(1) Her decision to cancel the concert is bound to disappoint her fans. (2) He's building me up too much — I may disappoint him. (3) I'm sorry to disappoint your hope.
disappoint [ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt] 📢 UK📢 US
抱怨, 诉苦;
从(某物上面)看过去;仔细检查[审视](某人或某物);过眼;翻阅;
与…同样的;无异;何啻;
vt.使失望;使破灭,使落空; vi.使失望;
(1) ...industrial dinosaurs. (2) Fine, no more dinosaur stuff. Can I talk about fossils? (3) They're a robot, a plane, and a dinosaur.
(1) Sadly, the film is let down by an excessively simple plot. (2) He let down the tailgate so the dog could jump out. (3) But then to be let down like that, oh it's so unfair!
let down [let daun] 📢 UK📢 US
放低; 放下;使失望; 失信;
在…上投资,在…投入(时间、精力等);
n.母语,本国语;
n.塞车,交通拥塞;
(1) How could everything go so disastrously wrong? (2) a disastrous harvest/fire/result (3) Lowering interest rates could have disastrous consequences for the economy.
disastrous [dɪˈzɑ:strəs] 📢 UK📢 US
n.摊贩,小贩;卖主;[贸易]自动售货机;<正式>供应商;
n.关系;联系;浪漫关系;血缘关系;
adj.灾难性的;损失惨重的;极坏的;悲惨的;
看看, 看一眼;
(1) He is a trustworthy and level-headed leader. (2) The Rooster is known to be a very trustworthy person. (3) Open body language makes you appear more approachable and trustworthy.
(1) The Church became increasingly identified with opposition to the regime. (2) You should not identify wealth with happiness. (3) He was not the ‘tough guy ’ the public identified him with.
identify [aɪˈdentɪfaɪ] 📢 UK📢 US
在损失[损坏]某事物的情况下;
感觉自在;
adj.无痛的,不引起痛苦的;无并发症的;
vt.识别,认出;确定;使参与;把…看成一样; vi.确定;认同;
(1) They drilled through several layers of rock to reach the oil. (2) a cave with striking rock formations (= shapes made naturally from rock) (3) The tunnel was blasted out of solid rock.
(1) She is always ready to argue over the smallest issues. (2) Sometimes we argue over football but it's never anything too serious. (3) Let other argue over small things, but not you.
(1) We work every day except Sunday. (2) They all came except Matt. (3) I had nothing on except for my socks.
except [ɪkˈsept] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.把…除外;不计; prep.除…外; conj.[口语]要不是;除非;除…以外; vi.反对,表示异议(与 to 或 against连用);
n.卵石;水晶;水晶透镜;卵石花纹; vt.用卵石铺;用石子扔;使纹理粗糙;
adj.正常的;正规的,标准的;[数学]正交的;精神健全的; n.正常,常态;标准;[数学]法线;
v.小睡一下,睡午觉;打盹儿;眯盹儿;
(1) The meteorite which devastated Tunguska is now estimated to have been about 50 metres across. (2) The meteorite in Jilin Exhibition Hall is believed to be the largest in the world. (3) Coming through the sky like a satellite, like a radio wave, a meteorite.
(1) the immorality of war (2) a life of immorality (3) an immoral act/life/person
immoral [ɪˈmɒrəl] 📢 UK📢 US
n.中午;正午; adj.正午的;
adj.不道德的;邪恶的;猥亵的;悖德;
n.洗衣店,洗衣房;洗好的衣服;待洗的衣服;洗熨;
adj.心智健全的;神志正常的;明智的;稳健的;
(1) Sales have not lived up to expectations this year... (2) Had he lived up to his promise, he would have made a fortune in sponsorship money. (3) He did not live up to his promise ( the principles he professed ).
(1) I think this band is going to be huge. (2) This is going to be a huge problem for us. (3) The party was a huge success.
huge [hju:dʒ] 📢 UK📢 US
n.部门,部;系,学部;知识范围;车间;
adj.巨大的;庞大的;极大的;
n.贷款;借款;借用; vt.借,借给; vi.借出;
adv.绝对地;完全地;毫无疑问地;[语]独立地,分离地;
(1) No one could possibly take exception to his comments. (2) All his novels are set in Italy with the exception of his last. (3) All students without exception must take the English examination.
exception [ɪkˈsepʃn] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.疯狂的;猛烈的;着迷的;〔口语〕愤怒的,生气的; vt.使疯狂;
n.例外,除外;反对,批评;[法律]异议,反对;
n.危险,冒险;保险额;被保险人或物; vt.冒…的危险;使…冒风险(或面临危险);
adj.对…有害的;能造成损害的;不利;不良;
(1) He was later discovered to be seriously ill. (2) The singer was discovered while still at school. (3) the discoverer of penicillin
discover [dɪˈskʌvə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.发现;碰见;撞见;获得知识;
adj.仁慈的,宽恕的,温和的,(情形)良好的,顺利的,(处罚)宽大的;
简而言之,总之;一句话;简言之;
v.突然出现;上托;
(1) Public opinion polarised into completely opposite opinions on the issue of mercy killing. (2) Don't humiliate his intelligence, that just like in mercy killing. (3) Mr Smith indicted for the mercy killing of his incurable son.
(1) The aims of the negotiators in New York again seem likely to collide with the aims of the warriors in the field. (2) Some of the electrons or ions then collide with the drops and stick to them. (3) Fender - bender . In the distant future, Earth could collide with another planet.
collide with [kəˈlaid wið] 📢 UK📢 US
与…相撞;相碰;磕碰;
adj.美味的,可口的;有趣的;;喷香;
adj.懒惰的;没精打采的;慢吞吞的;
vt.允许;承认;给予;准许(做某事); vi.容许;考虑;
(1) He's a known thief. (2) The disease has no known cure. (3) ...He was a known drug dealer...
(1) a debate that has split the country down the middle (2) The committee split over government subsidies. (3) She split the class into groups of four.
(1) He let his preference be known to the press. (2) 'Not even by the dearest one ever to be known to you?' (3) They had decided that they didn't want my whereabouts to be known to the world.
(1) The planet jupiter may have no solid surface at all. (2) The astronomers were taking an observation of jupiter. (3) How many moons has the planet jupiter?
(1) in short, WP aids document creation and record keeping. (2) The jeans of this style are in short supply now. (3) in short, the just would have to suffer for the unjust.
(1) He was in danger of making a real cock-up of this. (2) Britain's university system is in danger of falling apart at the seams. (3) The fund was in danger of losing its tax-exempt status.
in danger of [in ˈdeindʒə ɔv] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.现实的;[艺] 现实主义的,[哲]实在论(者)的;逼真的;栩栩如生的;
adj.富有色彩的;鲜艳的;多姿多彩的;富有趣味的;
处于…危险之中;
n.盘( dish的名词复数 );餐具;一盘食物;外貌有吸引力的人;
(1) What lousy weather! (2) She felt lousy (= ill) . (3) All she bought me was this lousy T-shirt.
(1) the discovery of antibiotics in the 20th century (2) The discovery of a child's body in the river has shocked the community. (3) Researchers in this field have made some important new discoveries .