(1) Looking at the crowds out shopping, you could be forgiven for thinking that everyone has plenty of money. (2) The government has agreed to forgive a large part of the debt. (3) forgive my interrupting but I really don't agree with that.
(1) He has been late on numerous occasions. (2) The advantages of this system are too numerous to mention. (3) Sex crimes were just as numerous as they are today...
numerous [ˈnju:mərəs] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.很多的,许多的;数量庞大的数量庞大的;数不清的;
n.运气;好运;机遇;命运; vi.交好运,走运;侥幸成功;
adj.勇敢的,无畏的;有胆量的;英勇的;勐;
n.地区;教区;〈美〉(各州众议员)选举区;行政区,市区; vt.把…分区;
(1) fancy a drink? (2) She didn't fancy (= did not like) the idea of going home in the dark. (3) Do you fancy going out this evening?
(1) Late again! What's your excuse this time? (2) There's no excuse for such behaviour. (3) His excuse for forgetting her birthday was that he had lost his diary.
(1) literary criticism/theory (2) It was Chaucer who really turned English into a literary language. (3) a literary man
literary [ˈlɪtərəri] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.文学(上)的;精通文学的;爱好文学的;从事文学研究(或写作)的;
n.辩护;防御;防御工事;后卫;
n.耐心,耐性;忍耐;单人纸牌游戏;
adj.愉快的,快活的;有趣的;[口]微醉的;生动的; n.甜樱桃;梅里(姓氏);
(1) The first edition was published in 2002. (2) He works for a company that publishes reference books. (3) Most of our titles are also published on CD-ROM.
(1) They have imprisoned an innocent man. (2) She was found innocent of any crime. (3) He was the innocent party (= person) in the breakdown of the marriage.
(1) The children are already learning to multiply and divide. (2) 2 multiplied by 4 is/equals/makes 8 (2×4 = 8) . (3) multiply 2 and 6 together and you get 12.
(1) She tried desperately to engage him in conversation . (2) It is a movie that engages both the mind and the eye. (3) He is currently engaged as a consultant.
(1) a fanciful gold border (2) The economic gloom of the early 1980s was relieved by fanciful architecture. (3) ...fanciful ideas about Martian life...
(1) His landlord doubled the rent. (2) The landlord refused to serve him because he considered him too drunk. (3) My landlord is so nosy. He comes by twice a month to inspect my apartment.
landlord [ˈlændlɔ:d] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.公开;揭露;使显露;使暴露;
vt.使惊恐,使恐慌;吓走,赶走; vi.害怕,惊恐;
n.房东,地主;店主;
adj.非凡的,特别的;意外的,离奇的;临时的,特派的;不寻常;
(1) manufactured goods (2) a news story manufactured by an unscrupulous journalist (3) Vitamins cannot be manufactured by our bodies.
(1) He handed over the money with typical bad grace. (2) He didn't even have the grace to look embarrassed. (3) Their graces the Duke and Duchess of Kent.
(1) everyday objects such as cups and saucers (2) Glass and plastic objects lined the shelves. (3) Her sole object in life is to become a travel writer.
(1) the Iberian peninsula (= Spain and Portugal) (2) ...the political situation in the Korean peninsula... (3) I had walked around the entire peninsula.
(1) a key/sensitive/controversial issue (2) This is a big issue ; we need more time to think about it. (3) She usually writes about environmental issues.
(1) She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. (2) The earthquake plunged entire towns over the edge of the cliffs. (3) Stock markets plunged at the news of the coup.
(1) [常用于名词前]He left the army and returned to civilian life. (2) The safety of civilians caught up in the fighting must be guaranteed. (3) ...the country's civilian population.
civilian [səˈvɪliən] 📢 UK📢 US
n.巫术;魔法;
n.平民,百姓;市民;文官;民法学者; adj.民用的;平民的;
v.抵抗,抗拒;忍耐;反对,抵制; n.防染剂;防腐剂;
adj.潮湿的;微湿的;多雨的;含泪的;
(1) an ordinary sort of day (2) in the ordinary course of events (3) ordinary people like you and me
(1) A trailer was attached to the rear of the truck. (2) There are toilets at both front and rear of the plane. (3) A high gate blocks the only entrance to the rear .
(1) (figurative)As a child he would often escape into a dreamworld of his own. (2) They were glad to have escaped the clutches of winter for another year. (3) She was lucky to escape punishment.
(1) It was her first official engagement . (2) I had to refuse because of a prior engagement . (3) The general tried to avoid an engagement with the enemy.
engagement [ɪnˈgeɪdʒmənt] 📢 UK📢 US
n.勇气;胆量;魄力;肝胆;
n.方法;条理;
n.订婚,婚约;约会;约定,契约;雇用;
n.量度;份量,尺寸;测量法;(量得的)尺寸;
(1) The accident could have been prevented. (2) He is prevented by law from holding a licence. (3) Nothing would prevent him from speaking out against injustice.