(1) We were greatly encouraged by the positive response of the public. (2) Banks actively encourage people to borrow money. (3) They claim that some computer games encourage violent behaviour in young children.
encourage [ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ] 📢 UK📢 US
n.政策;策略;保险单;策略性;
n.影响;势力;有影响的人(或事物);[占星学]星力; vt.影响;感染;支配;对…起作用;
巴哈马群岛;巴哈马;
vt.鼓励,鼓舞;支持;促进;鼓动;
(1) She pulled to the right with a honk. (2) The honk of geese can be heard. (3) Why did he honk at me?
honk [hɔ:ŋk] 📢 UK📢 US
n.雁叫声;汽车的喇叭声; vt.& vi.(使)发出雁叫似的声音,鸣(喇叭),按(喇叭);
工作中;
vt.替换;代替;把…放回原位;(用…)替换;
堕落;迷路;被遗失;走上邪路;
(1) By-laws are to make it illegal to smoke in public. (2) Prostitutes were forbidden to solicit on public roads and in public places. (3) He seemed to be preparing to sanction an increase in public borrowing.
in public [in ˈpʌblik] 📢 UK📢 US
告发;产生(坏的)影响;
vt.邀请;请求;引诱;招致; n.邀请;
付出惨痛的代价;
公开地,当众;大庭广众;桌面儿上;
(1) a talented player (2) Howard is a talented pianist... (3) She has a huge army of young fans, and is extremely talented.
(1) A talented artist, he was, moreover, a writer of some note. (2) She saw that there was indeed a man immediately behind her. moreover, he was observing her strangely... (3) The young find everything so simple. The young, moreover, see it as their duty to be happy and do their best to be so.
moreover [mɔ:rˈəʊvə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
n.画家,着色者;油漆匠;(系船的)缆绳;破诡计;
n.投币式公用电话;
adv.再者;此外;而且;同时;
n.仁慈;善举;捐赠;<史>恩税(旧时英王向民间征收的一种税金);
(1) She's my cousin. (2) We're cousins. (3) He's a distant cousin of mine.
cousin [ˈkʌzn] 📢 UK📢 US
adv.稍微,有点;相当,颇;宁愿;相反地; int.当然啦,怎么不;
n.堂[表]兄弟姊妹;远亲,同辈;
保持健康;保养;摄生;颐;
n.麻雀;〈美〉个子小的人;
(1) In 2003, he to South Korean to take lessons in singing, dancing and acting. (2) Today is the first day I take lessons in this term . What does the above mean? (3) take lessons at Li Yang Crazy English school, your poor English must be improve.
take lessons
📢 UK📢 US
n.忠诚,忠实;忠心;忠于…感情;
adj.诚实的;坦诚的;老实的;辛勤挣得的;
n.脚步(声);足迹;
跟人学习;
(1) She rang the bell and waited. (2) Have you been waiting long? (3) I've been waiting (for) twenty minutes.
(1) The campaign is designed to increase public awareness of the issues. (2) Levels of waste from the factory may be a danger to public health. (3) Why would the closure of hospitals be in the public interest (= useful to ordinary people) ?
(1) I meet him every now and then on the campus. (2) And every now and then he wiped his eyes with a big handkerchief. (3) I know we got a flap over things every now and then.
(1) Prostitutes were forbidden to solicit on public roads and in public places. (2) All dogs must be kept on a leash in public places. (3) All dogs in public places should be on a leash.
in public places
📢 UK📢 US
在公共场所;
vt.& vi.处理,处置;安排; vt.排列;布置;使倾向于,使有意于;
n.孙子,外孙;
(1) The chopstick I poked your arm with is on the floor. (2) Wife: No ! I don't want it because your chopstick touch it. (3) It's rude to point your chopstick at others.
chopstick [ˈtʃɒpstɪk] 📢 UK📢 US
n.筷子;
解决;将(某物)处理掉;驳倒;将(某物)吃光喝完;
n.筷子;
习惯于…,有…的习惯;
(1) He looked at himself in the mirror . (2) a rear-view mirror (= in a car, so that the driver can see what is behind) (3) (British English)a wing mirror (= on the side of a car)
(1) The Prime Minister is now 64 years old and in all probability this will be the last election that he is likely to contest... (2) You will find a wide variety of choices available in school cafeterias... (3) The show will be open to the public at 2pm; admission will be 50p...
