(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...
once [wʌns] 📢 UK📢 US
n.天鹅;诗人,歌手; vi.游荡;闲逛;随意旅行;
adv.上课中;
垃圾处置;
adv.一次,一趟;一倍;曾经;一旦; conj.一旦…就…;一经; n.一次,一回;
(1) the legal profession/system (2) to take/seek legal advice (3) a legal adviser
(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.
(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.
(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?
go to a movie
📢 UK📢 US
去看电影;
n.命运;天命,天数;命运的三女神;主宰事物的力量;
n.绘画;油画;上色,着色;颜料,油漆; v.绘画( paint的现在分词);涂色于;
vt.提议,建议;打算,计划;推荐,提名;求婚; vi.做出计划,打算;求婚;
(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.
(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.
(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
📢 UK📢 US
几十万,无数;
宁愿,宁可;
接近,靠近;濒临;切;亲;
(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) 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.
(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
clock [klɔk] 📢 UK📢 US
n.蔬菜;植物;生活呆板的人; adj.蔬菜的;植物的;广泛生长的;
n.钟,时钟;计时器;秒表;仪表; vt.记录(时间或速度);测…的速度; vi.打卡;记下时间;
vt.不喜欢;厌恶; n.厌憎;讨厌;
嘲弄, 取笑;开玩笑;排调;调笑;
(1) a broken window/plate (2) a broken leg/arm (3) pieces of broken glass
(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.
(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.
(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) to lead/form a government (2) the last Conservative government (3) the government of the day
government [ˈgʌvənmənt] 📢 UK📢 US
n.政府;政体;治理的形式;管辖,治理;
adv.稍微,有点;相当,颇;宁愿;相反地; int.当然啦,怎么不;
adj.昂贵的,花钱多的;豪华的;
肺癌;
(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) ‘Is that John over there? ’ ‘ I'm not sure . ’ (2) You don't sound very sure. (3) I'm pretty sure (that) he'll agree.
sure [ʃuə] 📢 UK📢 US
n.名气,名声;好名声;信誉,声望;荣誉,名望;
adj.确信的,确实的;有把握的;无疑的;一定的; adv.当然;确实地;无疑地;
紧张,饱受压力;
告发;产生(坏的)影响;
(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
📢 UK📢 US
vt.禁止,下令禁止;剥夺权利;[古]诅咒; n.禁止,禁令;谴责;诅咒,诅骂;革出教门;
好几百,许许多多;
n.(外)孙女;
n.事件;(讨论、考虑等的)问题;重要性;物质; vi.要紧,重要;化脓;有重大影响;有重要性;
(1) ‘Listen! ’ said Doyle suddenly. (2) I suddenly realized what I had to do. (3) It all happened so suddenly.
suddenly [ˈsʌdənli] 📢 UK📢 US
abbr.wickets (板球)三柱门; n.英语字母中的第二十三个字母;瓦特;
v.打扰( bother的过去式和过去分词 );烦扰;迷惑;(使)不安;
n.资源;物力,财力;办法;智谋;
adv.意外地,忽然地;奄;勃;霍然;
(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.