gouging

英 [ˈɡaʊdʒɪŋ]

美 [ˈɡaʊdʒɪŋ]

v.  凿; 敲(某人)的竹杠; (向某人)诈骗钱财，漫天要价
gouge的现在分词

现在分词：gouging　

机械

COCA.40290

柯林斯词典

• VERB 凿;挖
  If yougougesomething, you make a hole or a long cut in it, usually with a pointed object.
  1. He gouged her cheek with a screwdriver.
     他用螺丝刀戳她的脸颊。
  2. ...quarries which have gouged great holes in the hills.
     在山里挖出一个又一个大窟窿的采石场
  3. Gougeis also a noun.
     
  4. ...a muddy gouge in the ground.
     地上凿出的泥坑
• 凿子
  Agougeis a tool which is used for cutting and shaping wood.
• VERB 诈骗…的钱财;敲…的竹杠;向…漫天要价
  If you say that a businessgougesits customers, you mean that it forces them to pay an unfairly high price for its goods or services.
  1. Banks and credit-card companies have been accused of gouging their customers.
     银行和信用卡公司被指控欺诈顾客。

双语例句

• Blackie, him that's Blindy now, and this other boy Willie Sawyer, and they were slugging and kneeing and gouging and biting and I see one of Blackie's eyes hanging down on his cheek.
  布兰奇，如今叫盲汉了，还有那个叫威利·索亚的家伙，两人又打又踢，又抓又咬，我看到布兰奇的一个眼珠掉了出来挂在脸上。
• Surprisingly, you can make the Duke pay lots of tax without gouging his overtime.
  令人意外的是，你可以让公爵缴纳大量税款，而不必榨取他的加班收入。
• And since the return on assets in the business is stagnant, there are only two obvious ways to achieve these targets: taking excessive risk or gouging the customer.
  而且，此项业务的资产回报率停滞不前，要实现这些目标只有两种显而易见的办法：要么过度冒险，要么坑骗客户。
• Couple of weeks ago I caught him gouging himself with a carpet staple.
  几星期前我发现他用地毯钉在自己身上凿洞。
• He said that tackling these high prices includes cracking down on price gouging and land hoarding, as well as possible interest-rate adjustment.
  他说，缓解这些高价格，包括打击价格欺诈和土地囤积，并进行可能的利率调整。
• But he makes clear price gouging will not be tolerated.
  但他清楚地表示，哄抬油价的行为是绝不能容忍的。
• Banks and credit-card companies have been accused of gouging their customers.
  银行和信用卡公司被指控欺诈顾客。
• The men agreed that it was to be a friendly affair, with such customary tricks as eye gouging, hair pulling, ear tearing and nose biting barred.
  双方同意这将是一场友谊赛。惯常使用恶行：如抠眼睛、抓头发、撕耳朵、以及咬鼻子等被禁止。
• The low cost of producing drugs once discovered creates the impression that drug companies are gouging seriously ill cancer, Aids, and other patients.
  由于药品在生产上的低花费，便给人们造成了药品公司榨取癌症、艾滋以及其它患者钱财的假象。
• Punishments were extremely savage and cruel, and included gouging out the eyes; cutting off ears, hands and feet; pulling out tendons; and throwing people into water.
  刑罚极为野蛮残酷，如剜目、割耳、断手、剁脚、抽筋、投水等。