(1) He showed a reckless disregard for his own safety. (2) She was a good rider, but reckless. (3) He had always been reckless with money.
reckless [ˈrekləs] 📢 UK📢 US
考虑到； 体谅；允许有； 留出；
迟早有用；
缺；缺少；缺乏；悭；
adj.鲁莽的，不顾危险的；粗心大意的；满不在乎的；胆大妄为；
(1) The problem was to safeguard sites from encroachment by property development. (2) encroachment on any enterprise run by the national bourgeoisie is strictly prohibited. (3) The eagle broke away and defiantly continued its encroachment.
encroachment [ɪnˈkrəʊtʃmənt] 📢 UK📢 US
与…抗争；
n.帝国主义，帝国主义政策；
把事情弄清楚，核实或查明某事物；设法确保出现某事物；务使；
n.侵入，侵占，侵蚀；
(1) a representative of the UN (2) our elected representatives in government (3) a union representative
(1) The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none. (2) The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none. (3) be conscious of your stomach rising very gently as you inhale.
be conscious of [bi: ˈkɔnʃəs ɔv] 📢 UK📢 US
n.鉴赏家，鉴定家；行家，内行，权威；
v.（使）穿得太讲究； n.外衣；
知道；意识；察觉；
adj.外围的；次要的；（神经）末梢区域的； n.外部设备；
(1) He managed to endear himself to my entire family. (2) Her object was to endear herself to her friend. (3) His human compassion and respect for others endear him to many.
endear [ɪnˈdɪə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.使受喜爱；使亲密；使被爱恋；
简而言之，总之；一句话；简言之；
n.侦察；间谍活动；
vt.散布，散置；点缀；
(1) I won't encroach on your time any longer. (2) He never allows work to encroach upon his family life. (3) The growing town soon encroached on the surrounding countryside.
encroach [enˈkrəʊtʃ] 📢 UK📢 US
v.积累，积聚( amass的现在分词 )；
n.点，小圆点； vt.打点于；散布于；点缀；以小圆点标出；
vt.公开；揭露；使显露；使暴露；
vi.侵犯；侵占；蚕食；侵蚀； vt.侵入，侵犯；侵略，侵占；侵害；侵蚀；
(1) Occasionally they paid for their indiscretion with their lives. (2) He talked to the press in a moment of indiscretion. (3) He had committed a minor sexual indiscretion.
(1) To give birth to ( a calf ). (2) To give birth to ( a litter of pigs ). (3) Mothers contaminated by radioactive materials may give birth to babies with mental deficiency.
(1) We encourage all members to strive for the highest standards. (2) striving against corruption (3) Newspaper editors all strive to be first with a story.
(1) in terms of his professional abilities, he's just no match for you. (2) Social diversity is thus explicable in terms of an underlying structure consisting largely of economic factors. (3) Think of it in terms of an investment.
in terms of
📢 UK📢 US
n.接近，邻近；接近度，距离；亲近；
n.细胞膜质，纤维素；（用于制作涂料、漆等的）纤维素化合物；
根据；用…的话；就…而言；以…为单位；
各种各样的；
(1) I always associate the smell of baking with my childhood. (2) He is closely associated in the public mind with horror movies. (3) I don't like you associating with those people.
(1) extant remains of the ancient wall (2) Two fourteenth-century manuscripts of this text are still extant... (3) The oldest extant document is dated 1492.
extant [ekˈstænt] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.现存的，仍然存在的；
v.捐献；促成 ；投稿；有助于；
和…联系在一起；与…有关；
n.高山，火绒草；雪绒花；
(1) She's very conscious of the problems involved. (2) He became acutely conscious of having failed his parents. (3) I was vaguely conscious that I was being watched.
(1) His lecture was readily intelligible to all the students. (2) The language of Darwin was intelligible to experts and non-experts alike... (3) The woman moaned faintly but made no intelligible response.
intelligible [ɪnˈtelɪdʒəbl] 📢 UK📢 US
<正>分担，参加；与；插脚；厕足其间；
adj.可理解的，明白易懂的，清楚的；
adj.（衣服）紧身的，贴身的；
n.方言，行话；
be representative of
📢 UK📢 US
详细地；
vt.移居国外；
adj.突出的，杰出的；突起的；著名的；荦；
代表…，表现…，是…的典型；
(1) the bleak/rugged/dramatic, etc. landscape of the area (2) the woods and fields that are typical features of the English landscape (3) an urban/industrial landscape
(1) Does such an activity constitute a criminal offence? (2) The increase in racial tension constitutes a threat to our society. (3) Female workers constitute the majority of the labour force.
