(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...
(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.
razor-thin
📢 UK📢 US
adj.危险的；不吉祥的；凶兆的；险恶的；
adj.极薄的，极微弱的；
n.胡椒；辣椒；胡椒粉； vt.在…上撒胡椒粉；使布满；
vt.使通风；通风；公开；公开讨论；
(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) 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...
subsist [səbˈsɪst] 📢 UK📢 US
vi.（靠很少的钱或食物）维持生活，生存下去；
缺；缺少；缺乏；悭；
n.麦加（沙特阿拉伯一座城市）；朝拜的地方；仰慕的目标；发源地；
n.不慎重的举止，轻率的言行；
(1) He stopped, uncertain how to put the question tactfully. (2) The advice wasn't very tactfully worded. (3) She put it very tactfully.
(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.
(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.
(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) 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.
constitute [ˈkɔnstitju:t] 📢 UK📢 US
n.呼吸；一口气；呼吸力；微量；
vt.构成，组成；制定，设立；等同于；指派；
vt.加标点符号；不时打断；加强，强调； vt.不时打断某事物；使用标点符号；
adj.精通的，熟练的；
(1) That wasn't a very tactful thing to say! (2) I tried to find a tactful way of telling her the truth. (3) a tactfully worded reply
(1) to face a dilemma (2) to be in a dilemma (3) The issue raises a moral dilemma.
dilemma [dɪˈlemə] 📢 UK📢 US
adv.亲爱地；深情地；天真地；盲目轻信地；
adj.习惯的；通常的；照惯例的； n.习惯法；风俗志；
vt.改变；改观；变换； vi.改变； n.[数]变换式；
n.窘境，困境；进退两难；
(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) 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.
(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
adj.灭绝的；绝种的；消逝的；破灭的；
vt.使受喜爱；使亲密；使被爱恋；
adj.沉思的；体贴的；缜密思考过的，深思熟虑的；
adj.使人震惊的； vt.使震惊，使大吃一惊astound的现在分词)；
(1) alternate cubes of meat with slices of red pepper. (2) alternating dark and pale stripes (3) Dark stripes alternate with pale ones.
(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) 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) 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.名望，声誉；威名；声威；
n.不变，不变性，永恒性；
n.杰作，名作；杰出的事；
分成，分为；
(1) a representative of the UN (2) our elected representatives in government (3) a union representative
(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
adj.可伸出的，可延展的；
n.点，小圆点； vt.打点于；散布于；点缀；以小圆点标出；
展出；
n.侵入，侵占，侵蚀；
(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) The figures are astronomical. (2) Interest rates are astronomically high. (3) astronomical observations
astronomical [ˌæstrəˈnɒmɪkl] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.迂回的，曲折的；不光明正大的，不正直的；不坦诚的，狡猾的；不正当；
n.调合；混合；调合物；
adj.天文学的；极大的；
[医]低密度（的）；
(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) 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) 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.
strive [straɪv] 📢 UK📢 US
n.中指；中拇指；
adj.深厚的；意义深远的；严重的；知识渊博的； n.〈诗〉深海，大洋；深渊；（灵魂）深处；
vi.努力奋斗，力求；斗争，力争；
n.误解；错觉；错误想法；
(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) 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
adj.鲁莽的，不顾危险的；粗心大意的；满不在乎的；胆大妄为；
n.参加，参与；分享；
adj.不会弄错的，不会误解的；
n.预言者，预兆； vt.预告；充做…的前驱；
(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.
(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.<医>躁狂的，患躁狂病的；疯狂的； n.躁狂者；
adj.沉静的，宁静的，安宁的；安详的；晴朗的；清澈的；
vt.& vi.（为…）哀悼；悲叹；悔恨；痛惜； n.哀歌，挽歌；悲恸，恸哭；悲痛之情；悼词；
n.<美>地震；
(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.
(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.
(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) 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.
give birth to [ɡiv bə:θ tu:] 📢 UK📢 US
生（孩子），生育；引起，产生；娩出；娩；
vt.使协调；<音>调音；
vt.& vi.渴望，热望；恳求，恳请；要求，需要； vt.恳求，请求；渴望；
比分奋起直追；东山再起；卷土重来；
(1) the North/South divide (2) the divide between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland (3) The issue has divided the government.
divide [dɪˈvaɪd] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.虔诚的；笃信宗教的；宗教的；谨慎的； n.修士，修女，出家人；
adj.诱惑的；迷人的；吸引人的； v.allure的现在分词；
n.车辆；交通工具；传播媒介，媒介物；[药]赋形剂；
vt.& vi.分；划分；分离；（使）产生分歧； n.分水岭，分界线；分配；
(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.