(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
vt.禁止,下令禁止;剥夺权利;[古]诅咒; n.禁止,禁令;谴责;诅咒,诅骂;革出教门;
无疑;准保;
n.本质,实质;精华,精髓;香精;
n.名气,名声;好名声;信誉,声望;荣誉,名望;
(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) 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.
ban [bæn] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.禁止,下令禁止;剥夺权利;[古]诅咒; n.禁止,禁令;谴责;诅咒,诅骂;革出教门;
世界上;究竟, 到底;世上;天底下;
n.政府;政体;治理的形式;管辖,治理;
(使)准备好…;
(1) Did you play the piano as a child? (2) to play the piano (3) She's learned to play the piano.
(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 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.
(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
(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.
(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.
(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
(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) 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) 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) 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) 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
n.烟灰缸;
坚持;等一等;<口>别挂电话;抓紧不放;
adv.两次;两倍;兼;
公开地,当众;大庭广众;桌面儿上;
(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.
(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 .
habit [ˈhæbɪt] 📢 UK📢 US
adv.很少,罕见;难得;不大;
找借口;推托;
n.习惯,习性;气质;宗教服装; vt.给…穿衣服;打扮;
adj.早的;早期的;早日的;(果实等)早熟的; adv.早;在初期;先前;提早;
(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) 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.
claim [kleɪm] 📢 UK📢 US
宁愿,宁可;
vi.发生;碰巧;出现;偶然遇到;
vt.声称;断言;需要;索取; vi.提出要求; n.(根据权利而提出的)要求;声称;断言;索赔;
在…(如某行业)中获得成功;
(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) 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) I'm sure she doesn't want us horning in on her business. (2) to honk your car horn (3) (British English)to sound/toot your horn
horn [hɔ:n] 📢 UK📢 US
n.角,触角;号角,喇叭;角质;角状物; vi.不请自来;闯入;
最后,结果;竟;卒;终;
vt.提议,建议;打算,计划;推荐,提名;求婚; vi.做出计划,打算;求婚;
n.电影;电影院;电影业;
(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) 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.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) 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.