vt. 逮捕,拘捕,止住,阻止,抑制,吸引(注意);vi. 心跳停止;n. 拘留,停止,阻止,制动(装置);
[例句] Police arrested five young men in connection with one of the attacks...
[例句] The police say seven people were arrested for minor offences.
n. 饵,诱饵,诱惑,(路上的)休息(或进食);vt. 置诱饵于…,引诱,纵犬袭击(野兽),折磨;vi. 中途休息;
[例句] He baited his hook with pie...
[例句] The boys dug pits and baited them so that they could spear their prey.
vt.& vi. 连续猛击,捣碎,打烂,磨损,使内倾,使倾斜;n. (铅字的)磨损,毁损,(用鸡蛋、牛奶、面粉等调成的)糊状物,击球员,击球手,墙面的倾斜;
[例句] ...evidence that the child was being battered.
[例句] ...boys who witness fathers battering their mothers.
n. [电]电池,蓄电池,[军]炮台,炮位,一组,[法]殴打;
[例句] The shavers come complete with batteries.
[例句] ...a battery-operated cassette player.
n. (常指供观赏的)花,开花期,最盛期,健康有精神的面
[例句] ...the sweet fragrance of the white blooms...
[例句] Harry carefully picked the bloom.
n. 室,卧室,会客室,内庭,[多用于英国]律师的办公室,议事厅;vt. 限制,幽禁,封闭或限制,使备有房间;
[例句] We are going to make sure we are in the council chamber every time he speaks.
[例句] More than 80 parties are contesting seats in the two-chamber parliament...
vi. 附着于,紧贴,抓紧或抱住,坚持,沿(岸)前进,贴着(墙)走;vt. 依恋,依附于;
[例句] Another man was rescued as he clung to the riverbank...
[例句] She had to cling onto the door handle until the pain passed...
n. 煤,煤块,煤堆,木炭;vi. 上煤,加煤;vt. 给…加煤,把…烧成炭;
[例句] Gas-fired electricity is cheaper than coal...
[例句] Today, oil and natural gas have replaced coal and wood in most areas.
vt. 征服,攻克,打败(敌人),克服;vi. 得胜,胜利;
[例句] During 1936, Mussolini conquered Abyssinia...
[例句] Early in the eleventh century the whole of England was again conquered by the Vikings.
adj. 方便的,[废语]适当的,[口语]近便的,实用的;
[例句] ...a flexible and convenient way of paying for business expenses...
[例句] The family thought it was more convenient to eat in the kitchen.
n. 皱褶,折缝,折痕,(皮肤上,尤指脸上的)皱纹,板球运动(投球手和击球手的)位置线;vt. 使有皱褶,弄皱,表面被子弹擦伤或击伤;vi. 起皱;
[例句] She stood up, frowning at the creases in her silk dress...
[例句] Papa flattened the creases of the map with his broad hands.
adj. 正派的,得体的,(服装等)相称的,合宜的,相当好的;
[例句] Nearby is a village with a decent pub...
[例句] He didn't get a decent explanation...
n. 不利,劣势,短处,损失;
[例句] His two main rivals suffer the disadvantage of having been long-term political exiles...
[例句] ...the advantages and disadvantages of allowing priests to marry.
adj. 凶猛的,残忍的,猛烈的,狂热的;
[例句] They look like the teeth of some fierce animal.
[例句] Competition has been fierce to win a stake in Skoda...
vt.& vi. 原谅, 饶恕, 对不起,请原谅 ;vt. 免除;
[例句] Hopefully she'll understand and forgive you, if she really loves you...
[例句] She'd find a way to forgive him for the theft of the money...
n. (马等)疾驰,飞奔,(比喻)飞快;vt.& vi. (使马)飞驰,飞速传递;vi. 快速做[说]某事;
[例句] The horses galloped away...
[例句] Staff officers galloped fine horses down the road.
n. 风筝,鸢(猛禽),空头支票,光棍;vt. 涂改(支票),使上涨,上升;vi. 使用空头支票,轻快地移动;
[例句] The Government flies these kites of disinformation, then people feel grateful when the changes don't happen.
[例句] I felt so strange on the steroid injections. I was as high as a kite some of the time.
n. 风景,风景画,乡村风景画,地形;vt. 对…做景观美化,给…做园林美化,从事庭园设计;vi. 美化(环境等),使景色宜人,做庭园设计师;
[例句] ...Arizona's desert landscape...
[例句] We moved to Northamptonshire and a new landscape of hedges and fields.
n. 鞭挞,鞭子,责骂,讽刺,眼睫毛;vi. 急速甩动,猛击,抽打,严厉谴责;vt. 鞭打,摆动,激励,煽动,捆绑;
[例句] ...sombre grey eyes, with unusually long lashes...
[例句] Joanna studied him through her lashes.
n. 联盟,社团,(运动)联合会、联赛,里格(长度单位,约等于 3 英里);vt.&vi. 使…结盟,使…结合;
[例句] ...the League of Nations.
[例句] ...the World Muslim League.