adj. 旋转的,波动的,起伏的;n. 旋转,动摇,轰鸣;
[例句] ...the rolling countryside of south western France.
[例句] Burns is a big lad with a rolling gait.
n. 长辈,胜于己者,更好者( better的名词复数 ),较优越者,前辈,长者;v. 改善,提高( better的第三人称单数 );
[例句] I like your interpretation better than the one I was taught...
[例句] I'd like nothing better than to join you girls...
n. (美、加、澳、新等国的)植树节(一般在4月或5月);
vt.& vi. 堆积,积累;vi. (数量)逐渐增加,(质量)渐渐提高;
[例句] Households accumulate wealth across a broad spectrum of assets...
[例句] Lead can accumulate in the body until toxic levels are reached.
vt. 管理,治理(国家),给予,执
[例句] The plan calls for the UN to administer the country until elections can be held...
[例句] We hope that they're going to administer justice impartially...
adj. 快的,轻快的,爽快而清新的,兴隆的;vi. 活跃起来,变得轻快;vt. 使…活泼,使…轻快;
[例句] Taking a brisk walk can often induce a feeling of well-being...
[例句] The horse broke into a brisk trot.
vt.& vi. 计算,估计,打算,计划,旨在;vt. 预测,推测;
[例句] From this you can calculate the total mass in the Galaxy...
[例句] We calculate that the average size farm in Lancaster County is 65 acres...
n. 凿子,錾子,诈骗;vt.& vi. 凿,雕,錾,镌,欺骗,钻进;
[例句] ...a hammer and chisel.
[例句] They sit and chisel the stone to size.
adj. 关闭着的,封闭着的,密闭着的,保密的,准备好了的,定了契约的;v. “close”的过去式和过去分词;
[例句] It was to be a closed circle of no more than twelve women...
[例句] It is a closed society in the sense that they've not been exposed to many things.
n. 格斗,搏斗,战斗,〈美〉竞赛,比赛,论战;vt. 与…战斗,与…斗争,防止,减轻;
[例句] Over 16 million men had died in combat...
[例句] Yesterday saw hand-to-hand combat in the city.
adj. 即将到来的,下一个的,将要遭到报应,自食恶果;n. (尤指新事物的)到来,到达;v. 来( come的现在分词),到达,达到(认识、理解或相信的程度),出生;
[例句] This obviously depends on the weather in the coming months...
[例句] They talk of the coming battle.
vi. 符合,遵照,适应环境;vt. 使遵守,使一致,使顺从;adj. 一致的,顺从的;
[例句] The Night Rider lamp has been designed to conform to new British Standard safety requirements...
[例句] The meat market can continue only if it is radically overhauled to conform with strict European standards.
adj. 有意识的,神志清醒的,自觉的,有意的,(痛苦,感情,冷气等)感觉得到的,同“self-conscious“;
[例句] He was conscious of the faint, musky aroma of after-shave...
[例句] She was very conscious of Max studying her...
n. 轻视,轻蔑,(对规则、危险等的)藐视,不顾;
[例句] He has contempt for those beyond his immediate family circle...
[例句] I hope voters will treat his advice with the contempt it deserves.
n. 密度,稠密,浓厚,[物]浓度,比重,愚钝;
[例句] ...a law which restricts the density of housing...
[例句] The region has a very high population density.
vt.& vi. 区分,区别,辨别;vi. 区别对待;vt. 表明…间的差别,构成…间差别的特征,[数学] 求…的微分:计算导数或(函数的)微分;
[例句] A child may not differentiate between his imagination and the real world...
[例句] At this age your baby cannot differentiate one person from another.
vt. 稀释,冲淡;adj. 稀释的,冲淡的;
[例句] If you give your baby juice, dilute it well with cooled, boiled water...
[例句] The liquid is then diluted...
n. 灾难,彻底的失败,不幸,祸患;
[例句] It was the second air disaster in the region in less than two months...
[例句] Many had lost all in the disaster and were destitute.
vt. 使不可置信,使被怀疑,败坏…的名声,拒绝相信;n. 丧失名誉,名声,不信,怀疑,败坏名声的人或事,耻辱;
[例句] ...a secret unit within the company that had been set up to discredit its major rival...
[例句] He says his accusers are trying to discredit government foreign-aid policies...
n. 转移,分散注意力,消遣;
[例句] The robbers threw smoke bombs to create a diversion...
[例句] The whole argument is a diversion.