(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. 会议; 开庭; 一段时间; 学年 adj. 伴奏的
用坏; 穿破; （使）筋疲力尽; 耗尽
不完全是; 不见得
adj. 当前的; 流通的 n. (河、湖或海的)水流; 电流; 趋向
(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
v. 损坏; 伤害 n. 损坏; 伤害; 不良影响; 损害赔偿金
没必要去…
v. 推迟; 耽误; 磨蹭; 使迟到 n. 延期; 耽误
n. 级别; 程度; 度，度数; 学位; 学位课程
(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
v. （使）满意，满足; 达到; 使信服
n. 衣领; （动物）颈圈; 箍 v. 抓住，逮住; 拦住（某人与其）谈话
adv. 确实; 实际上; 究竟
num. 百万
(1) She spent a year in jail. (2) He has been released from jail. (3) a ten-year jail sentence
jail [dʒeɪl] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 注意（力）; 兴趣，关注; 照料，维修; 殷勤 int. 注意！立正！
v. 表现; 举止得体; 作出反应
n. 建筑学; 建筑式样; 建筑风格; 体系结构; 结构; 架构
n. 监狱; 看守所 v. 监禁; 拘留
(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
n. 素食者; 食草动物 adj. 素食者的; 素菜的
n. 五斗柜，衣柜
不麻烦
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
(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
adj. 和平的; 平和的; 宁静的; 寻求和平的
v. 打翻，弄翻; 打乱，打搅 adj. 难过的; 失望的; 沮丧的; （肠胃）不舒服的
vt. 修订; 改变; 修正; [主英国英语]复习 vt.& vi. 复习 vi. 修订，校订
有时， 间或
(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. 组织; 安排; 规划; 建立组织
从一个地方到另一个地方
安排做某事
(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. 可继续的，可续订的; 可更新的; 可再生的; 可翻新的 n. 可再生资源
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）
n. 组织（工作）; 安排，编排; 条理
adv. 正确地; 得体地; 完全地; 真正地
(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
缺; 缺少; 缺乏; 悭
锻炼；计算出；解决
有人很熟悉某件事。
(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
考虑做…
打算做；有意做
n. 解释，说明; 理由; 阐述
只要; 与……一样长
(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.
moustache [məˈstɑːʃ] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 基础的，根本的; 最初级的，起码的; 碱性的
n. 抢劫案; 明抢; 敲竹杠; 明目张胆地索取高价
一系列; 一些; 一套
n. 上唇的胡子; 髭; 触须
(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
n. 统治; 控制（力）; 克制; 管理; 限制; 控制按钮; 检查站/人员; 对照标准 v. 指挥; 控制; 限定; 限制; 阻止蔓延; 抑制
n. 行李
adj. 非常感兴趣的，热心的
(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
公开地，当众; 大庭广众; 桌面儿上
v. 旨在; 决定; 力求达到; 针对; 瞄准 n. 目标，意图; 瞄准; 准确性
adj. 中年的; 适合于中年人的; 具有中年人特点的
n. 信封; 封皮; 包裹物
(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
下（车、马等）; 离开; 发出; （使）入睡
n. 外卖餐馆，外卖食品
帮帮忙
露天；在户外
(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
对某人/事来说太...(负面)
adj. 秃顶的，无毛的; （轮胎表面）磨平了的; 直截了当的
adv. 尤其; 特别
到…年龄
(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
n. 机会; 时机
n. 套衫
n. 完成，实现; 成就，功绩
n. 胡须，胡子
(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
v. 认为，考虑; 体谅，顾及; 端详
v. 抱怨，发牢骚
adj. 残酷的; 引起痛苦的
n. 套衫
(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
折扣价
n. 牙膏
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
涉及，专心; 卷入
(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. 圆点花样的布料
v. 退休; 退出，离开; 退庭; 睡觉; 出局; 撤退
取得进步
起初，当初
(1) to travel on/by public transport (2) Most of us use public transport to get to work. (3) Local public transport services are gradually resuming.
public transport [ˈpʌblik trænsˈpɔ:t] 📢 UK📢 US
幸亏；由于
n. 公共交通，公共交通工具，公交车辆
n. 经验; 经历; 往事 v. 经历; 感受
处理，应付
(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.
