vt.& vi. (为…)服务,任(职),提供,端上;vt. 招待,(为…)工作,对…有用,向…供应;vi. 适合,服役,供职,[网球、羽毛球]发球;n. 网球等发球,发球权,所发的球;
[例句] It is unfair to soldiers who have served their country well for many years...
[例句] I have always said that I would serve the Party in any way it felt appropriate.
vt. 释放,放开,发布,发
[例句] He was released from custody the next day...
[例句] He is expected to be released from hospital today...
vt.& vi. 分开,(使)分离,区分,隔开;vt. 分离(混合物),分居,分类,割开;vi. 分手,断裂,(夫妻)分居,断绝关系;
[例句] Each villa has a separate sitting-room...
[例句] They are now making plans to form their own separate party...
n. 记录,记载,唱片,事实,经历,前科;adj. 创纪录的;
[例句] Keep a record of all the payments...
[例句] There's no record of any marriage or children...
vt. 打扫,清理,扫除,彻底搜索,掠过;vi. 打扫,扫过,蜿蜒,大范围伸展;n. 打扫,延伸,挥动,全胜;
[例句] The owner of the store was sweeping his floor when I walked in...
[例句] She was in the kitchen sweeping crumbs into a dust pan...
adv. 一次,一趟,一倍,曾经,一旦;conj. 一旦…就…,一经;n. 一次,一回;
[例句] I met Wilma once, briefly...
[例句] Since that evening I haven't once slept through the night...
n. 灰尘,(建筑物内、家具或地板等上的)灰尘,遗骸,尸体,人体,人,〈口〉金粉,粉末,粉剂,花粉;vt.& vi. 拂(一拂),掸(一掸);vt. 撒(粉)于,擦去…的灰尘,擦灰,撢去;
[例句] Tanks raise huge trails of dust when they move...
[例句] He reversed into the stockade in a cloud of dust.
n. 行动,活动,功能,作用,手段,[法]诉
[例句] The government is taking emergency action to deal with a housing crisis...
[例句] What was needed, he said, was decisive action to halt what he called these savage crimes.
n. 尖端,小费,建议;vt. 给小费,倾斜,翻倒,装顶端;vi. 给小费,翻倒,倾覆;
[例句] The sleeves covered his hands to the tips of his fingers...
[例句] She poked and shifted things with the tip of her walking stick...
adj. 确信的,确实的,有把握的,无疑的,一定的;adv. 当然,确实地,无疑地;
[例句] He'd never been in a class before and he was not even sure that he should have been teaching...
[例句] The president has never been sure which direction he wanted to go in on this issue...
vt.& vi. 设计,绘制;vt. 设计,计划,企图,决意(做);n. 设计,图案,结构,计划;vi. 设计略图,(为工艺品、装潢项目等)设计,当设计师,构思;
[例句] They wanted to design a machine that was both attractive and practical.
[例句] ...men wearing specially designed boots.
n. 性格,特点,字母,角色,人物;vt. 刻,印,使具有特征;
[例句] Perhaps there is a negative side to his character that you haven't seen yet...
[例句] The character of this country has been formed by immigration.
vt.& vi. 乘,骑,驾;n. (乘坐汽车等的)旅行,乘骑,(乘车或骑车的)短途旅程,供乘骑的游乐设施;vt. (骑马、自行车等)穿越,搭乘,飘浮;
[例句] I saw a girl riding a horse...
[例句] Can you ride?...
vt.& vi. 完成,结束,吃光,使筋疲力尽;n. 结尾,结束,最后阶段,抛光;
[例句] As soon as he'd finished eating, he excused himself...
[例句] Mr Gould was given a standing ovation and loud cheers when he finished his speech...
vt. 拖拽,吃力地往前拉,拖地而
[例句] He got up and dragged his chair towards the table.
[例句] Use your mouse to drag the pictures to their new size.
prep. 从…落下,离开,从…去掉,下班;adv. 离开,距,离,被取消,下班;adj. 不新鲜的,不能接受,不礼
[例句] He took his feet off the desk...
[例句] I took the key for the room off a rack above her head...
vt.& vi. 讲,谈,演说,从某种观点来说;
[例句] He tried to speak, but for once, his voice had left him...
[例句] He speaks with a lisp...
adj. 清静的,僻静的,不起眼的,不激动的;vt.& vi. 安静下来,使…安静,平静;vt. 减轻(病痛、疑虑、恐惧等),[法律]确定(产权等);prep. 克制的,稳重的,不张扬的;n. 宁静,寂静;adv. 安静地,平静地;
[例句] Tania kept the children reasonably quiet and contented...
[例句] A quiet murmur passed through the classroom...
n. 开火,生火,烧窑,烘烤;v. 开火,射击( fire的现在分词 ),解雇,射(箭),激励;
[例句] They saw a big flash and a huge ball of fire reaching hundreds of feet into the sky...
[例句] Many students were trapped by smoke and fire on an upper floor.
n. 角落,角,拐角,困境,[商]囤积;vi. 驾车转弯,聚于角落;vt. 垄断,逼入困境;adj. 位于角落的;
[例句] He saw the corner of a magazine sticking out from under the blanket...
[例句] Write 'By Airmail' in the top left hand corner.