(1) heart/liver/kidney, etc. disease (2) health measures to prevent the spread of disease (3) an infectious/contagious disease (= one that can be passed to sb very easily)
(1) ...the debut single from the new five-piece fronted by singer Melissa Heathcoate. (2) Officers will crack down on lunatic motorists who speed or drive too close to the car in front... (3) 'What's with this guy?' demanded an American voice in the row in front.
(1) I was wearing false eyelashes and a sweater two sizes too small. (2) Look at the false police reports that omitted or misstated crucial facts. (3) In the early seventies I wore false eyelashes, as was the fashion.
false [fɔ:ls] 📢 UK📢 US
n.斜坡;斜面;倾斜;斜率; vi.倾斜;有斜度;悄悄地走;潜行; vt.使倾斜;
adj.虚伪的;不正的,非法的;假造的,摹造的;临时的; adv.欺诈地;叛卖地;
n.矢,箭;箭状物;箭头记号;[天]天箭座;
n.骑脚踏车兜风,骑脚踏车消遣;
(1) a French grammar (2) bad grammar (3) English grammar
(1) We should take some comfort from the ability of the judicial system to fight back against corruption. (2) The teenage attackers fled when the two men fought back... (3) He is still fighting for his life in hospital.
(1) one of the most exciting developments in biology in recent years (2) They waited and waited for something exciting to happen. (3) an exciting prospect/possibility
exciting [ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ] 📢 UK📢 US
adv.体格上,身体上;物理上;<非正>完全地;
v.“alarm”的过去式和过去分词;惊慌;张皇;惶惶;
adv.完美地;理想地;完全地;无瑕疵地;
adj.使人兴奋的,令人激动的; v.刺激(excite的现在分词);
(1) the four corners of a square (2) Write your address in the top right-hand corner of the letter. (3) I hit my knee on the corner of the table.
(1) He's in the first fifteen. (2) In India, there are fifteen official languages. (3) Six from fifteen leaves nine.
fifteen [ˌfɪfˈti:n] 📢 UK📢 US
n.毫米;
adv.亲自地;就个人而言;个别地;私人地(与工作相对);
n.十五;十五个人组成的橄榄球队;
n.冰箱;冷藏库;制冰机,冷冻机;
(1) He was very unlucky not to win. (2) By some unlucky chance, her name was left off the list. (3) Some people think it's unlucky to walk under a ladder.
(1) in the top/middle/bottom drawer of the desk (2) He opened a drawer in his writing-table. (3) You can be assured the matter will be closely investigated and the necessary remedial actions taken.
(1) Are you absolutely certain about this? (2) I'm not certain who was there. (3) To my certain knowledge he was somewhere else at the time (= I am sure about it) .
(1) He has brought much of the present crisis on himself... (2) ...the government's present economic difficulties... (3) ...his struggle to reconcile the past with the present.
(1) Mozart clearly enjoyed good health throughout his twenties and early thirties. (2) She became quite a notable director in the thirties and forties. (3) He is thirty inches round the middle.
thirty ['θɜ:tɪ] 📢 UK📢 US
n.强调;重音;压力;重力; vt.重读;[机械学]使承受压力;给…加压力(或应力);
num.十二;十二个;十二点钟;十二岁; adj.十二的;十二个的; n.十二;十二个;
adv.本质上,实质上;大体上;充分地;相当多地;
n.三十;三十个;三十年代;三十的记号; adj.三十的,三十个的; num.三十;三十个;
(1) a research project (2) a building project (3) to set up a project to computerize the library system
(1) The theatre was evacuated when rain poured through the roof at the Liverpool Playhouse... (2) Go straight through that door under the EXIT sign... (3) Use a proper fish knife and fork if possible as they are designed to cut through the flesh but not the bones...
(1) We interviewed each individual member of the community. (2) The minister refused to comment on individual cases. (3) respect for individual freedom
(1) I gave you specific instructions. (2) ‘I'd like your help tomorrow. ’ ‘Can you be more specific (= tell me exactly what you want) ? ’ (3) children's television programmes aimed at a specific age group
specific [spəˈsɪfɪk] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.明确的;特种的;具体的;[免疫学]特效的; n.特效药;特性;细节;显著的性质,特性;
adj.极好的,精彩的,绝妙的;美妙;胜;神妙;
n.习惯,习性;气质;宗教服装; vt.给…穿衣服;打扮;
adv.相隔,相距;分散地,分开地;成部分,成碎片;分辨; adj.分离的,隔离的;
(1) French literature (2) great works of literature (3) I've read all the available literature on keeping rabbits.