(1) drizzle the remaining dressing over the duck and salad. (2) drizzle them with warmed extra virgin olive oil. (3) Yesterday the radio forecast drizzle, and today it is indeed raining.
(1) Giving birth to a child is both painful and joyful... (2) A wedding is a joyful celebration of love. (3) We're a very joyful people; we're very musical people and we love music.
(1) The job involves a lot of entertaining. (2) Barbecues are a favourite way of entertaining friends. (3) He entertained us for hours with his stories and jokes.
(1) Sit wherever you like. (2) He comes from Boula, wherever that may be (= I don't know where it is) . (3) wherever she goes, there are crowds of people waiting to see her.
wherever [weərˈevə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
n.腿;支柱,支架;裤腿;一段赛程; vi.<口>走,跑;
adv.(究竟)在哪儿; conj.无论什么地方;各处,处处;
习惯于…,有…的习惯;
跟人学习;
(1) Do not wait for good things to happen to you. You need to walk towards happiness. (2) Check us in at the hotel and wait for my call. (3) The spider must wait for prey to be ensnared on its web.
(1) a piece of information (2) a source of information (3) to collect/gather/obtain/receive information
information [ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃn] 📢 UK📢 US
n.(事情的)处置;(自由)处置权;清理;排列; adj.处理(或置放)废品的;
n.湖;深红色颜料;胭脂红;[化]色淀; vt.&vi.血球溶解;使(血液)发生血球溶解;
n.兴奋,激动;令人兴奋的事;刺激,振奋;
n.信息,数据;通知;消息;知识;
(1) Research shows that a high-fibre diet may protect you from bowel cancer... (2) He was arrested at his home in Southampton after a breath test showed he had drunk more than twice the legal limit for driving... (3) Figure 4.1 shows the respiratory system...
(1) She's an eternal optimist (= she always expects that the best will happen) . (2) eternal truths (= ideas that are always true and never change) (3) I'm tired of your eternal arguments.
(1) She will treat you and respect you asfull equal and easily fall in love with you. (2) Because of you, We fall in love with Shenyang! (3) To fall in love with.
fall in love with [fɔ:l in lʌv wið] 📢 UK📢 US
v.爱上;倾心;
adv.完全地;完整地;完全,彻底,全部,一干二净;很,非常,充分,十分,万分;
n.在很多情况下;
(1) She was punched and kicked by her attackers. (2) The boys were kicking a ball around in the yard. (3) Vandals had kicked the door down.
(1) Several letters went astray or were not delivered. (2) We locked up our valuables so they would not go astray. (3) Fortunately the gunman's shots went astray.
astray [əˈstreɪ] 📢 UK📢 US
adv.很少,罕见;难得;不大;
adv.迷路地;堕落,误入歧途地; adj.离开正轨的;迷路的;
n.愉快;娱乐;希望;令人高兴的事; vt.使高兴;使满意; vi.觉得高兴,享受;寻欢作乐;
n.假期,休假;[古] 空出,撤出,辞去; vi.度假;
(1) That's for sure. Like to the new environment and having to correct our broken English. (2) Nevertheless, doesn't the unseen exist for sure ? Will the remembered remain for ever? (3) She dare do that again and that's for sure.
for sure [fɔ: ʃuə] 📢 UK📢 US
无疑;准保;
不管, 不顾;无;不拘;
adj.顺从的,服从的;忠顺的;孝顺的;驯良的;
结婚;结亲;成家立室;
(1) an obedient child (2) He was always obedient to his father's wishes. (3) blind/complete/unquestioning/total obedience
obedient [əˈbi:diənt] 📢 UK📢 US
n.怜悯;同情;可惜的事;憾事; vt.对…表示怜悯;对…感到同情;
听起来像;
adj.苦干的,不辞辛劳的;用功;昧旦晨兴;刻苦;
adj.顺从的,服从的;忠顺的;孝顺的;驯良的;
(1) The council has committed large amounts of money to housing projects. (2) She was committed to a psychiatric hospital. (3) She committed the instructions to memory.
