(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
adv. 否则; 除此以外; 与之不同地; 以其他方式
吃光; 耗尽; <非正>击败; 使苦恼
n. 外卖餐馆,外卖食品
n. 栅栏; 赛马障碍物; 销赃者 v. 把…圈起来; 击剑; 搪塞
(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
n. 授予; 提出…的方式; 颁奖仪式; 介绍; 表演; 胎儿产式
n. 热情,热忱; 热衷的事物
打算做;有意做
利用;欺骗;占…的便宜
(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
出来; 出现; 出版; 出狱
v. 确信
v. 使失望; 使落空
Mediterranean [ˌmedɪtəˈreɪniən] 📢 UK📢 US
v. 雇用,临时雇佣; 租用 n. 租赁; 新雇员
筹钱
adj. 惊愕的,受震惊的 v. 使…震惊( shock的过去式和过去分词 ); 使受电击; 使…感到厌恶[恐惧]
adj. 地中海的; 地中海地区的; 地中海居民的 n. 地中海
(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
起作用
n. 面试; 采访; 面谈 v. 对…进行面试; 采访; 面谈
adj. 中年的; 适合于中年人的; 具有中年人特点的
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 )
(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
n. 网球场
n. 衣橱; 全部服装; 服装部
n. 圆点花样的布料
(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
与…出去玩;与…闲逛
adv. 此外; 而且; 与此同时; 再者
养育,抚养
向上生长; 长大; 成熟; 出现
(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
气候变化
想岀,想到
<口>给迷住,对…深感兴趣,深深卷入
vt. 修订; 改变; 修正; [主英国英语]复习 vt.& vi. 复习 vi. 修订,校订
(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. 事情; 事态; 关乎…的问题; 材料; 物质 v. 要紧; 有关系
n. 现实; 事实
n. 运动员; 田径运动员; 运动健儿; 身强力壮的人
n. 监狱; 看守所 v. 监禁; 拘留
(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
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)
被允许做些什么
adj. 可继续的,可续订的; 可更新的; 可再生的; 可翻新的 n. 可再生资源
(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
涉及,专心; 卷入
n. 质量; 特性; 素质; 优质 adj. 优质的; 棒极了; 内容严肃的(报纸)
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
(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
adv. 现今
n. 递送(商品); 分娩; 投递的; 演说风格
vt. 同意; 发许可证 n. 执照,许可证;特许
(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
习惯于
公开地,当众; 大庭广众; 桌面儿上
n. 关系; 恋爱关系; 血缘关系
(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
最好的机会
视情况而定
n. 衣橱; 全部服装; 服装部
n. 表达; 表情; (表演时)感情; 措辞
(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. 人群; 观众; 一伙人; 老百姓; 群众 v. 聚集在…; 逼近; (使)拥挤; 涌上心头
adj. 合理的,公道的; 明智的; 不少的; 过得去的
v. 获得; 受益; 增加; 走得太快; 到达 n. 增加; 好处; 利润
露天;在户外
(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. 海盗,强盗; 海盗船; 侵害版权者; 盗版者 vt. 抢劫(海上船只); 剽窃,盗用 vi. 当海盗; 从事劫掠行为
n. 外甥女; 侄女
n. 全体职工; 行政人群; 拐杖 v. 任职于…
和…取得联系; 接触; 接头
(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. 器械; 乐器; 仪器; 工具; 促成某事的人/物; 受利用的人; 文据
n. 住处,办公处; 住宿; 调解; (楼房或交通工具内的)空间,座位
突然大哭; 流泪; 夺眶而出
(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
此刻,目前,眼下
n. 教育; 培养; 教育学; 教育机构
n. 工作室; 录音室; 电影公司; 练功房; 单间公寓
n. 胡须,胡子
(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
v. 习惯于,适用于
n. 保护措施; 保卫部门; 担保; 安全; 防卫; 抵押品; 证券
受…欢迎
n. 薪金,工资
(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
conj. (表示选择或怀疑)是否; 无论,不管
adj. 文静的; 温和的; 轻柔的; 平缓的
既不…也不…
n. 烟囱; 狭孔
(1) Denmark recycles nearly 85% of its paper. (2) recycled paper (3) He recycled all his old jokes.
