n. 红利,股息,利息,(破产时清算的)分配金,[数]被除数 opp. divisor,(足球彩票的)彩金;
[例句] The first quarter dividend has been increased by nearly 4 per cent.
[例句] Steps taken now to maximise your health will pay dividends later on.
n. 穿衣,(拌制色拉用的)调料,肥料;v. 穿着,装饰(dress的现在分词);
[例句] Mix the ingredients for the dressing in a bowl.
[例句] Miss Finkelstein will put a dressing on your thumb.
prep. 在…的时候,在…期间,当…之时,其间;
[例句] Sandstorms are common during the Saudi Arabian winter...
[例句] Plants need to be looked after and protected during bad weather.
n. 生态系统;
[例句] Madagascar's ecosystems range from rainforest to semi-desert.
[例句] ...the forest ecosystem.
vt. 移居国外;
[例句] He emigrated to Belgium...
[例句] They planned to emigrate.
adj. 耗尽的,用完的,筋疲力尽的,精疲力竭的;v. 用尽( exhaust的过去式和过去分词 ),使非常疲倦,详尽讨论(或研究),弄空;
[例句] Don't exhaust him...
[例句] He took to walking long distances in an attempt to physically exhaust himself.
adj. 应急有效的,权宜之计的,方便的,便利的,有利的;n. 应急办法,权宜之计;
[例句] Surgical waiting lists were reduced by the simple expedient of striking off all patients awaiting varicose vein operations...
[例句] The story was a temporary expedient.
adj. 特别受喜爱的;n. 特别喜爱的人(或物),夺冠热门;
[例句] ...a bottle of his favourite champagne...
[例句] Her favourite writer is Hans Christian Andersen.
n. 节日,节期,贺宴,会演;adj. 节日的,喜庆的;
[例句] Numerous Umbrian towns hold their own summer festivals of music, theatre, and dance...
[例句] There are over 350 films in the Edinburgh Film Festival this year.
n. 发现物,研究结果,调查(或研究)的结果,(陪审团的)裁决;v. 发现( find的现在分词);
[例句] One of the main findings of the survey was the confusion about the facilities already in place...
[例句] We hope that manufacturers will take note of the findings and improve their products accordingly.
n. 野兔,怪人,傻瓜;vt.& vi. 飞跑,疾走;
[例句] ...an over-protective mother who keeps haring off to ring the babysitter.
n. 锄头,草耙,除草器,锄草;vt.& vi. 用锄除(草等),用锄(松土等);vi. 用锄耕地;
[例句] I have to feed the chickens and hoe the potatoes...
[例句] Today he was hoeing in the vineyard.
adj. 不抱希望的,绝望的,没有希望的,惨淡的,不可救药的,不可能的;
[例句] He had not heard her cry before in this uncontrolled, hopeless way...
[例句] The economic crisis makes jobs almost impossible to find and even able pupils feel hopeless about job prospects.
adj. 不一致的,不调和的,前后矛盾的,不合逻辑的,反复无常的,歧出;
[例句] You are inconsistent and unpredictable.
[例句] ...the leadership's hesitant and inconsistent behaviour.
vt. (给…)注射(药物等),(给…)注射(液体),(给…)添加,(给…)投入(资金);
[例句] His son was injected with strong drugs...
[例句] The technique consists of injecting healthy cells into the weakened muscles...
prep. (表示方向)进入…中,(表示所属)输入,(表示状态)进入…状态,(表示时间)持续到;
[例句] Combine the remaining ingredients and put them into a dish...
[例句] Until the 1980s almost all olives were packed into jars by hand.
n. 发明,发明物,捏造:内心捏造的东西,特指谎言,发明才能;
[例句] It's been a tricky business marketing his new invention...
[例句] The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention.
vt. 使生气勃勃,使精力充沛,使健壮;adj. 生气勃勃的,精力充沛的,健壮的;n. 滋补,鼓舞;
[例句] Take a deep breath in to invigorate you.
[例句] ...the promise that they would invigorate the economy...
n. 仁慈,善行,友好的行为;
[例句] We have been treated with such kindness by everybody.
n. 肥皂泡,紧张,激动,(马的)汗沫;vi. (指肥皂)形成泡沫;vt. 用皂沫覆盖,狠狠地打;
[例句] ...the sort of water that easily makes a lather with soap...
[例句] He wiped off the remains of the lather with a towel.