| 词汇 | jolt |
| 释义 | jolt verb uk /dʒəʊlt/ us /dʒoʊlt/ joltverb (MOVE SUDDENLY)[ I or T, usually+ adv/prep ] to (cause something or someone to) move suddenly and violently: （使）震动，（使）猛然摇动 The train stopped unexpectedly and we were jolted forwards.火车突然停住了，我们都猛地向前晃了一下。 The truck jolted along the rough track through the field.卡车沿着田野里崎岖的小路颠簸前行。 Making short, sudden movements aquiver choppily choppiness convulse convulsion flick jar jerk jerkily jerkiness jerky quake quiver shaky shook shudder squirm toss tremulous whip joltverb (SHOCK)[ T ] to shock someone in order to change their behaviour or way of thinking: 使震惊 The charity used photos of starving children in an attempt to jolt the public conscience (= make people feel guilty and take action).慈善机构用饥饿儿童的照片来触动公众的良知。 jolt someone into/out of something to give someone a sudden shock that forces them to act: 使（某人）受到震惊（而采取行动）；使（某人）从…中觉醒 The news about Sam's illness jolted her into action.萨姆生病的消息使她猛醒，开始采取行动。 Making people sad, shocked and upset aback amiss appal be laughing on the other side of your faceidiom bite bum gnaw haunt heartbreaker heartbreakingly hit/touch a (raw) nerveidiom nerve self-laceration sensitivity shake someone out of something shake someone up shake/rock something to its foundationsidiom shattering tear toxic jolt noun[ C ] uk /dʒəʊlt/ us /dʒoʊlt/ joltnoun[C] (MOVEMENT)a sudden violent movement: 震动，剧烈晃动;颠簸 As the plane touched the ground, there was a massive jolt and we were thrown forwards.飞机着陆时剧烈震动，我们被猛地甩向前方。 I woke up with a jolt as I thought I heard my bedroom door being pushed open.我好像听到自己卧室的门被推开，猛地惊醒了。 Making short, sudden movements aquiver choppily choppiness convulse convulsion flick jar jerk jerkily jerkiness jerky quake quiver shaky shook shudder squirm toss tremulous whip joltnoun[C] (SHOCK)an unpleasant shock or surprise: 震惊，惊讶 His self-confidence took a sudden jolt with the news that he had not been selected.他未被选中的消息使他的自信心遭受意外打击。 Making people sad, shocked and upset aback amiss appal be laughing on the other side of your faceidiom bite bum gnaw haunt heartbreaker heartbreakingly hit/touch a (raw) nerveidiom nerve self-laceration sensitivity shake someone out of something shake someone up shake/rock something to its foundationsidiom shattering tear toxic jolt | American Dictionaryjolt verb[ T ] us/dʒoʊlt/ to cause something or someone to move suddenly and violently, or to surprise someone in an unpleasant way: I was jolted out of bed by the earthquake. He was jolted by the sight of bodies lying in the lobby. jolt noun[ C ] us/dʒoʊlt/ a sudden, violent movement or force, or a large and unpleasant surprise: jolts of electricity She bumped into him, and the jolt sent his books to the ground. Jack realized with a jolt of fear that he was helpless. jolt | Business Englishjolt noun[ C ] uk /dʒəʊlt/us an unexpected event that makes prices, levels of activity, etc. change suddenly: a jolt to sthFollowing the jolt to markets caused by fears about higher inflation, traders remain cautious. get/receive/suffer a jolt jolt verb[ T ] uk /dʒəʊlt/us to make prices, levels of activity, etc. change suddenly: Rising oil prices and the continued slump in the housing market combined to jolt consumer confidence. be jolted by sthGlobal markets have been jolted by the half point rise in US interest rates. Examples of joltjolt The performance in question moved me to tears on several occasions and then jolted me out of myself into laughter in an instant. In short, many powerful, household-name firms, headquartered in a range of countries, have been jolted out of their relatively stable existence and into a more complex and challenging era. He is mystified intentionally, now presented with illusion for reality, now reality for illusion, jolted from one to the other until in complete befuddlement he is sure of nothing. The salutary jolt encourages reflexion on the accounts so far given. The formal models show that under specified conditions, groups of intentional agents among stochastic populations can jolt the system from one equilibrium to another. The world economy was given a deflationary jolt. The stark tartness of his statistical relishes will jolt even jaded palates from the customary response to familiarity. The aim of these is to hit home, to jolt the reader into paying attention to what the writer has to say. The chapter on service users' and carers' views on the benefits of integrated care gave this reader something of a jolt. Several of the articles in this issue encourage us to re-think taken for granted attitudes and practice, to jolt us out of complacency. Here our ethnocentric values receive a further jolt, since these pastoralists literally divide their sheep from their goats, associating sheep with men and goats with women. I hope that will help jolt the summit into action. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English If he goes too fast, the passengers are jolted, and if he goes too slowly, the couplings are not properly effective. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that we need to be jolted, because time is short. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They considered an international stoppage, which would have severely jolted the airlines and might well have forced the pace in reaching international agreement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of jolt These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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