(1) to display artistic, etc. tendencies (2) I have a tendency to talk too much when I'm nervous. (3) There is a tendency for this disease to run in families.
tendency [ˈtendənsi] 📢 UK📢 US
n.水手,海员;驾船人;
adj.有效率的;(直接)生效的;能干的;(因省钱、省时或省力等而)收效大的;
n.倾向,趋势;(话或作品等的)旨趣,意向;性情;癖好;
n.头痛;令人头痛的事;
(1) Women tend to live longer than men. (2) When I'm tired, I tend to make mistakes. (3) It tends to get very cold here in the winter.
(1) secret information/meetings/talks (2) He tried to keep it secret from his family. (3) Details of the proposals remain secret.
secret [ˈsi:krət] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.联邦(制)的;同盟的; n.联邦主义者;同盟盟友;
vt.获得,得到;流行;买到,达到(目的); vi.通行,通用;流行;存在;
n.质量,品质;美质,优点;才能,能力,技能,素养;品种; adj.优质的,高质量的;上流社会的;
n.秘密,机密;秘诀;奥秘; adj.秘密的,机密的;神秘的;隐秘的;
(1) The China Software Industry Association said it also planned to take action against Microsoft. (2) take action and pies willn't drop automatically! (3) Follow up daily production progress with related departments; take action to push up the delay batch.
(1) to perform/carry out/complete/undertake a task (2) a daunting/an impossible/a formidable/an unenviable, etc. task (3) a thankless task (= an unpleasant one that nobody wants to do and nobody thanks you for doing)
(1) You will only injure yourself if take notice of despicable enemies. (2) take notice of the great architecture. (3) To take notice of safe. The slippery are very crafty.
(1) We eventually took off at 11 o'clock and arrived in Venice at 1.30. (2) They need to expand the number of farmers who are involved if the scheme's going to really take off... (3) In 1944, he met Edith Piaf, and his career took off.
(1) You have to learn to take care of your possessions. (2) Don't worry yourself about me, I can take care of myself. (3) I take care of them to the best of my abilities.
take care of [teik kɛə ɔv] 📢 UK📢 US
照顾;杀掉;对付;抵消;
adj.粗心的;无忧无虑的;漫不经心的,不介意的;淡漠的;
n.数学;〈诗〉同“ripen”;算学;
n.演员(尤指男演员);行动者;参与者;
(1) We offer free technical support for those buying our software. (2) a technical education (3) technical drawing (= especially taught as a school subject)
(1) Did you take part in the brawl yesterday? (2) They returned to take part in the season's opening game. (3) To take part in deviation investigation and change management.
(1) A British newspaper says British Airways plan to take over Trans World Airways. (2) The Belgians took over Rwanda under a League of Nations mandate... (3) The parliament in Madrid was taken over by civil guards.
(1) The evening party will take place on New Year's Eve. (2) The assembly voted to delay the legislation to allow further consultation to take place. (3) A singing meet will take place next week.
(1) We all hope to take advantage of the opportunity to promote our cooperation. (2) Computer Aided Instruction ( CAI ) represents all kinds of teaching activities that take advantage of computers. (3) One of my employees decided to take advantage of Teddy and a few others.
take advantage of [teik ədˈvɑ:ntidʒ ɔv] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.想不到的,料不到的;意外的;忽然的;突然的;
v.利用; 欺骗,占…的便宜;
n.小路,小巷;航道,空中走廊,规定的单向行车道;车道;[篮球]罚球区;
adj.失去知觉的,无意识的;无意的,不自觉的;不知道的;不受意识控制的; n.[心]无意识;
(1) a football/baseball, etc. team (2) a team event (= one played by groups of people rather than individual players) (3) (British English)Whose team are you in?
team [ti:m] 📢 UK📢 US
n.队,组;团队;工作组;(野鸭等)群,同胎仔; vi.协同工作;合作;把(牛马等)联套在车上;
vt.说明;表明;给…加插图;(用示例、图画等)说明; vi.举例说明;
adv.明确地;确切地;一定地;肯定地; int.(表强烈的肯定)当然;
adj.不幸的,悲惨的;不快乐的;不恰当的;不凑巧的;
(1) There is mounting tension along the border. (2) international/racial/political tensions (3) There is often a tension between the aims of the company and the wishes of the employees.
(1) Lemon and lime juice were both temporarily out of stock. (2) The human population swelled, at least temporarily, as migrants moved south. (3) The stress of war temporarily unhinged him.