n. 提交,演出,陈述,报告,颁奖仪式;
[例句] We serve traditional French food cooked in a lighter way, keeping the presentation simple...
[例句] Check the presentation. Get it properly laid out with a title page.
n. (建筑物等的)骨架,骨骼,梗概,骨瘦如柴的人(或动物);adj. 骨骼的,骨瘦如柴的,概略的,基本的;
[例句] ...a human skeleton.
[例句] Only a skeleton staff remains to show anyone interested around the site.
adj. 壮观的,豪华的,极好的或令人满意的,闪亮的,为众人所推崇的;
[例句] The book includes a wealth of splendid photographs...
[例句] Our house has got a splendid view across to the Cotswolds...
n. 钢,钢铁,钢制品,兵器,钢铁工业;vt. 包上或镀上钢,使坚定;adj. 钢制的,钢铁业的,坚强的,[色彩]青灰色的;
[例句] ...steel pipes.
[例句] ...the iron and steel industry...
adj. 临时的,暂时的,短暂的;n. 临时工,临时雇员;
[例句] His job here is only temporary...
[例句] Most adolescent problems are temporary.
n. 精确度,准确(性),[语]精确;adj. 精确的,准确的,细致的,严守标准的,行动精确的;
[例句] The choir sang with precision...
[例句] The interior is planned with a precision the military would be proud of.
adj. 突出的,杰出的,突起的,著名的;
[例句] ...a prominent member of the Law Society.
[例句] ...the children of very prominent or successful parents.
adj. 古怪的,异常的,同性恋的,娘们似的;n. 同性恋者;vt. 弄糟,使陷于不利地位;
[例句] If you ask me, there's something a bit queer going on.
[例句] ...contemporary queer culture.
n. 旋转,转动,轮流,循环,[农]轮作,[天]自转;
[例句] ...the daily rotation of the earth upon its axis.
[例句] He grew a different crop on the same field five years in a row, what researchers call crop rotation...
adj. 单数的,突出的,奇特的,非凡的;n. 单数形式(的词);
[例句] ...the fifteen case endings of the singular form of the Finnish noun...
[例句] The word 'you' can be singular or plural.
n. 标准,规范,准则,(劳动)定额;
[例句] ...the commonly accepted norms of democracy.
[例句] ...a social norm that says drunkenness is inappropriate behaviour.
n. 义务,责任,证券,契约,债务,恩惠;
[例句] When teachers assign homework, students usually feel an obligation to do it...
[例句] Ministers are under no obligation to follow the committee's recommendations.
n. (紧身的)短裤, 裤子,喘气( pant的名词复数 );v. 喘气,喘息( pant的第三人称单数 ),喘着气说;
[例句] I put on my bra and pants.
[例句] He wore brown corduroy pants and a white cotton shirt.
adj. 可敬的,品行端正的,可观的,相当大的,体面的;
[例句] He came from a perfectly respectable middle-class family...
[例句] It was a highly respectable and what was called an 'old-fashioned' hotel situated not far from Piccadilly.
n. (报刊等的)订阅费,捐款,(俱乐部的)会员费,捐助;
[例句] You can become a member by paying the yearly subscription.
[例句] Premiere, a subscription channel which began in 1991, shows live football covering the top two divisions...
adj. 过剩的,多余的;n. 剩余额,公积金,顺差,盈余;
[例句] Germany suffers from a surplus of teachers.
[例句] Few people have large sums of surplus cash...
n. 门槛,入口,开始,阈,[物理学]阈值;阀值;临界值,级限协定,[航空学]跑道入口;
[例句] He stopped at the threshold of the bedroom...
[例句] The bride was carried over the threshold.
n. 轭,架,座,偏转线圈,奴役,羁绊,束缚,统治,(同一轭上牛的)一对牲口,上衣抵肩;vt. 结合,给…上轭,结合,联结,使成配偶;
[例句] People are still suffering under the yoke of slavery...
[例句] ...a domineering comedian whose son flees to Blackpool to escape the parental yoke.
n. 纸浆,黏浆状物质,果肉,牙髓,[冶]矿浆;vt. 使…化成纸浆,除去…的果肉,取出(咖啡豆的)果肉;vi. 变成纸浆,成为浆状;adj. (杂志)低级趣味的;
[例句] The olives are crushed to a pulp by stone rollers.
[例句] Make maximum use of the whole fruit, including the pulp which is high in fibre.
vi. 大幅度下降,暴跌,沉重或突然地落下[倒下];n. (物价等的)暴跌,(个人、球队等的)低潮状态,(销售量、价格、价值等的)骤降,(精神等的)消沉,萎靡;
[例句] Net profits slumped by 41%...
[例句] Government popularity in Scotland has slumped to its lowest level since the 1970s.