(1) He was greatly respected by his brother officers. (2) We must support our weaker brethren. (3) brother Luke
brother [ˈbrʌðə] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 非正义的；不公平的
n. 衣领；项圈
n. 兄，弟；同胞
n. 日光；天明
(1) a big department store (2) a health food store (3) a liquor store
store [stɔ:] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 寂静的；安静的
n. 贮藏；贮存品；商店
vt. 把…借给，贷（款）
n. 垃圾；废话
(1) You should avoid mentioning his divorce. (2) I had to swerve to avoid a cat. (3) I've been avoiding getting down to work all day.
avoid [əˈvɔid] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 避免；躲开；避让
n. 放射性；辐射能
adj. 活泼的；热烈的
n. 手帕
(1) a fertile region (2) The treatment has been tested on healthy fertile women under the age of 35. (3) a fertile partnership
fertile [ˈfə:tail] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 饥饿的；渴望的
n. 税，税款；负担
vt. 解开，打开；取消
adj. 肥沃的；富有创意的；易于…的；能生育的
(1) a romantic candlelit dinner (2) romantic stories/fiction/comedy (3) I'm not interested in a romantic relationship.
romantic [rəuˈmæntik] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 做，制造；把…做好
adj. 浪漫的；传奇的；不切实际的，空想的
vt. 解答，解释，解决
n. 协会，团体；联想；关联
(1) Her youngest child is at nursery now. (2) nursery education (3) a nursery teacher
nursery [ˈnə:səri] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 托儿所，育儿室；苗圃
adv. 一般地；通常地；笼统地
adj. 酸味的；含酸的，酸性的；尖酸的
adv. 不顾一切地；不管怎样
(1) Olympic athletes (2) She is a natural athlete. (3) Daley Thompson was a great athlete.
athlete [ˈæθli:t] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 运动员；运动健儿
conj. （比较级）比
vt. 包含，包括；构成，组成
n. 午夜，子夜，半夜
(1) the treaty of Rome (2) a peace treaty (3) to draw up/sign/ratify a treaty
treaty [ˈtri:ti] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 发疯的；恼火的；着迷的
num. 十九，十九个
n. 女孩，姑娘；女儿
n. 条约；协议，协定
(1) The sun shone brightly in a cloudless sky. (2) The dark polished wood shone like glass. (3) (figurative)Her eyes were shining with excitement.
shine [ʃain] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 光亮，光泽
adj. 完美的；完好的
adj. 向上的，上升的
vt. 不再考虑；解雇
(1) a short and turbulent career in politics (2) a turbulent part of the world (3) The aircraft is designed to withstand turbulent conditions.
turbulent [ˈtə:bjulənt] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 投递，运送；兑现；托付
adv. 仅仅，只不过
adj. 骚动的，骚乱的
adv. 几乎，差不多
(1) inorganic/organic chemistry (2) the chemistry of copper (3) The patient's blood chemistry was monitored regularly.
chemistry [ˈkemistri] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 化学；化学构成
adj. 聪明的；理智的
adj. 鲜艳的；生动的
adj. 初期的，早期的
(1) There's still some wine in the bottle. (2) Have some more vegetables. (3) some people find this more difficult than others.
some [sʌm] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 门；出入口；人家，住户
pron. 一些，若干
n. 稻草；麦杆；吸管
vt. 挤奶
(1) He has decided to grow a beard and a moustache. (2) a week's growth of beard (3) a goat's beard
beard [biəd] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 女佣，女仆
n. 男主角；英雄；勇士；偶像
n. 胡须，胡子
n.&vt. 试验；检验
(1) road construction (2) Work has begun on the construction of the new airport. (3) Our new offices are still under construction (= being built) .
construction [kənˈstrʌkʃən] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 建造，建筑；建筑物；创建
vt. 使转变；使改变
adv. 立刻；简短地
vi. 下沉；沉没；下降
(1) The child had just wakened. (2) I was wakened by a knock at the door. (3) The dream wakened a forgotten memory.
waken [ˈweikən] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 弄醒
vi. 绊倒；犯错误；结巴
n. 时间；时机；次，回
n. 资金；基金；存款
(1) He held the bird gently in the palm of his hand . (2) sweaty palms (3) to read sb's palm (= to say what you think will happen to sb by looking at the lines on their palm )
palm [pɑːm] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 短处，缺点
n. 警察；警察机关
n. 手掌，手心；掌状物；棕榈树
n. 容器；集装箱
(1) a digital camera (2) digital terrestrial and digital satellite broadcasting (3) a digital clock/watch
digital [ˈdidʒitəl] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 数字的，数码的
adj. 第二的；次要的
adj. 贫穷的；贫乏的
n. 血，血液；血统
(1) a small town set in a valley (2) a wooded valley (3) the valley floor
valley [ˈvæli] 📢 UK📢 US
prep. 在…下面
adj. 人的，人类的
n. （山）谷，溪谷；流域
adj. 基本的；基础的；根本的
(1) ...a baby's first minutes of life... (2) Amnesty International opposes the death penalty as a violation of the right to life. (3) Is there life on Mars?...
life [laif] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 地图；图谱；天体图
vi. 减少，减小
adj. 外面的；向外的
n. 生命；一生，寿命；生物
(1) Ministers should be more attentive to the needs of families. (2) an attentive audience (3) The hotel staff are friendly and attentive.
