(1) He was sent to prison for five years. (2) She is in prison , awaiting trial. (3) to be released from prison
prison [ˈprɪzn] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 菠菜; <俚>胡说八道
n. 监狱,看守所
n. 安排; 筹划; 布置; 商定; 协议; 整理; 改编乐曲
adj. 令人尴尬/难堪的; 使显得愚蠢的
(1) I'll drive you back to your hotel later. It's no bother. (2) Drop the word . There is no bother about dropping the word. (3) There is no bother about dropping the word.
no bother [] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 职位较低的; 青少年的; 三年级的 n. 职位较低者; 青少年; 小学生; 较年幼者; (高中或大学的)三年级学生
不麻烦
n. 雕像,塑像
常识; 人所共知的事
(1) She felt fenced in by domestic routine. (2) His property is fenced with barbed wire. (3) He put his hand on the post behind her so that he had her fenced in and could look down on her.
fence [fens] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 栅栏; 赛马障碍物; 销赃者 v. 把…圈起来; 击剑; 搪塞
v. (有…)重; 称重量; 权衡,斟酌; 使烦恼/忧虑; 对…有影响; 起(锚)
adj. 消极的; 否定的; 负的; 阴极的 v. 拒绝; 否定 n. 底片; (化验或科学试验中的)阴性结果; 坏的事情
n. 雕刻作品; 雕刻艺术
(1) Any faults in the original cider stood out sharply after distillation. (2) The club specialises in videoing its student golfers to correct their faults. (3) For all its faults, the film instantly became a classic.
faults [] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 缺点( fault的名词复数 ); 毛病; 失误; 过失
n. 授予; 提出…的方式; 颁奖仪式; 介绍; 表演; 胎儿产式
v. (使)满意,满足; 达到; 使信服
adv. 因此
(1) Sorry to interrupt, but there's someone to see you. (2) Would you mind not interrupting all the time? (3) I hope I'm not interrupting you.
interrupt [ˌɪntəˈrʌpt] 📢 UK📢 US
v. 插嘴; 打断; 中止; 遮挡
解题
n. 极限; 限制; 界限; 范围 v. 限制; 限量; 使限于
adj. 效率高的; 有能力的
(1) He hasn't been selected for the team. (2) All our hotels have been carefully selected for the excellent value they provide. (3) She was selected as the parliamentary candidate for Bath.
select [sɪˈlekt] 📢 UK📢 US
情不自禁
v. 选择,选拔; (在计算机屏幕上)选定; adj. 精选的; 第一流的; 高级的
n. 目的地 adj. 作为目的地的
一般来说
(1) to spread a cloth on a table (2) Sue spread the map out on the floor. (3) The bird spread its wings.
spread [spred] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 技术; 技能
v. 看到; 瞄准; 观察 n. 视力; 景象
v. 开展; 伸开; 传播; 涂; 分摊 n. 散布; 广泛; 酱; 范围
v. 应得; 值得
(1) He threw the paper onto the fire and it flew up the chimney. (2) the factory chimneys of an industrial landscape (3) This gas fire doesn't need a chimney.
chimney [ˈtʃɪmni] 📢 UK📢 US
adv. 相当; 有点儿; 更确切地说; 反而 int. 当然!的确!
n. 烟囱; 狭孔
尽最大努力; 肆力
n. 亲笔签名; 亲笔稿; 手稿; 真迹石版复制品 vt. 在…上亲笔签名; 亲笔书写; 亲笔签字; 用石版术复制
(1) I am planning a 25th birthday party for my nephew. (2) My nephew, George, has a box but it is always empty. (3) He was my wife's nephew.
nephew [ˈnefjuː] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.& vi. 把…安排妥当; (从…中)区分出来,辨别出来; 分类; 整理; 整顿; 解决
筹钱
n. 侄子,外甥
n. 短文; 论说文; 论文; 企图 v. 企图
(1) Our dog has a bald patch on its leg. (2) a bald tyre (= a tyre whose surface has become smooth) (3) The bald fact is that we don't need you any longer.
