(1) He was very unlucky not to win. (2) By some unlucky chance, her name was left off the list. (3) Some people think it's unlucky to walk under a ladder.
unlucky [ʌnˈlʌki] 📢 UK📢 US
与…抗争；
adj.令人作呕的；令人厌恶的；；不堪入目；
n.相似，形似；外表，外观；相似物，相似点；肖像；
adj.不幸运的，倒霉的；不吉祥的；不顺利的；不凑巧的；
(1) She sat upright in bed. (2) He managed to pull himself upright. (3) an upright posture
(1) a field mouse (2) a house mouse (3) The stores were overrun with rats and mice.
mouse [maʊs] 📢 UK📢 US
n.老鼠；鼠标；羞怯[胆小]的人；[非正式用语] 眼部青肿； vi.捕鼠；窥探，偷偷地寻找；
vt.诱拐，绑架，劫持；拐骗；
n.小偷；小偷，盗贼( thief的名词复数 )；
n.女人(woman的复数)；堂客；红粉；
(1) The Prime Minister is now 64 years old and in all probability this will be the last election that he is likely to contest... (2) You will find a wide variety of choices available in school cafeterias... (3) The show will be open to the public at 2pm; admission will be 50p...
(1) to treat people with respect/consideration/suspicion, etc. (2) treat your keyboard with care and it should last for years. (3) My parents still treat me like a child.
(1) They agreed to draw up a formal agreement... (2) He wants his ministers to concentrate on implementing policy, not on drawing it up. (3) He drew up a chair and sat down.
(1) The answer to that question may not be known for days. (2) While London could be known for its creative talent, what It'still lacks is commercial clout. (3) The rugged, reliable olive - drab vehicle would forever be known for helping win a world war.
be known for [bi: nəʊn fɔ:] 📢 UK📢 US
n.眼镜（制造）商，配制眼镜技师；
v.因…而众所周知；
失败；划分（以便分析）；损坏；衰弱下来；
n.软膏，药膏，油膏；
(1) a distant grumble of thunder (2) My main grumble is about the lack of privacy. (3) Thunder grumbled in the distance.
(1) His friend was killed and he knows he is lucky to be alive. (2) She was lucky enough to be chosen for the team. (3) You were lucky (that) you spotted the danger in time.
(1) They realized that he had gone mad . (2) Inventors are not mad scientists. (3) I'll go mad if I have to wait much longer.
mad [mæd] 📢 UK📢 US
n.治疗，疗法，疗效；心理治疗；治疗力；
adj.疯狂的；猛烈的；着迷的；〔口语〕愤怒的，生气的； vt.使疯狂；
n.厕所；盥洗室；<宗>洗礼盆；
n.航线；航空公司；
(1) She was forced to retire early from teaching because of ill health. (2) My dream is to retire to a villa in France. (3) He has no plans to retire as editor of the magazine.
retire [rɪˈtaɪə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
v.读出器，读出( readout的过去式和过去分词 )；大声朗诵，宣读；读出；
vi.退休；撤退；后退，退却； vt.退休，退隐；使撤退；收回； n.退休；退隐；退兵信号；
v.依靠，依赖；
vi.退休；撤退；后退，退却； vt.退休，退隐；使撤退；收回； n.退休；退隐；退兵信号；
(1) [只用于名词前]the grocery bill (2) Products in the grocery are sold at reasonable price. (3) There hangs straight on the wall of this grocery a service pledge.
grocery [ˈgrəʊsəri] 📢 UK📢 US
n.食品杂货店；食品杂货业；
n.产品；结果；乘积；作品；
n.止痛药；
遵守诺言；守约；说一是一；
(1) We received a letter from him recently. (2) Until recently they were living in York. (3) I haven't seen them recently (= it is some time since I saw them) .
