(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
adj. 机密的,保密的; 悄悄的
动画片,美术片
v. 谈及; 提到; 提名 n. 提及; 提名表扬
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) 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. 检验,校验; 结账; 借阅
n. 套衫
v. 宣布; 宣称; 通知; 宣布某人到达; 播音
adj. 实用的; 方便的; 附近的; 省事的
(1) Denmark recycles nearly 85% of its paper. (2) recycled paper (3) He recycled all his old jokes.
recycle [ˌriːˈsaɪkl] 📢 UK📢 US
争论一些事情
v. 回收利用; 重新使用
adj. 随和的,好交际的,友善的
adj. 有效的; 实际的; 起作用的
(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
放弃;投降
不辛苦,无收获
adv. 有希望地; 有前途地; 抱有希望地
(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
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
adj. 最小的; (数量)极少的 adv. 最低 n. 最小值; 极小量
折扣价
n. 胡须,胡子
(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
adj. 令人赞叹的; 给人深刻印象的
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. 持续; 继续,再开始; 移动; 延伸; 留任; 维持现状; 接着说
打算做;有意做
(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. [医]药方,处方; 处方药; 训令,指示; 法规
n. 想象(力); 幻想物; 创造力
n. 冒险; 奇遇; 冒险精神 v. 去某地探险
(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. 监狱,看守所
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
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. 栅栏; 赛马障碍物; 销赃者 v. 把…圈起来; 击剑; 搪塞
(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
n. 联系; 连接物; 纽带; 交通路线; 超文本链接; (链状物)圈 v. 使联系在一起; 连接; 声称…有关系; 挽住
不麻烦
n. 政府; 政体; 治理的形式; 管辖,治理
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
(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
除了…外; 此外
继续做,坚持干
v. 开展; 伸开; 传播; 涂; 分摊 n. 散布; 广泛; 酱; 范围
v. 导致,引起 n. 原因; 理由; 事业; 诉讼案
(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. 衣橱; 全部服装; 服装部
adv. 这样
张贴
包括做
(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
n. (混合物的)组成部分( ingredient的名词复数 ); (烹调的)原料; (构成)要素; 因素
n. 烟囱; 狭孔
n. 行家 adj. 娴熟的; 行家的; 专业的
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) 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
n. 资格,授权; 条件,限制; 合格证书
接近,靠近; 濒临; 切; 亲
n. 风景; 乡村风景画(风格); 形势; 横向打印格式 v. 对…做景观美化; 给…做园林美化
n. 真空; 空白; 空虚; 清洁 v. 用真空吸尘器清扫
(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
v. 使抑郁; 使萧条; 按下; 减少
adj. 书面的; 写成文字的; 明显受到…影响; (感情)全挂在脸上 v. 写( write的过去分词); 写信
n. 圆点花样的布料
v. (有…)重; 称重量; 权衡,斟酌; 使烦恼/忧虑; 对…有影响; 起(锚)
(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
v. 引进; 介绍; 初次了解; 主持; 推行; 创始; 将…提交讨论; 添入
附加负载,附加费
印象深刻
n. 外甥女; 侄女
(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
在家中跌倒
v. 保护; 贸易保护; 投保
花在做
adj. 典型的; 特有的; 一贯的,平常的
(1) She spent a year in jail. (2) He has been released from jail. (3) a ten-year jail sentence
jail [dʒeɪl] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 明显的; 当然的; 平淡无奇的; 不必要的
n. 监狱; 看守所 v. 监禁; 拘留
n. 价值(观); 重要性,用途; 划算程度; 数值 v. 重视,珍视; 给…估价
致力于某事
(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. 野生生物
adj. 中年的; 适合于中年人的; 具有中年人特点的
与某人断交
n. 会议; 开庭; 一段时间; 学年 adj. 伴奏的
(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
n. 收入; 所得 ; 收益
露天;在户外
v. 营救,救助 n. 营救(行动)
屈服; 投降; 让步; 交
(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
adj. 全面的; 总体的 adv. 全部; 总体上 n. 外套; 工装服
即使,纵然; 虽然; 哪怕; 即若
n. 喷嚏; 喷嚏声 vi. 打喷嚏
(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. 烟囱; 狭孔
度假区
v. 损坏; 伤害 n. 损坏; 伤害; 不良影响; 损害赔偿金
n. 志愿者,自告奋勇者; v. 自告奋勇; 主动提供(建议或信息); (未征得当事人同意)举荐
(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
n. 外卖餐馆,外卖食品
prep. 向,朝,对着; 倾向于; 关于; 用于; 将近; 接近
习惯于
(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
与…出去玩;与…闲逛
值得做;物有所值
v. 解释; 辩解,说明…的理由
adj. 不可思议的; 惊人的; 难以置信的; 未必可能的
(1) the tips of your fingers (2) the tip of your nose (3) the northern tip of the island
tip [tɪp] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 有压力的
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
n. 级别; 程度; 度,度数; 学位; 学位课程
adj. 价值,值…钱; 值得; 拥有…价值的财产 n. 价值,意义,作用
(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
喜爱,热衷于
受…欢迎
在和之间
n. 衣领; (动物)颈圈; 箍 v. 抓住,逮住; 拦住(某人与其)谈话
(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. 相关的; 合适的; 有意义的
v. 改进; 提高; 康复; 超过
可容双人床卧室
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) 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. 焦虑的,担心的; 紧张的; 渴望的
adj. 最近的; 最新的 n. 最新事物; 最新消息; 至迟
占一个位置
adj. 秃顶的,无毛的; (轮胎表面)磨平了的; 直截了当的
(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.
