeling or effect: News of the large order took the sting out of the poor sales figures. 2 [C] (especially AmE) a carefully planned secret plan that involves deceiving sb: The sting operation resulted in twenty people being charged with pirating software. |
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