(1) The children quickly got bored with staying indoors. (2) There was a bored expression on her face. (3) I am getting very bored with this entire business.
(1) These are Tundra buggies, designed to bring people to polar bears. (2) Instead, they drive horse - drawn buggies. (3) Raider buggies and Venoms work extremely well as do Black Hands and Flame Tanks.
buggies
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n.机会;适当的时机良机;有利的环境,条件;
adj.不合适的,非正常的;不正确的;不正派的,不合礼仪的;不道德的;
n.婴儿车( buggy的名词复数 );<俚>旧汽车;小机动车;轻便马车;
n.条,条款;项目;一则;一件商品(或物品); adv.又,同上;
(1) They were playing cards by electric light. (2) In the electric light of bunker much remained to be done. (3) He was feeling about in the dark for the electric - light switch.
electric light [iˈlektrik lait] 📢 UK📢 US
平均起来;
更不用说;不消说;
vt.& vi.<口>抱怨,发牢骚; n.爱抱怨的人;脾气坏的人;牢骚;生气;
n.电灯,电光;
(1) It was both deliberate and malicious, not to mention clever. (2) It was advisable for you not to mention that. (3) Ade is handsome and smart , not to mention being a good athlete.
(1) It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. (2) She had been offered a $50 000 bribe to drop the charges. (3) They bribed the guards with cigarettes.
bribe [braɪb] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.& vi.贿赂,行贿; n.贿赂;诱惑物;
n.窘迫;难堪;令人难堪或耻辱的事;
n.短路;短接;
adj.感兴趣的;拥有权益的;有成见的; v.使…感兴趣(interest的过去分词);
(1) a feeling of hunger/excitement/sadness, etc. (2) guilty feelings (3) I've got a tight feeling in my stomach.
(1) One day I'll want to settle down and have a family... (2) Before she settled down in Portugal, she had run her own antiques shop in London. (3) It'd be fun, after the situation in Europe settles down, to take a trip over to France...
settle down [ˈsetl daun] 📢 UK📢 US
惠顾; 与…交易;应付; 对待;
<婉>要解手;
vi.散发出恶臭;招人厌恶;糟透; n.恶臭,难闻的气味;
定居;(使)安静下来;平息;落到地面上来;
(1) Take my advice and stay away from him! (2) The doctor told him to stay away from such foods and drinks. (3) The doctor told him to stay away from fat food.
stay away from [stei əˈwei frɔm] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.摆脱;逃避;
与…保持距离;
vt.诱拐,绑架,劫持;拐骗;
vt.& vi.与…作战;争斗; n.战争,战役;比赛,较量;长期论战或长期作战;激烈的竞争;
(1) The farmer lassoed the cow. (2) The farmer is shearing his sheep. (3) The farmer milks the cows twice a day.
(1) Around 1910 motorized carriages were beginning to replace horse-drawn cabs. (2) A few horse-drawn carts still trundle through the dilapidated mining villages. (3) These narrow roads are a leftover from the days of horse - drawn carriages.
horse-drawn [ˈhɔ:sdrɔ:n] 📢 UK📢 US
n.靠道座位;靠走廊坐位;
adj.(用作定语)用马拖的;
n.猫叫声; vi.猫叫;
n.抢劫案;明抢;敲竹杠;明目张胆地索取高价;
(1) a thoughtless remark (2) ...a small minority of thoughtless and inconsiderate people... (3) It was thoughtless of her to mention it...
thoughtless [ˈθɔ:tləs] 📢 UK📢 US
n.反感,厌恶,嫌恶; vt.使反感,厌恶;
adj.欠考虑的;轻率的;自私的,不体贴人的;没有思想的;
n.<美>铲车,叉式升降机;叉车;
vi.勘查, 探测, 勘探;[医]探查(伤处等),探索,研究; vt.探索, 探究, 仔细查看;
(1) an item/article of clothing (2) protective clothing (3) the high cost of food and clothing
(1) The Home Office has been accused of inexcusable incompetence. (2) He kept on blathering about police incompetence. (3) He was dismissed for incompetence.
incompetence [ɪnˈkɒmpɪtəns] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.腐烂的;恶臭的;堕落的;极坏的; adv.非常;极其;
在…之初;
adj.能干的;有才能的;有才华的;能胜任的; n.有才能的,能干的;
n.不胜任;无资格;不适当;不熟练;
(1) It hurt me to think that he would lie to me. (2) I didn't want to hurt his feelings . (3) I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you.
