(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) 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) 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.
(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...
(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.
prevent [prɪˈvent] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.预防;阻碍;阻止;[宗教]引领; vi.阻挠,阻止;
n.混合,混杂;混杂的事物[人群];混合(状态);
n.装饰,装潢;装饰品;装饰图案,装饰风格;奖章;
n.招待,邀请;请柬,请帖;引诱,吸引,诱惑;
(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) 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) 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) 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) 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.
forgive [fəˈɡiv] 📢 UK📢 US
n.地区;某地区的人;与某处邻近的地区;临近街坊;
vt.& vi.原谅; 饶恕; 对不起;请原谅 ; vt.免除;
n.同伴;[天]伴星(=~star);(用于书名)指南;同甘共苦的伙伴; vt.同行;陪伴;
n.运河,沟渠;管道;气管;食道; vt.建运河;疏导;
(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.
innocent [ˈɪnəsnt] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.征服;攻克;打败(敌人);克服; vi.得胜,胜利;
vt.连接,联结;使…有联系;为…接通电话;插入插座; vi.连接;建立关系;[体]成功击中;
adj.无辜的,无罪的;清白的;天真无邪的;无知的; n.无辜者;头脑简单的人;天真无邪的人;
n.竞争;比赛;竞争者;[生]生存竞争;
(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
n.侨民;侨居地;聚居地;聚居人群;
n.房东,地主;店主;
vt.使免除,豁免; adj.被免除的,被豁免的; n.被免除(义务,责任)的人;免税人;
n.收入,进款;进来的动作;进入;
(1) ‘You're very quiet today. ’ ‘pardon? ’ ‘I said you're very quiet today. ’ (2) to ask/grant/receive a pardon (3) a royal/presidential pardon
(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) 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) military training/intelligence (2) a military coup (3) military uniform
military [ˈmɪlətri] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.寒冷的;怕冷的;冷淡的,疏远的;使心恐惧的;
adj.军事的;军用的;讨厌的;好战的; n.军人;军队;武装力量;
vt.失去;错过;遗失;耽搁; vi.损失;输掉;走慢;降低价值;
n.瑕疵,毛病;欠缺,缺点; vi.叛逃;背叛;
(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) 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.
publish [ˈpʌblɪʃ] 📢 UK📢 US
n.合作; 协作;协助;配合;
vt.& vi.出版,发行;发表,宣布(结婚等);公布,颁布;出版…的著作;
n.羔羊,小羊;羔羊肉;<宗>耶稣; vi.生小羊,产羊羔;
vt.& vi.分;划分;分离;(使)产生分歧; n.分水岭,分界线;分配;
(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
vt.讨论,谈论;论述,详述;商量;
n.平民,百姓;市民;文官;民法学者; adj.民用的;平民的;
adj.直率的;直接的; adv.立刻;直率地; n.直路;
n.不足,缺点;缺少;缺少量;不足额;
(1) Two boys were in the street, tossing a baseball back and forth. (2) I'm a few miles back from the border... (3) Her hair was tied back...
(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.