(1) Death finally brought an end to her suffering. (2) This war has caused widespread human suffering. (3) The hospice aims to ease the sufferings of the dying.
(1) I should have got a better price for the car, but I'm not much of a businessman. (2) Application: mainly use to shave rust and oil paint. (3) He is a sagacious businessman.
(1) There is now intense competition between schools to attract students. (2) We are in competition with four other companies for the contract. (3) We won the contract in the face of stiff competition .
competition [ˌkɒmpəˈtɪʃn] 📢 UK📢 US
n.竞争;比赛;竞争者;[生]生存竞争;
vt.使摆脱,解除,免除;
adv.舒服地;安乐地;充裕地;
n.(外)孙女;
(1) The concert will be broadcast live (= at the same time as it takes place) tomorrow evening. (2) They began broadcasting in 1922. (3) I don't like to broadcast the fact that my father owns the company.
(1) The invention would have wide application/a wide range of applications in industry. (2) lotion for external application only (= to be put on the skin, not swallowed) (3) It took three applications of paint to cover the graffiti.
application [ˌæplɪˈkeɪʃn] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.正常的;正规的,标准的;[数学]正交的;精神健全的; n.正常,常态;标准;[数学]法线;
n.适用,应用,运用;申请,请求,申请表格;勤勉,用功;敷用,敷用药;
n.单词,歌词,台词;(说的)话;诺言;命令; vt.措辞,用词;用言语表达; vi.讲话;
adj.严峻的;严厉的;剧烈的;苛刻的;
(1) to remain silent/standing/seated/motionless (2) Train fares are likely to remain unchanged. (3) It remains true that sport is about competing well, not winning.
(1) a skilled engineer/negotiator/craftsman (2) She is highly skilled at dealing with difficult customers. (3) a shortage of skilled labour (= people who have had training in a skill)
(1) a minimum charge/price (2) the minimum age for retirement (3) The work was done with the minimum amount of effort.
minimum ['mɪnɪməm] 📢 UK📢 US
n.最低限度;最小量;最低消费;[数]极小值; adj.最低的;最小的;最少的;
n.[诗]节奏,韵律;[医]节律,规律;[乐]节拍;[艺]调和;
vi.进行;前进;(沿特定路线)行进;(尤指打断后)继续说; n.收入,获利;
vt.& vi.开始;着手;创始;创办; vi.(从…)开始;起始;起初是;开始讲话;
(1) Red blood cells are roughly the shape of a disk. (2) The program takes up 2.5 megabytes of disk space. (3) This driver monitors disk accesses capturing performance data.
disk [dɪsk] 📢 UK📢 US
n.磁盘;唱片;圆盘;光盘; v.把…录成唱片;使成圆盘状;用圆盘耕地;
n.肉;食物;实质; adj.重要的;基本的;
prep.朝,向;对于;接近;为了;
vt.不喜欢;厌恶; n.厌憎;讨厌;
(1) fighter/transport/military aircraft (2) The return flight of the aircraft was delayed... (3) At least three military aircraft were destroyed.
(1) We must have been burgled while we were asleep. (2) Her parents died while she was still at school. (3) while I was waiting at the bus stop, three buses went by in the opposite direction.
(1) He has high moral principles. (2) I refuse to lie about it; it's against my principles . (3) Stick to your principles and tell him you won't do it.
(1) The boss often made her work twelve or thirteen hours a day. (2) Beijing is thirteen hours ahead of New York. (3) He began to learn English age of thirteen.
(1) writers of poetry (2) a travel/cookery, etc. writer (3) the writer of this letter
writer [ˈraɪtə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
n.作家;作者;书写者;打字机;
adv.据推测;大概;可能;想来;
n.演说,演讲,发言;说话,谈话,说话能力或方式;(乐器的)音,音色;方言,民族语言;
adv.有时,间或;时而;
(1) What a beautiful stroke! (2) He won by two strokes (= in golf , by taking two fewer strokes than his opponent) . (3) His punishment was six strokes of the cane.
(1) policies to promote economic growth (2) a campaign to promote awareness of environmental issues (3) The band has gone on tour to promote their new album.
(1) Answers are given on the opposite page. (2) We live further down on the opposite side of the road. (3) It's not easy having a relationship when you live at opposite ends of the country.
(1) to start/spread a rumour (2) There are widespread rumours of job losses. (3) Some malicious rumours are circulating about his past.
rumour [ˈru:mə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.使…疲惫;使…厌烦; vi.厌烦;疲劳; n.轮胎;头饰;
n.出席;仪表;风度;鬼魂,神灵;
n.四月;
n.传闻,谣言;流言; vt.谣传;
(1) Where's the exit? (2) There is a fire exit on each floor of the building. (3) The emergency exit is at the back of the bus.
exit ['eksɪt] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.使大为吃惊,使惊奇; n.吃惊,好奇;
vt.提出;介绍;引进;作为…的开头;
n.出口,通道;退场;退去,退出;死亡; vi.离开;退出;退场;去世;
n.机场;航空站;
(1) Two friends and I drove to Florida during college spring break... (2) Ramsay made a second visit to Italy. (3) We went to a party at the leisure centre...
(1) His first essay in politics was a complete disaster. (2) an essay on the causes of the First World War (3) We asked Jason to write an essay about his hometown and about his place in it.
(1) Any investment involves an element of risk. (2) Many of the crimes involved drugs. (3) The test will involve answering questions about a photograph.