(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) 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.
businessman [ˈbɪznəsmæn] 📢 UK📢 US
n.商人;实业家;
adj.几个的;专有的,独占的;各自的,各个的;不同的; pron.几个,数个;数人;
n.事件,形势;东西,事物;家伙;事业;
pron.(he的宾格)他;
(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) a long column of troops and tanks (2) to add up a column of figures (3) a column of text
column [ˈkɔləm] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.糟糕的;可怕的;非常的;极坏的; adv.非常,极;
n.纵队,列;圆柱;
vi.成功地应付,对付;对抗; n.长袍;斗篷状覆盖物;墙帽; vt.笼罩;给…盖墙压顶;
n.智力;聪颖;情报;情报机构;
(1) The room was in a mess . (2) The kids made a mess in the bathroom. (3) ‘ What a mess ! ’ she said, surveying the scene after the party.
mess [mes] 📢 UK📢 US
n.混乱;食堂;肮脏;困境; vt.弄脏;搞砸;给…供膳; vi.把事情弄糟;制造脏乱;
adj.传统的;口传的;惯例的;因袭的;
vt.训练;使有纪律;处罚;使有条理; n.训练;纪律;学科;符合行为准则的行为(或举止);
adv.意味深长地;值得注目地;
(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) 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.武装的;有把手的;有防卫器官的; v.“arm”的过去式和过去分词;
adv.奇妙地;怪异地;不可思议地;异常的;
vi.来;开始;出现;发生; vt.做;装扮…的样子;将满(…岁); int.嗨!;
vt.& vi.讲解,解释; vt.说明…的原因,辩解; vi.说明,解释,辩解;
(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) Any investment involves an element of risk. (2) Many of the crimes involved drugs. (3) The test will involve answering questions about a photograph.
(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) 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) 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 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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.