n. 弹弓,石弩,飞机弹射器,弹射座椅;vt. 用弩炮发射,用弹弓射,用弹射器发射,猛投;vi. 用弹射器弹射,快速移动;
[例句] We've all seen enough dummies catapulting through windscreens in TV warnings to know the dangers of not wearing seat belts...
[例句] He was catapulted into the side of the van.
n. (-)阴极,负极;
adj. 混沌的,一片混乱的,一团糟的,无秩序的;
[例句] My own house feels as filthy and chaotic as a bus terminal...
[例句] Mullins began to rummage among the chaotic mess of papers on his desk.
n. 凹面,成凹形;adj. 凹的;vt. 使成凹形;
[例句] ...a concave stomach.
[例句] ...the concave bottom of an empty hair spray container.
vi. 同意,互助,同时发生,共同作用;
[例句] Local feeling does not necessarily concur with the press...
[例句] Daniels and Franklin concurred in an investigator's suggestion that the police be commended...
adj. 有传染性的,传染病的,有感染力的,会蔓延的;
[例句] ...a highly contagious disease of the lungs.
[例句] Laughing is contagious...
n. 教养,栽培,耕作,(关系的)培植;
[例句] She also cultivated a small garden of her own.
[例句] ...the few patches of cultivated land.
n. (用作称呼)亲爱的,心爱的人,倍受宠爱的人,亲切友好的的人;adj. 倍受喜爱的,可爱的,迷人的;
[例句] Thank you, darling...
[例句] Oh darling, I love you.
vt. 认为,视为,主张,断定;vi. 认为,视为,以为,作某种评价;
[例句] French and German were deemed essential...
[例句] He says he would support the use of force if the UN deemed it necessary...
n. 顺从,依从,尊重,敬重;
[例句] The old sense of deference and restraint in royal reporting has vanished...
[例句] Out of deference to him, I lowered my head as he prayed.
adv. 故意地,深思熟虑地,从容不迫地;
[例句] It has a deliberate policy to introduce world art to Britain...
[例句] Witnesses say the firing was deliberate and sustained.
vt. 使恶化;vi. 恶化,变坏;
[例句] There are fears that the situation might deteriorate into full-scale war...
[例句] The weather conditions are deteriorating...
n. 区别,分化,分异,衍进,求导数;
[例句] A child may not differentiate between his imagination and the real world...
[例句] At this age your baby cannot differentiate one person from another.
adj. 数字的,数据的,手指的,指状的;n. 手指,(钢琴等的)琴键,数字;
[例句] The new digital technology would allow a rapid expansion in the number of TV channels.
[例句] ...a digital display.
vi. 离题,岔开话题;adj. 离题的,枝节的;
[例句] I've digressed a little to explain the situation so far, so let me now recap...
[例句] She digressed from her prepared speech to pay tribute to the President.
adj. 残废的,有缺陷的;v. 使无能力( disable的过去式和过去分词),使残废,使伤残,使无效;
[例句] ...practical problems encountered by disabled people in the workplace.
vt. 剥夺,脱去(衣服),2。从…取去…,1。(给某人)脱衣服;
[例句] The company divested itself of its oil interests.
[例句] ...in the 1960s, when sexual love had been divested of sin...
adj. 温顺的,驯服的,易驾驭的,驯化;
[例句] ...docile, obedient children...
[例句] They wanted a low-cost, docile workforce.
adj. 半信半疑的,犹豫不决的,可疑的,暧昧的,含糊的,不可靠的;
[例句] This claim seems to us to be rather dubious...
[例句] Soho was still a highly dubious area...
n. 雇工,雇员,职工;
[例句] He is an employee of Fuji Bank...
[例句] Many of its employees are women.