byword

US [ˈbaɪˌwɜrd]
UK [ˈbaɪˌwɜː(r)d]
  • n.典范；谚语；俗语
  • Web笑柄；绰号；俗话
Plural Form：bywords  

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byword
n.
1.
a ~ for sth
（某种品质或特征的）代表人，代表事物，典范a person or thing that is a well-known or typical example of a particular quality
The name Chanel became a byword for elegance.
香奈儿这个名字成了优雅的代名词。
2.
谚语；俗语a word or phrase that is well known or often used

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1.
It had become a byword for reckless lending , offering home loans of up to 125% and borrowing heavily on the international money markets.
银行发放高达125%的房贷，并在国际货币市场上大量举债，这一挤兑事件使该银行成为了不计后果发放借款的“代名词”。
yín háng fā fàng gāo dá bǎi fēn zhī yì bǎi èr shí wǔ de fáng dài , bìng zài guó jì huò bì shì chǎng shàng dà liàng jǔ zhài , zhè yī jǐ duì shì jiàn shǐ gāi yín háng chéng wèi le bú jì hòu guǒ fā fàng jiè kuǎn de " dài míng cí " 。
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2.
The name of Figs, which had been a byword of reproach, became as respectable and popular a nickname as any other in use in the school.
无花果儿这名字本来含有侮辱的意思，后来却成了学校里最受欢迎和最体面的浑名儿之一。
wú huā guǒ ér zhè míng zì běn lái hán yǒu wǔ rǔ de yì si , hòu lái què chéng le xué xiào lǐ zuì shòu huān yíng hé zuì tǐ miàn de hún míng ér zhī yī 。
3.
Even more impressively, a region which had become a byword for financial instability mostly sailed through the recent recession.
更令人印象深刻的是一个曾经代表金融动荡的地区竟大致平稳度过了最近的经济衰退。
gèng lìng rén yìn xiàng shēn kè de shì yī gè céng jīng dài biǎo jīn róng dòng dàng de dì qū jìng dà zhì píng wěn dù guò le zuì jìn de jīng jì shuāi tuì 。
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4.
The bank has been a byword for sound lending (see chart).
该银行已然成了健全放贷的代名词。
gāi yín háng yǐ rán chéng le jiàn quán fàng dài de dài míng cí 。
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5.
Under Jobs, the company has gone from strength to strength, establishing itself as a byword for innovation and elegant design.
在乔布斯的领导下，苹果越来越强大，并确立了自己成为创新和高雅设计的代名词。
zài qiáo bù sī de lǐng dǎo xià , píng guǒ yuè lái yuè qiáng dà , bìng què lì le zì jǐ chéng wéi chuàng xīn hé gāo yǎ shè jì de dài míng cí 。
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6.
Over almost a century and a half, Brooks England has grown from a small workshop to a byword in quality craftsmanship.
在近一个半世纪，布鲁克斯英国已经从一个小作坊到一个优质工艺的代名词。
zài jìn yī gè bàn shì jì , bù lǔ kè sī yīng guó yǐ jīng cóng yī gè xiǎo zuō fang dào yī gè yōu zhì gōng yì de dài míng cí 。
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7.
George Rood, conscious that he need not exhibit a brilliancy which was almost a byword , opened his mouth only to put food into it .
乔治·娄德知道他的妙语惊人已经尽人皆知，用不着再施展才华，因此每次张口只不过是往嘴里添送菜肴。
qiáo zhì · lóu dé zhī dào tā de miào yǔ jīng rén yǐ jīng jìn rén jiē zhī , yòng bu zháo zài shī zhǎn cái huá , yīn cǐ měi cì zhāng kǒu zhǐ bú guò shì wǎng zuǐ lǐ tiān sòng cài yáo 。
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8.
Girls Do not Cry is her pledge to release to the most perfect state, it is proved that the tears she is no longer a byword sad.
是她把女孩不哭的誓言释放到了最完美的境界，是她证明了泪水不再是悲伤的代言词。
shì tā bǎ nǚ hái bù kū de shì yán shì fàng dào le zuì wán měi de jìng jiè , shì tā zhèng míng le lèi shuǐ bú zài shì bēi shāng de dài yán cí 。
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9.
God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit .
上帝使我作了民中的笑谈；他们也吐唾沫在我脸上。
shàng dì shǐ wǒ zuò le mín zhōng de xiào tán ; tā men yě tǔ tuò mò zài wǒ liǎn shàng 。
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10.
This success made Daqing a byword for industrial zeal and heroic self-sacrifice in the name of the revolution.
这一成就让大庆成为以革命为名义的英雄般的自我牺牲以及工业热情地代名词。
zhè yī chéng jiù ràng dà qìng chéng wéi yǐ gé mìng wèi míng yì de yīng xióng bān de zì wǒ xī shēng yǐ jí gōng yè rè qíng de dài míng cí 。
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