(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
vt. 修订; 改变; 修正; [主英国英语]复习 vt.& vi. 复习 vi. 修订,校订
num. 百万
adj. 最后的; 末了的; 不可更改的 n. 决赛; 大学毕业考试; 期终考试
vt. 使位于,使处于…地位(位置)
(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
n. 戴在头上的收话器,双耳式耳机; 听筒
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
克服; (使)渡过; 走完; 传送
(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
依靠
v. 保护; 贸易保护; 投保
起初,当初
adj. 复杂的; 难处理的
(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. 形象; 声誉; 画像; 雕像; 塑像; 映像; 意象
受…欢迎
首先,起初
adj. 严重的; 令人担忧的; 重要的; 严肃的; 认真的; 庄重的; 大量的
(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
n. 交谈,谈话
vt. 同意; 发许可证 n. 执照,许可证;特许
v. 插嘴; 打断; 中止; 遮挡
n. 书,著作; 本子; 成册的东西; 账簿,名册; (长作品的)篇/卷/部 v. 预订,预约; 立案控告; 记名警告
(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
追溯到
n. 建筑学; 建筑式样; 建筑风格; 体系结构; 结构; 架构
v. 钦佩,赞赏; 羡慕; 欣赏
n. 圆点花样的布料
(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
n. 保护措施; 保卫部门; 担保; 安全; 防卫; 抵押品; 证券
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
n. 领袖; 领先者; 首席小提琴手; 指挥; 社评; 要闻; 胶卷引片; 引导带; 顶枝
adj. 中年的; 适合于中年人的; 具有中年人特点的
(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
n. 研究,调查,探索 v. 研究,探索; 搜集资料
乐于; 甘于; 肯; 甘
通过…获益; 受益; 得力; 受用
(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
v. 查明; 测定; 准确算出; 决定; 敲定,安排; 下决心
用坏; 穿破; (使)筋疲力尽; 耗尽
adj. 价值,值…钱; 值得; 拥有…价值的财产 n. 价值,意义,作用
v. 击败; 使困惑; 使失败; 否决; 难倒; 失利 n. 失败; 战败; 击败
(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
n. 公共交通,公共交通工具,公交车辆
adj. 许多
n. 〈英口〉同“advertisement”
因…而发笑; 嘲笑; 蔑视; 对…满不在乎
(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
v. 插嘴; 打断; 中止; 遮挡
n. 上唇的胡子; 髭; 触须
n. 专题讨论会; 正式商谈; 体育协会
v. 强烈要求; 需要 n. 要求; 所需之物; 需求
(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
从一个地方到另一个地方
n. 电梯; 谷仓; 升降舵
n. [医]药方,处方; 处方药; 训令,指示; 法规
n. 胡须,胡子
(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
对...负责
为了…
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 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
安排做某事
露天;在户外
v. 鼓励; 使有希望; 劝说; 促进
adv. 主要地; 大多
(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
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
可容双人床卧室
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
v. 防御; 保卫; 防守; 替…辩护; 辩解; 卫冕; 参加…以保住…
(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
v. 推迟; 耽误; 磨蹭; 使迟到 n. 延期; 耽误
报名
n. 真空; 空白; 空虚; 清洁 v. 用真空吸尘器清扫
赚钱; 挣钱
(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
n. 授予; 提出…的方式; 颁奖仪式; 介绍; 表演; 胎儿产式
致力于某事
n. 象征,代表; 标志; 符号,记号
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) 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. 水蒸气; 蒸发; 精力 v. 蒸发; 疾行
张贴
n. 地点,位置; (电影的)外景拍摄地; 定位
(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
锻炼;计算出;解决
adj. 电子的; 电子设备的
n. 侄子,外甥
(使)加速; 开快车; 加紧; 增速
(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.
(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
n. 慈善机构(或组织); 赈济; 宽容,仁慈; 慈善事业
摆脱,除去
n. 健康; 适当,适合; 合情理
Mediterranean [ˌmedɪtəˈreɪniən] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 大气层; 空气; 氛围,环境; 魅力
adj. 地中海的; 地中海地区的; 地中海居民的 n. 地中海
(把…)与…相比; 比得上, 可与…相比; 比较
n. 布料; 原料; 材料; 素材; 节目 adj. 物质的; 重要的; 直接相关的
(1) junior employees (2) She is junior to me. (3) the world junior tennis championships
junior [ˈdʒuːniə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 活动; 企业; 手术; 使用; 运算; 运行; 军事行动
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
n. 海关; 关税 adj. 进出口的
(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. 递送(商品); 分娩; 投递的; 演说风格
n. 监狱; 看守所 v. 监禁; 拘留
多达; 直到; 在于…; 能胜任
(使)慢下来; (使)生产缓慢, (使)变得迟钝
(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
不麻烦
n. 烟囱; 狭孔
adj. 中年的; 适合于中年人的; 具有中年人特点的
n. 现在,目前; 目今; 现今
(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
一般来说
发烧
养育,抚养
v. 谈及; 提到; 提名 n. 提及; 提名表扬
(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. 数量,数额; 大量,众多
n. 热情,热忱; 热衷的事物
所以;结果(是)
n. 模式; 范例; 图案; 模型; 样品 v. 构成图案; 使形成
(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
adj. 秃顶的,无毛的; (轮胎表面)磨平了的; 直截了当的
不辛苦,无收获
n. 愿望; 渴望; 肉欲; 渴望的人/事 v. 渴望; 被某人吸引; 产生性欲
n. 套衫
(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
v. 开展; 伸开; 传播; 涂; 分摊 n. 散布; 广泛; 酱; 范围
vt. 实现; 了解,意识到; (所担心的事)发生; 以…价格卖出 vt.& vi. 变卖,赚得
n. 想象(力); 幻想物; 创造力
adj. 成熟的; 口味浓郁的; 难闻的; 时机成熟的
(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. 真相,事实; 真实(性); 真理
没必要去…
就地,当地
n. 上唇的胡子; 髭; 触须
(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?
(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
电气项目
v. 减少,缩小; 使变成; 节食; 使不得不; 使沦为(不好境地); (使)浓缩
自学
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) the tips of your fingers (2) the tip of your nose (3) the northern tip of the island
tip [tɪp] 📢 UK📢 US
v. 离开; 放弃,离任; 停止,戒掉; 退出(程序)
v. 使相信; 说服
v. 批评,指责; 评价,批判
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) 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
跟上,保持同步
n. 努力; 吃力; 有组织的行动; 费力的事
n. 塑料; 塑料学; 信用卡 adj. 塑料的; 不自然的; 可塑的; 做作的
(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. 劝说; 使信服
提建议
n. 赛马场,跑道
adj. 机密的,保密的; 悄悄的
(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.
(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
v. 称赞; (对上帝)称颂 n. 称赞; (对上帝)敬拜
最重要的是;尤其是
v. 看到; 瞄准; 观察 n. 视力; 景象
不麻烦
(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. 便宜货; 交易,协议 v. 商谈; 讨价还价
adv. 尤其; 特别
adv. 再者; 此外; 而且; 同时
n. 栅栏; 赛马障碍物; 销赃者 v. 把…圈起来; 击剑; 搪塞
(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
做...有困难
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. [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
adv. 正确地; 得体地; 完全地; 真正地
(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.