(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
adj.批评的,爱挑剔的;危险的,危急的;决定性的;[物]临界的;
n.订婚,婚约;约会;约定,契约;雇用;
n.[化]元素;要素;原理;[电]电阻丝;
adj.绝望的;由绝望而引起的;铤而走险的,孤注一掷的;急切的,极度渴望的;
(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) 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
vt.& vi.得到,导出;源于,来自;(从…中)提取;
vt.& vi.原谅; 饶恕; 对不起;请原谅 ; vt.免除;
vt.强迫服从;实施,执行;加强;
vt.& vi.分;划分;分离;(使)产生分歧; n.分水岭,分界线;分配;
(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) a fanciful gold border (2) The economic gloom of the early 1980s was relieved by fanciful architecture. (3) ...fanciful ideas about Martian life...
(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) 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) 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.
(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.平民,百姓;市民;文官;民法学者; adj.民用的;平民的;
adj.聋的;不愿听的;
n.耐心,耐性;忍耐;单人纸牌游戏;
vi.脸红,惭愧;变红;害臊,怕羞; n.脸红,红色;<古>一见,一瞥;
(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) 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) 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) 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.
grace [greɪs] 📢 UK📢 US
n.特异景象;幽灵;鬼;(特异景象等的)出现;
n.主题;话题,论题;标题,细目;
n.装配;集会;[军]集合号,集合鼓,集合;[机]装配,装配车间,供装配的零件;
n.恩泽;优雅;慈悲;魅力; v.使优美;惠赐;
(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) 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.
(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.工资名单;工资总支出,工薪总额;
adj.辉煌的;荣誉的;极好的;<口>非常愉快的;
vt.& vi.与…作战;争斗; n.战争,战役;比赛,较量;长期论战或长期作战;激烈的竞争;
(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 Iberian peninsula (= Spain and Portugal) (2) ...the political situation in the Korean peninsula... (3) I had walked around the entire peninsula.
(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 .