n. 结果,成果,出路;
[例句] Mr. Singh said he was pleased with the outcome...
[例句] It's too early to know the outcome of her illness.
n. 统计,统计学,统计法,统计资料,统计数字,“statistic”的复数;
[例句] Official statistics show real wages declining by 24%...
[例句] There are no reliable statistics for the number of deaths in the battle.
vt. 更新,使现代化,校正,修正;n. 现代化,更新的信息,更新的行为或事例;
[例句] He was back in the office, updating the work schedule on the computer...
[例句] Airlines would prefer to update rather than retrain crews.
adj. 富有的,充分的;n. 富人,有钱人,阔人;
[例句] ...a wealthy international businessman.
vt. 使烦恼,使意气消沉,使气馁,使无精神,压迫,压制;v. 虐待,欺侮,〈古〉压倒,给与沉重的感觉;
[例句] These people often are oppressed by the governments of the countries they find themselves in...
[例句] We are not normal like everybody else. If we were they wouldn't be oppressing us.
n. 间谍,密探;vt. 看见,秘密监视,精心调查;vi. 当间谍,从事间谍活动,暗中监视,详察;
[例句] He was jailed for five years as an alleged British spy...
[例句] The spy ring passed secrets to the enemy.
n. 普及,流行,名气,名望,通俗性,大众性,人望;
[例句] This is the most popular ball game ever devised...
[例句] Chocolate sauce is always popular with youngsters.
adj. 任意的,随机的,胡乱的;n. 随意,偶然的行动;
[例句] The survey used a random sample of two thousand people across England and Wales...
[例句] The competitors will be subject to random drug testing.
n. 保留,预订,预约,保留地,专用地;
[例句] I told him my main reservation about his film was the ending...
[例句] After three days, the strikers' demands were met almost without reservation.
vt. 鄙视地说,嗅,深深吸入,发现,忿忿不平地说;vi. 鄙视,嗅,闻,呼哧地吸气,寻找,好奇地查看;n. 吸气,擤鼻声,一股气味;
[例句] She wiped her face and sniffed loudly...
[例句] Moira looked around and sniffed. 'This place badly needs a decorator.'...
vt.& vi. (使)发痒,(使)愉快,逗乐,使高兴,使满足;n. 胳肢,搔痒,愉快的情绪;
[例句] I was tickling him, and he was laughing and giggling.
[例句] ...a yellow hat with a great feather that tickled her ear...
n. 码头,停泊处;v. 靠码头,把货卸在码头上;
vt. 战胜,克服,登上,攀登,居于…之上,顶上覆盖着;
[例句] I realized I had to surmount the language barrier.
[例句] The island is surmounted by a huge black castle.
vt. 切碎,剁碎,委婉的说;vi. 碎步走,装腔作势地说;n. 绞碎的肉,肉末;
[例句] Brown the mince in a frying pan.
[例句] Perhaps I'll buy lean meat and mince it myself.
adj. 复杂难懂的,与他人有密切关系的,受牵扯的,作为一部份参与的;v. 表明(某人参与了罪行等)(involve的过去式和过去分词),使参与,牵涉,使专心于;
[例句] If she were involved in business, she would make a strong chief executive...
[例句] She became involved with political causes after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster...
v. 刺(stick 的过去式及过去分词);adj. 动不了的,被卡住的,被…缠住的,被…难住的,不知所措;
[例句] He said his car had got stuck in the snow...
[例句] She had got something stuck between her teeth.
v. 出(价)( offer的过去式和过去分词 ),提出,演出,做出;
[例句] He has offered seats at the conference table to the Russian leader and the president of Kazakhstan...
[例句] The number of companies offering them work increased...
v. 发现( find的第三人称单数 ),找到,到达,发觉;
[例句] The police also found a pistol...
[例句] They have spent ages looking at the map and can't find a trace of anywhere called Darrowby...
adv. 厚厚地,浓密地,繁茂地,频繁地;
[例句] For breakfast I had a thick slice of bread and syrup...
[例句] He wore glasses with thick rims...
n. 前面( front的名词复数 ),前线,一面,幌子;
[例句] One man sat in an armchair, and the other sat on the front of the desk...
[例句] Stand at the front of the line...