(1) Have you any comment to make about the cause of the disaster? (2) She made helpful comments on my work. (3) The director was not available for comment.
(1) He didn't like the media probing into his past. (2) a TV programme that probed government scandals in the 1990s (3) The doctor probed the wound for signs of infection.
(1) Students over 25 fall into a different category . (2) The results can be divided into three main categories . (3) This book clearly falls into the category of fictionalised autobiography...
category [ˈkætəgəri] 📢 UK📢 US
v.知道，了解； n.机智；头脑；理解；悟性； adj.有见识的，懂实际知识的，通情达理的；
n.类型，部门，种类，类别，类目；[逻，哲]范畴；体重等级；
n.（装在项链等上的）垂饰，坠儿；
展出；
(1) Things are manic in the office at the moment. (2) The performers had a manic energy and enthusiasm. (3) manic mood swings
manic [ˈmænɪk] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.西班牙的；西班牙和葡萄牙的；西班牙及其他说西班牙语国家的；拉丁美洲的；
n.自然选择，物竞天择说；
adj.非常宝贵的；无法估计的；无价的；金不换；
adj.<医>躁狂的，患躁狂病的；疯狂的； n.躁狂者；
(1) Three will not divide into eleven. (2) According to role which its plays, may divide into the basic maxim and the concrete criterion. (3) On greenery, M & S reckons that British consumers divide into four broad groups.
divide into [diˈvaid ˈɪntuː] 📢 UK📢 US
n.侵入，侵占，侵蚀；
vt.（音乐的）切分；词中省略，中略；
分成，分为；
n.硕士学位；
(1) Wet days alternate with fine days. (2) Day and night alternate with each other. (3) Due to the heavy workload, they decide to alternate with the work.
(1) He stopped, uncertain how to put the question tactfully. (2) The advice wasn't very tactfully worded. (3) She put it very tactfully.
tactfully [ˈtæktfəlɪ] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.使协调；<音>调音；
adj.虔诚的；笃信宗教的；宗教的；谨慎的； n.修士，修女，出家人；
adv.言行得体地，不得罪人地，能赢得好感地；
adj.值得表扬的，值得称赞的；很好的；可推荐的；
(1) The figures are astronomical. (2) Interest rates are astronomically high. (3) astronomical observations
astronomical [ˌæstrəˈnɒmɪkl] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.机智的，机敏的；得体的；老练的，圆滑的；婉转；
adj.天文学的；极大的；
博士学位；
n.清楚，明晰；透明；明确；清晰度；
(1) to give a grunt of effort/pain (2) He grunted something about being late and rushed out. (3) When I told her what had happened she just grunted and turned back to her book.
(1) Old people often subsist on very small incomes. (2) The living things on the earth could not subsist on Mars. (3) Many people in the world have to subsist on $ 1 a day.
subsist on [səbˈsɪst ɔn] 📢 UK📢 US
n.犯罪地点，案发地点；会场；（尤指）体育比赛场所；审判地；
vt.& vi.渴望，热望；恳求，恳请；要求，需要； vt.恳求，请求；渴望；
adj.政治的；政党的；对政治有兴趣的；争权夺利的；
依靠…生活；
(1) He is notoriously indiscreet about his private life... (2) Had he been indiscreet in what he had said? (3) Ten to one , you would have thought him a tasteless, indiscreet methodistical man.
(1) Old people often subsist on very small incomes. (2) The terms of the contract subsist. (3) The prisoners subsisted on one mug of the worst quality porridge three times a day...
(1) This is a pity, because noise abatement really is a good cause, and it is likely to be discredited if it gets to be associated with bad science. (2) Fractures of the nose may be associated with septal tractures and hematomas. (3) These procedures were likely to be associated with complications.
(1) Though off-puttingly complicated in detail, local taxes are in essence simple. (2) It wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision. We discussed it in detail beforehand. (3) We examine the wording in detail before deciding on the final text.
(1) My small business operates on a razor - thin profit margin. (2) It'seems the panda's chance of survival is razor - thin. (3) Objective To investigate the clinical result grafting razor - thin graft onto the donor site of the split - skin.