(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) 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) 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.适当地;恰当地;正确地;完全,非常;
adj.熟练的,有技能的;需要技能的;娴;
n.女演员;女表演者;
n.门,户;出入口;一家[户];通道;
(1) writers of poetry (2) a travel/cookery, etc. writer (3) the writer of this letter
writer [ˈraɪtə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.工业的,产业的;从事工业的;供工业用的;来自勤劳的; n.工业股票;工业工人;
n.问题;疑难问题;习题;引起麻烦的人; adj.成问题的;难处理的;关于社会问题的;
n.作家;作者;书写者;打字机;
n.合作;密码组合;联合体;排列;
(1) a can of dog food (= for a dog to eat) (2) He's off his food (= he does not want to eat anything) . (3) a shortage of food/food shortages
(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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) They brushed rudely past us. (2) ‘What do you want? ’ she asked rudely. (3) I was rudely awakened by the phone ringing.
rudely [ˈru:dli] 📢 UK📢 US
adv.大部分,多半;主要地;基本上;通常;
vt.表明,标示,指示;象征,暗示,预示;[医]显示需要做…的治疗;
adj.好奇的; 好求知的;奇妙的; 稀奇的;
adv.粗鲁地;不礼貌地;猛烈地;突然地;
(1) Your help would be greatly appreciated. (2) a greatly increased risk (3) People's reaction to the film has varied greatly.
greatly [ˈgreɪtli] 📢 UK📢 US
n.智力;聪颖;情报;情报机构;
adj.怀孕的;孕育着…的;富于想象的;富于成果的;
adv.大大地,非常;
n.胡说,废话;荒谬的念头;愚蠢的行为;胡闹; adj.无意义的;荒谬的; int.荒唐;
(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.
thirteen [ˌθɜ:'ti:n] 📢 UK📢 US
adv.在(某人或某事物的)前面;向前;预先;在将来,为未来;
n.十三;十三岁;十三个; num.十三; adj.十三的,十三个的;
n.赞扬,称赞;崇拜;赞词; v.赞扬,赞美;歌颂;崇拜;
n.大臣;部长;公使;牧师; vi.辅助,服侍;执行牧师职务;
(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 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.
(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) 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.革命;彻底改变;旋转;运行,公转;
vt.包含;使参与,牵涉;围绕,缠绕;使专心于;
n.米,公尺;[韵]格律,韵律;
adv.以前;过去的;之前;
(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.管理;控制;规章;规则; adj.规定的,必须穿戴的,必须使用的;
n.竞争;比赛;竞争者;[生]生存竞争;
n.桔子,橙子;[植]桔树;橙色;桔色; adj.橙色的;橘色的;桔红色的;
adj.昂贵的,花钱多的;豪华的;
(1) a minimum charge/price (2) the minimum age for retirement (3) The work was done with the minimum amount of effort.
(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.