美国英语 中级下 : 看单词选词义(考) - 15
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(1) the area where the market was anciently held (= in ancient times)
(2) an ancient oak tree
(3) ancient monuments
ancient
[ˈeɪnʃənt]
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adj.古代的,已往的;古老的,过时的;年老的;老式的;
n.古代人;古文明国的国民;<古>高龄老人;<古>旗手;
n.经济学;经济,国家的经济状况;
n.自己的事物;自己人;
vt.拥有;承认;
vi.承认;
adj.自己的;特有的;
adj.疲倦的;困倦的;对…不耐烦的;陈旧的;
v.(使)疲劳( tire的过去式和过去分词);对(做)某事感到厌倦;
(1) a monotonous voice/diet/routine
(2) monotonous work
(3) New secretaries came and went with monotonous regularity .
monotonous
[məˈnɒtənəs]
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vt.& vi.(使)吃得过多;
adj.(声音,话语)单调的,无抑扬顿挫的;枯燥无味的;
n.修女,尼姑;
屏住呼吸; 倒吸一口气;<非正>休息一下; 歇一口气;
(1) We rented a holiday villa in Spain.
(2) a Victorian villa in North London
(3) He lives in a secluded five-bedroom luxury villa.
villa
[ˈvɪlə]
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n.别墅,公馆;<英>(城郊)住宅;
n.空气调节机;空调设备;空气调节器;空调设施;
n.摔跤选手;扭斗者,搏斗者;
vt.& vi.用钱,花钱;
vt.花费;消耗;花(时间);度过;
n.(为某目的或某段时间内的)花销,花费,开销;
(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.
hurt
[hə:t]
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n.情感,感情;情绪;感动,激动;
n.制造商,制造厂;厂主;[经]厂商;
vt.损害;使受伤;使伤心;使受皮肉之苦;
vi.疼痛;感到疼痛;受痛苦;有坏处,有害;
n.伤害;痛苦;
adj.受伤的;痛苦的;(受)损坏的;
vt.& vi.烹调;编造;篡改;密谋;
vt.烹调;煮;
vi.烹调;做菜;
n.厨师;厨子;
(1) The telephone rang and Pat answered it.
(2) You can reserve seats over the telephone .
(3) I need to make a telephone call .
telephone
[ˈtelɪfəʊn]
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v.被认为是;号称;叫做;
n.电话;电话机;(电话机的)话筒;受话器;
vt.& vi.以电话传送(消息),给(某人)打电话;用电话与(某人)交谈;
adj.挫败的,失意的,泄气的;
v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 );挫败;使受挫折;令人沮丧;
vt.& vi.开始;着手;创始;创办;
vi.(从…)开始;起始;起初是;开始讲话;
(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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处于危险[受罚, 痛苦]之中;
adj.足够的,充足的;[逻辑学](条件)必然的;〈古〉有能力的,能胜任的,够资格的;
n.足够(的量);
n.婴儿车( buggy的名词复数 );<俚>旧汽车;小机动车;轻便马车;
vt.表达;快递;
adj.明确的;迅速的;专门的;
n.快车;快车;专使;捷运公司;
adv.乘快车;用快递方式;
(1) to make a remark
(2) He made a number of rude remarks about the food.
(3) What exactly did you mean by that last remark?
remark
[rɪˈmɑ:k]
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n.米;测量仪表,计量器;[计量]公尺;韵律;
vt.用仪表测量;用表计算;
n.注意,观察;话语;评论,谈论,;
vt.& vi.评论;觉察;
vi.发出隆隆声;快速发展;暴涨;
vt.以低沉而有回响的声音发出;使繁荣;使迅速发展;
n.隆隆声;繁荣;激增;
vt.增加;补充;附带说明;把…包括在内;
vi.增加;做加法;累积而成;扩大;
n.加法,加法运算;(一篇报道的)补充部分;
(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]
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vt.解决;安排;使定居;使沉淀;
vi.下沉;定居;
n.高背长靠椅;
n.门;闸门;登机门;入场费;
vt.给…装大门;[电子学] 电波传送;
n.癌症,恶性肿瘤;弊病,社会恶习;迅速蔓延的恶劣的或危险的事物;[天]巨蟹座,巨蟹宫;
n.用户,使用者;吸毒成瘾者;
(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]
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n.头盔;钢盔;盔形物,盔状物;[植]盔状花冠;
vt.给…戴上头盔;
n.(玩具、钟表等上面的)发条装置;钟表机械;
与…保持距离;
adj.流行的;时髦的,符合时尚的;时髦人物使用的;(尤指)有钱人常光顾的;
n.时髦的人;
(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.
appeal
[əˈpi:l]
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用…造成(用于原材料显而易见的场合);
(把…)对准,指向;针对;指画;
n.上诉;[体育]诉请;呼吁;(迫切的)要求(帮助、同情等)恳求;
vi.(迫切)要求;有吸引力;求助(于);提请注意;
vt.将…移交上级法院审理;
n.消遣,娱乐;
(1) a weird dream
(2) She's a really weird girl.
