(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) 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) 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) 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) He was eager to get into politics. (2) I was working hard to get into Cambridge. (3) What has got into you today? Why are you behaving like this?
get into [ɡet ˈɪntuː] 📢 UK📢 US
v.充满;横生;盈;满腹;
adj.[通信]长途的;长距离的;
进入;陷入;养成;
adj.自私的,利己的;
(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) 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 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) 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 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) 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 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) 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) 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) 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;
n.本质,实质;精华,精髓;香精;
adj.日常的,平常的;普通的;每天的;经常;
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;
(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
adj.你最好…;
最后,结果;竟;卒;终;
vt.热情款待;使有兴趣;抱着,怀有;考虑; vi.热情款待;
公开地,当众;大庭广众;桌面儿上;
(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) 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) 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.
(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
adv.稍微,有点;相当,颇;宁愿;相反地; int.当然啦,怎么不;
n.筷子;
n.羞愧;羞辱;可耻的人;羞愧感; vt.使蒙羞;玷辱;使感到羞愧;使相形见绌;
n.脚步(声);足迹;
(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) 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) 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) 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...
carefully [ˈkeəfəlɪ] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.& vi.服从,听从; vt.遵守,遵循;
adv.小心谨慎地;警惕地;仔细地;周密地;
去看电影;
n.杰作,名作;杰出的事;
(1) The dog ran up, wagging its tail. (2) The male has beautiful tail feathers. (3) a white-tailed eagle