adj. 迅速的,敏捷的,立刻的,突然发生的;n. 雨燕,环球金融同业电讯会,[人]斯威夫特,《格利佛游记》作者;adv. 迅速地,敏捷地;
[例句] Our task is to challenge the UN to make a swift decision...
[例句] The police were swift to act.
adj. 较低的,下面的;adv. 在下面,在底下,在下面,在下层;prep. 在…之下,在下面,在…下面,在…领导或控制下;n. 下部,底部;
[例句] The device exploded underneath a van.
[例句] ...using dogs to locate people trapped underneath collapsed buildings.
n. 退休,退职,引退,隐居,退隐处;
[例句] ...the proportion of the population who are over retirement age...
[例句] The Governor of the prison and another official are to take early retirement.
n. 顶点,高层会议,最高阶层;adj. 最高级的,政府首脑的;
[例句] ...next week's Washington summit.
[例句] ...the NATO summit meeting in Rome.
n. 扳手,扭伤,突然的悲痛;vt. 扭伤,扭转,歪曲;
[例句] He felt two men wrench the suitcase from his hand...
[例句] He wrenched off his sneakers...
n. 障碍物,阻碍的行为或例子,阻碍,受阻,妨碍议事;
[例句] John was irritated by drivers parking near his house and causing an obstruction.
[例句] The boy was suffering from a bowel obstruction and he died.
n. 反论,悖论,似是而非的观点,自相矛盾的人或事,[物]佯谬;
[例句] The paradox is that the region's most dynamic economies have the most primitive financial systems...
[例句] The paradox of exercise is that while using a lot of energy it seems to generate more...
vi. 嗡嗡作响,急速上升;n. 嗡嗡声,隆隆声,(车辆等)疾驰的声音,变焦;vt. 使急速上升,使猛增;
[例句] We zoomed through the gallery...
[例句] A police car zoomed by very close to them.
n. 泥潭;vt.& vi. 深陷;
[例句] ...a mire of poverty and ignorance.
[例句] ...the muck and mire of sewers and farm- yards.
n. 海上营救,抢救出的财产,救援费,经加工后重新利用的废物;vt. (从火灾、海难等中)抢救(某物),回收利用(某物);
[例句] The team's first task was to decide what equipment could be salvaged...
[例句] The investigators studied flight recorders salvaged from the wreckage.
vt.&vi. 不信任,怀疑;n. 不信任;
[例句] There was mutual mistrust between the two men.
[例句] ...a deep mistrust of state banks.
n. 看( view的名词复数 ),[建筑学]视图,概观,视力;
[例句] Washington and Moscow are believed to have similar views on Kashmir...
[例句] I take the view that she should be stopped as soon as possible...
v. 跟踪( track的过去式和过去分词 ),跟踪摄影,留下(脏)足迹,追随(潮流等);
[例句] We set off once more, over a rough mountain track.
[例句] The two men turned to watch the horses going round the track.
v. 用练马绳训练马的各种步态( longe的过去式和过去分词 );
[例句] Repairs to the cable did not take too long...
[例句] Have you known her parents long?...
n. 青少年;adj. 青少年的;青春期的,未成熟的;
[例句] It is important that an adolescent boy should have an adult in whom he can confide...
[例句] He spent his adolescent years playing guitar in the church band.
vi. 赞成:赞成,如某建议,赞
[例句] He gave his assent to the proposed legislation...
[例句] Without their assent a political settlement cannot be reached.
vi. 脸红,惭愧,变红,害臊,怕羞;n. 脸红,红色,一见,一瞥;
[例句] 'Hello, Maria,' he said, and she blushed again...
[例句] I blushed scarlet at my stupidity.
n. 分界线,范围,(球场)边线;
[例句] ...the Bow Brook which forms the western boundary of the wood...
[例句] Drug traffickers operate across national boundaries.
adj. 运送的,运输的;v. 支撑( carry的现在分词 ),携带,输送,运载;
[例句] He was carrying a briefcase...
[例句] He carried the plate through to the dining room...
adv. 整齐地,有规则地,干净利落地;adj. 讲究清洁的,爱干净的;
[例句] He wore his cleanest slacks, a clean shirt and a navy blazer...
[例句] Disease has not been a problem because clean water is available...