(1) Two businessmen have been kidnapped by terrorists. (2) The kidnappers are demanding a ransom of $1 million. (3) [不可数名词, 可数名词]He admitted the charge of kidnap.
kidnap [ˈkidnæp] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 概括的；速决的
n. 补偿；补偿金
n. 合作社
vt. 绑架；劫持
(1) She wore a badge saying ‘Vote for Coates ’. (2) All employees have to wear name badges. (3) the school badge
badge [bædʒ] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 徽章；标志
n. 制造；构造物；捏造
adj. 例外的；优越的，非凡的
adj. 故意的；蓄意的；审慎的
(1) to arouse/cause controversy (2) a bitter controversy over/about the site of the new airport (3) the controversy surrounding his latest movie
controversy [ˈkɔntrəvə:si] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 谦逊；端庄；（地方）小
n. 争论，辩论，争议
adj. 相等的，相当的
v. 欺诈；骗取；作弊
(1) Police ejected a number of violent protesters from the hall. (2) Used cartridges are ejected from the gun after firing. (3) The pilot ejected from the plane and escaped injury.
eject [iˈdʒekt] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 正常化，标准化
n. 传单，小册子
vt. 驱逐；喷射
n. 配料，成分；要素；因素
(1) [不可数名词]a threshing machine (2) The corn was still sown, cut and threshed as it was a hundred years ago. (3) Abdominal law: Inspiratory when loosen abdominal muscle, expiratory when contractive abdominal muscle, such thresh 3 minutes.
thresh [θreʃ] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 打谷，给…脱粒；推敲
vi. 努力，奋斗，力求
n. 总管道；电力线，电源
adj. 不精确的；不准确的
(1) Some of the studies show positive results, whereas others do not. (2) Pensions are linked to inflation, whereas they should be linked to the cost of living... (3) whereas the population of working age increased by 1 million between 1981 and 1986, today it is barely growing.
whereas [hwɛərˈæz] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 超音速的，超声速的
conj. 但是，然而
vt. 纠正，修正
vt. 拥护；支持；维持
(1) spoken/written discourse (2) discourse analysis (3) He was hoping for some lively political discourse at the meeting.