n. 不足额,赤字,亏空,亏损;
[例句] They're ready to cut the federal budget deficit for the next fiscal year.
[例句] ...a deficit of 3.275 billion francs.
n. 宗派,教派,面额,名称;
[例句] Acceptance of women preachers varies greatly from denomination to denomination.
[例句] ...a pile of bank notes, mostly in small denominations.
vt. 行为,举动,把…驱逐出境;
[例句] ...a government decision earlier this month to deport all illegal immigrants...
[例句] More than 240 England football fans are being deported from Italy following riots last night.
vt. 罢免,免职,宣誓作证,废黜(君主等),放置;vi. 宣誓证明;
[例句] Mr Ben Bella was deposed in a coup in 1965...
[例句] Ferdinand Marcos fled to Hawaii in 1986 after being deposed as president of the Philippines.
adj. 侦探的,适于探测的,用于探测的;n. 侦探;
[例句] Detectives are appealing for witnesses who may have seen anything suspicious...
[例句] She hired a private detective in an attempt to find her daughter.
adj. 勤奋的,勤勉的,用功的,费尽心血的;
[例句] Meyers is a diligent and prolific worker...
[例句] The historical research was impressively diligent.
vt. 散布,传播;
[例句] It took years to disseminate information about Aids in Africa...
[例句] They disseminated anti-French propaganda.
adj. 潜伏的,蛰服的,休眠的,静止的,资金没有利用的,权利尚待争取的;
[例句] ...when the long dormant volcano of Mount St Helens erupted in 1980...
[例句] The virus remains dormant in nerve tissue until activated...
adj. 如梦的,梦幻般的,梦想的,轻柔的,恍惚的;
[例句] His face assumed a sort of dreamy expression.
[例句] ...dreamy shots of beautiful sunsets.
adj. 漂流的,飘动的;v. 漂( drift的现在分词 ),吹积,漂泊,浮现;
[例句] We proceeded to drift on up the river...
[例句] The climbing balloon drifted silently over the countryside...
vi. 弯曲,下垂,枯萎;vt. 使…下垂,使颓丧;n. 下垂,消沉;
[例句] Crook's eyelids drooped and he yawned...
[例句] Pale wilting roses drooped from a blue vase.
n. 地震,大变动,动乱;
adj. 特别的,突出的;
[例句] The authorities took especial interest in him because of his trade union work.
n. 兴奋,激动,令人兴奋的事,刺激,振奋;
[例句] Everyone is in a state of great excitement.
[例句] ...the excitement of a thunderstorm...
vt. 是…的典型,例示,举例证明,[法]复印,制成核正誊本;
[例句] The room's style exemplifies Conran's ideal of 'beauty and practicality'.
[例句] ...the emotional expressiveness of modern dance as exemplified by the work of Martha Graham.
vt. 花费,耗尽,用光;
[例句] Children expend a lot of energy and may need more high-energy food than adults.
adj. 财政的,财务的,金融的,有钱的;
[例句] The company is in financial difficulties.
[例句] ...the government's financial advisers.
adj. 坚硬的,坚固的;
[例句] The firm's employees were expecting large bonuses.
[例句] ...a firm of heating engineers.
v. 奉承,自命不凡,使显得更漂亮;
[例句] I knew she was just flattering me.
[例句] ...a story of how the president flattered and feted him into taking his side.
n. 绒毛,软毛,小东西,浮浅的娱乐,[非正式]失误;vt. 使松软,搞糟,失去,忘记或说错了台词;vi. 变得松软,[非正式]忘词;
[例句] ...the nestbox which contained two chicks: just small grey balls of fluff...
[例句] She noticed some bits of fluff on the sleeve of her sweater.