(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
n. 行李
既然那样；假使那样的话
在…（如某行业）中获得成功
(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. 野生生物
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
n. 改善; 改进之处; 改善的事物
由...组成（或构成
(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. 缺席的; 不在场的; 心不在焉的; （父或母）不和子女一起住的 v. 缺席; 不在
不麻烦
一滴…
主管；掌管
(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
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
n. 物种; 种类; 类型; [逻辑] 个体
n. 喷嚏; 喷嚏声 vi. 打喷嚏
用坏; 穿破; （使）筋疲力尽; 耗尽
(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. 间隔; 幕间休息; （数学）区间
adv. 几乎不; 几乎没有; 很难; 刚刚; 并不
露天；在户外
adj. 随和的，好交际的，友善的
(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
v. 消失; 失踪; 灭绝
n. 球门; 进球得分; 目标
n. 城堡; 堡垒; （国际象棋中的）车
(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
<口>给迷住，对…深感兴趣，深深卷入
…数量
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
n. 情况; 地理位置; 职业
(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. 大字标题; 新闻提要; 头条新闻 vt. 给…加标题; 担任主角
v. 击败; 使困惑; 使失败; 否决; 难倒; 失利 n. 失败; 战败; 击败
adj. 中年的; 适合于中年人的; 具有中年人特点的
n. 上唇的胡子; 髭; 触须
(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
除...以外
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. 答复; 反应
只要; 与……一样长
(1) junior employees (2) She is junior to me. (3) the world junior tennis championships
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
在…的底部
(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. 研究，调查，探索 v. 研究，探索; 搜集资料
n. 模式; 范例; 图案; 模型; 样品 v. 构成图案; 使形成
v. 提供; 规定
v. 道歉，认错
(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. 极有吸引力的; 迷人的
n. 技术; 技能
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
(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
n. 液体 adj. 液体的; 易变为现金的; 清澈的; 清脆的
adj. 沉默的; 未谈及的; 无声的
n. 探险家; 勘探者; 探测器; [医]探针
(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
收到...的来信
vt. 使位于，使处于…地位（位置）
n. 监狱，看守所
adj. 现在的，目前的; 现在时的; 出席的，在场的; 包含于…的 n. 现在; 礼物
(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
adv. 近来; 最近
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
(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
达成，设法
v. 保护; 贸易保护; 投保
n. 小溪; 气流; 一连串; 班 v. 按能力分班; 飘动; 流出
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
(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. 证明，证书; 文凭 v. 发结业证书
喜爱，热衷于
n. 缺点( fault的名词复数 ); 毛病; 失误; 过失
n. 大气层; 空气; 氛围，环境; 魅力
(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
（使）慢下来; （使）生产缓慢， （使）变得迟钝
adv. 最后，终于
n. 烟囱; 狭孔
照顾; 照料; 料理; 打理
(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
在电视上
弄懂；弄清楚；弄明白
n. 外甥女; 侄女
adv. 确实; 实际上; 究竟
(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
依靠，依赖
n. 社区; 居住区; 周边地区
n. 圆点花样的布料
往…去的路上
(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. 预期; 盼望; 料想; 指望; 怀孕
n. 极限; 限制; 界限; 范围 v. 限制; 限量; 使限于
n. 套衫
用某物制造出
(1) Denmark recycles nearly 85% of its paper. (2) recycled paper (3) He recycled all his old jokes.
recycle [ˌriːˈsaɪkl] 📢 UK📢 US
种种，多种多样
v. 回收利用; 重新使用
v. 承认; 招供; 准许…进入; 接纳; 收治
adv. 替代; 反而
(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. 综合性大学; 大学人员; 大学校舍
n. 托婴服务 v. 临时受雇代外出的父母照料小孩( babysit的现在分词 )
n. 真空; 空白; 空虚; 清洁 v. 用真空吸尘器清扫
n. 交谈，谈话
(1) the tips of your fingers (2) the tip of your nose (3) the northern tip of the island
tip [tɪp] 📢 UK📢 US
v. 引进; 介绍; 初次了解; 主持; 推行; 创始; 将…提交讨论; 添入
adv. 至少 无论如何，反正
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. 污染; 污染物
(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
打算做；有意做
n. 味（道）; 特色; 概述 v. 给…调味; 加味于
例如， 譬如; 拿 ... 来说
adj. 附近的 adv. 在附近
(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
n. 戴在头上的收话器，双耳式耳机; 听筒
adj. 秃顶的，无毛的; （轮胎表面）磨平了的; 直截了当的
[医]鼻漏; 流鼻涕
n. 外甥女; 侄女
(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. 官方的; 公务的; 公开的; 公务的; 冠冕堂皇的 n. 官员; 裁判员
吃光; 耗尽; <非正>击败; 使苦恼
adv. 事先; 以前; 仓促; “previous”的派生
adj. 机密的，保密的; 悄悄的
(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. 装置，器具; 爆炸装置; 策略，技巧; 诡计; （文学作品中）修辞手段
受…欢迎
v. 招待; 娱乐; 使有兴趣; 怀有（想法、希望、感觉等）
尽最大努力; 肆力
(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. 影响; 使感动; （疾病）感染; 假装
v. 理解，意识到; 获得; 实现; 发生; 变卖
adj. 不可思议的; 惊人的; 难以置信的; 未必可能的
(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）
因…而发笑; 嘲笑; 蔑视; 对…满不在乎
n. (飞机、轮船等上的)全体工作人员; 技术团队; 一组人; 划船队; 赛船运动 v. 当船员
adj. 地中海的; 地中海地区的; 地中海居民的 n. 地中海
(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. 雕像，塑像
v. 抱怨，发牢骚
n. 侄子，外甥
n. 笼子 v. 把（动物）关在笼中
(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
adv. 的确，事实上; （口语）说实在的
v. 开展; 伸开; 传播; 涂; 分摊 n. 散布; 广泛; 酱; 范围
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
v. 旨在; 决定; 力求达到; 针对; 瞄准 n. 目标，意图; 瞄准; 准确性
(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. 教授; 讲师
没必要去…
占一个位置
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
(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. 数量，数额; 大量，众多
n. 监狱; 看守所 v. 监禁; 拘留
adj. 壮丽的; 宏伟的; 值得赞扬的
争论一些事情
(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
v. 经营; 工作; 运转; 操作; 动手术; 作战
在家中跌倒
一群人
n. 胡须，胡子
(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. 文静的; 温和的; 轻柔的; 平缓的
按...所说，根据
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
v. 解释; 辩解，说明…的理由
Mediterranean [ˌmedɪtəˈreɪniən] 📢 UK📢 US
试着做点什么
就地，当地
n. 通告，声明; 宣布，公布; 启事
adj. 地中海的; 地中海地区的; 地中海居民的 n. 地中海
(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
adj. 机密的，保密的; 悄悄的
v. 毁坏; 破坏; 使破产 n. 毁坏; 破产; 祸根; 废墟，残余部分
adj. 感激的; 表示感谢的
(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.