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With such high churn the basket of goods monitored by official statisticians would quickly go stale.
更迭率如此之高,官方统计人员监控的一篮子商品很快就会过时。
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The game is rife with stale, retrograde gender stereotypes — elements that were perhaps expected in 1985, when the first Super Mario Bros. was released in the United States, but that today are just embarrassing.
该游戏充满陈腐、落后的性别成见——这些元素于1985年《超级马里奥兄弟》第一版在美国发行时,可能在人们的意料之中,但出现在如今的这个版本里只会令人尴尬。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] (指食物)不再新鲜可口的;硬的、发霉的或干的
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在我们恋爱的日子里,他在荒野中度过了40天。他的日常饮食包括一块不新鲜的面包、一碗米饭和变味的水。
He abided in the wilderness for forty days during our courting days. His daily diet consisted of a lump of stale bread, a bowl of rice and stale water. -
一层烟雾低悬在污浊的空气中。还有一股刺鼻的烟味从他的衣服上飘出。
A layer of smoke hung low in the stale air. And an acrid scent of smoke wafted from his clothes.
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听厌了的闲话
stale gossip -
她和马克之间已经没有新鲜感了。他们拒绝承受恋爱过程中爱情的起起伏伏。
Her relationship with Mark has become stale. They refuse to accept the ebb and flow of love in a relationship.
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在那个岗位干了十年之后,她觉得腻了,需要换换工作。这就是为什么她一直在大街上四处奔走寻找新工作。
After ten years in the job, she felt stale and needed a change. That’s why she’s beentramping the streets looking for a job.
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不再钦佩某人
stale one’s admiration for sb
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那匹正在厩栏上擦着身子的马在他骑的时候尿了。
The horse which is chafing against his stall staled while he was riding.
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过期提单
a stale bill of lading
There will always be something fresh about him to love; so our marriage just can’t go stale.
在他身上总是会有新的东西值得我爱的,这样我们的婚姻也就不会渐渐变得索然寡味了。
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rancid: (of foods containing fat or oil) smelling or tasting unpleasant as a result of being old and stale -
decayed: having rotted or decomposed -
mouldy: covered with a fungal growth which causes decay, due to age or damp conditions