n. 变形,[语]词的变形,[地]金属等(在压力作用下)变形,形态损伤,形状损毁;
[例句] Bad rheumatoid arthritis deforms limbs...
[例句] ...the ability of a metal to deform to a new shape without cracking.
n. 考虑,深思熟虑,评议,审议,(言语、行动等的)从容,沉着,慎重;
[例句] After much deliberation, a decision was reached...
[例句] After five minutes of deliberation, he was found guilty of murdering the president.
n. 仓库,火车站或汽车站,航空站,[军]补给站;v. 把…存放在储藏处;adj. 药性持久的;
[例句] ...food depots.
[例句] ...a government arms depot.
n. 详细资料,详述( detail的名词复数 ),(照片、绘画等的)细部,细目,各种细节;
[例句] The details of the plan are still being worked out...
[例句] No details of the discussions have been given...
n. 洗涤剂,去垢剂;
vt. 使显得威严, 使高贵, 使显赫,夸大;
[例句] Tragic literature dignifies sorrow and disaster...
[例句] The gatepost was dignified by the weathered brass plate of Dr Harcourt Sibley.
n. 笔直,率直,直接;
[例句] They'd come on a direct flight from Athens.
[例句] ...the direct route from Amman to Bombay.
adj. 灾难性的,损失惨重的,极坏的,悲惨的;
[例句] ...the recent, disastrous earthquake...
[例句] The effect on coffee prices has been disastrous for the producers.
n. 圆盘,唱片,磁盘;
[例句] Most shredding machines are based on a revolving disc fitted with replaceable blades.
[例句] I had slipped a disc and was frozen in a spasm of pain.
vi. 下车,下马;
[例句] Emma dismounted and took her horse's bridle.
n. 溶解,融化,(社团等)解散, 离婚,腐朽,崩溃;
[例句] He stayed on until the dissolution of the firm in 1948...
[例句] Politicians say it could lead to a dissolution of parliament.
n. 公爵,君主,(pl.)拳头,[植]公爵樱桃;vi. 战斗;
[例句] ...the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.
adj. 地球的,地上的,尘世的,世俗的,可能的;
[例句] ...the need to confront evil during the earthly life...
[例句] They lived in an earthly paradise.
n. (水、烟等的)漩涡,涡流;vt.& vi. 起漩涡,旋转;
[例句] The dust whirled and eddied in the sunlight...
[例句] The crowds were eddying into the road.
vt. 逃避,使…迷惑,理解不了,抓不到;
[例句] Sleep eluded her...
[例句] At 62, Brian found the celebrity and status that had eluded him for so long.
n. 企(事)业单位,事业,计划,事业心,进取心;
[例句] There are plenty of small industrial enterprises.
[例句] ...the integration of farming enterprises.
adj. 种族的,部落的,某文化群体的;n. 少数民族的成员;
[例句] ...a survey of Britain's ethnic minorities.
[例句] ...ethnic tensions.
adj. 永久的,永恒的,接连不断,不断的,冗长的,使人厌烦的,[植]干后花的形状颜色不变的;n. 永久,无穷,〈英〉牢固耐久的毛呢,[植]蜡菊,蝶须,鼠曲草;
[例句] ...a message of peace and everlasting life.
[例句] I have loved you with an everlasting love!...
adj. 费劲的,需细致小心的,(标准)严格的,(对别人)严格的;v. 要求( exact的现在分词 ),苛求,迫使,强迫;
[例句] The Duke was not well enough to carry out such an exacting task...
[例句] Privately they seem to have the same exacting standards.
vt. 优于,擅长;vi. 胜过;
[例句] Caine has always been an actor who excels in irony...
[例句] Mary was a better rider than either of them and she excelled at outdoor sports...