bald [bɔːld] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 秃顶的,无毛的; (轮胎表面)磨平了的; 直截了当的
在第二位
v. 参与,参加
而不是
(1) He likes to cook in the open air. (2) He is now taking a walk in the open air. (3) The film will be shown in the open air tonight.
in the open air [in ðə ˈəupən eə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
prep. 在…下面; 在…背后; 比不上
n. 上唇的胡子; 髭; 触须
n. 记录,记载; 唱片; (体育运动或活动的)纪录; 履历; 案底 v. 记录;记载; 录制; 标明,显示 adj. 创纪录的
露天;在户外
(1) a fitted wardrobe (2) everything you need for your summer wardrobe (3) Her wardrobe consists primarily of huge cashmere sweaters and tiny Italian sandals.
wardrobe [ˈwɔːdrəʊb] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 小溪; 气流; 一连串; 班 v. 按能力分班; 飘动; 流出
n. 衣橱; 全部服装; 服装部
n. 监狱,看守所
n. 迹象; 招牌; 手势; 符号 v. 签字; 和…签约; 打手势
(1) Troops have been sent to protect aid workers against attack. (2) They huddled together to protect themselves from the wind. (3) Each company is fighting to protect its own commercial interests.
protect [prəˈtekt] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 惊愕的,受震惊的 v. 使…震惊( shock的过去式和过去分词 ); 使受电击; 使…感到厌恶[恐惧]
n. 口音,腔调; 重音; 重音符号 v. 强调; 重读
处理,应付
v. 保护; 贸易保护; 投保
(1) The pullover stretched after I had worn it a few times. (2) Your pullover is on back to front. (3) Then inspiration struck and she marked the check stub, " One pullover, $ 25. "
pullover [ˈpʊləʊvə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 塑料; 塑料学; 信用卡 adj. 塑料的; 不自然的; 可塑的; 做作的
n. 生活环境; 自然环境,生态环境
adj. 壮丽的; 宏伟的; 值得赞扬的
n. 套衫
(1) a vacuum pump (= one that creates a vacuum ) (2) vacuum-packed foods (= in a package from which most of the air has been removed) (3) His resignation has created a vacuum which cannot easily be filled.
(1) Can you explain how the email system works? (2) She explained to them what to do in an emergency. (3) ‘It works like this, ’ she explained.
explain [ɪkˈspleɪn] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 不允许的,被禁止的; 禁用的 v. 禁止( forbid的过去分词)
adj. 基本的; 必不可少的 ; 根本的 n. 必需品; 基本知识
发烧
v. 解释; 辩解,说明…的理由
(1) There's no need to wait in all day. (2) "no need to hurry," Ben said casually. (3) There's no need to be so goddam rude!
no need to [] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 牙膏
n. 日记,日志; 期刊,杂志
n. 行李; (思想)包袱; 偏见
没必要去…
(1) She brought up four children... (2) His grandmother and his father brought him up... (3) The regimental headquarters ordered the second company to take the lead and the fourth company to bring up the rear.
bring up [brɪŋ ʌp] 📢 UK📢 US
普遍地
争论,辩论
养育,抚养
adj. 成熟的; 口味浓郁的; 难闻的; 时机成熟的
(1) When I say I mean to do it, I mean it. (2) Breaking the dish was accidental; he didn't mean to do it. (3) What do you mean to do?
mean to do [mi:n tu: du:] 📢 UK📢 US
通过…获益; 受益; 得力; 受用
打算做;有意做
adj. 传统的,习俗的,惯例的; 守旧的
v. 接受,接纳; 同意,相信; 承认,承担; 忍受
Mediterranean [ˌmedɪtəˈreɪniən] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 地中海的; 地中海地区的; 地中海居民的 n. 地中海
n. 保龄球运动; 滚木球戏 v. 打保龄球(bowl的现在分词)
因…而发笑; 嘲笑; 蔑视; 对…满不在乎
发迹;出人头地
(1) to waste time/food/energy (2) Why waste money on clothes you don't need? (3) She wasted no time in rejecting the offer (= she rejected it immediately) .