(3) He's got some weird ideas.
weird
[wiəd]
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adj.怪诞的,超自然的;奇怪的,奇异的;<古>命运的,宿命的;不可思议的;
n.命运,宿命;厄运;<古>命运女神;
adj.广阔的;巨大的;大量的;巨额的;
n.浩瀚;广大无边的空间;
n.匪徒,歹徒;流氓;恶棍;
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) 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]
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更不用说;不消说;
讲得通; 有意义;是明智的;理解;
adj.经过验证或证实的;
v.证明( prove的过去分词 );检验,试验;
adj.干的干燥的,干旱的;干旱的,口渴的;干咳的;无趣味的,枯燥的;
vt.从…去掉水分,使…变干;脱水保存(如肉或其它食物);
vi.变干;
n.干涸;[复数] drys [非正式用语]主张禁酒的人;
(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.
german
['dʒɜ:mən]
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adj.德国的;德国人/语的;德国文化的;
n.德国人,德语;
vt.& vi.消化;整理;
vt.吸收;领悟;玩味;
vi.消化;吸收食物;[化学]加热;
n.文摘;摘要;法律汇编;罗马法典;
白费地; 徒劳无益地;无效果的; 无用的;
长得像,性格类似于,效仿;
(1) boringly normal
(2) a boring job/book/evening
(3) a boring man
boring
[ˈbɔ:rɪŋ]
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adj.未受到挑战的;不成问题的;未引起争论的;无异议的;
adj.无聊的,无趣的;令人厌烦的;单调的,乏味的;
n.钻孔;钻屑;
v.令人厌烦(bore的现在分词);
adj.爱冒险的;大胆的;危险的;
vt.理解,懂得;熟知,通晓;获知,理解;谅解;
vi.理解,懂得;表示同情或谅解;据说;
n.认识,了解;谅解;知识;
adj.能谅解的;宽容的;通情达理的;
(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]
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为了…;
adj.(用作定语)用马拖的;
n.词典,字典;[自]代码字典;
n.监狱;拘留所;
vt.监禁;拘留;
(1) a feeling of hunger/excitement/sadness, etc.
(2) guilty feelings
(3) I've got a tight feeling in my stomach.
feeling
[ˈfi:lɪŋ]
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n.感觉,知觉,情绪;感情;气氛;
adj.富有感情的,有感觉的;有同情心的,仁慈的;
v.感觉;认为(feel的现在分词);
vi.闪耀,闪烁;活跃,焕发活力和才智;
n.光亮;活力;
vt.& vi.跟随,接着;
vt.继承;(按时间、顺序等)接着;从事;采用;
vi.理解;发生兴趣;由此产生;跟着人(或物)去(或来);
n.追随,跟随;[台球]推球,跟球打法(使竿击的球在击中目的球后继续滚动的打法);
偶遇;偶然发现;使产生…印象;
(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?
brand-name

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adj.著名品牌的;
n.别墅,公馆;<英>(城郊)住宅;
n.农作物;产量;庄稼;平头;
vt.种植;收割;修剪;剪短;
vi.收成;收获;
adj.燃烧的;发热的;急切的;(欲望等)炽烈的;
v.燃烧(burn的现在分词);使用某物为燃料;
(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]
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n.幽默,心情,诙谐;
vt.迎合,牵就,顺应;
定居;(使)安静下来;平息;落到地面上来;
n.旅行;进行;移动;漫游;
vi.旅行;传送;前进,行进;[篮球]走步;
vt.经过,通过;游历;
n.消化,领悟;消化能力;细菌分解;(精神上的)同化吸收,融会贯通;
(1) The instructions look very complicated.
(2) It's all very complicated─but I'll try and explain.
