/hɪt ||; hɪt/verb
[T] (
present participle hitting;past tense past participle hit)
1 to make sudden, violent contact with sb/sth 打;撞:
The bus left the road and hit a tree. 公共汽车偏离马路,撞在一棵树上。
to hit somebody in the eye/across the face/on the nose 打某人的眼睛╱脸╱鼻子
Strike is a more formal word than hit. Beat means to hit many times He was badly beaten in the attack. 与hit相比,strike多用于正式场合。连续地打叫beat:He was badly beaten in the attack.他遇袭时遭人毒打。
2 hit sth (on/against sth) to knock a part of your body, etc against sth 使(身体等的某部份)撞在…:
Peter hit his head on the low beam. 彼得一头撞在矮梁上。
3 to have a bad or unpleasant effect on sb/sth 对…有恶劣影响;打击:
Inner city areas have been badly hit by unemployment. 旧城区失业问题严重。
Her father's death has hit her very hard. 她爸爸的死对她打击很大。
4 to experience sth unpleasant or difficult 经历不快或困难的事:
Things were going really well until we hit this problem. 我们遇上这个问题之前,事情一直进展得很顺利。
5 to reach a place or a level 到达(某地);达到(某水平):
If you follow this road you should hit the motorway in about ten minutes. 沿着这条路一直走,十分钟左右就可以到达高速公路。
The price of oil hit a new high yesterday. 昨天油价创了新高。
6 to suddenly come into sb's mind; to make sb realize or understand sth 突然想起;使(某人)发觉或领悟:
I thought I recognized the man's face and then it hit me -- he was my old maths teacher! 我觉得那个男人很脸熟,然后我突然想起他是我过去的数学老师!
hit it off (with sb)(
informal 非正式) to like sb when you first meet him/her 初次见面就喜欢某人:
When I first met Tony's parents, we didn't really hit it off. 我第一次见到托尼的父母时,就跟他们不大合得来。
hit the nail on the head to say sth that is exactly right 说得好;一针见血
hit the jackpot to win a lot of money or have a big success 中大奖;取得大的成功
hit back (at sb/sth) to attack (with words) sb who has attacked you (用言辞)反击:
The Prime Minister hit back at his critics. 首相对批评他的人作了反驳。
hit on sth to suddenly find sth by chance (忽然或偶然)发现:
I finally hit on a solution to the problem. 我终于想出了一个解决问题的办法。
hit out (at sb/sth) to attack sb/sth 抨击;袭击:
The man hit out at the policeman. 那个男人袭击警察。