collar [ˈkɒlə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 结果; 重要性
n. 衣领; (动物)颈圈; 箍 v. 抓住,逮住; 拦住(某人与其)谈话
n. 象征,代表; 标志; 符号,记号
v. 假定,设想; (根据所知)认为,推断; (婉转表达)我看,要不
(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
被允许做些什么
v. 插嘴; 打断; 中止; 遮挡
n. 重量,分量,体重; 重物; 重心; 重任,重担; 权重,重要性; 哑铃,杠铃片; 砝码,秤砣 v. 加重量于; 使负重; 使加权; 权衡…的价值
n. 技术; 技能
Mediterranean [ˌmedɪtəˈreɪniən] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 有魅力的; 好看的; 吸引人的; 悦耳的
就某件事征求意见
adj. 地中海的; 地中海地区的; 地中海居民的 n. 地中海
adj. 沉默的; 未谈及的; 无声的
(1) He was sent to prison for five years. (2) She is in prison , awaiting trial. (3) to be released from prison
(1) junior employees (2) She is junior to me. (3) the world junior tennis championships
junior [ˈdʒuːniə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 基本的; 必不可少的 ; 根本的 n. 必需品; 基本知识
收到...的来信
n. 羞耻,惭愧; 耻辱; 让人遗憾的事 v. 使羞愧/惭愧; 使丢脸 int. (表示同情或喜爱)太遗憾了,好极了
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
(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. (政务)委员会,地方议会; 委员; 会议 adj. (房屋或公寓)地方政府出租的
n. 交谈,谈话
v. 道歉,认错
n. 公共交通,公共交通工具,公交车辆
(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. 热情,热忱; 热衷的事物
n. 鲑鱼; 鲑鱼肉; 大马哈鱼; 三文鱼; 橙红色
用坏; 穿破; (使)筋疲力尽; 耗尽
adj. 害怕的,受惊的
(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
v. 包括; 把…列为…的一部分
n. 气候; 氛围; 形势
n. 肥皂; 肥皂剧; [化]皂,脂肪酸盐 vt. 抹肥皂; 用肥皂擦洗; <俚>拍…的马屁,吹捧(某人) vi. 用肥皂擦洗
vt. 修订; 改变; 修正; [主英国英语]复习 vt.& vi. 复习 vi. 修订,校订
(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
adv. 稍微; 身材瘦小
adj. 令人尴尬/难堪的; 使显得愚蠢的
n. 侄子,外甥
n. 模式; 范例; 图案; 模型; 样品 v. 构成图案; 使形成
(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. 扮演一个角色,参与,装腔骗人
adv. 至少 无论如何,反正
没必要去…
adj. 短暂的
(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
n. 疾病; 某种具体疾病; 不健康
adv. 笼统地; 通常地; 普遍地
养育,抚养
作为回报;作为回应
(1) a senior officer/manager/lecturer, etc. (2) a senior partner in a law firm (3) a senior post/position
adj. 本地的,地方的; 局部的 n. 本地人; (常去的)邻近小酒馆; (工会)地方分会; (沿线每站都停的)公共汽车,火车
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
(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