(1) To close your document, press CTRL+w on your keyboard. (2) George w. Bush carried the state with 56 percent of the vote. (3) The vacant w.B.C. junior-lightweight title has been called off.
w [ˈdʌbljuː] 📢 UK📢 US
n.事件;(讨论、考虑等的)问题;重要性;物质; vi.要紧,重要;化脓;有重大影响;有重要性;
abbr.wickets (板球)三柱门; n.英语字母中的第二十三个字母;瓦特;
最最,特别(最糟糕的是);
adj.法律的;合法的;法定的;法律(上)的; n.法定权利;依法必须登报的声明;
(1) The camp is for youngsters aged 8 to 14. (2) Other youngsters are not so lucky... (3) I was only a youngster in 1935.
youngster [ˈjʌŋstə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
n.年轻人;小孩子;少年;
开倒车;
n.暴力,强暴,暴虐;猛烈,激烈;歪曲(事实),曲解(意义);冒渎,不敬;
弹钢琴;
(1) He's one of my dearest friends. (2) Her daughter is very dear to her. (3) dear Sir or Madam
(1) He stood there with his arms lifted above his head. (2) I lifted the lid of the box and peered in. (3) (figurative)John lifted his eyes (= looked up) from his book.
(1) violent crime (2) Students were involved in violent clashes with the police. (3) He met with a violent death (= he was murdered, killed in a fight, etc.)
(1) crimes/acts/threats of violence (2) He condemned the protesters' use of violence against the police. (3) domestic violence (= between family members)
(1) How can millions of dollars go astray? (2) May even cause people go astray, toward the path of crime. (3) With her for guide, you shall never go astray.
go astray [ɡəu əˈstreɪ] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.包括;包含;计入;包住;
生气,发怒;变得生气;发脾气;冯;
vt.& vi.处理,处置;安排; vt.排列;布置;使倾向于,使有意于;
堕落;迷路;被遗失;走上邪路;
(1) a heroin/drug/nicotine addict (2) a video game addict (3) He's only 24 years old and a drug addict.
(1) There will be rich and poor for all eternity. (2) They believed that their souls would be condemned to burn in hell for eternity. (3) After what seemed like an eternity the nurse returned with the results of the test.
(1) Only in this way can the critical mass of participation be reached. (2) Each year, hundreds of animals are killed in this way. (3) in this way we get better results in teaching.
in this way [in ðis wei] 📢 UK📢 US
n.加薪;
adv.这样;
数千的;
vt.使延期,延缓;把…放在次要地位;把…放在后面; vi.延缓;延缓发作;
(1) I broke my leg playing football. (2) How many legs does a centipede have? (3) front/back legs
(1) Effect such as brain tumor , cervical cancer, lung cancer, cancer of the stomach, neuroblastoma intestinal cancer. (2) Hemoptysis: tuberculosis, pulmonary embolism and primary lung cancer. (3) Scientists found that smoking was closely connected with cancer, lung cancer and heart diseases.
lung cancer [lʌŋ ˈkænsə] 📢 UK📢 US
n.天鹅;诗人,歌手; vi.游荡;闲逛;随意旅行;
宁愿,宁可;
肺癌;
adv.迷路地;堕落,误入歧途地; adj.离开正轨的;迷路的;
(1) The knives were bent out of shape. (2) He bent the wire into the shape of a square. (3) Mark the pipe where you want to bend it.
(1) The hotel offers a wide range of facilities. (2) There is a full range of activities for children. (3) Most of the students are in the 17-20 age range.
(1) to have/exert a strong influence on sb (2) the influence of the climate on agricultural production (3) What exactly is the influence of television on children?
influence [ˈɪnfluəns] 📢 UK📢 US
vi.叹气;悲叹,悲鸣; vt.叹气地说; n.叹气,叹气声;
n.(外)祖父;始祖; vt.新规定限制;不受新条例;
传播;绕开;随意走走;说服;
n.影响;势力;有影响的人(或事物);[占星学]星力; vt.影响;感染;支配;对…起作用;
(1) That's it. Mission accomplished (= we have done what we aimed to do) . (2) The first part of the plan has been safely accomplished. (3) I don't feel I've accomplished very much today.