(1) Few businesses are flourishing in the present economic climate. (2) These plants flourish in a damp climate. (3) (especially British English)I'm glad to hear you're all flourishing.
flourish [ˈflʌriʃ] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 激情，热情；爱好
vt. 购买，挣得
vi. 繁荣，兴盛，兴旺；（植物或动物）长势好
n. 负载，重荷
(1) very small (2) very quickly (3) very few people know that.
very [ˈveri] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 发明者；发明家
n. 开始，开端
adj. 中等的，中间的
adj. 很，非常
(1) He's just a business acquaintance. (2) He hoped their acquaintance would develop further. (3) I had little acquaintance with modern poetry.
acquaintance [əˈkweintəns] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 海洋的；海上的
n. 心情，情绪；气氛
n. 认识；了解；认识的人
adj. 有智慧的，聪明的
(1) She's my sister. (2) an older/younger sister (3) (informal)a big/little/kid sister
sister [ˈsistə] 📢 UK📢 US
adv. 坏，差；严重地；极度
n. 青少年
n. 姐妹；修女
n. 排练，排演；练习
(1) I learnt to ride as a child. (2) They rode along narrow country lanes. (3) He was riding on a large black horse.
ride [raid] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 郊区，郊外，城郊
vi. 出现；摆脱出来；显现
v. 窥视，偷看
vi. 骑马，乘车
(1) Did you have a good trip? (2) We went on a trip to the mountains. (3) a day trip (= lasting a day)
trip [trip] 📢 UK📢 US
adv. 在附近
vi. 绊，绊倒；旅行
n. 战略；策略
vi. 发生；出现
(1) ...Niagara falls. (2) He was elected judge in the fall of 1991... (3) The Supreme Court will not hear the case until next fall.
fall [fɔ:l] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 传送；传动；变速器
vi. 落下，坠落；跌倒
n. 样品；货样，标本
adj. 庄严的；隆重的
(1) She ate noisily and greedily. (2) He stared at the diamonds with greedy eyes. (3) The shareholders are greedy for profit.
greedy [ˈɡri:di] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 蜂蜜；亲爱的
n. 日报，杂志；日志
n. 页，面，版
adj. 贪吃的；贪婪的
(1) signals transmitted from a satellite (2) The ceremony was transmitted live by satellite to over fifty countries. (3) a short-wave radio that can transmit as well as receive
transmit [trænzˈmit] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 传送，传达；发射
adj. 便宜的，不贵的；劣质的
adj. 令人不愉快的；让人讨厌的；糟糕的；可怕的；不舒服的
vi. 假装
(1) My legs were trembling with fear. (2) Her voice trembled with excitement. (3) He opened the letter with trembling hands.
tremble [ˈtrembl] 📢 UK📢 US
vi. 发信号；预示；表明
vi. 发抖，哆嗦；摇动
n. 王子，亲王
vt. 嗅；闻出
(1) Many of the refugees have suffered torture. (2) the use of torture (3) terrible instruments of torture
torture [ˈtɔ:tʃə] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 拷打；使痛苦；使苦恼
adv. 因此，所以；今后
n. 纺织品
adj. 快乐的；幸福的
(1) a human/female/male/naked body (2) parts of the body (3) His whole body was trembling.
body [ˈbɔdi] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 每年的；年度的
n. 身体；躯体；尸体
vt. 改变；变更
vt. 容纳；为…提供住宿；顾及；迎合
(1) to have dark/fair/olive, etc. skin (2) The snake sheds its skin once a year. (3) cosmetics for sensitive skins
skin [skin] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 汽油
n. 皮；兽皮；外皮
vt. 跟踪
n. 装饰物；装饰；首饰
(1) to go up/rise/increase in value (2) to go down/fall/drop in value (3) rising property values
value [ˈvælju] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 评价；重视
n. 失败；失败的事；失败者
vt. 把…分类
num. 十四，十四个
(1) An interesting feature of the city is the old market. (2) Teamwork is a key feature of the training programme. (3) Which features do you look for when choosing a car?
feature [ˈfi:tʃə] 📢 UK📢 US
pron. 无论什么
num. 第十二
n. （直射）日光，阳光
n. 特征，特色；面貌
(1) a woollen blanket (2) woollen cloth (3) the woollen industry
woollen [ˈwʊlən] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 睡着的，睡熟的
vt. 打断，打扰；中止
vt. 堆叠，累积
adj. 羊毛制的，毛线的
(1) the oldest inhabitant of the village (2) a town of 11 000 inhabitants (3) ...the inhabitants of Glasgow.
inhabitant [inˈhæbitənt] 📢 UK📢 US
adv. 惊人地
n. 疲劳，劳累
vt. 使增加；乘
n. 居民，住户
(1) No one could possibly take exception to his comments. (2) All his novels are set in Italy with the exception of his last. (3) All students without exception must take the English examination.
exception [ikˈsepʃən] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 例外，除外
n. 危险；危险事物；风险
n. 特权，优惠
n. 地球；陆地，地面；泥土，土地
(1) His arms swung as he walked. (2) A set of keys swung from her belt. (3) As he pushed her, she swung higher and higher (= while sitting on a swing) .
swing [swiŋ] 📢 UK📢 US
adv. 不，没有
vt. 弄翻，打翻，倾覆
n. 摇摆
n. 牛；公牛，阉牛
(1) advanced industrial societies (2) There were only three of us on the advanced course. (3) an advanced student of English
advanced [ədˈvɑ:nst] 📢 UK📢 US
vi. 扭弯
n. （英）便士；（美）分
adj. 活动的；流动的
adj. 先进的；高级的
(1) to prepare a report (2) A hotel room is being prepared for them. (3) The college prepares students for a career in business.