recycle [ˌriːˈsaɪkl] 📢 UK📢 US
adv. 偶尔; 偶然; 有时候
adj. 附近的 adv. 在附近
v. 回收利用; 重新使用
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
n. 评审,检查; 评论; 回顾; 检阅; 复习课 v. 审核,复查; 回顾,反思; 评论; 检阅(部队); 复习
v. 打碎; 撞击; 猛击; 扣球 n. 打碎; 撞车; 扣球; 十分走红的歌曲
变更安排
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) 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. 口音,腔调; 重音; 重音符号 v. 强调; 重读
n. 监狱,看守所
缺; 缺少; 缺乏; 悭
n. 行为; 态度; 行为方式; 运动方式; 性能
(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. 生活环境; 自然环境,生态环境
v. 俘虏,占领; 引起(注意、想象、兴趣); 拍摄; 表现,体现(感情、气氛)
没必要去…
n. 势力; 影响; 有影响的人/事物 v. 影响; 支配
(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
n. 赛马场,跑道
adj. 当前的; 流通的 n. (河、湖或海的)水流; 电流; 趋向
n. 胡须,胡子
v. 解释; 辩解,说明…的理由
(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. 焦虑的,担心的; 紧张的; 渴望的
adj. (有关)历史的,史学的; 基于史实的,历史题材的
n. 缺点( fault的名词复数 ); 毛病; 失误; 过失
n. 空闲时间; 闲暇; 悠闲; 安逸
(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. 水蒸气; 蒸发; 精力 v. 蒸发; 疾行
不麻烦
n. 监狱; 看守所 v. 监禁; 拘留
v. 消失; 失踪; 灭绝
(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
过,一闪即逝,下达; 把…一代传一代,使流传
n. 上唇的胡子; 髭; 触须
避免做某事;逃避…
n. 鲑鱼; 鲑鱼肉; 大马哈鱼; 三文鱼; 橙红色
(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)
折扣价
v. 实现,达到; 完成; 成功
n. 避难所; 庇护所; 圣所; 庇护
(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
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
adj. 美好的; 健康的; 令人满意的; 纤细的; 精美的; 晴朗的 adv. 很好 n. 罚款 v. 对…处以罚金
既然那样;假使那样的话
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) 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
vt.& vi. (使)移动; 搅拌; (使)行动; (使)微动 vt. 使打起精神; 使奋起; 叫醒; 唤起 vi. 苏醒; 奋起; 传播; 发生 n. 搅动; 骚乱; 激动; 微动
n. 模式; 范例; 图案; 模型; 样品 v. 构成图案; 使形成
n. 谋杀; 困难的事 v. 谋杀; 毁坏; 打垮
n. 建筑学; 建筑式样; 建筑风格; 体系结构; 结构; 架构
(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. 害怕,担忧; 怖
adj. 机密的,保密的; 悄悄的
用…造成(用于原材料显而易见的场合)
n. 交谈,谈话
(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. 人造喷泉,喷泉水; 泉源; 液体贮存器,汽水桶,冷饮柜; 源头,来源
n. 套衫
n. 素食者; 食草动物 adj. 素食者的; 素菜的
n. 健康; 适当,适合; 合情理
(1) junior employees (2) She is junior to me. (3) the world junior tennis championships
junior [ˈdʒuːniə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
害怕; 对…感到恐惧
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
adj. 女性的; 雌性的; 阴的 n. 女性; 雌性生物
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
n. 真空; 空白; 空虚; 清洁 v. 用真空吸尘器清扫
n. 经验; 经历; 往事 v. 经历; 感受
v. 影响; 使感动; (疾病)感染; 假装
种种,多种多样
(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. 精力,力气; 毅力; 努力; 能量
n. 地点,位置; (电影的)外景拍摄地; 定位
n. 衣领; (动物)颈圈; 箍 v. 抓住,逮住; 拦住(某人与其)谈话
在我去的路上
(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
adj. 全面的; 总体的 adv. 全部; 总体上 n. 外套; 工装服
n. 预报 v. 预测
adj. 实际的; 务实的; 可行的; 有用的; 明智的; 心灵手巧的; 实际上的 n. 实验课
v. 保护; 贸易保护; 投保
(1) the tips of your fingers (2) the tip of your nose (3) the northern tip of the island
tip [tɪp] 📢 UK📢 US
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
追溯到
取笑别人
adj. 自私的; 自利的
(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
v. 取消,终止; 废除,注销
收到...的来信
n. 公共交通,公共交通工具,公交车辆
adv. 不是…就是…,…或…,要么…要么…
(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...