(1) I must have driven past that place thousands of times. (2) There are thousands of students absolutely gagging to come to this university. (3) thousands of refugees are packed into over-crowded towns and villages.
thousands of
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n.人口；全体居民；特定[生物]种群；[物]布居；
n.信息，数据；通知；消息；知识；
数千的；
adv.几乎不；简直不；刚刚；严厉地，粗鲁地；
(1) Can I have a drink ? (2) soft drinks (= cold drinks without alcohol) (3) a drink of water
(1) Students often travel hundreds of miles to get here. (2) hundreds of tightly rolled newspapers were set aflame among the 50,000 crowd. (3) Their soldiers had to retreat ignominiously after losing hundreds of lives.
hundreds of
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vt.包括；包含；计入；包住；
好几百，许许多多；
n.墨西哥；[地名] [美国] 墨西哥城；
垃圾处置；
(1) Office material worth hundreds of thousands of pounds was smashed up. (2) hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to mark the occasion. (3) It takes hundreds of thousands of dollars to get into the franchised pizza business.
hundreds of thousands of
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n.画家，着色者；油漆匠；（系船的）缆绳；破诡计；
几十万，无数；
n.湖；深红色颜料；胭脂红；[化]色淀； vt.&vi.血球溶解；使（血液）发生血球溶解；
n.影响；势力；有影响的人（或事物）；[占星学]星力； vt.影响；感染；支配；对…起作用；
(1) To be close to your friend, but closer to your enemy. (2) She feels good to be close to the nature. (3) Everyone wants to be close to her.
(1) You can go to a movie theater in Amsterdam and buy a beer. (2) Would you like to go to a movie with me tonight? (3) When do I get to go to a movie?
(1) I waited a long time for him to return. (2) She's returning to Australia tomorrow after six months in Europe. (3) I returned from work to find the house empty.
return [riˈtə:n] 📢 UK📢 US
用规定食谱，节食；
安静，闭嘴；关严；憋；杜口不言；
v.回转，返回；复发，又来；送还；言归正传； n.归来，返乡；来回，汇成；赢利；统计表；
vt.犯罪，做错事；把…托付给；保证（做某事、遵守协议或遵从安排等）；承诺，使…承担义务；
(1) For amusement, we go to the movies once a week. (2) Let's call it a day and go to the movies. (3) Let's go to the movies.
go to the movies [ɡəu tu: ðə ˈmu:vɪz] 📢 UK📢 US
去看电影；
adj.社会的，社会上的；交际的，社交的；群居的；合群的； n.联谊会，联欢会；社交聚会；
世界上；究竟， 到底；世上；天底下；
n.配偶，夫或妻； vt.和…结婚；
(1) She died as a result of her injuries. (2) The failure of the company was a direct result of bad management. (3) He made one big mistake, and, as a result, lost his job.
(1) They seemed determined to turn the clock back to the days of the cold war. (2) You can never turn the clock back. (3) In symbol, God would turn the clock back for Hezekiah and give him extension of life.
turn the clock back
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n.决定；果断；决议；（法院的）判决； vt.[口语][拳击]靠判定击败（对手）；
开倒车；
vt.& vi.教育，教导；训练，培养； vt.使理解或接受；
adj.有雄心的；有野心的；有抱负的；炫耀的；
(1) to lead/form a government (2) the last Conservative government (3) the government of the day
government [ˈgʌvənmənt] 📢 UK📢 US
n.本质，实质；精华，精髓；香精；
vt.& vi.服从，听从； vt.遵守，遵循；
n.瀑布；瀑布似的东西；<美俚>（披垂的）波型长发；
n.政府；政体；治理的形式；管辖，治理；
(1) imports of cheap food from abroad (2) He was famous, both at home and abroad (= in his own country and in other countries) . (3) There was news abroad that a change was coming.
abroad [əˈbrɔ:d] 📢 UK📢 US
n.电影；电影院；电影业；
adv.到国外，在海外；广为流传地； adj.往国外的； n.海外，异国；
adj.顺从的，服从的；忠顺的；孝顺的；驯良的；
vt.涌出；倾，倒； vi.涌流；泛滥，涌出；斟，倒； n.倾泻；
(1) a sudden change (2) Don't make any sudden movements. (3) His death was very sudden.
(1) I met Wilma once, briefly... (2) Since that evening I haven't once slept through the night... (3) Lung cells die and are replaced about once a week...
(1) The Democrats will probably lose control of Congress. (2) A military junta took control of the country . (3) The city is in the control of enemy forces.
(1) And the teddy bear you gave me that I held so tight. (2) He lost his job as a result of the dispute. (3) He was made king as a result of various intrigues.
as a result [æz ə riˈzʌlt] 📢 UK📢 US
结果， 因此；
n.潮汐；潮流，趋势；时机；时期，季节； vt.顺应潮水航行；使随潮水漂行；
做体操；
adj.魔力的，不可思议的，迷人的；神；幻；神奇；
(1) I could only feel pity for what they were enduring. (2) a look/feeling/surge of pity (3) I took pity on her and lent her the money.
(1) to waste time/food/energy (2) Why waste money on clothes you don't need? (3) She wasted no time in rejecting the offer (= she rejected it immediately) .
(1) Wind gusts at 80 m.p.h. were clocked at Rapid City. (2) The police clocked her doing over 100 miles an hour. (3) a used car with 20 000 miles on the clock
(1) Beside me were dozens of sandwiches and a box of candy. (2) Sarah is never lonely because she has dozens of friends. (3) Windows from dozens of nearby buildings were also and shards of glass littered the area.
(1) She looked over her shoulder to be sure of her footing. (2) He likes to be sure of his bodily comforts. (3) A lot of people think that it's better to pay for their education so that they can be sure of getting quality.