(1) According to superstition, breaking a mirror brings bad luck. (2) Fortune-telling is a very much debased art surrounded by superstition... (3) The phantom of the merry-go-round is just a local superstition.
(1) I thought a 15 min break from his work would do him good... (2) They are currently taking a short break in Spain. (3) Because of the heat we broke our journey at a small country hotel.
(1) He won, but only by the skin of his teeth. (2) I felt like I was being kicked in the teeth every day. (3) She was only six and still missing her front teeth.
(1) She doesn't blame anyone for her father's death. (2) A dropped cigarette is being blamed for the fire. (3) Police are blaming the accident on dangerous driving.
(1) The book's virtues far outweigh its faults. (2) The system, for all its faults , is the best available at the moment. (3) a major fault in the design
fault [fɔ:lt] 📢 UK📢 US
n.天鹅;诗人,歌手; vi.游荡;闲逛;随意旅行;
n.一点,一块;少量,少许;一会儿,一转眼;[计] 比特(二进位制信息单位); adj.很小的,微不足道的; adv.[口语]相当,有点儿,或多或少,多少[a bit to的省略]; vt.给(马)上嚼子;上衔铁;抑制;制约; v.咬,叮( bite的过去式);刺痛;咬饵;有咬(或叮)的习性;
(1) Be very careful with this stuff, it can be dangerous if it isn't handled properly... (2) Careful on those stairs!... (3) He has decided to prosecute her after careful consideration of all the relevant facts...
(1) to earn/establish/build a reputation (2) to have a good/bad reputation (3) She soon acquired a reputation as a first-class cook.
reputation [ˌrepjuˈteɪʃn] 📢 UK📢 US
跟人学习;
n.习惯,习性;气质;宗教服装; vt.给…穿衣服;打扮;
n.名气,名声;好名声;信誉,声望;荣誉,名望;
st.岁月不等人。;岁月无情;节令不等人;光阴一去不复返;
(1) The weather discouraged people from attending. (2) Learners can feel very discouraged if an exercise is too difficult. (3) a discouraging experience/response/result
discourage [dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒ] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.法律的;合法的;法定的;法律(上)的; n.法定权利;依法必须登报的声明;
adv.(究竟)在哪儿; conj.无论什么地方;各处,处处;
vt.使气馁;使沮丧;阻碍;劝阻;
vt.赞赏;称赞;欣赏;<美口>想要;
(1) the theory and practice of teaching (2) She's determined to put her new ideas into practice . (3) common/current/standard practice
(1) the present government's policy on education (2) The company has adopted a firm policy on shoplifting. (3) We have tried to pursue a policy of neutrality.
(1) If you want to apply for a job at the office where I work, I'll put in a good word for you. (2) To apply for a job, you must fill out a form. (3) I want to apply for a job as a receptionist.
(1) I'm a creature of habit (= I have a fixed and regular way of doing things) . (2) He began to finance his habit through burglary. (3) She's tried to give up smoking but just can't kick the habit .
(1) He claimed political asylum. (2) He's not entitled to claim unemployment benefit. (3) She claimed damages from the company for the injury she had suffered.
(1) People with the disease were often treated as social outcasts. (2) He had always been an outcast, unwanted and alone... (3) All of us felt like social outcasts.
(1) She's been banned from leaving Greece while the allegations are investigated. (2) (British English)He was banned from driving for six months. (3) There is to be a total ban on smoking in the office.