magic /ˈmædʒɪk/ CET4 TEM4

• 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

  例：

  They believe in magic.

  他们相信魔力。

  例：

  ...the use of magic to combat any adverse powers or influences.

  …魔力在抗击敌对力量或有害影响中的作用。

• 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

  例：

  All this was supposed to work like magic.

  这一切应该魔法般地起作用。

• 3. 

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

  例：

  So it's a magic potion?

  这么说它是一种魔药？

• 4. 

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

  例：

  His secret hobby: performing magic tricks.

  他的秘密嗜好：表演魔术。

• 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; 神秘之处

  例：

  It infected them with some of the magic of a lost age.

  它使之有了逝去岁月的些许神秘。

• 6. 

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

  例：

  Then came those magic moments in the rose garden.

  接着就是玫瑰园里的魔力时刻。

• 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

  例：

  The 32-year-old Jamaican-born fighter believes he can still regain some of his old magic.

  那个32岁、生于牙买加的斗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. 关键的; 向往的 ['the' ADJ n]

  例：

  ...their quest to gain the magic number of 270 electoral votes on Election Day.

  …他们渴求在大选日获得关键的270张选票。

• 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 (解决方案) [ADJ n, with neg]

  例：

  There is no magic formula for producing winning products.

  生产受欢迎的产品并没有魔方。