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rodent
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音标：/'rəʊd(ə)nt/
英英释义：
Rodents are small mammals which have sharp front teeth. Rats, mice, and squirrels are rodents.
例句：
①Rodents carry diseases and are generally regarded as pests.
啮齿目动物传播疾病, 常被当作害虫对待。
②In the absence of predators, the island's rodent population irrupted.
没有了猎食它们的动物，岛上的啮齿动物数量迅速增长。
《经济学人》一篇关于城市和乡村老鼠的文章 Country bumpkins and city slickers 也出现了这个表达：
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old score
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例句：
①Dead Fae risen from the dead to settle old scores.
死去的异种被唤醒要去解决往事。
②For some of the girls there 's an old score to settle.
对于一些女孩有一个旧账解决。
Romain Gary的小说 Promise at dawn 也出现了这个表达：
拓展：
这里补充一个类似的短语：settle an old score with 报复
【If you settle a score or settle an old score with someone, you take revenge on them for something they have done in the past.】
举个栗子：
The groups had historic scores to settle with each other.
这两个集团之间有几笔旧账要了结。