(1) I used my thumbnail to tighten the screw on my lamp. (2) Eddie parked his cycle against a lamp post and padlocked it. (3) In the evenings we eat by the light of an oil lamp.
(1) to be honest, he is too aggressive. (2) I believe him to be honest. (3) I wanted to be honest and come out in the open about the pregnancy and marriage.
to be honest [tu: bi: ˈɔnist] 📢 UK📢 US
n.自我;自负;自尊心;自我意识;
屏住气;屏息习气;屏息;敛声屏气;
n.胃;腹部;食欲;欲望; vt.容忍;吃…吃得津津有味;〈古〉对…发怒;
说实话;
(1) to settle a dispute/an argument/a matter (2) It's time you settled your differences with your father. (3) There is pressure on the unions to settle.
settle [ˈsetl] 📢 UK📢 US
润肤霜;
n.[化]氧,氧气;
vt.解决;安排;使定居;使沉淀; vi.下沉;定居; n.高背长靠椅;
(1) the temptation of easy profits (2) to give way to/yield to temptation (3) I couldn't resist the temptation to open the letter.
temptation [tempˈteɪʃn] 📢 UK📢 US
n.头盔;钢盔;盔形物,盔状物;[植]盔状花冠; vt.给…戴上头盔;
n.诱惑,引诱;诱惑物;
到处;历;周遍;浑身;
vt.& vi.讲解,解释; vt.说明…的原因,辩解; vi.说明,解释,辩解;
(1) This proposal has attracted a lot of interest . (2) His comments were bound to attract criticism . (3) She tried to attract the attention of the waiter.
(1) ‘Would you really help? ’ he said with an appealing look. (2) The dog looked up at her appealingly. (3) Spending the holidays in Britain wasn't a prospect that I found particularly appealing.
appealing [əˈpi:lɪŋ] 📢 UK📢 US
n.理发;发型;发式;
n.一群;包裹;(纸牌的)一副;一组; vt.& vi.(把…)打包;塞进;拥进;(使)聚集成团; vt.挑选;压紧;携带;拧紧; vi.包装;紧挤在一起;便于折叠收藏的;匆忙离去(有时与 off 连用);
由…所做成的(用于原材料不易看出的场合);
adj.吸引人的,令人心动的;恳求的; v.(迫切)要求(appeal的现在分词);将…上诉;
(1) Does this make sense? No. (2) This sentence just doesn't make sense, no matter how you read it. (3) So maybe it does make sense to wrap up warmly before going outside.
make sense [meik sens] 📢 UK📢 US
讲得通; 有意义;是明智的;理解;
adj.父亲的;父亲(般)的;父系的;父方的;
n.喜爱,慈爱;情感或感情;意向;疾病,病情;
adv.至少; 无论如何,反正;
(1) I bought some new clothes for the trip. (2) to put on/take off your clothes (3) Bring a change of clothes with you.
(1) I don't know why he bothers me with this kind of rubbish. (2) I also met with Pollack again to kind of shoot the bull. (3) That's not the kind of talk one usually hears from accountants.
(1) to lead a life of indulgence (2) You can lead a life of undisturbed peace ever afterwards. (3) I lead a life that I don't like, among boon companions.
lead a...life
📢 UK📢 US
n.细菌(复数为bacteria);
vt.宣布;声明,声称;申报;[法]供述; vi.声明,发表宣言;宣称;
adj.顽皮的;不听话的;粗俗的;下流的;
过…的生活;
(1) The instructions look very complicated. (2) It's all very complicated─but I'll try and explain. (3) a complicated system
(1) He said he would appeal after being found guilty on four counts of murder. (2) The company is appealing against the ruling. (3) The prospect of a long wait in the rain did not appeal.
(1) When it comes to soft drinks Coca-Cola is the biggest selling brand name in Britain. (2) The program saved $11 million in 1988 by substituting generics for brand-name drugs. (3) Q : What will happen to the Blizzard brand name?
(1) She stared at him again, unable to believe the evidence of her senses. (2) ...a keen sense of smell. (3) She probably sensed that I wasn't telling her the whole story...
sense [sens] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.防衰老的;
n.感觉,官能;意识,观念;理性;识别力; vt.感到;理解,领会;检测出;
n.消遣,娱乐;
adj.忠诚的,忠心的;忠贞的; n.效忠的臣民;忠实信徒;
(1) Their unit was shelling the german lines only seven miles away. (2) The average german will enjoy 40 days' paid holiday this year. (3) They were conversing in german, their only common language.