(3) a complicated system
complicated
[ˈkɒmplɪkeɪtɪd]
📢 UK 📢 US
使流入,使灌入;大量地涌进来;蜂拥而来;
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;
n.弓;鞠躬;船头;艏;n.鞠躬;船头;艏;
vi.(向…)弯腰,鞠躬;
vt.低头;俯首;垂首;(使)弯曲;
adj.结构复杂的;混乱的,麻烦的;
v.使复杂化( complicate的过去式);
(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;
adj.军事的;军用的;讨厌的;好战的;
n.军人;军队;武装力量;
小卖部;
adv.言词上;口头地;照字面地;作为动词;
(1) Reports that he has resigned are nonsense.
(2) You're talking nonsense !
(3) ‘I won't go. ’ ‘nonsense! You must go! ’
nonsense
[ˈnɔnsəns]
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或…或…;不是…便是…;要么…要么…;不论…还是…;
n.胡说,废话;荒谬的念头;愚蠢的行为;胡闹;
adj.无意义的;荒谬的;
int.荒唐;
adj.不抱希望的,绝望的;没有希望的,惨淡的;不可救药的;不可能的;
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);
(1) The farmer lassoed the cow.
(2) The farmer is shearing his sheep.
(3) The farmer milks the cows twice a day.
farmer
[ˈfɑ:mə(r)]
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n.农场主,农民;承包人;
n.步,脚步;步骤,手段;步调;级别;
vt.& vi.举步,行走;踩,踏上;跨入;轻快地走;
vi.踏,踩;走;
vt.跳舞;迈步;使成阶梯状;
adj.辛辣的;刺激性的;苦痛的;尖刻的;
n.坟墓;墓穴;墓碑;死亡;
v.埋葬;
(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

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n.技能,技巧;熟练,巧妙;才能,本领;
平均起来;
保持健康;保养;摄生;颐;
过…的生活;
(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]
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n.感觉,官能;意识,观念;理性;识别力;
vt.感到;理解,领会;检测出;
adv.原来,原先;以前,从前;刚才;先头;
n.肥料,粪便;
vt.施肥;
adj.发火花的,闪亮的;灿烂的,活泼的;闪闪发光的,闪烁的;起泡沫的;
v.闪光,闪耀(sparkle的现在分词);
(1) I know exactly how she felt.
(2) Do exactly as I tell you.
(3) It happened almost exactly a year ago.
exactly
[ɪgˈzæktli]
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n.外科医生;[军]军医;
adv.精确地;确切地;完全地,全然;恰恰;
n.棚,库;分水岭;
vt.流出;流下;蜕皮;树叶脱落;
vi.流出;蜕皮;脱落;散布;
n.有利条件;益处;优越(性);处于支配地位;
vt.有利于;有益于;促进;使处于有利地位;
vi.得益,获利;
(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]
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adj.运气好的,侥幸的;兆头好的,吉祥的;〈俚〉难得;很恰当的;
vt.& vi.(与某人)搏斗;(与…)摔跤;斟酌;
n.摔跤;斗争;
n.电灯,电光;
v.读出器,读出( readout的过去式和过去分词 );大声朗诵,宣读;读出;
(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.
lamp
[læmp]
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vt.& vi.<口>抱怨,发牢骚;
n.爱抱怨的人;脾气坏的人;牢骚;生气;
n.灯,灯泡;照射器;(智慧等的)明灯;电子管;
v.照亮;发亮;看到;
n.医院;收容所;养老院;〈古〉旅客招待所;
adv.明显地;
(1) He looked thoughtful.
(2) They sat in thoughtful silence.
(3) It was very thoughtful of you to send the flowers.
thoughtful
[ˈθɔ:tfl]
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adj.沉思的;体贴的;缜密思考过的,深思熟虑的;
n.登机证;
信赖;信仰;
n.证券,公债,债券;结合(物),结合力,黏合(剂),联结;契约,契约义务,盟约;束缚,羁绊;
vt.使结合;以…作保;
vi.结合;团结在一起;
(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]
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vt.辗;使(眼球等)左右转动;(使)原地转圈;滚动;
vi.左右摇晃;翻滚;开始移动,启动;
n.名册;滚翻;
vi.抱怨;发牢骚;嘟囔;(雷等)隆隆响;
vt.喃喃地说出;
n.抱怨;牢骚;咕哝;(雷等的)隆隆声;
说实话;
n.眼镜;双筒望远镜;玻璃( glass的名词复数 );玻璃杯;玻璃器皿;眼镜;
(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.