(1) She had her eggs harvested and frozen for her own future use. (2) (figurative)The appeal produced a rich harvest of blankets, medicines and clothing. (3) a good/bad harvest (= a lot of crops or few crops)
(1) I worked stocking shelves in a grocery store. (2) He was employed at the local grocery store as a delivery boy. (3) It is difficult for a small grocery store to compete with a supermarket.
grocery store [ˈgrəʊsəri: stɔ:] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.支持；帮助；支撑；维持； n.支撑；支持者；[数学]支集；支撑物；
adv.自动地；无意识地；不自觉地；机械地；
n.（长篇）小说；[法]新法，附律； adj.新奇的；异常的；
小卖部；
(1) the Town clerk (2) the clerk of the Court (3) The clerk at the counter gave me too little change.
(1) She has beaten her opponent in all of their previous encounters. (2) It was his first sexual encounter (= first experience of sex). (3) I've had a number of close encounters (= situations that could have been dangerous) with bad drivers.
(1) He treated them with generosity and thoughtfulness. (2) ...a man of great generosity of spirit. (3) There are stories about his generosity, the massive amounts of money he gave to charities.
(1) He squandered all his money on gambling. (2) Hooker didn't squander his money on flashy cars or other vices... (3) He had squandered his chances to win.
squander [ˈskwɒndə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
v.挥霍，浪费；驱散，使散开；浪荡，漂泊； n.挥霍，浪费；
adv.适当地；恰当地；正确地；完全，非常；
adj.自洁式的，自动清洗的；自清洗；
n.不胜任；无资格；不适当；不熟练；
(1) She drew away and did not smile... (2) When we drew level, he neither slowed down nor accelerated. (3) He drew his chair nearer the fire...
(1) Shortly after my arrival at the school, I was befriended by an older girl. (2) The film's about an elderly woman and a young nurse who befriends her... (3) On the aeroplane I was befriended by a delightful German woman.
(1) He did die a pauper and is buried in an unmarked grave. (2) Legend has it that the fairy princess fell in love with a pauper. (3) I've beena puppet a pauper a pirate, a poet a pawn a king.
(1) cancer research (2) Violence is a cancer in our society. (3) to become cancerous
cancer [ˈkænsə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.无聊的，无趣的，烦人的； v.令人厌烦( bore的过去式和过去分词 )；挖；掘；钻；
adv.广泛地；普遍地；到处；大量地；
n.癌症，恶性肿瘤；弊病，社会恶习；迅速蔓延的恶劣的或危险的事物；[天]巨蟹座，巨蟹宫；
adv.明确地；确切地；一定地；肯定地； int.（表强烈的肯定）当然；
(1) odor is accompanied by a of activities that the law shall be followed. (2) Chloral is a colorless, volatile liquid with a very penetrating odor and boiling at 97.7℃. (3) An unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room.
(1) Most of us do our food shopping in the supermarket... (2) How do those prawns find their way from Norway to the supermarket shelf? (3) The supermarket offers a rich supply of different commodities.
(1) She could not recall his name. (2) If I recall correctly, he lives in Luton. (3) I can't recall meeting her before.
recall [rɪˈkɔ:l] 📢 UK📢 US
n.摩天大楼，超高层大楼；特别高的东西；
v.入睡；长眠；懈怠；静止不动；
vt.叫回，召回；使想起，回想；取消；调回工厂； n.召回，唤回；记忆力，回想；罢免；收回通告；
n.用户，使用者；吸毒成瘾者；
(1) If I had known my life was going to turn out like this, I would have let them kill me... (2) Sometimes things don't turn out the way we think they're going to... (3) It's turned out nice again.
turn out [tə:n aut] 📢 UK📢 US
n.公路；公用通道；干线；途径，方法；
制造；关灯；结果是；出席（某项活动）；
n.性格，品质；特征；[计] 字符；人物，角色； vt.刻，印；使具有特征；
adj.每年的；一年的；[植物]一年生的； n.年刊；一年生植物；
(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) He who plots evil will be known as a schemer. (2) Emerging markets used to be known as the markets you couldn't emerge from in an emergency. (3) He prefers to be known as Cesc rather than Francesc.
(1) I came across a group of children playing. (2) We like to identify and celebrate women's success whenever we come across it. (3) When sober he can come across as an extremely pleasant and charming young man...