attentive [əˈtentɪv] 📢 UK📢 US
vi. 投掷
n. 极限；限度；限制
adj. 注意的；体贴的
adj. 公民的；民用的；彬彬有礼的
(1) a mechanical device/toy/clock (2) mechanical parts (3) mechanical problems/defects
mechanical [miˈkænikəl] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 电报机；电报
adj. 安心的；安全的
vi. 给小费
adj. 机械的；力学的
(1) Their friendship soon deepened into love. (2) Warships were sent in as the crisis deepened. (3) a deepening economic recession
deepen [ˈdi:pən] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 使变强烈；使加剧
vt. 听见；审讯；接到…的信；倾听；听说
n. 实验；试验
adj. 南方的
(1) Red blood cells are roughly the shape of a disk. (2) The program takes up 2.5 megabytes of disk space. (3) This driver monitors disk accesses capturing performance data.
disk [disk] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 圆盘，唱片；磁盘
adj. 奇怪的；特有的；特别的
n. 水桶，吊桶；；（大雨）瓢泼
v. 成对，配对
(1) He did not hold a firearm certificate... (2) Applicants should normally hold a good Honours degree... (3) I'd seen it before in people who held immense power.
hold [həuld] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 拿；担任；拥有
prep. 到…上；到…某处；通向（某处）
n. 日落（时分）
n. 强盗，盗贼
(1) the administration of public utilities (2) an all-round utility player (= one who can play equally well in several different positions in a sport) (3) Belief in the utility of higher education is shared by students nationwide...
utility [juˈtiliti] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 反映，反射
n. 效用，有用，实用
n. 反馈，反应
adj. 学院的；学术的
(1) a French/chemistry, etc. course (2) to take/do a course in art and design (3) to go on a management training course
course [kɔː(r)s] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 出故障的；错误的
adj. 邪恶的；缺德的；恶劣的
vt. 调整，调节；校正；使适应
n. 航线；进程；一道菜；课程；疗程
(1) I bet (that) we're too late. (2) You can bet (that) the moment I sit down, the phone will ring. (3) I'll bet you (that) he knows all about it.
bet [bet] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 足球运动；足球
adv. 或许，大概
vt. 打赌；期待
adj. 没有希望的，绝望的
(1) The tanker began to spill its cargo of oil. (2) a cargo ship (3) The boat calls at the main port to load its regular cargo of bananas.
cargo [ˈkɑ:ɡəu] 📢 UK📢 US
vi. 存在；生存，生活
n. 获胜者，优胜者
n. 较年幼者；年少者；三年级学生
n. 货物
(1) to lie on your back/side/front (2) The cat was lying fast asleep by the fire. (3) Clothes were lying all over the floor.
lie [lai] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 谎话
n. 公升（容量单位）
n. 商店，店铺；车间
adv. 一年一度
(1) I tried to warn him, but he wouldn't listen. (2) If you're thinking of getting a dog, be warned ─they take a lot of time and money. (3) He warned us against pickpockets.
warn [wɔ:n] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 赞成；赞许；批准
n. 骑马的人；乘车的人
n. 长袍；女裙，女礼服
vi. 发生警告
(1) Which has spots, the leopard or the tiger? (2) The male bird has a red spot on its beak. (3) (British English)She was wearing a black skirt with white spots.
spot [spɔt] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 斑点；地点
n. 船坞，码头；月台
vt. 妒忌；羡慕
adj. 部分的；偏爱的；偏袒的
(1) a zealous reformer (2) She was a zealous worker for charitable bodies... (3) He was a recent Catholic convert, and very zealous.
zealous [ˈzeləs] 📢 UK📢 US
adv. 完全；相当；的确
adv. 后来，以后
adj. 热心的，热情的
n. 照片，相片
(1) a slum area (2) city/urban slums (3) She was brought up in the slums of Leeds.
slum [slʌm] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 贫民窟，贫民区
n. 履行；演出；执行
n. 结婚，婚姻；婚礼
adj. 优秀的，杰出的
(1) The materials used have to be able to withstand high temperatures. (2) They had withstood siege, hunger and deprivation. (3) ...armoured vehicles designed to withstand chemical attack...
withstand [wiðˈstænd] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 变压器，转换器
n. 农作物，庄稼；收成，产量
vt. 经受，禁得起；反抗
pron. （宾格）他们
(1) The bad weather ruined our trip. (2) That one mistake ruined his chances of getting the job. (3) My new shoes got ruined in the mud.
ruin [ˈruin] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 墙，壁，围墙，城墙
n. 拼字，拼法，拼写法
n. 口音，腔调；重音；强调
vt. 毁坏；使破产
(1) a heavily loaded van (2) The burden of guilt weighed heavily on his mind. (3) He sighed heavily.
heavily [hevəli:] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 典礼，仪式；礼节
adv. 沉重地；大量地
n. 追赶；追求；娱乐，爱好
n. 统治；规定；章程
(1) the sound of pigeons cooing (2) We are thinking of placing an order for your Flying pigeon Brand bicycles. (3) Cambridge had called; he had responded like a homing pigeon.
pigeon [ˈpidʒin] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 请求；申请；运用
n. 步骤；措施
n. 鸽子
adj. 矿物的
(1) I have been a faithful reader of your newspaper for many years. (2) The president will keep the support of the party faithful . (3) a faithful copy/account/description
faithful [ˈfeiθful] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 忠诚的；如实的
n. 门廊，游廊
vt. 轻蔑
n. 绅士；有教养的人
(1) an elementary English course (2) a book for elementary students (3) at an elementary level
elementary [ˌeliˈmentəri] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 基本的；初级的
vt. 需要；要求，命令
n. 女主角；女英雄
vi. 潜入水中
(1) Our thanks are due to the whole team. (2) Have they been paid the money that is due to them? (3) The project had to be abandoned due to a lack of government funding.