n. 污迹,污斑,模糊不清的事物,暧昧不明;vt.& vi. 涂污,弄脏,(使)变模糊,(使)难以区分;
[例句] Out of the corner of my eye I saw a blur of movement on the other side of the glass...
[例句] Her face is a blur.
adj. 粗心的,无忧无虑的,漫不经心的,不介意的,淡漠的;
[例句] I'm sorry. How careless of me...
[例句] Some mothers were a bit careless with money...
n. (会令人感兴趣或可喜的)变化( change的名词复数 ),换车,辅币,变迁;
[例句] The ambassador appealed for a change in US policy...
[例句] What is needed is a change of attitude on the part of architects...
vt. 理解,领会,包含;
[例句] I just cannot comprehend your attitude...
[例句] Whenever she failed to comprehend she invariably laughed.
n. 保存,保护,避免浪费,对自然环境的保护;
[例句] ...a four-nation regional meeting on elephant conservation.
[例句] ...tree-planting and other conservation projects.
n. 奶牛,乳牛,母兽,雌(象,鲸等),对女性的蔑称;vt. 恐吓,吓唬,威胁;
[例句] He kept a few dairy cows...
[例句] Dad went out to milk the cows.
n. 洪水,泛滥,倾盆大雨;vt. 使淹没,使泛滥;
[例句] A deluge of manuscripts began to arrive in the post...
[例句] This has brought a deluge of criticism.
adj. 困难的,难做的,难解的,不易相处的;
[例句] Hobart found it difficult to get her first book published...
[例句] The lack of childcare provisions made it difficult for single mothers to get jobs...
vt. 使无能力,使残废,使伤残,使无资格,使不中用;
[例句] She did all this tendon damage and it really disabled her...
[例句] Although disabled by polio during the Second World War, Proctor was also a first-rate helmsman.
n. 发现,发觉,(剧情的)发展,被发现的事物,[法]显示证据;
[例句] I felt I'd made an incredible discovery.
[例句] ...the discovery that both his wife and son are HIV positive.
vt.& vi. 歧视,区别,辨出;
[例句] He is incapable of discriminating between a good idea and a terrible one...
[例句] The device can discriminate between the cancerous and the normal cells.
n. 不名誉,耻辱,丢脸,丢脸的人或事;vt. 使(人、家族等)丧失名誉,拒绝承兑(支票等),不履行(诺言等);
[例句] It would dishonour my family if I didn't wear the veil.
[例句] ...a choice between death and dishonour...
n. 意见的分歧,异议,〈英〉反对国教,〈集合词〉不信奉国教者;vi. 不同意,持异议,不信奉国教;
[例句] He is the toughest military ruler yet and has responded harshly to any dissent...
[例句] Political dissent would no longer be tolerated...
n. 注意力分散,娱乐,消遣,心烦意乱,精神错乱;
[例句] I feel this is getting to be a distraction from what I really want to do...
[例句] Total concentration is required with no distractions.
n. 分叉,分歧,背离,离题;
[例句] There's a substantial divergence of opinion within the party...
[例句] This overall figure conceals wide divergences between the main industrial countries...
vt.& vi. 闪躲,回避;n. 闪躲,躲避,伎俩,妙计;
[例句] He dodged amongst the seething crowds of men...
[例句] We dodged behind a pillar out of sight of the tourists.
n. 捐赠者,[医]供血者,输血者,[医]供血者,输血者,[物]施主;
[例句] Doctors removed the healthy kidney from the donor.
[例句] Donor countries are becoming more choosy about which countries they are prepared to help.
n. 干旱(时期),旱季,旱灾,(长期的)缺乏,枯竭;
[例句] Drought and famines have killed up to two million people here.
[例句] He told a press conference that Spain was suffering one of the worst droughts of the century.
n. 高处,高地,高度,海拔,(枪炮的)仰角,射角,升级,上进,向上,高尚,[建]正视图,立视图;
[例句] ...the addition of two-storey wings on the north and south elevations.
[例句] We're probably at an elevation of about 13,000 feet above sea level.
vt. 热情款待,使有兴趣,娱乐,抱着,怀有;vi. 热情款待,娱乐;
[例句] ...games and ideas to entertain children...
[例句] They were entertained by top singers, dancers and celebrities...