vt.& vi. 驾驶,操纵,控制,引
[例句] What is it like to steer a ship this size?...
[例句] When I was a kid, about six or seven, she would often let me steer the car along our driveway.
n. 访问者,参观者,游客,候鸟;
[例句] The other day we had some visitors from Switzerland...
[例句] As a student I lived in Oxford but was a frequent visitor to Belfast.
n. 提问,询问,小型考试,简单的小测验,恶作剧;vt. 盘问,挖苦,进行测试,张望;
[例句] We'll have a quiz at the end of the show.
[例句] He was quizzed about his income, debts and eligibility for state benefits...
adj. 成功的,如愿以偿的;
[例句] How successful will this new treatment be?...
[例句] I am looking forward to a long and successful partnership with him...
n. 暴力,强暴,暴虐,猛烈,激烈,歪曲(事实),曲解(意义),冒渎,不敬;
[例句] Twenty people were killed in the violence...
[例句] They threaten them with violence.
n. 马克杯,杯子,容易受骗的人,脸,一缸子(的量);vt. 对…行凶抢劫,(尤指在舞台上或摄影机前)扮鬼脸,扮怪相;
[例句] He spooned instant coffee into two of the mugs.
[例句] I was walking out to my car when this guy tried to mug me...
vt. 显露,揭露,泄露,[神]启示;n. 揭示,展现,[建]门侧,窗侧;
[例句] She has refused to reveal the whereabouts of her daughter...
[例句] A survey of the British diet has revealed that a growing number of people are overweight...
n. 黄褐色,棕黄色,鞣料,马戏团,晒黑的皮色;vt. (使)晒成棕褐色,鞣(革);vi. 晒成棕褐色;adj. 黄褐色的,棕黄色的,鞣皮的;
[例句] She is tall and blonde, with a permanent tan.
[例句] I have very pale skin that never tans...
vi. 兴盛,兴隆,长得健壮,茁壮成长;
[例句] Today his company continues to thrive...
[例句] Lavender thrives in poor soil.
n. 表现,陈述,表现…的事物,有代理人;
[例句] Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens but they have no representation in Congress.
[例句] ...a lifelike representation of Christ...
n. (国家的)岁入,税收,(土地,财产等的)收入,收益,所得,(个人的)固定收入,[复数]总收入,税务署,〈美俚〉税务官,税务局;
[例句] ...a boom year at the cinema, with record advertising revenue and the highest ticket sales since 1980...
[例句] One study said the government would gain about $12 billion in tax revenues over five years.
vt.& vi. 烧焦,烤焦;vt. 使(植物)枯萎,把…晒枯,使成焦土,痛骂;vi. 高速行驶,烤焦;n. 烧焦处,焦痕,枯萎,植物褐色斑点;
[例句] The bomb scorched the side of the building.
[例句] The leaves are inclined to scorch in hot sunshine...
n. 赝品,假冒,骗子,套,枕套;vt. 假装;vi. 掩饰;adj. 虚假的,假装的;
[例句] The government's promises were exposed as a hollow sham...
[例句] Many of the world's leaders have already denounced this election as a sham.
n. 铲子,铁锹,铲车,一铲,铲状物;vt. 铲,铲出,用铲子挖,把…胡乱投入,铲除,挖清;vi. 铲;
[例句] ...a coal shovel...
[例句] She dug the foundation with a pick and shovel.
vi. 走失,偏离正题,走入歧途,(已婚者或有固定关系者)有外遇;n. 走失的动物,离群者,迷路的孩子,不在原位置的东西;adj. 独自的,零散的,(常指宠物)走失的,无主的,意外的;
[例句] Tourists often get lost and stray into dangerous areas...
[例句] Crews stray outside to film the view from the pavement...
n. 警告,征候,预兆,前车之鉴;adj. 警告的,告诫的,引以为戒的;v. 警告( warn的现在分词),提醒,告诫,预先通知;
[例句] The minister gave a warning that if war broke out, it would be catastrophic...
[例句] He was killed because he ignored a warning to put stronger cords on his parachute...
n. 位置,狭槽,水沟,[人名] 斯洛特,硬币投币口;vt. 跟踪,跟着足迹追赶,开槽于;
[例句] He dropped a coin into the slot and dialed.
[例句] He was slotting a CD into a CD player...
adj. (地方)易受攻击的,易受伤的,易受批评的,[桥牌]已成局的;
[例句] Old people are particularly vulnerable members of our society.
[例句] People with high blood pressure are especially vulnerable to diabetes...
n. (通常互利的)共生(现象),(人与人之间的)互利关系;
[例句] ...the link between bacteria, symbiosis, and the evolution of plants and animals.
[例句] ...the cosy symbiosis of the traditional political parties.
vi. 恢复,重提,回到…上,归还;n. 归属,恢复原来信仰的人;vt. 使恢复原状;
[例句] Jackson said her boss became increasingly depressed and reverted to smoking heavily.
[例句] In the car she reverted to the subject uppermost in her mind.