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the toast of something idiom old-fashioned The toast of a particular place is a person who is very much admired there for something they have recently done: 受…敬慕的人 Not so long ago Diana was a little-known actress playing in a provincial theatre - these days she's the toast of New York/the town.不久以前戴安娜还是一个在地方剧院演出的鲜为人知的演员——而现在她已经成了纽约/城里备受推崇的人物。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Admirable and admired admirable admirably awe-inspiring awe-inspiringly awesome estimable estimably exemplarily exemplary favourable impressively laudable laudably meritorious meritoriously time-honoured toast vaunted venerable venerably
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