vt. 征募,赢得…的支持或合作,赞助;vi. 应募,入伍,积极参与;
[例句] Michael Hughes of Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, enlisted in the 82nd Airborne 20 years ago...
[例句] He enlisted as a private in the Mexican War...
adj. 灭绝的,绝种的,消逝的,破灭的;
[例句] It is 250 years since the wolf became extinct in Britain.
[例句] ...the bones of extinct animals.
n. 工厂,制造厂,代理店;
[例句] He owned furniture factories in New York State.
n. 支流,支线,进料器,供给装置,饲养员;
[例句] ...the feeder road leading to the airport.
[例句] ...a feeder to British Airways's transatlantic destinations.
vi. 挣扎,折腾,着慌,勉强应付,行为言语错乱;n. 挣扎,踉跄前进,比目
[例句] What a pity that his career was left to flounder...
[例句] The economy was floundering.
adj. 流动的, (轮廓等)圆滑的,下垂的;v. 流( flow的现在分词 ),垂,流出,(谈话、文体等)流畅;
[例句] A stream flowed gently down into the valley...
[例句] The current flows into electric motors that drive the wheels.
adj. 冷冻的,冰封的,冻硬的,呆若木鸡的;v. 结冰( freeze的过去分词),冷藏,冻结,冻住;
[例句] It was bitterly cold now and the ground was frozen hard.
[例句] ...the frozen bleakness of the Far North.
n. 守备部队,卫戍部队,要塞,驻防区,加里森;vt. 守卫,驻防;
[例句] ...a five-hundred man French army garrison.
[例句] The approaches to the garrison have been heavily mined.
vt. 划深而长切口,砍;n. 深长的切口(或伤口),裂缝;
[例句] There was an inch-long gash just above his right eye.
[例句] He gashed his leg while felling trees.
n. 凝胶,冻胶,定型发胶;vi. 形成胶体,胶化;
[例句] They have gelled very well with the rest of the side...
[例句] There were signs on Saturday that the team is starting to gel at last...
n. 等级,坡度缓和,分阶段;v. (官阶、质量)等级( grade的现在分词 ), 年级, (考试或作业的)分数, (学生受测试的)技巧水平(尤指音乐方面);
[例句] Dust masks are graded according to the protection they offer...
[例句] South Point College does not grade the students' work.
n. 小颗粒,小硬粒;
[例句] She was spooning coffee granules into cups.
v. 狼吞虎咽,贪婪地吃,飞碟游戏(比赛双方每组5人,相距15码,互相掷接飞碟),毁坏(建筑物等)的内部( gut的第三人称单数 ),取出…的内脏;n. 勇气( gut的名词复数 ),内脏,消化道的下段,肠;
[例句] By the time they finish, the crewmen are standing ankle-deep in fish guts.
[例句] It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.
n. 锤打,锤打的声音;v. 锤打( hammer的现在分词 ),反复敲打,连续击打(尤指发出大声),击败,猛踢;
[例句] He used a hammer and chisel to chip away at the wall.
[例句] To avoid damaging the tree, hammer a wooden peg into the hole...
n. 港口,安全地方,避难所,安息所;vt. 把(船)开进港,为…提供避难场所,掩护;
[例句] It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.
[例句] ...Lake Baringo, a freshwater haven for a mixed variety of birds.
vt. 鼓励,使振作,振奋,鼓舞,振作起来;vi. 振作;
[例句] He will have been heartened by the telephone opinion poll published yesterday...
[例句] The news heartened everybody.
n. 身份,[逻]同一性,个性,[数]恒等(式);
[例句] Abu is not his real name, but it's one he uses to disguise his identity...
[例句] The police soon established his true identity and he was quickly found.
n. 疾病,某种具体疾病,不健康;
[例句] If your child shows any signs of illness, take her to the doctor...
[例句] Mental illness is still a taboo subject.
n. 无能,无力,无才能,无能为力;
[例句] Her inability to concentrate could cause an accident.
[例句] ...the government's inability to provide basic services.
adj. 达不到的,难见到的,不能接近的,无法理解的;
[例句] ...the remote, inaccessible areas of the Andes rainforests.
[例句] The route took us through scenery quite inaccessible to the motorist.