vacuum [ˈvækjuːm] 📢 UK📢 US
受…欢迎
adj. 有价值的; 宝贵的; 贵重的，值钱的
n. 真空; 空白; 空虚; 清洁 v. 用真空吸尘器清扫
n. 项目，工程; （学生的）课题，研究项目; 方案，计划 v. 规划，计划; 预测; 放映，投射; 伸出；凸出; 表现，展现
(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
被允许做些什么
n. 解决办法; 溶解; 答案
vt.& vi. 编织，编结; 接合（折骨等）; 使皱起，使皱紧; 使紧密相联 n. 编织物; 编织法
n. 烟囱; 狭孔
(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. 戴在头上的收话器，双耳式耳机; 听筒
n. 缺点( fault的名词复数 ); 毛病; 失误; 过失
v. 挣钱; 赚钱; 营利
普遍地
(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
v. 提醒; 使想起
adj. 机密的，保密的; 悄悄的
n. 理由; 论据; 讨论，辩论; 异议; 争论 n. [计]参数，更多的表示实参，在部分翻译中被叫做引数
v. 发现，找到; 了解到; 发掘(人才)
(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. 笼子 v. 把（动物）关在笼中
v. 开展; 伸开; 传播; 涂; 分摊 n. 散布; 广泛; 酱; 范围
adj. 短暂的
n. 准备（工作）; 制剂
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
养育，抚养
v. 提醒，警告; 告诫（不要做…）
争论一些事情
(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. 监狱，看守所
冻得极冷
adj. 随和的，好交际的，友善的
就某件事征求意见
(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
v. 打败; 控制; 难倒; 突破，胜过; 逃避; 击打; 作节奏运动; 踩出（道路） n. 有节奏的跳动; 敲击; 节奏，节拍; 辖区 adj. 累坏的
n. 状况; 环境，处境; 条件，条款; 健康状况; 疾病 v. 训练; 使习惯于; 使适应; 影响; 保养
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
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
(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
养育，抚养
n. 香子兰，香草; 香子兰荚; 香子兰精，香草精 adj. 香草的; 香草味的; 相对没有新意的，普通的
出来; 出现; 出版; 出狱
n. 队伍; 等待的人群; 队列（计算机用语） v. 排队; 抢着做
(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
n. 侄子，外甥
n. 劳动，工作; 分娩; 英国工党 v. 努力做; 劳动; 艰苦地做; 吃力前行
n. 部分; 部件; 章节; 阶层; 部门; 地区; 平方英里; 断面图; 切开; 切片 v. 切开; 做切片; 把…切成片; 强制入院治疗
n. 总理，首相
(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
n. 模式; 范例; 图案; 模型; 样品 v. 构成图案; 使形成
n. 改善; 改进之处; 改善的事物
过，一闪即逝，下达; 把…一代传一代，使流传
v. 保护; 贸易保护; 投保
(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
n. 外甥女; 侄女
建立；设立；创立; 安排; 建立；竖起; 安装，调试，架设（设备等）; 诬陷；栽赃
<口>给迷住，对…深感兴趣，深深卷入
v. 许诺; 答应给予; 预示 n. 诺言; 获得成功的迹象; 吉兆
(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
prep. 在…下面; 在…背后; 比不上
v. 受苦; 忍受; 变差
n. 衣橱; 全部服装; 服装部
转乘; 使有关系; 与…连接; 用电话同…相联系
(1) junior employees (2) She is junior to me. (3) the world junior tennis championships
junior [ˈdʒuːniə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
adv. 在个人看来; 亲自; 当面地; 个别地; 私人地; 无礼地
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
v. 想知道，感到疑惑; 感到诧异 n. 惊叹，惊奇; 奇迹，奇事; 奇才 adj. 神奇的; 有奇效的
v. 扣牢; 关紧; 使牢固; 系上; 抓牢; 盯住
(1) Denmark recycles nearly 85% of its paper. (2) recycled paper (3) He recycled all his old jokes.
recycle [ˌriːˈsaɪkl] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 一部分; 一份遗产（或赠与的财产）; 嫁妆; 分得的财产 vt. 把…分成份额; 分配; 把…分给(to); 命运注定
不再
消除；分解；打破
v. 回收利用; 重新使用
(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
v. 保护; 贸易保护; 投保
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
adj. 神经紧张的; 神经质的; 神经的
adv. 因此
(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
v. 解释; 辩解，说明…的理由
（把…）与…相比; 比得上， 可与…相比; 比较
atheletics
adj. 适宜的; 正确的; 像样的; 规矩的; 严格意义上的; 完全的; 特有的
(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
最好的机会
不麻烦
adj. 许多
领工资
(1) the tips of your fingers (2) the tip of your nose (3) the northern tip of the island
tip [tɪp] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 监狱; 看守所 v. 监禁; 拘留
n. 装置，器具; 爆炸装置; 策略，技巧; 诡计; （文学作品中）修辞手段
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
adj. 先前的; 以前的; 过早的; （时间上）稍前的 adv. 在先；在…以前
(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.