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Shot is the past tense and past participle of shoot .
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开枪;射击
A shot is an act of firing a gun.
例句
He had murdered Perceval at point blank range with a single shot...
他在近距离一枪射杀了珀西瓦尔。
A man fired a volley of shots at them.
一名男子向他们射出了一排子弹。
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射手;枪手
Someone who is a good shot can shoot well. Someone who is a bad shot cannot shoot well.
例句
He was not a particularly good shot because of his eyesight.
他视力不好，算不上是一个出色的射手。
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射门;击球;投篮
In sports such as football, golf, or tennis, a shot is an act of kicking, hitting, or throwing the ball, especially in an attempt to score a point.
例句
He had only one shot at goal.
他只有一次射门得分。
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一张照片;(电影的)一组镜头
A shot is a photograph or a particular sequence of pictures in a film.
例句
...a shot of a fox peering from the bushes...
一只狐狸从灌木丛中窥视的照片
He received praise for the atmospheric monochrome shots in David Lynch's The Elephant Man.
他在大卫·林奇的电影《象人》中所拍摄的那些渲染气氛的黑白镜头受到了好评。
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尝试;努力
If you have a shot at something, you attempt to do it.
例句
The heavyweight champion will be given a shot at Holyfield's world title.
这名重量级拳击冠军将尝试挑战霍利菲尔德的世界冠军头衔。
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(药品等的)注射
A shot of a drug is an injection of it.
例句
He administered a shot of Nembutal.
他注射了一针宁比泰。
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一口，一小杯(烈性酒)
A shot of a strong alcoholic drink is a small glass of it.
例句
...a shot of vodka.
一小杯伏特加
...spirits and liqueurs, served in a shot glass.
小杯的烈性酒和利口酒
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尽最大努力
If you give something your best shot, you do it as well as you possibly can.
例句
I don't expect to win. But I am going to give it my best shot.
我没指望赢。但我会尽全力的。
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对…的警告
If you describe someone's actions as a shot across the bows of another person, you mean that it is a warning to that person to stop or change what they are doing.
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As a warning shot across the bows of rivals, it is already setting aggressive prices.
作为对竞争对手的一个警告，其已报出了很有杀伤力的价格。
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操纵;发号施令;作决定
The person who calls the shots is in a position to tell others what to do.
例句
The directors call the shots and nothing happens without their say-so.
董事们掌握大权，没有他们的允许什么都不能做。
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立刻;飞快地;毫不迟疑地
If you do something like a shot, you do it without any delay or hesitation.
例句
I heard the key turn in the front door and I was out of bed like a shot...
听到钥匙在开前门的声音，我立即从床上起来了。
If he thought it his duty to arrest me, he'd do it like a shot.
如果他认为逮捕我是他的职责，他会毫不迟疑地去做。
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没把握的尝试;不大可能成功的尝试
If you describe something as a long shot, you mean that it is unlikely to succeed, but is worth trying.
例句
The deal was a long shot, but Bagley had little to lose...
这桩交易有些冒险，不过巴格利也没什么可损失的。
I thought about meeting a handsome stranger but it seemed a bit of a long shot.
我想象着能遇到一个英俊的陌生人，不过这似乎希望不大。
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(表示强调)根本，远远
People sometimes use the expression by a long shot to emphasize the opinion they are giving.
例句
The missile-reduction treaty makes sweeping cuts, but the arms race isn't over by a long shot.
导弹削减条约大幅度减少了导弹数量，然而军备竞赛还远没有停止。
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布满，充满，富有(某种因素或特征)
If something is shot through with an element or feature, it contains a lot of that element or feature.
例句
His work was deeply refreshing, and all of it shot through with humour...
他的作品令人耳目一新，充满幽默元素。
This is an argument shot through with inconsistency.
这个论点前后矛盾，漏洞百出。