(1) Have you found a buyer for your house ? (2) Car buyers are more interested in safety and reliability than speed. (3) I was a buyer for the women's clothing department.
(1) I fail to see the logic behind his argument. (2) The two parts of the plan were governed by the same logic. (3) Linking the proposals in a single package did have a certain logic.
(1) to reverse a procedure/process/trend (2) The government has failed to reverse the economic decline. (3) It is sometimes possible to arrest or reverse the disease.
(1) Mike is responsible for designing the entire project. (2) Even where parents no longer live together, they each continue to be responsible for their children. (3) Who's responsible for this mess?
responsible [rɪ'spɒnsəbl] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.尽责的;承担责任;负有责任的;懂道理的;
adj.额外的,附加的;另外的,追加的;补充;外加;
adj.粗鲁的;简陋的;狂暴的;近乎下流的;
n.镜子,反光镜;真实的写照;反映,借鉴;榜样; vt.反映;反射;
(1) 'What's that thing in the middle of the fountain?' — 'Some kind of statue, I guess.'... (2) She was in the middle of clearing the breakfast things... (3) These are genetic disorders that only affect males normally. They are things like muscular dystrophy and haemophilia...
(1) (North Amercian English) community parks/libraries (= paid for by the local town/city) (2) The local community was shocked by the murders. (3) health workers based in the community (= working with people in a local area)
(1) We've got a spare bedroom, if you'd like to stay. (2) I'm afraid I haven't got any spare cash . (3) Are there any tickets going spare (= are there any available, not being used by sb else) ?
(1) As babies, we rely entirely on others for food. (2) These days we rely heavily on computers to organize our work. (3) The industry relies on the price of raw materials remaining low.
rely [rɪ'laɪ] 📢 UK📢 US
n.帝国,帝国领土;帝权,君权,最高统治权;大企业组织; adj.新古典风格的;
n.地位;情形,状态;身份;
pron.他[她,它]们自己;他们亲自;“himself”的复数;“herself”的复数;
vi.依靠,倚赖,仗恃;信任,信赖;
(1) The competition attracted over 500 contestants representing 8 different countries. (2) Local businesses are well represented on the committee (= there are a lot of people from them on the committee) . (3) The President was represented at the ceremony by the Vice-President.
(1) When you're old, people treat you like a second-class citizen . (2) She's Italian by birth but is now an Australian citizen. (3) British citizens living in other parts of the European Union
(1) presumably this is where the accident happened. (2) You'll be taking the car, presumably? (3) I couldn't concentrate, presumably because I was so tired.
(1) Her novels are very highly regarded. (2) She speaks highly of you . (3) His teachers think very highly of him (= have a very good opinion of him) .
highly [ˈhaɪli] 📢 UK📢 US
n.混乱;食堂;肮脏;困境; vt.弄脏;搞砸;给…供膳; vi.把事情弄糟;制造脏乱;
adv.高度地;极,非常;非常赞许地;
adj.不成功的,失败的;碌碌无为;
pron.(it的反身形式);它自己,它本身;自身,本身;
(1) Changes in farming methods have badly affected employment in the area. (2) The law prevented the employment of children under ten in the cotton mills. (3) the employment of artillery in the capture of the town
(1) She conveniently forgot to mention that her husband would be at the party, too (= because it suited her not to say) . (2) Fruit is a convenient source of vitamins and energy. (3) A bicycle is often more convenient than a car in towns.
(1) Radios are not permitted in the library. (2) There are fines for exceeding permitted levels of noise pollution. (3) We were not permitted any contact with each other.
(1) At last they were able to feel secure about the future. (2) She finished the match, secure in the knowledge that she was through to the next round. (3) a secure job/income
(1) initially, the system worked well. (2) The death toll was initially reported at around 250, but was later revised to 300. (3) Forecasters say the gales may not be as bad as they initially predicted...
(1) Experts put the real figure at closer to 75%. (2) the latest trade/sales/unemployment, etc. figures (3) By 2004, this figure had risen to 14 million.
(1) an outstanding player/achievement/success (2) an area of outstanding natural beauty (3) the outstanding features of the landscape
outstanding [aʊtˈstændɪŋ] 📢 UK📢 US
n.雇主,老板;雇佣者;
n.方法;条理;
adj.钝的;迟钝的;呆滞的;阴暗的; v.缓和;减轻;使阴暗;
adj.杰出的;显著的;凸出的;未完成的;
(1) Starting salary varies from £26 000 to £30 500, depending on experience. (2) He either resigned or was sacked, depending on who you talk to. (3) ‘Is he coming? ’ ‘That depends. He may not have the time. ’
(1) There is now no possibility that she will make a full recovery. (2) He refused to rule out the possibility of a tax increase. (3) It is not beyond the bounds of possibility that we'll all meet again one day.
possibility [ˌpɒsə'bɪlətɪ] 📢 UK📢 US
n.传统;惯例;[宗]经外传说;[法]移交,引渡;
n.大街,街道;
n.可能,可能性;希望,可能发生的事物;
adj.弧形的,曲线的; v.(使)弯成弧形( curve的过去式和过去分词);
(1) cycling shorts (2) to go cycling (3) cycling is Europe's second most popular sport.
cycling ['saɪklɪŋ] 📢 UK📢 US
n.实验室,研究室;Lab,英国政治工党;分析室;暗室;
n.纸烟,香烟;
n.骑脚踏车兜风,骑脚踏车消遣;
n.照片,相片; vt.& vi.(给…)拍照;
(1) He watched the smoke rise from his cigarette... (2) The powdery dust rose in a cloud around him. (3) Luther rose slowly from the chair...