waste [weɪst] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 简单的; 单纯的; 朴素的
报名参加
v. 浪费,滥用; 白费; 错过(机会) n. 浪费,滥用; 糟蹋; 废料,垃圾; 荒原,沙漠 adj. 荒芜的; 废弃的
v. 捐献; 增加,增进; 做贡献; 促成; 撰稿; 讲话; 是…的原因
(1) the tips of your fingers (2) the tip of your nose (3) the northern tip of the island
tip [tɪp] 📢 UK📢 US
裁短; 减少; 把…砍倒[割掉]; <非正>驳倒
和…取得联系; 接触; 接头
n. 责任,义务; 职责; 过失
n. 尖/顶端; 小费; 提示,忠告; 预测; 垃圾场; 脏乱地 v. (使)倾斜; 倾倒; 轻触; 扔掉; 给小费; 预言…会成功
(1) I can see I will have to revise my opinions of his abilities now. (2) The government may need to revise its policy in the light of this report. (3) a revised edition of a textbook
revise [rɪˈvaɪz] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 拉手; 把手; 有柄的; 方法 v. 应付; 处理; 使用; 驾驶; 拿; 买,卖
一系列; 一些; 一套
n. 舒适; 安逸生活; 安慰; 感到安慰的人/物; 使生活舒适的东西 v. 安慰
vt. 修订; 改变; 修正; [主英国英语]复习 vt.& vi. 复习 vi. 修订,校订
(1) Denmark recycles nearly 85% of its paper. (2) recycled paper (3) He recycled all his old jokes.
recycle [ˌriːˈsaɪkl] 📢 UK📢 US
向上生长; 长大; 成熟; 出现
n. 比赛; 火柴; 敌手; 相配的人/物; 相似的东西; 婚姻 v. 与…相称; 相似; 配对; 比得上; 使较量; 使优于; 适应
n. 垃圾; 劣质物品; 废话 adj. 极不擅长的 v. 贬低
v. 回收利用; 重新使用
(1) Never take it for granted that one will be popular with anybody anywhere anything. (2) Most people would like to be popular with others, but not everyone can achieve this goal.
be popular with [bi: ˈpɔpjulə wið] 📢 UK📢 US
v. 装饰; 装潢; 粉刷; 糊墙纸; 装点; 美化; 授予勋章
实际上,其实; 实则; 事实上; 说起来
最重要的是;尤其是
受…欢迎
(1) Does it bother you that she earns more than you? (2) It bothers me to think of her alone in that big house. (3) Stop bothering me when I'm working.
bother [ˈbɒðə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 典型的; 特有的; 一贯的,平常的
n. (烧水用的)壶; 小汽锅
adv. 最后,终于
v. 麻烦,操心; 使苦恼; 打扰,纠缠; 使疼痛 n. 麻烦,困难; 令人烦恼的事/人 int. 真讨厌(表示对某人/事烦恼)
(1) changing patterns of behaviour (2) an irregular sleeping pattern (3) The murders all seem to follow a (similar) pattern (= happen in the same way) .
pattern [ˈpætn] 📢 UK📢 US
v. 选择,选拔; (在计算机屏幕上)选定; adj. 精选的; 第一流的; 高级的
消磨时光
n. 模式; 范例; 图案; 模型; 样品 v. 构成图案; 使形成
n. (体育比赛的)场地; 程度,顶点; 音高; 沥青 v. 抛,扔; 向前跌倒; 颠簸; 把(球)投给击球员; 把…定; 搭(帐篷)
(1) ...his niece from America, the daughter of his eldest sister. (2) The President and Mrs. Bush are the adoptive uncle and aunt of a niece and nephew. (3) She will tend after her niece and nephew for the weekend.
niece [niːs] 📢 UK📢 US
不做
n. 外甥女; 侄女
在…岁时
n. method的复数:方法; 方法( method的名词复数 ); 方法论; 教学法; 分类法
(1) confidential information/documents (2) Your medical records are strictly confidential (= completely secret) . (3) He spoke in a confidential tone, his voice low.
