(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) 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) They are campaigning to save the area from building development. (2) to conduct a campaign (3) a campaign against ageism in the workplace
campaign [kæmˈpeɪn] 📢 UK📢 US
在船[火车, 飞机, 汽车]上;已装船;
n.理发师;剪头或做头发的人;
n.文本,原文;课文,教科书;主题;版本; v.发短信;
n.运动;竞选运动;战役;季节性竞赛; vi.参加[发起]运动,参加竞选;参战,参加战役;作战;
(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
(1) a beautiful woman/face/baby/voice/poem/smell/evening (2) beautiful countryside/weather/music (3) What beautiful timing!
beautiful [ˈbju:tɪfl] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.美丽的,美好的;极好的;
n.宫,宫殿;(主教)邸宅,宏伟大厦;华丽的娱乐场所;
n.收据,发票;收入; vt.开收据;[美国英语]给…开收据,承认收到;
n.新闻工作者,新闻记者;记日志者;
(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.
calculate [ˈkælkjuleɪt] 📢 UK📢 US
把事情弄清楚,核实或查明某事物;设法确保出现某事物;务使;
vt.& vi.计算;估计;打算,计划;旨在; vt.预测,推测;
注意到;在意;睬;理睬;
n.账,账目;存款;记述,报告;理由; vi.解释;导致;报账; vt.认为;把…视作;
(1) tourists sunbathing on the beach (2) a sandy/pebble/shingle beach (3) a beach bar
(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)
(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
因为,由于;基于;
n.对手;反对者;敌手; adj.对立的;敌对的;
adv.其他;否则;另外; adj.别的;其他的;
adj.各种各样的;各不相同的;形形色色的;多变的; v.变化( vary的过去式和过去分词);
(1) a capped mortgage (2) What an amazing story. Can anyone cap that? (3) He's had his front teeth capped.
(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
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;
v.走错路,误入岐途,(机器等)发生故障;出岔子;出乱子;
vt.& vi.计算;估计;打算,计划;旨在; vt.预测,推测;
v.利用; 欺骗,占…的便宜;
(1) Cathy did a rough calculation. (2) By my calculation(s), we made a profit of £20 000 last year. (3) Our guess was confirmed by calculation.
(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) acting in her capacity as manager (2) We are simply involved in an advisory capacity on the project. (3) The factory is working at full capacity.
capacity [kəˈpæsəti] 📢 UK📢 US
n.容量;才能;性能;生产能力; adj.充其量的,最大限度的;
adv.共有;同;
n.讨论;辩论;争论;辩论; vt.& vi.辩论;仔细考虑;思考;盘算;
n.劳动;劳工;分娩,临产阵痛;工作,活计; vi.劳动,努力;艰难行进;分娩,产前阵痛;使疲倦;
(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.庆祝;歌颂,赞扬;公布,展示; vi.庆祝;举行宗教庆典;
vt.承认;鸣谢;对…打招呼;告知已收到;
adv.究竟什么时候;不论何时; conj.无论什么时候;随时;无论何时;每当;
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;
(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.
be going to [bi: ˈgəʊɪŋ tu:] 📢 UK📢 US
要,会,将要;就要;快要;
n.现金;支付金额; vt.支付现款;兑现; adj.现金的;
n.计算,盘算;估计;计算的结果;深思熟虑,慎重的计划;
adj.不能接受的;不受欢迎的;难答应的;不中意的;
(1) I did it because he told me to. (2) Just because I don't complain, people think I'm satisfied. (3) They are here because of us.
because [bɪˈkɒz] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.粗心的;无忧无虑的;漫不经心的,不介意的;淡漠的;
conj.因为;
n.报纸,报;旧报纸;新闻纸;
vt.& vi暗示;意味;隐含;说明,表明;
(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) 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.
be born [bi: bɔ:n] 📢 UK📢 US
出生于…;落地;诞;下生;
n.契约,协定;交易;特价商品;便宜货; vt.做交易; vi.讨价还价;达成协议;
adj.健康的;健全的;大量的;有益于健康的;
n.最近的,最新的; adj.最近的,最新的;已故的( late的最高级);迟的;晚期的;新的;
(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) 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) 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.(某一语言的)词汇;(尤指外语教科书中附有释义的)词汇表;
adj.现实的;[艺] 现实主义的,[哲]实在论(者)的;逼真的;栩栩如生的;
n.一群;包裹;(纸牌的)一副;一组; vt.& vi.(把…)打包;塞进;拥进;(使)聚集成团; vt.挑选;压紧;携带;拧紧; vi.包装;紧挤在一起;便于折叠收藏的;匆忙离去(有时与 off 连用);
=can not;未可;不能;不可;
(1) a chocolate cake (2) a birthday cake (3) (British English)a cake tin (= for cooking a cake in)