(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) 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.
(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) A dolphin leapt out of the water. (2) We leapt over the stream. (3) The horse leapt a five-foot wall.
leap [li:p] 📢 UK📢 US
侵犯;侵害;破坏;
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.零用钱;
adj.暴力引起的;剧烈的,(风,爆炸等)猛烈的,狂暴的;感情强烈的;颜色强烈的;
(1) I know exactly how she felt. (2) Do exactly as I tell you. (3) It happened almost exactly a year ago.
exactly [ɪgˈzæktli] 📢 UK📢 US
停止(做某事),<口>住手;
adv.精确地;确切地;完全地,全然;恰恰;
n.发明;发明物;捏造:内心捏造的东西,特指谎言;发明才能;
n.服务人员,侍者;随从,随员;伴随物; adj.伴随的,随之而产生的;出席的;护理的;
(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.
(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) 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) 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] 📢 UK📢 US
<口>稍微,有点儿,有几分;
n.结构;构造;建筑物;体系; vt.构成,排列;安排;
adj.粗糙的;刺耳的;严厉的,严格的;残酷的;
adj.结构复杂的;混乱的,麻烦的; v.使复杂化( complicate的过去式);
(1) boringly normal (2) a boring job/book/evening (3) a boring man
(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)] 📢 UK📢 US
n.农场主,农民;承包人;
n.动物园;<美俚>(铁路货车的最后一节)守车;<美俚>核粒子园;
adj.依靠的;依赖的;取决于…的;有瘾的; n.受抚养人;受赡养者;依赖他人者;扈从,侍从;
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) ‘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
v.确信;
n.技巧,技术,手段;技能;手法;
死去;记录,登记签到;归还经登记借出的东西;把…留给其他人照看;
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) 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.
(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) 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
📢 UK📢 US
因…而发笑;嘲笑;蔑视;对…满不在乎;
vt.发明,创造;虚构;
n.婴儿车( buggy的名词复数 );<俚>旧汽车;小机动车;轻便马车;
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;
(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.
(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.
(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
n.质量,品质;美质,优点;才能,能力,技能,素养;品种; adj.优质的,高质量的;上流社会的;
定居;(使)安静下来;平息;落到地面上来;
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;
adj.著名品牌的;
(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.
(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
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.感觉,官能;意识,观念;理性;识别力; vt.感到;理解,领会;检测出;
vt.证明,证实;[法]验证,检定;显示; vi.显示出,证明是;
n.婴儿车( buggy的名词复数 );<俚>旧汽车;小机动车;轻便马车;
(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.
(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.
(1) The Home Office has been accused of inexcusable incompetence. (2) He kept on blathering about police incompetence. (3) He was dismissed for incompetence.
(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.