(1) If you happen to be going to the post office, please get me some commemorative stamps. (2) But we couldn't be going to Macon. (3) I would stand in dread of what you might be going to recommend next.
(1) I cannot believe the price of the tickets! (2) A foreign language cannot be learned rapidly, it must be learned step by step. (3) You cannot equate his poems with his plays.
cannot [ˈkænɒt] 📢 UK📢 US
n.村民;乡村,村庄;群落;
vt.实现;了解;(所担心的事)发生;以…价格卖出; vt.& vi.变卖,赚得;
=can not;未可;不能;不可;
conj.如果,倘若;即使;〈口〉是否;假设; n.条件,设想;
(1) They are campaigning to save the area from building development. (2) to conduct a campaign (3) a campaign against ageism in the workplace
(1) He can't bear to be laughed at. (2) Her later work does not bear comparison with her earlier novels (= because it is not nearly as good) . (3) The pain was almost more than he could bear.
(1) a candidate for the degree of MPhil (2) Our team is a prime candidate for relegation this year. (3) Your father is an obvious candidate for a heart attack.
candidate [ˈkændɪdət] 📢 UK📢 US
adv.不幸地,遗憾地;可惜;不巧;
adj.维持生命所必需的;至关重要的;生死攸关的;生气勃勃的;
vt.放置;铺放;涂,敷;产卵; adj.世俗的;外行的;没有经验的; n.叙事诗;性伙伴;
n.报考者;申请求职者;攻读学位者;最后命运或结局如何已显然可见者;
(1) cancer research (2) Violence is a cancer in our society. (3) to become cancerous
cancer [ˈkænsə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
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;
abbr.[计量]公里(kilometer);千米;
n.油[水]箱;坦克;贮水池;酒量大的人; vt.把…贮放在柜内;打败;
n.先生;绅士;有身份地位的人;
(1) The gull held the fish in its beak. (2) the bird's horny beak (3) The bird had a worm in its beak.
(1) Why should they get first call on the best property? (2) He called me over the Tannoy. (3) I made a phone call to the United States to talk to a friend...
(1) All flights have been cancelled because of bad weather. (2) Don't forget to cancel the newspaper (= arrange for it not to be delivered) before going away. (3) to cancel a policy/subscription
vt.洗,清洗;浸湿;冲刷,冲击;洗去罪名; vi.耐洗;被洗掉(通常与 out 和 away 连用);(波涛等)拍打; n.(尤指船过后划出的)水流;要洗的衣物的数量;薄涂层(尤指涂料); vt.弄湿;使受洗礼;(光)布满;(猫等)舔净(自身); adj.可洗的,耐洗的;(证券交易)虚假的;
(1) Use the formula to calculate the volume of the container. (2) Benefit is calculated on the basis of average weekly earnings. (3) You'll need to calculate how much time the assignment will take.
(1) For a child to be born with this disability indicates a defect in obstetric care. (2) When a woman is in labour, her cervix opens up to allow the baby to be born. (3) The author of this book was said to be born circa 1080 and die in 1130.
(1) the spare bedroom (2) a hotel with 20 bedrooms (3) This is the master bedroom (= the main bedroom of the house) .
bedroom [ˈbedru:m] 📢 UK📢 US
n.<生>细胞;小牢房;电池;<诗>墓穴; vi.住在牢房或小室中; vt.囚禁;
n.卧室,寝室; adj.<美>城郊住宅区的;两性关系的,男女性爱的;
adj.主要的,最重要的;全力的; n.最主要的部分,重点;主要管道;体力;[航海]公海;
n.胜利;克服;成功;
(1) The gunmen calmly walked away and escaped in a waiting car. (2) Our principals, teachers and other school staff rose to the challenge , calmly and meticulously. (3) She sat down calmly, reading a newspaper.
(1) Some of them even prefer it to Guilin. (2) I will run you in if the bus isn't going into the town because of the snow today. (3) because of the coldness of the weather we stayed indoors.
because of [biˈkɔz ɔv] 📢 UK📢 US
n.版次,版本;(报纸、杂志的)一份;(广播、电视节目的)一期;(书、报、杂志等的)一版印刷总数;
因为,由于;基于;
adv.奇怪地,古怪地;奇妙地;额外地,附加地;零碎地,单数地; oddly enough的变体;
adj.现实的;[艺] 现实主义的,[哲]实在论(者)的;逼真的;栩栩如生的;
(1) the ocean bed (2) oyster beds (= an area in the sea where there are many oysters ) (3) flower beds
(1) I was scared that I might be sick. (2) He seems to be sick, for he appears pale. (3) It's great to go on the roller coaster five times and not be sick.
(1) They use puppets to capture the imagination of younger audiences. (2) The article captured the mood of the nation. (3) The attack was captured on film by security cameras.
capture [ˈkæptʃə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.俘获;夺取;夺得;引起(注意、想像、兴趣); n.捕获;占领;捕获物;[计算机]捕捉;
n.猫;猫科动物;狠毒的女人;爵士乐爱好者; vt.把(锚)吊放在锚架上;〈俚〉寻欢,宿娼;
n.赌博,赌钱;冒险;投机; v.赌博,冒风险(gamble的现在分词);
adv.然而;尽管如此;不过;仍然; conj.然而;尽管如此;
(1) How you can be so insensitive absolutely beats me. (2) beat it before it's too late. (3) Can you beat it; there was Graham Greene in Freetown and there was I on the other side of Africa.
(1) It was becoming more and more difficult to live on his salary. (2) It soon became apparent that no one was going to come. (3) She was becoming confused.
(1) She sings beautifully. (2) a beautifully decorated house (3) It's all working out beautifully.
beautifully [ˈbju:tɪfli] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.黑暗的,深色的;模糊的;无知的;忧郁的; n.黑暗;夜;黄昏;模糊;
adv.美丽地;漂亮地;<口>出色地;完美地;
n.剪刀;两腿前后错跃; v.剪开( scissor的第三人称单数);作剪式移动(尤指腿);
带;接管;帮…学习;在…上花费;
(1) The project will require very little work to start up; that's the beauty of it . (2) One of the beauties of living here is that it's so peaceful. (3) beauty products/treatment (= intended to make a person more beautiful)