4. BROWN:

　　(25)The leaves browned slowly. 树叶渐渐枯了。

　　(26)We are all of us done brown. 我们都上当了。

　　(27)When she gives a dinner party,she always does it up brown。她举行宴会，总是办得很出色。

　　(28)l'm browned off,sitting here all day with nothing to do. 我整天坐在这儿没事干，感到抑郁 无聊。

　　(29)Aim at one bird, don't blaze into the brown. 瞄准一只打，不要射击鸟群。

　　(30)l tried to attract his attention,but he was in a brown study. 我 企图吸引他的注意力，可是 他仍在沉思默想。

　　5. BLACK:

　　(31)The black dog is over him. 他意气消沉。

　　(32)Tom is the black sheep of his family. 汤姆是个败家子。

　　(33)Next time l see him, l'll give him a black eye. 下次我见到他一定打他一顿。

　　(34)She gives me a black look. 她对我怒目而视。

　　(35)He blacked out the words he didn't want. 他涂掉不想要的词。

　　(36)He came out of the fight black and blue. 打架之后，他遍体鳞伤。

　　(37)He gave me assurance in black and white. 他给我作出了书面保证。

　　6. WHITE:

　　(38)They treated us white. 他们公正地对待我们。

　　(39)My children have bled me white. 我的一切都为孩子花光了。

　　(40)He said he didn't want to have a white-collar job and sit in an office all day. 他说他 不愿意做文职工作，整天坐在办公室里。

　　(41)Although they got a lot of nice wedding presents,they alsogot one or two white elephants . 虽然他们收到许多很好的结婚礼品，但也得到几件昂贵而无用的东西。

　　(42)Don't show the white-feather fight for your beliefs. 不要怯懦，要为你的信念而战。

　　(43)He is the white-headed boy of the new generation. 他是新一代中的宠儿。

　　(44)Sometimes we are forced to tell white lies. 有时，我们被迫要讲些无恶意的谎言。

　　(45)Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes. 等他们非常靠近时再射击。

　　(46)ln his youth he was treated as the white hope of theAmerican theater. 他在青年时期就被认 为是能为美国戏剧界带来荣誉的人。

　　7. YELLOW:

　　(47)He is too yellow to stand up and fight. 他太胆怯，不敢奋起战斗。

　　(48)He has a yellow streak in him. 他胆小。

　　(49)We can't afford to have anyone in this enterprise who islikely to turn yellow when the testing-time comes. 我们的企业不能雇用在考验关头可能畏缩不前的人。

　　(50)l dislike Tom for he is a yellow dog. 我讨厌汤姆，他是个卑鄙小人。

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