(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...
(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
adv. 稍微; 身材瘦小
n. 真空; 空白; 空虚; 清洁 v. 用真空吸尘器清扫
adj. 全面的; 总体的 adv. 全部; 总体上 n. 外套; 工装服
v. 担保; 提供（产品）保修单; 确保; 承诺对…负法律责任 n. 保证; 保修单; 起保证的事物; 担保金
(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
n. 事件; 活动; 比赛项目
一…就…; 一经
养育，抚养
n. 纪录片; 纪实节目 adj. 文件的，文献的; 纪实的
(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
有人很熟悉某件事。
n. 套衫
一般来说
v. 保留; 预订; 拥有 n. 储备; 预备队员; 保护区; 寡言; 谨慎; 后备军; 底价
(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
adj. 复杂的; 难处理的
n. 圆点花样的布料
依靠
n. 笼子 v. 把（动物）关在笼中
(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.
(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
n. 上唇的胡子; 髭; 触须
vt. 形成，造成; 产生物理反应; 产生（后代）; 引起
平安地，安静地
v. 询问; 打听
(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. 阳台; 楼座
adj. 出乎意料的
n. 栅栏; 赛马障碍物; 销赃者 v. 把…圈起来; 击剑; 搪塞
有人很熟悉某件事
(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. 庄稼，作物; 收成; 一群，一些; 短发 v. 有收成; 收割; 啃吃（草等）; 剪短，剪裁
v. 在…探险; 探讨; 勘探; 摸索
n. 网球场
(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
发迹；出人头地
adj. 大约的; 近似的; 粗略的 v. 近似于; 近似计算
adj. 机密的，保密的; 悄悄的
adj. 机密的，保密的; 悄悄的
(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
n. 社区; 居住区; 周边地区
adj. 每年的; 一年一次的; 全年的 n. 年报，年刊; 一年生植物
一系列; 一些; 一套
(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
adj. 基础的，根本的; 最初级的，起码的; 碱性的
n. 面试; 采访; 面谈 v. 对…进行面试; 采访; 面谈
（使）加速; 开快车; 加紧; 增速
(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
adj. 许多
n. 大气层; 空气; 氛围，环境; 魅力
n. 安排; 筹划; 布置; 商定; 协议; 整理; 改编乐曲
n. 外甥女; 侄女
(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
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. （事件或活动的）发生地; 举办地点; 场地
在和之间
拥有（或包含）最新信息的; 最新式的; 现代化的; 至今; 到目前为止
(1) She spent a year in jail. (2) He has been released from jail. (3) a ten-year jail sentence
jail [dʒeɪl] 📢 UK📢 US
v. 使抑郁; 使萧条; 按下; 减少
advertisment
n. 监狱; 看守所 v. 监禁; 拘留
想做的事
(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
跟。。。类似得，与。。。同样的; 如同
v. 停顿; 暂停放音 n. 停顿; 延长记号; 暂停键
失去对…的兴趣; 爆炸，开火; （电器设备）停止运转; 进行，进展; 变质，腐败
n. 模式; 范例; 图案; 模型; 样品 v. 构成图案; 使形成
(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
n. 便宜货; 交易，协议 v. 商谈; 讨价还价
以谋生为生
n. 烟囱; 狭孔
n. 专题讨论会; 正式商谈; 体育协会
(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. 应得; 值得
n. 衣领; （动物）颈圈; 箍 v. 抓住，逮住; 拦住（某人与其）谈话
prep. 除了…之外 conj. 除了 v. 不包括
n. [医]药方，处方; 处方药; 训令，指示; 法规
(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
花在做
n. 水蒸气; 蒸发; 精力 v. 蒸发; 疾行
v. 称赞; （对上帝）称颂 n. 称赞; （对上帝）敬拜
不麻烦
(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
自拍照（尤指那些自拍后上传到社交网站的照片）
n. 困惑; 混淆; 尴尬; 混乱局面
adj. 中年的; 适合于中年人的; 具有中年人特点的
首先，起初
(1) Denmark recycles nearly 85% of its paper. (2) recycled paper (3) He recycled all his old jokes.
