vi. 唠叨,喋喋不休,(鸟等)鸣,啁啾,(牙齿,机器等)振动,打颤,运动时摇摆或嘎嘎作响;vt. 不加思索地说出;n. 闲聊,咔哒声,(动物的)啁啾声,潺潺流水声;
[例句] Everyone's chattering away in different languages...
[例句] Erica was friendly and chattered about Andrew's children...
vt. 补偿,赔偿,报酬,抵消;vi. 补偿,弥补;
[例句] The official promise to compensate people for the price rise clearly hadn't been worked out properly...
[例句] To ease financial difficulties, farmers could be compensated for their loss of subsidies.
n. 补偿,赔偿,修正,补救办法;
[例句] He received one year's salary as compensation for loss of office...
[例句] There should be compensation for British farmers hit by the slump in demand...
vt.& vi. 怀孕,构思,想像,设想,持有;vi. 怀孕,设想,考虑;
[例句] I just can't even conceive of that quantity of money...
[例句] He was immensely ambitious but unable to conceive of winning power for himself.
n. 上下文,背景,环境,语境;
[例句] We are doing this work in the context of reforms in the economic, social and cultural spheres.
[例句] ...the historical context in which Chaucer wrote...
n. 日晷,钟(表)面,标度盘,拨号盘,表盘;vt.& vi. 打电话,拨电话号码;vt. 用标度盘测量,通过表针控制;
[例句] The luminous dial on the clock showed five minutes to seven...
[例句] The dials of most barometers are inscribed with weather terms.
n. 扭曲,变形,失真,畸变,[心理学] 扭转;
[例句] I think it would be a gross distortion of reality to say that they were motivated by self-interest...
[例句] He later accused reporters of wilful distortion and bias.
n. 地区,教区,〈美〉(各州众议员)选举区,行政区,市区;vt. 把…分区;
[例句] I drove around the business district.
[例句] ...Nashville's shopping district.
v. 支配,影响,占有优势,在…中具有最重要的特色,在…中拥有最重要的位置;
[例句] The book is expected to dominate the best-seller lists...
[例句] ...countries where life is dominated by war...
vt. 排除,消除,淘汰,除掉,干掉;
[例句] The Sex Discrimination Act has not eliminated discrimination in employment...
[例句] Academic departments are being eliminated...
adj. 全部的,整个的,全体的,囫囵;
[例句] He had spent his entire life in China as a doctor...
[例句] There are only 60 swimming pools in the entire country...
vt. 驱逐,赶走,把…除名,排出(气体等);
[例句] More than five-thousand secondary school students have been expelled for cheating.
[例句] ...a boy expelled from school for making death threats to his teacher.
n. 形成,组成,构成,编成;v. 形成,构成,产生( form的现在分词 ),是,(使)成形,结成(友谊);
[例句] He contracted a rare form of cancer...
[例句] Doctors are willing to take some form of industrial action...
num. 四,四个,第四;n. 四个人(或事物)的一组,得四分的一击,四人赛艇;
[例句] Judith is married with four children.
[例句] Taylor hit 13 fours and batted for 140 minutes.
n. 燃料,(为身体提供能量的)食物,(维持、增加感情的)刺激物,竞选提神(或兴奋)剂(一种健怡可乐,饮用后能使人精力充沛地从事竞选活动);vt. 给…加燃料,给…加油,激起;vi. 补充燃料;
[例句] They ran out of fuel.
[例句] ...industrial research into cleaner fuels.
vt. 组成公司,包含,使混合,使具体化;vi. 包含,吸收,合并,混合;
[例句] The new cars will incorporate a number of major improvements.
[例句] The agreement would allow the rebels to be incorporated into a new national police force...
adj. 最初的,开始的,首字母的;n. 首字母,[语音学]声母,特大的大写字母;vt. 用姓名的首字母签名;
[例句] The initial reaction has been excellent...
[例句] The aim of this initial meeting is to clarify the issues.
n. 杂物,垃圾,(一窝)幼崽,褥草,轿,担架;vt.& vi. 使杂乱,乱丢杂物,乱扔,使饱含;
[例句] If you see litter in the corridor, pick it up...
[例句] On Wednesday we cleared a beach and woodland of litter.
n. 意思,意义,含义,意图;adj. 有意思的,意味深长的;vt. 意味(mean的现在分词),意思是;
[例句] I hadn't a clue to the meaning of 'activism'...
[例句] I became more aware of the symbols and their meanings.
vt. 预防,阻碍,阻止,[宗教]引领;vi. 阻挠,阻止;
[例句] These methods prevent pregnancy...
[例句] Further treatment will prevent cancer from developing...