(1) to check your bank balance (= to find out how much money there is in your account) (2) The balance of $500 must be paid within 90 days. (3) Try to keep a balance between work and relaxation.
(1) There is, in addition, one further point to make. (2) Pasta's basic ingredients are flour and water, sometimes with the addition of eggs or oil. (3) In addition to these arrangements, extra ambulances will be on duty until midnight.
(1) She was sitting at the bar. (2) (British English)I found David in the bar of the Red Lion (= a room in a pub where drinks are served) . (3) We met at a bar called the Flamingo.
(1) Having an active youngster about the house can be quite wearing. (2) ...a long and active life. (3) ...the tragedy of an active mind trapped by failing physical health.
(1) What were his actual words? (2) The actual cost was higher than we expected. (3) James looks younger than his wife but in actual fact (= really) he is five years older.
(1) She was chosen for the job on the basis of her qualifications. (2) Some videos have been banned on the basis that they are too violent. (3) on a regular/permanent/part-time/temporary basis
(1) His father was an actor in the Cantonese Opera Company... (2) You have to be a very good actor to play that part. (3) If the new actor is no good, kick him out.
(1) a backward part of the country, with no paved roads and no electricity (2) a backward child (3) (British English,informal)She's not backward in coming forward (= she's not shy) .
backward [ˈbækwəd] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.向后的；反向的；怯生生的；落后的； adv.向后地；相反地；回溯地；
n.照相机；摄影机；
n.弹药库；杂志；弹仓；胶卷盒；
n.绷带； vt.用绷带绑扎；
(1) excess baggage (= weighing more than the limit allowed on a plane) (2) baggage handlers (= people employed to load and unload baggage at airports) (3) (North Amercian English)We loaded our baggage into the car.
(1) The fire was banked up as high as if it were midwinter. (2) It's on the north bank of the Thames. (3) a house on the banks of the River Severn (= on land near the river)
(1) I hadn't bargained on them being here. (2) I didn't bargain on finding them here as well. (3) When he agreed to answer a few questions, he got more than he bargained for (= he got more questions, or more difficult ones, than he had expected) .
(1) She gets very bad-tempered when she's tired. (2) When his headaches developed Nick became bad-tempered and even violent... (3) They walked in bad-tempered silence.
bad-tempered [ˌbædˈtempəd] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.情绪恶劣的，脾气不好的，易怒的；
n.律师，法学家；
adj.明确的；一定的；肯定；有把握；
vt.获得，取得；学到；
(1) She was actively looking for a job. (2) That child has a very active imagination. (3) What is the active ingredient in aspirin?
(1) She's been banned from leaving Greece while the allegations are investigated. (2) (British English)He was banned from driving for six months. (3) There is to be a total ban on smoking in the office.
(1) These styles can be adapted to suit individual tastes. (2) We have had to adapt quickly to the new system. (3) A large organization can be slow to adapt to change.
adapt [əˈdæpt] 📢 UK📢 US
n.垃圾；脏东西；丢弃的食物；无用的数据；
vi.适应于，适应不同情况（或环境）(to)； vt.改编，改写；改变…以适合(for)；
n.想像，想像力；空想，妄想；想像出来的事物；
放弃；投降；把…让给；戒除；
(1) The job would suit someone with a business background. (2) the historical background to the war (3) background information/knowledge
(1) battery eggs (2) a battery hen (3) a battery of reporters
battery [ˈbætri] 📢 UK📢 US
n.果汁；肉汁；胃液；
n.[电]电池，蓄电池；[军]炮台，炮位；一组；[法]殴打；
adj.仔细的，小心的；周到的；慎；心细；
adj.幸福的，幸运的；快乐的，愉快的；巧妙的；〈口〉有点醉意的，飘飘然的；
(1) Go and wash your hands in the bathroom. (2) I have to go to the bathroom (= use the toilet) . (3) Where's the bathroom? (= for example in a restaurant)
(1) The book follows four characters, loosely based on my uncles. (2) They're making judgments based on a narrowly focused vision of the world. (3) Homeopathic treatment is based on the "like cures like" principle.
based on [beɪst ɔn] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.嘈杂的；喧闹的；充满噪音的；吵吵闹闹的； n.响声；嘈杂声；
n.正义；公正；法律制裁；审判员，法官；
adj.不可能的，做不到的；难以忍受的；不会有的，不能相信的； n.不可能；不可能的事；
[法]以…为依据；
(1) It enabled students to devote more time to their studies, or to be more accurate, more time to relaxation. (2) The chemical agent, whether it be mustard gas or nerve gas, can be absorbed by the skin. (3) It hurt so badly he wished to cease to be.