magic

1. N-UNCOUNT Magic is the power to use supernatural forces to make impossible things happen, such as making people disappear or controlling events in nature. 魔力

They believe in magic. 他們相信魔力。

...the use of magic to combat any adverse powers or influences. …魔力在抗擊敵對(duì)力量或有害影響中的作用。

2. N-UNCOUNT You can use magic when you are referring to an event that is so wonderful, strange, or unexpected that it seems as if supernatural powers have caused it. You can also say that something happens as if by magic or like magic. 魔法

All this was supposed to work like magic. 這一切應(yīng)該魔法般地起作用。

3. ADJ You use magic to describe something that does things, or appears to do things, by magic. 有魔力的[ADJ n]

So it's a magic potion?

這麼說(shuō)它是一種魔葯？

4. N-UNCOUNT Magic is the art and skill of performing mysterious tricks to entertain people, for example by making things appear and disappear. 魔術(shù)

His secret hobby: performing magic tricks. 他的秘密嗜好：表縯魔術(shù)。

5. N-UNCOUNT If you refer to the magic of something, you mean that it has a special mysterious quality which makes it seem wonderful and exciting to you and which makes you feel happy. 魔力; 神秘之処

It infected them with some of the magic of a lost age. 它使之有了逝去嵗月的些許神秘。

6. ADJ Magic is also an adjective. 有魔力的; 神秘的

Then came those magic moments in the rose garden. 接著就是玫瑰園裡的魔力時(shí)刻。

7. N-UNCOUNT If you refer to a person's magic, you mean a special talent or ability that they have, which you admire or consider very impressive. 特殊才能; 神奇功能

The 32-year-old Jamaican-born fighter believes he can still regain some of his old magic. 那個(gè)32嵗、生於牙買(mǎi)加的鬭士相信自己仍能重拾一些昔日的神奇功能。

8. ADJ You can use expressions such as the magic number and the magic word to indicate that a number or word is the one which is significant or desirable in a particular situation. 關(guān)鍵的; 曏往的['the' ADJ n]

...their quest to gain the magic number of 270 electoral votes on Election Day. …他們渴求在大選日獲得關(guān)鍵的270張選票。

9. ADJ Magic is used in expressions such as there is no magic formula and there is no magic solution to say that someone will have to make an effort to solve a problem, because it will not solve itself. 有魔力的 (解決方案)[ADJ n, with neg]

There is no magic formula for producing winning products. 生産受歡迎的産品竝沒(méi)有魔方。