n. 天花板,最高限度,云幕高度,隔板,舱室垫板;
[例句] The rooms were spacious, with tall windows and high ceilings...
[例句] The study was lined from floor to ceiling on every wall with bookcases.
vt. 吐露(秘密、心事等),委托,托付;vi. 吐露秘密,信任,信赖;
[例句] I knew she had some fundamental problems in her marriage because she had confided in me a year earlier...
[例句] He confided to me that he felt like he was being punished...
vt.& vi. 变深,加深,低沉;vt. 加浓;
[例句] If this is not stopped, the financial crisis will deepen...
[例句] If anything, Sloan's uneasiness deepened...
n. 沉积(物),[律](在法庭上的)宣誓作证,证词,免职,革
[例句] The jury heard 200 pages of depositions.
[例句] Continued deposition of silt along the coast is crucial in counteracting the rise in sea level...
adj. 有指导的,有管理的,定向的,被控制的;v. (用建议、指示、有益的情报等)指导( direct的过去式和过去分词 ),导演(戏剧或电影),指示方向,把…对准(某方向或某人);
[例句] They'd come on a direct flight from Athens.
[例句] ...the direct route from Amman to Bombay.
adj. 拖曳用的,拖延的;v. (使…)在地上拖拉,慢吞吞地走,磨蹭( drag的现在分词 ),拖,打捞,(用鼠标)拖动;
[例句] He got up and dragged his chair towards the table.
[例句] Use your mouse to drag the pictures to their new size.
adj. 双的,两部分的,二体的,二重的;n. 双数,双数词;
[例句] ...his dual role as head of the party and head of state...
[例句] Rob may be entitled to dual nationality.
vt. 使电气化,使兴奋,使激动,使触电,使充电,使通电;
[例句] The world was electrified by his courage and resistance.
[例句] The west-coast line was electrified as long ago as 1974.
vt. 表现,象征,包含,收录,使具体化,[军]组编;
[例句] Jack Kennedy embodied all the hopes of the 1960s...
[例句] For twenty-nine years, Checkpoint Charlie embodied the Cold War...
vt. 使心醉,使迷惑,用魔法迷惑;
[例句] Dena was enchanted by the house...
[例句] She enchanted you as she has so many others.
n. 本质,实质,精华,精髓,香精;
[例句] The essence of consultation is to listen to, and take account of, the views of those consulted.
[例句] ...the essence of life...
adj. 伦理学的,道德的,伦理的,凭处方出售的;n. 凭医师处方出售的药品;
[例句] ...the moral and ethical standards in the school.
[例句] ...the medical, nursing and ethical issues surrounding terminally-ill people.
vt.& vi. (使某物)蒸发掉;vi. 消失,发散气体,蒸发;vt. 使脱水,使蒸发,使挥发,使沉淀;
[例句] Moisture is drawn to the surface of the fabric so that it evaporates...
[例句] The water is evaporated by the sun.
pron. 每人,人人;
[例句] Everyone in the street was shocked when they heard the news...
[例句] When everyone else goes home around 5 p.m. Lynn is still hard at work...
vt. 挖掘,开凿,挖出,发掘;vi. 发掘;
[例句] A new Danish expedition is again excavating the site in annual summer digs.
[例句] A contractor was hired to drain the reservoir and to excavate soil from one area for replacement with clay.
n. 解释,说明,辩解,(消除误会后)和解;
[例句] She told the court she would give a full explanation of the prosecution's decision on Monday...
[例句] There was a hint of schoolboy shyness in his explanation...
adv. 适当,相当地,公平地,完全,简直,清楚地;
[例句] Both ships are fairly new...
[例句] We did fairly well but only fairly well.
n. 守备;
[例句] ...a field of wheat...
[例句] They went for walks together in the fields.
n. 风味,情趣,味,滋味,香味,气味;vt. 给…添风味[添情趣,添风趣],给…增加香气,给…调味;
[例句] This cheese has a crumbly texture with a strong flavour...
[例句] I always add some paprika for extra flavour.
vi. 起泡沫,吐白沫;n. 泡沫,泡沫材料,泡沫状物;vt. 使起泡沫,使成泡沫状物;
[例句] The water curved round the rocks in great bursts of foam.
[例句] ...shaving foam.