(1) The jury returned a verdict of accidental death... (2) His hand brushed against hers; it could have been either accidental or deliberate. (3) Some people were poisoned by pesticides.
(1) Who's going to foot the bill for the damage? (2) You order the dishes and I'll foot the bill. (3) The celebration cost hundreds of pounds, and I wonder who's going to foot the bill.
(1) Felipe Gonzalez won a fourth term of office in spain's election. (2) Portugal and spain had possessed vast empires that waxed and waned. (3) spain's top priority is the signing of an EMU treaty.
spain [speɪn] 📢 UK📢 US
adv.非常;差不多;很多地;很大程度上; adj.许多的,大量的; pron.很多;大量;很好的东西;(与不可数名词连用,尤用于否定句,或与 how 连用以询问数量,也可与 as、so 和 too 连用)许多;
(1) We just had soup instead of a full meal. (2) Now I can walk to work instead of going by car. (3) Interfaces describe a set of functionality, or a contract.
instead of [inˈsted ɔv] 📢 UK📢 US
(用…)代替…, (是…)而不是…, (用…)而不用…;
adv.立即,马上;直接地;紧接地; conj.一…就,即刻;
adv.刚才;仅仅,只是;正好;刚要; adj.公正的,合理的;恰当的;合法的;正确的;
adj.合适的,适当的,适宜的,恰当的;
(1) I excused myself and ran back to the telephone... (2) Police believe the gunmen ran off into the woods... (3) ...when I was running in the New York Marathon...
(1) The bore of the gun remained fixed on me. (2) He had not been able to fix his position... (3) The satellite fixes positions by making repeated observations of each star.
(1) My mother taught me how to sew. (2) to sew by hand/machine (3) to sew a seam
sew [səu] 📢 UK📢 US
毕竟;究竟;归根结底;(解释或说明理由)别忘了;
vt.& vi.缝,做针线活;缝纫;装钉(书籍);
adv.后天;
抬头看(某人或某物), 尊重[敬仰](某人);企慕;瞧得起;仰慕;
(1) ...a baby's first minutes of life... (2) Amnesty International opposes the death penalty as a violation of the right to life. (3) Is there life on Mars?...
(1) Lee was ill so I went instead. (2) He didn't reply. instead, he turned on his heel and left the room. (3) She said nothing, preferring instead to save her comments till later.
instead [ɪnˈsted] 📢 UK📢 US
从…毕业;进步, 进展;
n.耳朵;听觉,听力;耳状物;穗; vi.抽穗;(美俚)听见;
乘出租车,搭出租车;
adv.代替,顶替;反而;反倒;
(1) We always get lost in London. (2) We're completely lost. (3) I'm still looking for that lost file.
(1) Her words impressed themselves on my memory. (2) He impressed on us the need for immediate action. (3) It impressed me that she remembered my name.
(1) In some countries children don't start learning to read and write until they are six. (2) Please write in pen on both sides of the paper. (3) I haven't got anything to write with.
(1) How be oneself happy? Do not go recalling those sad past events? (2) Clever use in good side, still be oneself are done! (3) When graduating should there can be oneself opinion in some respect!
(1) I didn't really want to go but he insisted. (2) ‘Please come with us. ’ ‘Very well then, if you insist . ’ (3) He insists that she come.
insist [ɪnˈsɪst] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.& vi.坚持;强调;坚决要求;坚决认为;
n.商标,品牌;
n.事实,实情;实际;真相,证据;犯罪行为;
看;评判;审视;接受;
(1) He never even opened the letter (= so he certainly didn't read it) . (2) It was cold there even in summer (= so it must have been very cold in winter) . (3) even a child can understand it (= so adults certainly can) .
(1) In New mexico all kinds of cuisines are represented. (2) Hurricane Andrew was last night heading into the Gulf of mexico. (3) Texas has a long history of trade with mexico.
(1) the introduction of new manufacturing methods (2) the introduction of compulsory military service (3) the 1 000th anniversary of the introduction of Christianity to Russia
introduction [ˌɪntrəˈdʌkʃn] 📢 UK📢 US
n.介绍;引言,导言;采用,引进;新采用的东西;
adv.代替,顶替;反而;反倒;
n.眼睛;视力;眼状物;风纪扣扣眼; vt.定睛地看;注视;审视;细看;
n.房客;佃户;<律>占用者;占有者; vt.租借,租用;
(1) You seem happy. (2) Do whatever seems best to you. (3) He seems a nice man.
seem [si:m] 📢 UK📢 US
v.好像,仿佛;似乎;装作;看来好像;
adv.几乎; prep.紧邻;在…近旁;仅次于;紧接;
实现,成真;应验;
n.生活,生计;生命,性命;一生,寿命;人生,尘世;
(1) $1 billion a year may be lost. (2) Not a single minute is to be lost. (3) The books seem to be lost.
be lost [bi: lɔ:st] 📢 UK📢 US
n.冰箱;冷藏库;制冰机,冷冻机;
n.毕业;毕业典礼;刻度,分度;分等级;
迷;失传;失群;逸;
n.钱,货币;款项;薪水,报酬;大富翁;
(1) Their early arrival was just an accident. (2) It is no accident that men fill most of the top jobs in nursing. (3) an accident of birth/fate/history (= describing facts and events that are due to chance or circumstances)