adj. 直接的,尖锐的,深刻的,单刀直入的;
[例句] ...a shrewd operator with an incisive mind...
[例句] She's incredibly incisive, incredibly intelligent.
n. 指示,象征,表明,标示;
[例句] All the indications are that we are going to receive reasonable support from abroad...
[例句] He gave no indication that he was ready to compromise.
vt. 大批出没,成群出现,在…上寄生,寄生于,骚扰;
[例句] ...pests like aphids which infest cereal crops.
[例句] Crime and drugs are infesting the inner cities.
adj. 不能取消的,不可改变的,不能挽回的;
[例句] It may well be worth waiting for better times before making any irrevocable commitment...
[例句] He said the decision was irrevocable.
n. 果汁,肉汁,胃液;
[例句] ...fresh orange juice...
[例句] Soak the couscous overnight in the juice of about six lemons.
n. 陆地( land的名词复数 ),国家,地产,土地;v. (使)登岸( land的第三人称单数 ),降临,使陷于(困境),使不得不应付;
[例句] Good agricultural land is in short supply.
[例句] ...160 acres of land.
n. 皮,皮革,皮革制品;vt. 用皮革包盖,(口)(用皮带等)抽打,制成皮,蒙上皮;adj. 皮的,皮革的,皮革制的;
[例句] He wore a leather jacket and dark trousers.
[例句] ...an impressive range of upholstered furniture, in a choice of fabrics and leathers.
n. 打火机,点火器,点火者,驳船;adj. 较轻的( light的比较级),较淡的;vt. 用驳船运;
adv. 什么时候,(用于时间的表达方式之后)在那时,其时,当时;conj. 在…时,既然,如果;pron. 什么时候,那时;n. 时间,时候,日期,场合;
[例句] When are you going home?...
[例句] When did you get married?...
adj. 在附近的,位于附近的;adv. 附近地,不远地;
[例句] He might easily have been seen by someone who lived nearby...
[例句] He spoke softly to a couple standing nearby...
n. 居住区,周边地区,大约,在…附近;
[例句] It seemed like a good neighbourhood to raise my children.
[例句] He was born and grew up in the Flatbush neighbourhood of Brooklyn...
n. 出租车,滑
[例句] The taxi drew up in front of the Riviera Club...
[例句] He set off by taxi.
n. 葡萄酒,果酒,紫红色,深红色;vt. 请…喝酒;vi. 喝酒;
[例句] ...a bottle of white wine...
[例句] This is a nice wine.
adj. 有前途的,有希望的,光明,有为;
[例句] A school has honoured one of its brightest and most promising former pupils.
n. 快餐,点心,加餐;vi. 吃快餐;
[例句] Lunch was a snack in the fields.
[例句] Do you eat sweets, cakes or sugary snacks?
n. 矛,枪,(某些植物的)嫩枝,貌,标枪;vt. 用矛刺,用鱼叉捉,〈美俚〉得到,捕到,刺,戳;adj. 父系的,右边的;
[例句] Spear a piece of fish with a carving fork and dip it in the batter...
[例句] A police officer was speared to death.
n. 发生,出现,遭遇,事件;
[例句] Complaints seemed to be an everyday occurrence...
[例句] The food queues have become a daily occurrence across the country.
n. 领域,范围,王国,(学术的)部门,界,(动植物分布的)圈,带;
[例句] ...the realm of politics...
[例句] Students' interests are mostly limited to the academic realm.
vt. 驳斥,驳倒,否认真实性;
[例句] It was the kind of rumour that it is impossible to refute.
[例句] Isabelle is quick to refute any suggestion of intellectual snobbery.
n. 教学,教义,所教的东西,学说;adj. 教学的,教导的;v. 教( teach的现在分词),教书,训练,教育;
[例句] The Government funds university teaching.
[例句] ...the teaching of English in schools.