| 词汇 | siren-call |
| 释义 | siren call noun[ Cusually S ] uk /ˌsaɪə.rən ˈkɔːl/ us /ˌsaɪr.ən ˈkɑːl/(alsosiren song) a powerful force that attracts you to something: （某事物）强大的吸引力 I responded to the siren call of the road and left home to drive across the country.我听从来自道路的呼唤，驱车离家驶往乡村。 Strong feelings afire agonized all-consuming anguish anguished ardent fierily fit to burstidiom flamingly fulminating grip passions run highidiom penetratingly pungently quiveringly rabidly tempestuous tingle torrid virulent siren call | American Dictionarysiren call noun[ C ] us/ˈsɑɪ·rən ˌkɔl/(alsosiren song, us/ˈsɑɪ·rən ˌsɔŋ/) a powerful attraction: I responded to the siren call of the road and left home to drive across the country. Examples of siren callsiren call This arcing path embodies a sirencall of longing, underpinning the song's combined dreams of personal enrichment, social redemption, and mythicised heterosexual romance. Yet this is obviously too simple, for the sirencall of intemperate claims attracts even those who would seem to gain little from the practice. What was the limit of that benign process of demand expansion for which we have heard the sirencall today? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will not be determined by any sirencall by constitutional nationalists. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The new industries do not welcome the sirencall of the new regulators. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Interestingly, there are signs that fields which have hitherto resisted the siren calls of the linguistic turners are beginning to reassess their hostility. At 80, he is still remembering, still resisting the siren calls of unadulterated nostalgia. In recent days, we have heard siren calls from someone not completely exempt from responsibility for the hole that we are in. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The siren calls for decriminalisation and legalisation are not cries for reality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am suspicious of the siren calls for import controls, which would be disastrous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, we shall resist those siren calls. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There will be siren calls from those who wish to see no further action. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I recognise that there are always siren calls about physical controls of credit, but those calls are generally made in headlines and not in footnotes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am now pleased to offer this advice to him: that he should keep a steady nerve and, above all, resist any siren calls for early reflation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must not give in to the siren calls for protection; we must not turn our backs on globalisation or put our single market at risk. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English 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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