(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) 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 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.
businessman [ˈbɪznəsmæn] 📢 UK📢 US
vi.表现;举止端正;自然反应; vt.使守规矩;
pron.我自己,亲自;
n.连接;联系,关系;连接点;亲戚;
n.商人;实业家;
(1) Take your time─there's no hurry. (2) In my hurry to leave, I forgot my passport. (3) What's the hurry ? The train doesn't leave for an hour.
(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) 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) 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) 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) 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.
promote [prə'məʊt] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.推测;猜测,臆测;猜中;假定,认为; vi.猜,猜测;猜对; n.猜测;推断;
n.承诺,许诺;委任,委托;致力,献身;承担义务;
n.气候;水土,风土;(社会思想等的)趋势,倾向;思潮;
vt.促进,推进;提升,助长;促销;使(学生)升级; vi.成为王后或其他大于卒的子;
(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) 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 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) 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.斜着,斜向一边;以侧面对着; adj.斜向一边的;
n.早餐,早饭;早餐食物; vi.吃早餐; vt.供给…早餐;
adj.杰出的;显著的;凸出的;未完成的;
adv.粗鲁地;不礼貌地;猛烈地;突然地;
(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) 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
food [fu:d] 📢 UK📢 US
n.要求;必要条件;必需品,需要量;资格;
n.食物,食品;粮食;养料;资料;
adj.传统的;习用的,平常的;依照惯例的;约定的;
n.门,户;出入口;一家[户];通道;
(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
adj.被逗笑的;愉快的;顽皮的; v.“amuse”的过去式和过去分词;
n.地区,地域,地带;行政区,管辖区;(大气,海水等的)层,界,境;(学问等的)范围,领域;
prep.向,朝着;到;关于;属于; adv.朝一个方向的;到某种状态;关闭;
adj.令人困惑的;混乱的;混淆的; v.使困窘,使混乱不清(confuse的现在分词);
(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
n.期待;预期;前程;[数]期望值;
adj.钝的;迟钝的;呆滞的;阴暗的; v.缓和;减轻;使阴暗;
n.传闻,谣言;流言; vt.谣传;
adv.逐步地,渐渐地;按部就班地;日趋;冉冉;
(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) 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) 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.