crack a book

基本解釋

This is her first crack at writing a book.
這是她第一次嘗試寫書。
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John did not crack a book until the night before the exam.
約翰直到考試前一天的晚上才打開書來讀。
Most of them are home to major universities, and even people who live in Disney's back yard still like to crack open a book and imagine their own Magic Kingdom from time to time.
這些城市大部分是著名大學(xué)的所在地，就連居住在迪斯尼后院的人們也喜歡有時(shí)打開一本書，想象一下自己的魔幻王國。

So, here's the reading. So, for example today, there is a vision statement, administrative details and I'm going to get a little bit of teaching towards the end. And, if you wanted to, you could crack the book and look at chapter one.
這是閱讀材料，例如說，今天，有一個(gè)遠(yuǎn)景說明，行政管理的細(xì)節(jié),末尾的時(shí)候我會(huì)講一些教學(xué)的內(nèi)容,如果你們想要的話，你可以打開那本書，翻到第一章。
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