n. 疾病,弊端,不安;vt. 传染,使…有病;
[例句] ...the rapid spread of disease in the area.
[例句] ...illnesses such as heart disease...
n. 点,小圆点;vt. 打点于,散布于,点缀,以小圆点标出;
[例句] Soon they were only dots above the hard line of the horizon.
[例句] Small coastal towns dot the landscape.
n. 农场,农庄,农家,畜牧场,农田;vt. 耕种,养殖,承包,包出,佃出(土地);vi. 经营农场;
[例句] Farms in France are much smaller than those in the United States or even Britain.
[例句] They farmed some of the best land in Scotland...
adj. 飞行的,会飞的,迅速的;n. 飞行,驾驶飞机;v. 飞(fly的现在分词);
[例句] ...species of flying insects.
[例句] Advertising revenue in the new financial year has got off to a flying start...
adj. 同一的,完全同样的,相同的,恒等的,同卵的;n. 完全相同的事物,同卵双胞;
[例句] Nearly all the houses were identical...
[例句] The two parties fought the last election on almost identical manifestos.
vt. 推断,猜想,推理,暗示,意指;vi. 作出推论;
[例句] I inferred from what she said that you have not been well...
[例句] By measuring the motion of the galaxies in a cluster, astronomers can infer the cluster's mass.
n. 小路,小巷,航道,空中走廊,规定的单向行车道,车道,[篮球]罚球区;
[例句] ...a quiet country lane...
[例句] Follow the lane to the river.
n. 沙,沙滩,沙色;vt. 撒沙于,用砂纸磨光;
[例句] They all walked barefoot across the damp sand to the water's edge.
[例句] ...grains of sand.
vt. 警告,告诫,通知,预告;vi. 发出警告;
[例句] When I had my first baby friends warned me that children were expensive...
[例句] They warned him of the dangers of sailing alone...
vt. 获得,得到,流行,买到,达到(目的);vi. 通行,通用,流行,存在;
[例句] Evans was trying to obtain a false passport and other documents...
[例句] The perfect body has always been difficult to obtain.
n. 专利,专利品,专利权,专利证;adj. 专利的,显然,显露,明摆着的;vt. 获得…专利,给予…专利权,取得专利权;
[例句] P&G applied for a patent on its cookies...
[例句] He held a number of patents for his many innovations...
adj. 清晰的,精确的,正规的,精密;
[例句] I can remember the precise moment when my daughter came to see me and her new baby brother in hospital...
[例句] The precise location of the wreck was discovered in 1988...
n. 代表团,使命,官方使命,布道所;v. 给…交代任务,派遣,把任务交给,向…传教;
[例句] Salisbury sent him on a diplomatic mission to North America...
[例句] He has been on a mission to help end Lebanon's political crisis.
adj. 缄默的,哑的,无声的,(字母)不发音的;n. 哑巴,(乐器上的)弱音器;vt. 减轻(声音),使…柔
[例句] He was mute, distant, and indifferent...
[例句] I threw a mute look of appeal at Paula.
n. 可能性,几率,概率,或然性;
[例句] Without a transfusion, the victim's probability of dying was 100%...
[例句] The probabilities of crime or victimization are higher with some situations than with others...
n. 样品,范例,(化验的)抽样,某种类型的人;
[例句] 200,000 specimens of fungus are kept at the Komarov Botanical Institute.
[例句] ...North American fossil specimens...
n. 马的小跑,人快步走,摇摇摆摆学步的孩子,〈古〉老太婆;vi. 小跑,快速前进,赶紧;vt. 使小跑,使快步走;
[例句] I trotted down the steps and out to the shed...
[例句] They trotted along behind him…
vt.& vi. 夹,捏,掐,阻止,冻伤,剪断;vt. 伤害,摧残;vi. 快走,掐去,(比赛或竞赛中)势均力敌,将…扼杀在萌芽状态;n. 啃咬,(酒等的)一口,少量,寒冷,寒意;
[例句] Should I nip out and get some groceries?...
[例句] Wayne is always nipping down to the corner shop for him...
n. 家( home的名词复数 ),家庭,家庭生活,终点;
[例句] Last night they stayed at home and watched TV...
[例句] ...his home in Hampstead.
n. 武装,装备,徽章;
[例句] She stretched her arms out...
[例句] He had a large parcel under his left arm.