recycle [ˌriːˈsaɪkl] 📢 UK📢 US
v. 回收利用; 重新使用
值得做；物有所值
n. 两星期，十四天
n. 竞争; 比赛; 竞争者; 竞争产品
(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
v. 倾倒; 倒（饮料等）; 倾泻; 倾盆而下; 蜂拥; 源源而来
n. 行李
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
有时， 间或
(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
收起来; 放好; 储存; 打消
n. 多种多样; 多样化; 种类; 综艺节目
n. 行李; （思想）包袱; 偏见
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) 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
adj. 顽皮的; 不听话的; 粗俗的
n. 提神，精神恢复; 提神物; 点心，茶点
n. 缺点( fault的名词复数 ); 毛病; 失误; 过失
n. 〈英口〉同“advertisement”
(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. 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
adv. 否则; 除此以外; 与之不同地; 以其他方式
v. 开展; 伸开; 传播; 涂; 分摊 n. 散布; 广泛; 酱; 范围
v. 意识到; 注意 n. 注意; 通知; 预告; 启事; 短评
(1) junior employees (2) She is junior to me. (3) the world junior tennis championships
junior [ˈdʒuːniə(r)] 📢 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
v. 租用; 出租; 租金为 n. 租金; 裂口
n. 课程，讲座; 航向; 方针; 行为方式; 进程; 疗程; 一道菜; 高尔夫球; 比赛场地; 泳道; 江河流向; 河道; 层 v. 快速流动
缺; 缺少; 缺乏; 悭
(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
赚；获利；赚钱
adj. 极好的; 极大的; 奇异的; 不切实际的
n. 小说; 虚构的事; 杜撰
打算做；有意做
(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
v. 后悔，对…感到遗憾/抱歉 n. 遗憾，失望
n. 形象; 声誉; 画像; 雕像; 塑像; 映像; 意象
adj. 秃顶的，无毛的; （轮胎表面）磨平了的; 直截了当的
达成，设法
(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
就地，当地
帮帮忙
adj. 先前的; 以前的; 过早的; （时间上）稍前的 adv. 在先；在…以前
v. 保护; 贸易保护; 投保
(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. [计量] 公升（容量单位）
n. 经验; 经历; 往事 v. 经历; 感受
n. 衣橱; 全部服装; 服装部
n. 塑料; 塑料学; 信用卡 adj. 塑料的; 不自然的; 可塑的; 做作的
(1) the tips of your fingers (2) the tip of your nose (3) the northern tip of the island
tip [tɪp] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 选择; 选择权; 可选择的事物
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
v. 打碎; 撞击; 猛击; 扣球 n. 打碎; 撞车; 扣球; 十分走红的歌曲
adj. 电子的; 电子设备的
(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
露天；在户外
温室，陶瓷生坯存放室
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
作为回报；作为回应
(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. 抱怨，发牢骚
没必要去…
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
领工资
(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
n. 答复; 反应
受…欢迎
n. 垫子; 起保护(或缓冲)作用的事物 v. 减少对…的震动/冲击; 减轻(令人不快的影响)
n. 肖像，肖像画; 模型，标本; 半身雕塑像; 人物描写 adj. 竖向的；纵向打印格式的
(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. 胡须，胡子
争论一些事情
adj. 聪慧的; 有才智的; 智能的
锻炼；计算出；解决
(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
vt. 挤进; 将（某人[某物]）压扁; 使沉默; 平定（叛乱等） vi. 挤入; 受挤压; 发出挤压声 n. （软式）墙网球; 南瓜小果（主要种类为笋瓜 winter squash 和西葫芦 summer squash）; 果汁汽水; 拥挤的人群
n. 管弦乐队; 管弦乐队的全部乐器
v. 宣布; 宣称; 通知; 宣布某人到达; 播音
(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. 惭愧的; 羞耻的
adj. 极好的; 巨大的; 寓言中的
vt. 修订; 改变; 修正; [主英国英语]复习 vt.& vi. 复习 vi. 修订，校订
v. 使遭危险; 危及
(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. 象征，代表; 标志; 符号，记号
adj. 时髦的，赶时髦的，追随时髦的 n. 时髦人物，赶时髦的人; 领导时尚的人
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
adj. 兼职的
(1) He was sent to prison for five years. (2) She is in prison , awaiting trial. (3) to be released from prison