prepare [priˈpɛə] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 航空公司
vt.&vi. 准备，筹备
n. 比较，对照；比似
n. 当局，官方；权力；许可
(1) Reports that he has resigned are nonsense. (2) You're talking nonsense ! (3) ‘I won't go. ’ ‘nonsense! You must go! ’
nonsense [ˈnɔnsəns] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 胡说，废话
n. 大气；空气；气氛
n. 故事，传说
adj. 同情的；和谐的
(1) an area the size of (= the same size as) Wales (2) They complained about the size of their gas bill. (3) Dogs come in all shapes and sizes .
size [saiz] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 整洁的；整齐的
n. 大小；体积；尺码
n. 四分之一；一刻钟；季度
n. 安装；装置；设施
(1) The train arrives at midday. (2) a midday meal (3) the heat of the midday sun
midday [ˈmiddei] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 矛，枪
n. 蜘蛛
n. 正午，中午
vi. 居住；生活 laiv adj. 活的，有生命的；现场直播的
(1) kitchen cabinets (2) a medicine cabinet (3) The china was displayed in a glass cabinet.
cabinet [ˈkæbinit] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 陈列柜；内阁
vt. 缝；缝补
n. 拖鞋，便鞋
vi. 出血，流血；渗开
(1) professor (Ann) Williams (2) a chemistry professor (3) to be appointed professor of French at Cambridge
professor [prəˈfesə] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 很，非常
n. 教授
n. 火车头，机车
n. 惩罚，处罚
(1) He graduated with distinction . (2) Naomi got a distinction in maths. (3) All groups are entitled to this money without distinction .
distinction [disˈtiŋkʃən] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 差别，不同；特质；卓越
n. 检查；视察
n. 正午，中午
adj. 松的；宽松的
(1) He does not smoke or take drugs . (2) teenagers experimenting with drugs (3) I found out Steve was on drugs (= regularly used drugs) .
drug [drʌɡ] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 严重的；急性的；敏锐的
n. 部，司，局，处，系
n. 药，药物，药品；毒品
adv. 目前，现在；不久
(1) black/white coffee (= without/with milk) (2) Tea or coffee? (3) I'll just make the coffee.
coffee [ˈkɔfi] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 咖啡；咖啡粉
adv. 终于；最后地
n. 线；丝；螺纹；线索
n. 窗玻璃，窗格
(1) a brisk wind/breeze (2) a brisk walk (3) to set off at a brisk pace
brisk [brisk] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 在先的；优先的
vi. 出汗；流汗
n. 世纪，一百年
adj. 轻快的；红火的；清新的；麻利的
(1) This was foolishness on a heroic scale . (2) heroic deeds/myths (3) a heroic story/poem
heroic [hiˈrəuik] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 磁铁，磁石，磁体；有吸引力的人或物
adj. 英雄的；英勇的
vt. 使烦恼，使恼火
n. 假装
(1) september is here, bringing with it a chill in the mornings. (2) He left the company by mutual consent last september. (3) New owners will have to wait until september before moving in.
september [səpˈtembə] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 预测，预言
n. 姨妈；姑妈；伯母；舅妈
n. 九月
vt. 减，减去，去掉
(1) The purity of the water is tested regularly. (2) spiritual purity (3) Probity and purity will command respect everywhere.
purity [ˈpjuəriti] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 纯净；纯洁；纯度
adj. 口头的；口述的
vt. 把…归因于 ˈætribju:t n. 属性；品质，特征
n. 会议；研讨会
(1) She's in the kitchen. (2) We ate at the kitchen table. (3) This plant is up to the minute with regard to the equipment used.
kitchen [ˈkitʃin] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 小孩；青少年；小山羊
n. 一打，十二个
n. 厨房，灶间
adj. 瞎的；盲目的；视而不见的
(1) Shall we walk or go by bus ? (2) A regular bus service connects the train station with the town centre. (3) a bus company/driver
bus [bʌs] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 公共汽车
vt.&vi. 选择，挑选
num. 七十，七十个
adv. 亦，也；而且，还
(1) Eight kilometres is roughly equivalent to five miles. (2) 250 grams or an equivalent amount in ounces (3) [不可数名词](formal)There is no straightforward equivalence between economic progress and social well-being.
equivalent [iˈkwivələnt] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 相等的；等量的
vt. 集合，召集；装配
vt.&vi. 攻击，进攻；抨击
n. 风格；文体；式样
(1) to have great artistic talent (2) a man of many talents (3) She showed considerable talent for getting what she wanted.
talent [ˈtælənt] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 发现；裁决
n. 家伙；伙伴
n. 天才；才能；人才
adv. 在户外，在野外
(1) I was wearing false eyelashes and a sweater two sizes too small. (2) Look at the false police reports that omitted or misstated crucial facts. (3) In the early seventies I wore false eyelashes, as was the fashion.
false [fɔːls] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 解答，解释，解决
adj. 不正确的；虚假的；伪造的
n. 稳定，稳定性，巩固
n. 扶手；横杆；铁轨
(1) One dark brow rose in surprise. (2) The path disappeared over the brow of the hill. (3) Her brow furrowed in concentration.
brow [brau] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 吼叫声；咆哮声
n. 额头；眉，眉毛；山脊
n. 长处，优点；价值
n. 鬼，幽灵；一丝，一点
(1) He made a rude gesture at the driver of the other car. (2) She finished what she had to say with a gesture of despair. (3) They communicated entirely by gesture.