(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 immorality of war (2) a life of immorality (3) an immoral act/life/person
immoral [ɪˈmɒrəl] 📢 UK📢 US
赔偿;为…付钱;因…受罚[痛苦];替某人付款;
n.歌手;歌唱家;诗人;鸣禽;
n.手续费;
adj.不道德的;邪恶的;猥亵的;悖德;
(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) 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.
(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;
粗话,骂人的话;
n.小册子;活页文选;
为…哭泣;
(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.污染;玷污,亵渎;破坏(品性),使堕落;
n.位置,方位;地位,职位;态度;状态; vt.安置;把…放在适当位置;给…定位;驻扎军队;
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);
v.充满;
(1) a meteor shower (2) The meteor shot across the sky. (3) It is not the eternal objects and, nor is it light as a meteor Perishable Can.
(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) 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.
(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?
jupiter [ˈdʒu:pɪtə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
n.[天]木星;朱庇特(罗马神话中的宙斯神);
vi.属于;是…的成员;应被放在;适应;
n.诞生地,出生地;
n.(尤指职业)拳击手;拳师狗;装箱者,装箱工;
(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.<正>值得称赞的,值得表扬的;
vt.避开,避免,预防;[法]使无效,撤销,废止;
与…相撞;相碰;磕碰;
(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) to ask/beg/plead for mercy (2) They showed no mercy to their hostages. (3) God have mercy on us.
mercy [ˈmə:si] 📢 UK📢 US
n.出纳员;叙述者;银行柜员机;计票人;
n.宽容;怜悯;幸运;侥幸;
n.乐趣;娱乐活动;嬉戏,嬉闹;有趣的事; adj.使人愉快的;开心的; vi.嬉闹;开玩笑;
adj.辛辣的;加有香料的,香的;有刺激性的;(故事等)猥亵的,下流的;
(1) an incredible story (2) It seemed incredible that she had been there a week already. (3) The hotel was incredible.
incredible [ɪnˈkredəbl] 📢 UK📢 US
n.就寝时间;
中等教育;
结婚;结亲;成家立室;
adj.不可思议的;惊人的;难以置信的;未必可能的;
(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 .
(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) 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.
(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.
argue over [ˈɑ:ɡju: ˈəuvə] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.愚蠢的;鲁莽的;荒谬的,可笑的;混;
就…争论[辩论];
n.导弹;投射物; adj.导弹的;可投掷的;用以发射导弹的;
adj.值得的;有报酬的;
(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) How could everything go so disastrously wrong? (2) a disastrous harvest/fire/result (3) Lowering interest rates could have disastrous consequences for the economy.
(1) ...industrial dinosaurs. (2) Fine, no more dinosaur stuff. Can I talk about fossils? (3) They're a robot, a plane, and a dinosaur.
dinosaur [ˈdaɪnəsɔ:(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
n.政府;政体;治理的形式;管辖,治理;
n.[生]恐龙;守旧落伍的人,过时落后的东西;
n.加仑(容量单位);
n.流星;大气现象; abbr.气象学(=meteorology);
(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.
in short [in ʃɔ:t] 📢 UK📢 US
vi.相撞;碰撞;冲突;抵触;
简而言之,总之;一句话;简言之;
vt.& vi.(使)吃得过多;
n.性格内向的人;
(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.
(1) Several windows had been smashed. (2) He smashed the radio to pieces. (3) The glass bowl smashed into a thousand pieces.
smash [smæʃ] 📢 UK📢 US
仓皇;
adj.害怕的;担心的;恐怕;畏惧,害怕;
vt.打碎;撞击;猛扣(球等); vi.被击碎;扣球,抽杀;
vi.打盹儿,打瞌睡;假寐; vt.打瞌睡度过; n.瞌睡;
(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.