change,transform,convert,switch,conversion ;
[例句] 他往往会轻松自如地转换话题。 He's prone to flit between subjects with amazing ease.
[例句] 大约6万用户拥有特殊的适配器来接收和转换信号。 About 60,000 subscribers have special adapters to receive and decode the signals.
revive,rise again,reprocess,regenerate,palingenesis;
[例句] 必须在可行的地方使用可再生能源。 Renewable sources of energy must be used where practical.
[例句] 商店货品齐全,从香烟到再生厕纸应有尽有。 The shop stocks everything from cigarettes to recycled loo paper.
accept,acceptance,receive;
[例句] 经过3个周末的追求之后,帕梅拉接受了伦道夫的求婚。 After a three-weekend courtship, Pamela accepted Randolph's proposal of marriage.
[例句] 他接受采访时阐述了持乐观态度的理由。 In the interview he gave some grounds for optimism.
动 follow,comply with,obey,join;名 follower,attendant,a surname;形 secondary,accessary,relationship between cousins, etc. of the same paternal grandfathe
[例句] 当你从内心深处找到一种可以忍受一切痛苦的坚强力量时,你的成长历程就会出现飞跃。 The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.
[例句] 别担心,我们会很快把你从这儿弄出去的。 Don't worry. We'll have you out of here double-quick.
动 raise,throw up and scatter,winnow,spread;名 short for Yangzhou,a surname ;
[例句] 一团粉尘在他周围扬起。 The powdery dust rose in a cloud around him.
[例句] 一驶出内防波堤,我们就扬起了所有的船帆。 Once outside the inner breakwater, we began to unfurl all the sails.
动 (摇摆; 使物体来回地动) shake,wave,rock,turn;名 (姓氏) a surname,sway ;
[例句] 如果有陌生人拦你的车,把车窗摇下一点点就行。 If a stranger stops you, just wind the window down a fraction.
[例句] 他急速打着舵轮,把我们搞得摇来晃去的。 He spun the steering-wheel so that we yawed from side to side.
名 dance,dancing,a surname;动 dance,move about as in a dance,dance with sth. in one's hands,brandish ;
[例句] 她在世界各地跳过舞、编过舞、讲过学、也教过书。 She has danced, choreographed, lectured and taught all over the world.
[例句] 客人们整个晚上随着迪斯科的节奏跳博普舞和吉格舞。 Guests bopped and jigged the night away to the disco beat.
[生]reflex,[物]reflect,reverberate,reverberation,echo;
[例句] 灯光照在满是灰尘的墙上,反射回苍白的冷光。 Lights reflected off dust-covered walls creating a ghostly luminescence.
[例句] 需要保护你的手臂和双腿免受玻璃反射光线的照射。 Your arms and legs need protection from light bouncing off glass.
动 (证明) prove,verify,demonstrate;名 evidence,proof,certificate,card ;
[例句] 警方和检察官操纵目击证人指证奥尔多。 Police and prosecutors manipulated the eyewitnesses so they would finger Aldo.
[例句] 迄今为止,我们掌握的能够指证两个嫌疑犯的证据少得可怜。 So far, what scanty evidence we have points to two suspects.
动 go out,extinguish,put out,turn off,destroy ;
[例句] 希腊人相信灵魂不灭。 The Greeks accepted belief in the immortality of the soul.
[例句] 除非他们将我们赶尽杀绝,否则真理不灭。 They can't destroy truth without destroying each and every one of us.
动 bend,bow,subdue,submit;形 (理亏) in the wrong;名 wrong,injustice,a surname ;
[例句] 她双脚宽分站稳,膝盖微屈。 She planted her feet wide and bent her knees slightly.
[例句] 施奈德拍了拍那个女孩的脸颊,一副优越屈尊的样子。 Schneider patted the girl patronizingly on the cheek.
形 wide,broad,generous,lenient;动 relax,relieve,extend;名 width,breadth,a surname ;
[例句] 河流转向东流时河道大幅度变宽。 The river widens considerably as it begins to turn east.
[例句] 这些蜗牛体宽不超过1厘米。 The snails are no larger than one centimetre across.
形 cold,cold in manner,frosty,unfrequented;动 [方]cool,cool,freeze,ignore;名 (姓氏) a surname ;
[例句] 我走出门,竖起衣领抵御冷雾。 I stepped outside and pulled up my collar against the cold mist.
[例句] 强冷气流从山上疾掠而下。 Blasts of cold air swept down from the mountains.
education,teach,educate,inculcate,bring up ;
[例句] 萨姆的母亲说她儿子家教好,受过良好教育。 Sam's mother said her son had a good upbringing and schooling.
[例句] 他强烈批评那些无视莎士比亚的自诩为教育专家的人。 He fiercely criticised self-styled educational experts for ignoring Shakespeare.
tired,fatigued,fatigue,strain,fag ;
[例句] 缺乏锻炼会导致抑郁和疲劳。 Lack of exercise can lead to feelings of depression and exhaustion.
[例句] 据信薄荷叶可以减轻疲劳和鼻塞。 Peppermint leaves are believed to relieve tiredness and nasal stuffiness.
descend,go or come down,drop,fall,decline ;
[例句] 他在那儿的时候体重下降了2英石。 He lost two stone in weight during his time there.
[例句] 去年,经济增长率下降到4%以下。 Last year, economic growth tailed off to below four percent.
动 accomplish,succeed,become,turn into;形 able,capable,fully developed,fully grown;名 achievement,result,a surname;量 (十分之一) one tenth ;
[例句] 最近的一场雨把瀑布搅成了泥水漩涡。 The recent rain had churned up the waterfall into a muddy whirlpool.
[例句] 他的头上缠满了一层层用床单撕成的绷带。 His head was swathed in bandages made from a torn sheet.
名 sound,voice,reputation,initial consonant;动 (发出声音; 宣布; 陈述) make a sound,declare,announce;
[例句] 外面车行道上传来刺耳的刹车声。 There was a scream of brakes from the carriageway outside.
[例句] 她能听到他不均匀的呼吸声,似乎他是跑着过来的。 She could hear his ragged breathing, as if he had been running.
动 bite,snap at,bark,grip,begnaw ;
[例句] 画面中一只狐狸正被一群猎狗撕咬得肠子外流。 It shows a fox being disembowelled by a pack of hounds.
[例句] 我指甲根部的表皮龟裂粗糙,指甲被咬得参差不齐。 My cuticles were split and ragged, and my nails unevenly bitten.
形 (深远; 僻静; 昏暗) deep and remote,secluded,(隐蔽的; 不公开的) secret,hidden;动 (囚禁) imprison;名 (姓氏) a surname,quiet ;
[例句] 他们生活在一种令人感到幽闭恐惧的不健康氛围里。 They lived in an unhealthily claustrophobic atmosphere.
[例句] 这是我的办公室,我的幽闭之地。 This is my office, my little cubbyhole.