n. 危险(性)( risk的名词复数 ),风险,引起危险的事物,(风险很小或很大的)被保险人;
[例句] There is a small risk of brain damage from the procedure...
[例句] In all the confusion, there's a serious risk that the main issues will be forgotten.
n. 年龄( age的名词复数 ),时代,老年,年龄段;v. (使)长大( age的第三人称单数 ),使显老,使变老,使苍老;
[例句] She has a nephew who is just ten years of age...
[例句] At the age of sixteen he qualified for a place at the University of Hamburg...
n. 开玩笑的言行,戏谑;v. 愚弄,耍弄( fool的现在分词 ),欺骗,开玩笑,说蠢话,干傻事(常为逗乐);
[例句] 'You fool!' she shouted...
[例句] He'd been a fool to get involved with her!
n. 等级,评估,评价,极限,收听率,收视率;v. 估价( rate的现在分词),定级;
[例句] ...a value-for-money rating of ten out of ten...
[例句] New public opinion polls show the president's approval rating at its lowest point since he took office.
adv. 安全地,牢固地,被妥善保管地,有把握地;
[例句] Federal leaders continued their efforts to secure a ceasefire...
[例句] Graham's achievements helped secure him the job.
vt. 复得,重回,回收,恢复(失物、失地、健康等);n. 收复,取回;
[例句] Troops have regained control of the city...
[例句] It took him a while to regain his composure.
vt. 数量多于,比…多;
[例句] ...a town where men outnumber women four to one...
[例句] Donkeys outnumber cars in this landscape of tiny stonewalled fields.
n. 压迫,被压迫的状态,压迫物,沉闷,苦
[例句] ...an attempt to escape political oppression.
[例句] ...the oppression of the 19th-century poor by the rich.
转弯,回转;
[例句] He saw the corner of a magazine sticking out from under the blanket...
[例句] Write 'By Airmail' in the top left hand corner.
adv. 激烈地,暴力地,狂暴地,极度地;
[例句] A quarter of current inmates have committed violent crimes.
[例句] ...violent anti-government demonstrations...
v. 浸( dip的过去式和过去分词 ),(把烛芯浸在融蜡里)制造(蜡烛),把(汽车前灯)的远光调为近光,洗药水浴;
[例句] They dip the food into the sauce...
[例句] Quickly dip the base in and out of cold water.
v. 滑( slip的第三人称单数 ),滑脱,下降,(健康状况等)变差;
[例句] He had slipped on an icy pavement...
[例句] Be careful not to slip.
n. 流氓,无赖,调皮捣蛋的人人,离群的野兽;vt. 欺骗,[农]去劣;vi. [农]淘汰劣种,流浪;
[例句] Mr Ward wasn't a rogue at all.
[例句] ...Falstaff, the loveable rogue.
n. 尊敬,敬畏,敬礼,受尊敬,尊严;vt. 尊敬,崇敬,敬畏;
[例句] ...showing a deep reverence for their religion.
adj. 重大的,重要的,严重的;
[例句] Surely such weighty matters merit a higher level of debate?
[例句] Simon lifted a weighty volume from the shelf.
n. 增加,就职,增加物,(对同盟、国际条约等的)正式加入;
[例句] ...the 50th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne.
[例句] ...Namibia's accession to the Lome convention.
vt. 判决,宣判,当…的评判员(或裁判员、仲裁人);n. 判决,宣判,裁判员);
[例句] ...a commissioner to adjudicate on legal rights...
[例句] The international court of justice might be a suitable place to adjudicate claims.
vt. 使受痛苦,折磨,使苦
[例句] Italy has been afflicted by political corruption for decades...
[例句] There are two main problems which afflict people with hearing impairments...
n. 下午,后期,后部;
[例句] He's arriving in the afternoon...
[例句] He had stayed in his room all afternoon.
n. 过道,通道,侧廊,耳堂,狭长的通路;
[例句] He started down the centre aisle.
[例句] ...the frozen food aisle.