(1) With today's more efficient contraception women can plan their families and careers. (2) Able to work quickly and efficiently in a high level of cleaning job. (3) The vitamins, by efficiently destroying the reactive oxygen , short circuit the body's natural response to exercise.
efficiently [ɪˈfɪʃəntlɪ] 📢 UK📢 US
n.神经;勇气,胆量;[植] 叶脉;中枢; vt.鼓励,激励;鼓起勇气;
n.旅行,旅程行期;历程,过程; vi.旅行,出游; vt.在…旅行或旅行到过…;
pron.(反身代词)她自己;(用以加强语气)她亲自,她本人;
adv.效率高地;有效地;
(1) privately educated children (2) a British-educated lawyer (3) He's a Princeton-educated Texan.
(1) the electronic edition of ‘The Guardian ’ (2) Tonight's edition of ‘Panorama ’ looks at unemployment. (3) The dictionary is now in its sixth edition.
(1) an economy fare (= the cheapest) (2) We need to make substantial economies. (3) It's a false economy to buy cheap clothes (= it seems cheaper but it is not really since they do not last very long) .
(1) an egg donor (2) They were left with egg on their faces when only ten people showed up. (3) He hit the other boy again and again as his friends egged him on.
(1) She was educated in the US. (2) He was educated at his local comprehensive school and then at Oxford. (3) Children need to be educated on the dangers of drug-taking.
(1) a waste of electricity (2) The electricity is off (= there is no electric power supply) . (3) We moved into a cabin with electricity but no running water...
(1) Her questions about my private life embarrassed me. (2) I didn't want to embarrass him by kissing him in front of his friends. (3) It embarrassed her to meet strange men in the corridor at night.
(1) The play was embarrassingly bad. (2) The report is likely to prove highly embarrassing to the government. (3) It was so embarrassing having to sing in public.
(1) The company must reduce costs to compete effectively. (2) You dealt with the situation very effectively. (3) He was very polite but effectively he was telling me that I had no chance of getting the job.
(1) [不可数名词]to check the effectiveness of the security system (2) I admire the effective use of colour in her paintings. (3) the effective, if not the actual, leader of the party
effective [ɪˈfektɪv] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.后者的;末了的;较后的;
n.队,组;团队;工作组;(野鸭等)群,同胎仔; vi.协同工作;合作;把(牛马等)联套在车上;
n.眼镜;双筒望远镜;玻璃( glass的名词复数 );玻璃杯;玻璃器皿;眼镜;
adj.有效的;起作用的;实际的,实在的;给人深刻印象; n.[军]现役兵额,有生力量,精兵;
(1) I was too nervous to eat. (2) She doesn't eat sensibly (= doesn't eat food that is good for her) . (3) I don't eat meat.
eat [i:t] 📢 UK📢 US
n.主意,想法;[哲]理念,观念;[乐]乐句;模糊想法;
n.制服;军服;通讯中用以代表字母 u 的词; adj.(形状,性质等)一样的;规格一致的;始终如一的; v.使规格一律;使均一;使穿制服;
(1) It's on the fifth floor, so we'd better take the elevator. (2) Please use the next elevator. (3) So what better place than their elevator?
elevator [ˈelɪveɪtə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
n.一月;[人名] 贾纽厄里;
n.电梯;升降机(美);谷仓;
n.讨论;辩论;争论;辩论; vt.& vi.辩论;仔细考虑;思考;盘算;
n.弱点,缺点;软弱,优柔寡断;弱,衰弱,虚弱;〈口〉偏爱,癖好;
(1) I'm afraid this essay is a poor effort. (2) the United Nations' peacekeeping effort (3) The local clubs are making every effort to interest more young people.
(1) elsewhere, the weather today has been fairly sunny. (2) Prices are higher here than elsewhere. (3) Our favourite restaurant was closed, so we had to go elsewhere.
elsewhere [ˌelsˈweə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
adv.在别处,到别处;他;
n.失败,不及格;缺乏,不足;破产,倒闭;失败的事,失败者;
n.努力,尝试;工作;成就;杰作;
adj.各种各样的;各不相同的;形形色色的;多变的; v.变化( vary的过去式和过去分词);
(1) You can park on either side of the street. (2) You can keep one of the photos. either of them─whichever you like. (3) There are two types of qualification─either is acceptable.
(1) ‘I'm feeling really depressed. ’ ‘The winter here has that effect sometimes. ’ (2) I tried to persuade him, but with little or no effect. (3) I can certainly feel the effects of too many late nights.
(1) She's embarrassed about her height. (2) He felt embarrassed at being the centre of attention. (3) Some women are too embarrassed to consult their doctor about the problem.