(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. 邮政; 邮件; 邮班; 职位; 哨所; 标志杆; 终点标志; 球门柱 v. 邮寄; 把…放入; 派驻; 站岗; 张贴; 发布; 交付(保释金)
n. 禁令,禁律; 〈美〉禁酒,[美史]禁酒时期; [法]诉讼中止令
n. 情景喜剧
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 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
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
v. 取消,终止; 废除,注销
和…一样; 除…以外还; 既…又; 和,以及
n. 人造喷泉,喷泉水; 泉源; 液体贮存器,汽水桶,冷饮柜; 源头,来源
(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
不做某事
n. 主题,中心思想; 主旋律,主题曲
n. 侄子,外甥
n. 事情; 事态; 关乎…的问题; 材料; 物质 v. 要紧; 有关系
(1) the tips of your fingers (2) the tip of your nose (3) the northern tip of the island
tip [tɪp] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 先前的; 以前的; 过早的; (时间上)稍前的 adv. 在先;在…以前
n. 关系; 恋爱关系; 血缘关系
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. 选举; 选择 adj. 候任的
(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.
fence [fens] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 车费,票价; 餐点; 出租车乘客 v. 进展,成功
n. 栅栏; 赛马障碍物; 销赃者 v. 把…圈起来; 击剑; 搪塞
adv. 稍微; 身材瘦小
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) 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. (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
v. 实现,达到; 完成; 成功
v. 插嘴; 打断; 中止; 遮挡
(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
adj. 感激的; 表示感谢的
消磨时光
v. 插嘴; 打断; 中止; 遮挡
n. 独木舟,皮划艇 v. 划/乘独木舟
(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
脱掉; 起飞; (使)离开; 突然成功
裁短; 减少; 把…砍倒[割掉]; <非正>驳倒
adj. 女性的; 雌性的; 阴的 n. 女性; 雌性生物
n. 套衫
(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
跟上,保持同步
温室,陶瓷生坯存放室
打算(做)…,想要(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.
(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
可容双人床卧室
adj. 最高的; 极大的 adv. 最多 n. 最大量
就我而言
(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
不麻烦
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
adv. 在/去国外; 广为流传地
adj. 有创造力的; 创作的,创新的 n. 搞创作的人; 创意,创作素材
(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
不管;尽管
n. 全体职工; 行政人群; 拐杖 v. 任职于…
镇定,冷静下来
用坏; 穿破; (使)筋疲力尽; 耗尽
(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. 保护; 贸易保护; 投保
没必要去…
n. 政府; 政体; 治理的形式; 管辖,治理
adj. 著名的; 众所周知的
(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. 能力; 才能
就某件事征求意见
n. 情况; 地理位置; 职业
养育,抚养
(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. 海洋的; 海产的; 海军的; 海船的 n. 海军陆战队士兵
v. 提醒,警告; 告诫(不要做…)
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)
v. 装有; 包含; 遏制; 控制; 克制
(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
总的来说,大体而言; 总而言之; 总之; 归根结底
n. 避难所; 庇护所; 圣所; 庇护
adj. 机密的,保密的; 悄悄的
n. 自动扶梯
(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
建议做…
n. 物种; 种类; 类型; [逻辑] 个体
adv. 最后,终于
(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. 受苦; 忍受; 变差
首先,起初
n. 圆点花样的布料
n. 表达; 表情; (表演时)感情; 措辞
(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
v. 培植 n. 文化; 文明; 种植; 养殖; 培育培养物
adj. 先进的; 高级的; 后期的; 年迈的
n. 教育; 培养; 教育学; 教育机构
(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
v. (使)满意,满足; 达到; 使信服
n. 活动; 企业; 手术; 使用; 运算; 运行; 军事行动
n. 责任,义务; 职责; 过失
(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. (烧水用的)壶; 小汽锅
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. 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. 戴在头上的收话器,双耳式耳机; 听筒
(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. 导致,引起 n. 原因; 理由; 事业; 诉讼案
因…而发笑; 嘲笑; 蔑视; 对…满不在乎
v. 解释; 辩解,说明…的理由
adj. 非常感兴趣的,热心的
(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
adj. 神经紧张的; 神经质的; 神经的
n. 真空; 空白; 空虚; 清洁 v. 用真空吸尘器清扫
n. 风俗; 个人习惯; 惠顾 adj. 定做的
很可能; 无疑地; 固然
(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. 势力; 影响; 有影响的人/事物 v. 影响; 支配
n. 缺点( fault的名词复数 ); 毛病; 失误; 过失
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
n. 一系列; 连续; 串联
(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. 装满; 占满; 使遍及; 充满; 满足; 担任; 消磨时间; 使吃饱; 供货 n. 足够…的量; 喝足的量
不能站立
n. 胡须,胡子
adv. 几乎不; 几乎没有; 很难; 刚刚; 并不
(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. 选择,选拔; (在计算机屏幕上)选定; adj. 精选的; 第一流的; 高级的
v. 保护; 贸易保护; 投保
v. 批评,指责; 评价,批判
n. 入口,通道; (使用或见到的)机会/权利 v. 访问,存取(计算机信息); 到达,进入,使用
(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. 周围的,附近的
科幻小说
n. 监狱; 看守所 v. 监禁; 拘留
v. 使抑郁; 使萧条; 按下; 减少
(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
阻止, 防止
v. 应得; 值得
adj. 中年的; 适合于中年人的; 具有中年人特点的
养育,抚养
(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
adv. 不管如何; 哪怕
n. 管弦乐队; 管弦乐队的全部乐器
n. 协会,联盟; 关系; 联系,联想; 因果关系
(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
问题的答案
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
按...所说,根据
adv. 偶尔; 偶然; 有时候
(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. 记忆力; 回忆; 存储器; 怀念
赚钱; 挣钱
v. 仔细检查; 检查身体; 审查; 考核; 法庭询问
(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
不再
adj. 极有吸引力的; 迷人的
出来; 出现; 出版; 出狱
受…欢迎
(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
adv. 相当; 有点儿; 更确切地说; 反而 int. 当然!的确!
n. 上唇的胡子; 髭; 触须
…的数目
v. 激励; 启发; 赋予灵感; 唤起(感情); 吸入(空气)
(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
打算做;有意做
n. 模式; 范例; 图案; 模型; 样品 v. 构成图案; 使形成
n. 口音,腔调; 重音; 重音符号 v. 强调; 重读
n. 行李; (思想)包袱; 偏见
(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
安排
adj. 科学(上)的; 细致严谨的
adj. 不允许的,被禁止的; 禁用的 v. 禁止( forbid的过去分词)
n. 公共交通,公共交通工具,公交车辆
(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. 小溪; 气流; 一连串; 班 v. 按能力分班; 飘动; 流出
n. 火腿; (旧时的)小镇,村庄; 大腿后部; 拙劣演员(尤指表演过火者)
n. 外甥女; 侄女
adj. 浪漫(主义)的,有情调的; 爱情的; 多情的; 空想的 n. 浪漫的人; 浪漫主义作家/音乐家/艺术家
(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.