signify,mean,imply,purport,predicate ;
[例句] 这将意味着更多候审犯人会被拘押在警局拘留室。 This will mean more remand prisoners being held in police cells.
[例句] 但那并不意味着这种政治主张已经或正在消亡。 But that doesn't mean this brand of politics is dead or dying.
lie in,rest with,be determined by,depend on,consist ;
[例句] 请记住,幸福不在于你是谁或者你拥有什么,而仅仅取决于你的心态! Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think.--Dale Carnegie
[例句] 下降的部分原因在于英镑对美元的升值。 The drop was caused partly by the pound's strength against the dollar.
riddle,conundrum ;
[例句] 儿童谜语书 a book of puzzles for children
[例句] 我不知道这个谜语的答案. I don't know the key to the puzzle.
cooking utensils,cooker,kitchenware,kitchen ;
[例句] 我们提供双人帐篷和最基本的炊具以及露营装备。 We provide 2-person tents and basic cooking and camping equipment.
[例句] 炊具尚未接通电源. The cooker is not yet wired in to the main supply.
(通称鱼鹰) cormorant ;
[例句] 自然爱好者要密切留意鹰、鸬鹚和偶尔出现的鲸鱼。 Nature lovers will be on the lookout for eagles, cormorants, and the occasional whale.
[例句] 阿鸬鹚鱼雷几乎剪切关闭悉尼的弓. A Kormoran torpedo nearly sheared off the Sydney's bow.
coronation,crowing,coronate ;
[例句] 伊丽莎白于1953年6月2日在威斯敏斯特大教堂加冕。 Elizabeth was crowned in Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953.
[例句] 加冕典礼是极尽奢华和怀旧的仪式。 The coronation was an occasion for extravagant myth and sentiment.
corpse,dead body,cadaver ;
[例句] 最终,总部大楼四周遍布着死尸。 By the end, bodies were strewn all round the headquarters building.
[例句] 到处都是死尸和奄奄一息的人。 The dead and the dying were everywhere.
cottier,tenant peasant,tenant farmer,ryot,villein ;
[例句] 埃及大部分土地都租给“皇家 ” 佃农. Most of his land was leased to " royal tenants ".
[例句] 最后他们不得不卖掉土地,成为负债累累的佃农. They are then compelled to sell their land and become tenants with large debts.
municipal administration,city planning,civicism,town planning ;
[例句] 市政会成员应对推选他们的人负责。 Councils should be answerable to the people who elect them.
[例句] 乔丹承诺在不减少基本服务的前提下,缩减市政预算。 Jordan promised to trim the city budget without cutting essential services.
[医] fornix,trigonum cerebrale,cove ;
[例句] 这是尖拱式样嫁接于开阔穹''.'窿'. ''的一种风格. It is the graft of the pointed upon the arch.
[例句] 方法: 经胼胝体-透明隔 - 穹窿间入路切除颅咽管瘤10例. Methods: Cranipharyngioms in 10 cases were removed by trans callosal - septum pellucidum - interforniceal approach.
vow,pledge,solemn promise,oath,plight;
[例句] 汤姆在一张纸上写下誓约,然后把它念给我们听. Tom wrote program on sheet of paper and read it to us.
[例句] 时常会深思过去立下的誓约. Sometimes still pondering the previous plight.
lose one's temper,get angry,cut up rough,let oneself go,blow off steam ;
[例句] 这样大发脾气与他所树立的个人形象不相称。 The outburst was inconsistent with the image he has cultivated.
[例句] 虽然他爱发脾气,而且有时还很讨厌,但向来都只是一阵儿。 Though he had a temper and could be nasty, it never lasted.
cranium,pericranium,skull,brain box,brain case ;
[例句] 你把子弹打入她头盖骨之前还没问过她的名字? You didn't get her name before you put a bullet in her skull?
[例句] 如果我给你张照片, 你能告诉我这些头盖骨是否匹配 吗 ? If I give you a picture, you could tell me if the skull piece doesn't match?
earnestly hope,hope fervently,long for earnestly,ardently wish,aspiration ;
[例句] 他们似乎已丧失了对生活的热望。 They seem to have lost their desire for life.
[例句] 爱德华冷冰冰的气色已不能满足她燃烧着的热望. Edward's cold temperament could not satisfy her burning desires.
hearsay,rumour,(传话) pass on a message,[书] speak,rumor ;
[例句] 有很多传言说我要结婚了。 There has been a lot of talk about me getting married.
[例句] 关于他缺席的原因有很多传言。 There has been much gossip about the possible reasons for his absence.
[动] cricket,gryllid,field cricket,gryllus testaceus ;
[例句] 蟋蟀发出了它们持久的,单调而有意思的调子. The crickets stridulated their everlasting monotonous meaningful note.
[例句] 蟋蟀叫得更欢了。 The crickets chirped faster and louder.
turning point,[化] break point,milestone ;
[例句] 这次提升标志着她事业上的转折点。 The promotion marked a turning point in her career.
[例句] 19世纪中叶标志着俄国历史的转折点。 The middle decades of the 19th century marked a watershed in Russia's history.
croon ;
[例句] 蜜蜂在鲜红的罂粟花和艳紫的蓟草花之间飞舞嗡嗡低吟. Bees moved , humming thoughtfully , from scarlet poppy to purple thistle.
[例句] 微风吹到平台时,棕榈叶片发出簌簌的低吟. When these breezes reached the platform the palm - fronds would whisper.
ferry-place,ferry,fording,ferry crossing,crossing ;
[例句] 往日的渡口已被那个隧道取代. The ferry service of bygone days has been replaced by that tunnel.
[例句] 我们在渡口等了两个小时. We waited at the ferry for two hours.
curl up,huddle up,lie with the knees drawn up ;
[例句] 他喜欢蜷伏着睡觉. He likes to sleep with his knees drawn up.
[例句] 眼睛亮晶晶的老鼠爬回它们的洞窟,怯生生地蜷伏在一起. Bright - eyed mice crept back to their tiny homes and nestled timidly together.