n. 碰撞,冲突,(意见,看法)的抵触,(政党等的)倾轧;
[例句] They were on their way to the Shropshire Union Canal when their van was involved in a collision with a car...
[例句] I saw a head-on collision between two aeroplanes.
adj. 平凡的,陈腐的,平庸的,普通的;n. 寻常的事物,平常话,口头禅,老生常谈,备忘录;
[例句] Foreign vacations have become commonplace...
[例句] It is commonplace for snipers to open fire on aid convoys.
n. 通讯,通信,交流,书信,传达;
[例句] ...a communications satellite.
[例句] ...communications equipment.
adj. 宪法的,符合宪法的,本质的,体质上的,保健的;n. 保健运动,保健散步;
[例句] Political leaders are making no progress in their efforts to resolve the country's constitutional crisis...
[例句] We have a constitutional right to demonstrate...
vt.& vi. 咳嗽,(引擎等)发噗噗声,咳出;n. 咳,咳嗽,咳嗽病,(机关枪等的)连续发射声;
[例句] Graham began to cough violently...
[例句] He coughed. 'Excuse me, Mrs Allsworthy, could I have a word?'
n. 委员会,(郡、镇等)政务会,(尤指旧时讨论特定步骤的)协商会议,市政(或地方管理)服务机构;
[例句] ...Cheshire County Council...
[例句] The city council has voted almost unanimously in favour.
vt. 抵消,阻碍,中
[例句] My husband has to take several pills to counteract high blood pressure...
[例句] This event will counteract such trends.
vt. 嘎吱嘎吱地咬嚼,嘎吱嘎吱地压,碾,跺,[俚]运行,处理;vi. 嘎吱嘎吱地咀嚼,嘎吱嘎吱地动,发嘎吱嘎吱声;n. 嘎吱声,决定性冲突,危急情况,经济收缩;
[例句] She sucked an ice cube into her mouth, and crunched it loudly...
[例句] Richard crunched into the apple.
n. 立方形,立方体,立方,三次幂,小房间;vt. 求…的立方,把(食物)切成小方块,测定…的体积;
[例句] ...cold water with ice cubes in it...
[例句] ...a box of sugar cubes...
n. 袖口,护腕,裤子翻边,手铐,护腕;vt. 给…上袖口(或翻边),用手铐铐,击掌,轻拍;
[例句] ...a pale blue shirt with white collar and cuffs.
[例句] ...the cuffs of his jeans.
adj. 无人的,荒凉的,孤独的,凄凉的,荒废的;vt. 使荒无人烟,使荒芜,使凄凉,使孤单;
[例句] ...a desolate landscape of flat green fields broken by marsh...
[例句] Half-ruined, hardly a building untouched, it's a desolate place.
vt.& vi. (使)分散,(使)散开,散播,传布(如知识),使(光)色散,使粒子分散;adj. 分散的;
[例句] The oil appeared to be dispersing...
[例句] The intense currents disperse the sewage...
n. 多样化,(人在种族、民族、宗教等方面的)多样性,差异,分歧;
[例句] ...the cultural diversity of British society.
[例句] ...to introduce more choice and diversity into the education system.
adj. 戏剧的,戏剧性的,引人注目的,突然的,巨大的;
[例句] A fifth year of drought is expected to have dramatic effects on the California economy...
[例句] This policy has led to a dramatic increase in our prison populations.
n. 动产,财物,家财,结果( effect的名词复数 ),效果,感受,个人财产;
[例句] Parents worry about the effect of music on their adolescent's behavior...
[例句] The austerity measures will have little immediate adverse effect on the average Moroccan...
vt. 逃避,躲避,避开,规避,逃脱;vi. 逃避,规避,逃脱;
[例句] By his own admission, he evaded taxes as a Florida real-estate speculator...
[例句] Delegates accused them of trying to evade responsibility for the failures of the past five years.
adv. 终于,最后,竟,总归,终究;
[例句] Eventually, the army caught up with him in Latvia...
[例句] The flight eventually got away six hours late.
n. 给食,喂,饲养,吃;adj. 给食的,饲用的,逐渐强烈的,供给饲料的;v. 喂养( feed的现在分词 ),满足(欲望等),向…提供,供…作食物;
[例句] We brought along pieces of old bread and fed the birds...
[例句] She fed him a cookie...
adv. 最后,终于,总算,末后,结果;
[例句] The word was finally given for us to get on board...
[例句] The food finally arrived at the end of last week and distribution began...
n. 公式,准则,客套话,方案,婴儿食品;
[例句] It is difficult to imagine how the North and South could ever agree on a formula to unify the divided peninsula.
[例句] ...a peace formula.