confidential [ˌkɒnfɪˈdenʃl] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 机密的,保密的; 悄悄的
v. 出版,刊登; 发表; 公布
n. 关系; 恋爱关系; 血缘关系
adj. 沉默的; 未谈及的; 无声的
(1) a senior officer/manager/lecturer, etc. (2) a senior partner in a law firm (3) a senior post/position
senior [ˈsiːniə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 间隔; 幕间休息; (数学)区间
只要; 与……一样长
adj. 级别/地位高的,资深的; (比赛)成人的,高水平的 n. 较年长的人; 上司; 资深运动员; 高年级/毕业班学生
打算(做)…,想要(做)…
(1) Every time she consulted her watch, she wondered if the batteries were wearing out... (2) Horses used for long-distance riding tend to wear their shoes out more quickly... (3) The past few days had really worn him out...
wear out [weə(r) aʊt] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 观众; 听众; 读者; 接见; 会见
n. 地址,位置; 网址; 演说 v. 写(收信人)姓名地址; 解决,处理; 演讲; 向…说话; 称呼
集中精力于
用坏; 穿破; (使)筋疲力尽; 耗尽
(1) She spent a year in jail. (2) He has been released from jail. (3) a ten-year jail sentence
jail [dʒeɪl] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 坚信的; 自信的; 肯定的
adj. 极好的; 巨大的; 寓言中的
n. 便宜货; 交易,协议 v. 商谈; 讨价还价
n. 监狱; 看守所 v. 监禁; 拘留
(1) The hip-hugging black and white polka-dot dress was the height of fashion. (2) Don't wear polka - dot underwear under white shorts.
polka dot [ˈpɔlkə dɔt] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 内容; 目录; 含量,成分
n. 圆点花样的布料
adj. 害怕的,受惊的
v. 实现,达到; 完成; 成功
(1) a coat with a fur collar (2) I turned up my collar against the wind (= to keep warm) . (3) He always wears a collar and tie for work.
collar [ˈkɒlə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 衣领; (动物)颈圈; 箍 v. 抓住,逮住; 拦住(某人与其)谈话
v. 后悔,对…感到遗憾/抱歉 n. 遗憾,失望
adj. 内疚的; 有罪的
总的来说,大体而言; 总而言之; 总之; 归根结底
(1) His sisters are grown up and his parents are middle-aged. (2) ...middleaged, married businessmen. (3) Her novels are middle-aged and boring.
middle-aged [ˌmɪdl ˈeɪdʒd] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 中年的; 适合于中年人的; 具有中年人特点的
n. 能力; 才能
避免做某事;逃避…
依我看来; 据我看来
(1) He described the sequence of events leading up to the robbery. (2) The tasks had to be performed in a particular sequence. (3) Number the pages in sequence .
sequence [ˈsiːkwəns] 📢 UK📢 US
n. [数]数列,序列; 顺序; 连续; 片断插曲 vt. 使按顺序排列,安排顺序; [生化]确定…的顺序,确定…的化学结构序列
v. 理解,意识到; 获得; 实现; 发生; 变卖
(使)慢下来; (使)生产缓慢, (使)变得迟钝
n. 记忆力; 回忆; 存储器; 怀念
(1) He has decided to grow a beard and a moustache. (2) a week's growth of beard (3) a goat's beard
beard [bɪəd] 📢 UK📢 US
有信心
adj. 场面富丽的,壮观的; 引人注意的; 惊动一时的; 惊人的 n. 壮观的场面,精彩的表演; 〈美〉一小时半以上的大场面电视节目; 特大霓虹灯广告
adj. 重要的; 严重的; 大音阶的; 主修的 n. 少校; 主修课程; 主修…的学生; 大型企业; 大联盟 v. 主修
n. 胡须,胡子
(1) He was short and bald and had a moustache. (2) ...a heavy man with drooping moustaches. (3) No , no. He did have a moustache, just a short little moustache.