(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.
involve [ɪn'vɒlv] 📢 UK📢 US
n.医院;收容所;养老院;〈古〉旅客招待所;
vt.包含;使参与,牵涉;围绕,缠绕;使专心于;
vi.不赞成; vt.反对,否决;持相反的意见;
v.“alarm”的过去式和过去分词;惊慌;张皇;惶惶;
(1) a long column of troops and tanks (2) to add up a column of figures (3) a column of text
column [ˈkɔləm] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.& vi.出版,发行;发表,宣布(结婚等);公布,颁布;出版…的著作;
n.签名;署名;识别标志,鲜明特征;[医]药的用法说明;
n.纵队,列;圆柱;
n.代理人;律师;
(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) writers of poetry (2) a travel/cookery, etc. writer (3) the writer of this letter
writer [ˈraɪtə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
n.许可;许可证;放纵;放荡; vt.特许;发给执照;
vt.& vi.讲,谈;演说;从某种观点来说;
vi.搏斗;奋斗;努力;争取; n.打斗;竞争;奋斗;
n.作家;作者;书写者;打字机;
(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 .
(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) 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.
(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) 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) 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) 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)
skilled [skɪld] 📢 UK📢 US
adv.意外地,忽然地;奄;勃;霍然;
n.履行;性能;表现;演出;
n.[物]能量;活力;精力;精神;
adj.熟练的,有技能的;需要技能的;娴;
(1) ‘Listen! ’ said Doyle suddenly. (2) I suddenly realized what I had to do. (3) It all happened so suddenly.
suddenly [ˈsʌdənli] 📢 UK📢 US
adv.意外地,忽然地;奄;勃;霍然;
adj.分开的; v.分开(separate的过去式和过去分词);
adj.献身的;忠诚的;挚爱的;专心的; v.献身于…;致力于…(devote的过去分词);
n.要求;必要条件;必需品,需要量;资格;
(1) He was armed with all the facts. (2) He was armed with a rifle. (3) The man is armed and dangerous.
armed [ɑ:md] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.批评的,爱挑剔的;危险的,危急的;决定性的;[物]临界的;
adj.武装的;有把手的;有防卫器官的; v.“arm”的过去式和过去分词;
n.肉;肉体;果肉;皮肤; v.用肉喂养;长胖;
n.爸爸;爹爹;
(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) 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) 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.
(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) 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...
to [tə] 📢 UK📢 US
n.生长;增长;一茬植株;肿块,肿瘤;
n.柜橱;食物柜,食橱;密室;
n.祖父或祖母;外祖父或外祖母;
prep.向,朝着;到;关于;属于; adv.朝一个方向的;到某种状态;关闭;
(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) 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) 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.
principle [ˈprɪnsəpl] 📢 UK📢 US
adv.新近,刚才;精神饱满地;气息清新地;
n.测量,测度;措施;程度;尺寸; vt.测量;估量; vi.测量;测量(大小,容量,尺寸等);
vt.& vi.咬;叮; n.咬;咬伤;疼痛;受骗; vi.刺痛;咬饵;有咬(或叮)的习性;(人)上当; vt.(辣椒,胡椒等)刺激;(齿轮,螺丝,钳子,锚等)咬住;(利器等)刺进;(寒风等)刺骨; abbr.机内测试设备(Built-In Test Equipment);