n. 情况( shape的名词复数 ),外形,(尤指女子的)身段,假装的形式;v. 计划( shape的第三人称单数 ),使(服装)合身,表现,使适合;
[例句] Each mirror is made to order and can be designed to almost any shape or size.
[例句] ...little pens in the shape of baseball bats...
v. 发出闪光( flash的过去式和过去分词 ),(使)闪现,映出,显示;
[例句] A sudden flash of lightning lit everything up for a second...
[例句] The wire snapped at the wall plug with a blue flash and the light fused...
前移的;
[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...
n. 水池,水槽( sink的名词复数 );v. (使)下沉, (使)沉没( sink的第三人称单数 );
[例句] The sink was full of dirty dishes.
[例句] ...the kitchen sink.
vt. 使平坦(even的过去式与过去分词形式);
[例句] He kept calling me for years, even after he got married...
[例句] Even dark-skinned women should use sunscreens...
n. 忧虑,不安,烦恼,摄动;
[例句] ...perturbations in Jupiter's gravitational field.
[例句] This message caused perturbation in the Middle East Headquarters.
vi. (鹰)俯冲,猛冲,突然扑向;vt. 出其不意的抓起;n. 飞扑,攫取,[航]下扑;
[例句] The terror ended when armed police swooped on the car...
[例句] The drugs squad swooped and discovered 240 kilograms of cannabis.
prep. 在(船、飞机、车)上,上(船、飞机、车),上车;adv. 在船(或飞机、车)上,上船(或飞机、车),靠船边,在船上,在火车上;
[例句] She invited 750 people aboard the luxury yacht, the Savarona...
[例句] They said goodbye to him as he got aboard the train at Union Station.
adj. 突然的,意外的,无理的,唐突的,不连贯的,陡峭的;
[例句] Rosie's idyllic world came to an abrupt end when her parents' marriage broke up...
[例句] The recession brought an abrupt halt to this happiness...
n. 抽象,出神,抽象概念,抽象化;
[例句] Is it worth fighting a big war, in the name of an abstraction like sovereignty?
[例句] Andrew noticed her abstraction and asked, 'What's bothering you?'
vt. 装饰,修饰,佩戴,使生色;
[例句] His watercolour designs adorn a wide range of books...
[例句] Several magnificent oil paintings adorn the walls.
adj. 漂泊的,漂浮着的,随波逐流的;adv. 随波逐流地,漂流无定,无定职,孤陋寡闻;
[例句] They were spotted after three hours adrift in a dinghy.
[例句] Amy had the growing sense that she was adrift and isolated.
n. 接近,友好的表示,求爱,增长( advance的名词复数 ),借款,(价格、价值的)上涨;v. (使)前进( advance的第三人称单数 ),(使)发展,促进,提高;
[例句] Reports from Chad suggest that rebel forces are advancing on the capital...
[例句] The water is advancing at a rate of 5cm a day...
vt.& vi. 改良,修改,修订;
[例句] The president agreed to amend the constitution and allow multi-party elections...
[例句] 'You must admit that the man has got charm,' said Nicolson. 'Glamour,' amended Wells.
n. 振幅,广大,广阔,充足,(思想的)广度,角度距离;
[例句] As we fall asleep the amplitude of brain waves slowly becomes greater.
[例句] ...a man of nineteenth-century amplitude.
adj. 无感情的,冷淡的,无兴趣的,无动于衷的;
[例句] Even the most apathetic students are beginning to sit up and listen...
[例句] Others feel apathetic about the candidates in both parties.
n. 漠然,冷淡,无兴趣,无动于衷;
[例句] They told me about isolation and public apathy.
[例句] ...the political apathy and emotional uncertainty of young Americans.
n. 建筑学,建筑风格,体系结构,(总体、层次)结构;
[例句] He studied classical architecture and design in Rome.
[例句] ...modern architecture.
adj. 发音清晰的,善于表达的,有关节的;vt. 清晰地发(音),言语表达,(用关节)连接;vi. 清楚地和清晰地讲,发音,[解剖学] 连接;
[例句] She is an articulate young woman...
[例句] The child was unable to offer an articulate description of what she had witnessed.
adj. 真的,真正的,可信的,可靠的,有根据的,[法]认证了的;
[例句] ...authentic Italian food...
[例句] She has authentic charm whereas most people simply have nice manners...