clothes
[kləuðz]
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犯错误;弄错;
adj.多汁的;有趣的;刺激性强的;报酬多的;
n.衣服,衣物;寝具;
v.穿(衣)( clothe的第三人称单数);给…提供衣服;(用语言)表达;覆盖;
n.停顿;停止,停滞;
adj.停顿的,停滞的;引起停顿的;造成停滞的;
(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.
attract
[əˈtrækt]
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adj.每日的,日常的;一日的;每日一次的;每个工作日的;
n.日报;(不寄宿的)仆人,白天做家务的女佣;
adv.每日;逐日;每周日;日复一日地;
vt.控制;管理;限制;支配;
n.支配权;操纵者;(对国家、地区、机构等的)管理权;(键盘上的)控制键;
买东西;
vt.吸引;诱惑;引起…的好感(或兴趣);
vi.具有吸引力;引人注意;
(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]
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n.消费者,顾客;[生态]取食者,食物链中以其他生物为食物的生物;
n.诱惑,引诱;诱惑物;
n.愿意;意志(力);[法]遗嘱;
vt.决心要;将(财产等)遗赠某人;用意志力驱使(某事发生);
vi.愿意, 希望, 想要;
aux.将,将会;会,要;
n.树袋熊;考拉;
(1) an item/article of clothing
(2) protective clothing
(3) the high cost of food and clothing
clothing
[ˈkləuðiŋ]
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adj.医学的;医药的;医疗的;内科的;
n.体格检查;
[法] 唯恐;
n.呼吸;一口气;呼吸力;微量;
n.衣服;服装;[航]帆装;
v.覆盖(clothe的现在分词);给…提供衣服;
(1) A dolphin leapt out of the water.
(2) We leapt over the stream.
(3) The horse leapt a five-foot wall.
leap
[li:p]
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vi.跳;冲动的行动;
vt.跳过,跃过;使跳跃;
n.跳跃,飞跃;跳跃的距离;
n.促进,增进;提升,升级;(商品等的)推广;发扬;
扔掉;浪费,错过;屏弃;委;
n.亿万富翁;巨富;
(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.
bored

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adj.喜怒无常的;忧悒的;(无缘无故)不高兴的;脾气坏的;
adv.喜怒无常地,情绪多变地;
n.喜怒无常;
adj.合理的,公道的;明白道理的;适当的;有理性的;
adj.无聊的,无趣的,烦人的;
v.令人厌烦( bore的过去式和过去分词 );挖;掘;钻;
vt.检查,核对;制止,抑制;在…上打勾;
vi.核实,查核;中止;打勾;[象棋]将一军;
n.<美>支票;制止,抑制;检验,核对;
(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.
kind of
[kaind ɔv]
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n.高度,海拔;高地;身高;绝顶,顶点;
<口>稍微,有点儿,有几分;
n.轻松,舒适;容易;安逸;不拘束,自在;
vt.解除痛苦;减轻;延缓;松弛;
vi.缓解,减少;轻松前进;
偷看;窥视;
(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]
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v.确信;
n.盘;餐具;一盘食物;外貌有吸引力的人;
vt.盛于碟盘中;分发;使某人的希望破灭;说(某人)的闲话;
vi.成碟状;
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;
n.布,织物;一块布;用作某种用途的布,桌布,擦布,揩布;(统称)牧师;
(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.
not to mention
[nɔt tu: ˈmenʃən]
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更不用说;不消说;
忠于…;尽忠;
n.特别喜欢的人(或物);喜欢的事物;最有希望获胜者(尤指马);收藏夹;
adj.喜爱的,宠爱的,中意的;
[美国英语] = favourite;
n.偶像,崇拜对象;图标,图符;[宗]圣像;肖像;
(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]
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n.不胜任;无资格;不适当;不熟练;
vt.& vi.(使)适合;安装;合身;
adj.合适的;恰当的;合身的;
n.合身;适合;配合;
n.运动;活动;动作,举动;乐章;
vt.影响;假装;感动;(疾病)侵袭;
n.感情,情感,心情;[精神病学](表露或觉察到的)情绪反应;
(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]
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n.自然;天性;天理;类型;
adj.直的;连续的;直率的;整齐的;
adv.直地;直接地;坦率地;立即;
n.直线;直线部分;
一定要…;终归;不得不;注定;
adj.欠考虑的;轻率的;自私的,不体贴人的;没有思想的;
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