adj. 帝国的,皇帝的,皇家的,庄严的,特级的,度量衡英制的;n. 纸张尺寸,通常是23×23英寸,特大号,特级品,一小绺胡须,马车的车顶;
[例句] ...the Imperial Palace in Tokyo...
[例句] They executed Russia's imperial family in 1918.
adj. 不礼貌的,失礼的,粗鲁的,不客气,悖礼,非
[例句] It is impolite to ask too many questions.
[例句] It would be most ungracious and impolite to refuse a simple invitation to supper with him.
adj. 粗鲁的,无礼的,无耻;
[例句] Some of them were impudent and insulting.
vt. 刺激,激励,煽动,促使;
[例句] He incited his fellow citizens to take their revenge...
[例句] The party agreed not to incite its supporters to violence...
v. 增加,增大,增多( increase的现在分词 ),增强,增进,[缝纫]放(针),增强;
[例句] The population continues to increase...
[例句] Japan's industrial output increased by 2%...
n. 不平等,不均等,[数]不等式,变动,变化,不相
[例句] People are concerned about social inequality...
[例句] Blacks have been hurt by racial inequalities in housing and education.
adj. 无害的,平淡无味的;
[例句] Both mushrooms look innocuous but are in fact deadly...
[例句] Even seemingly innocuous words are offensive in certain contexts.
adj. 不足的,不够的,绌,亏短,支
[例句] He decided there was insufficient evidence to justify criminal proceedings...
[例句] These efforts were insufficient to contain the burgeoning crisis.
n. 中断,打断,障碍物,打岔的事;
[例句] Turkin tapped him on the shoulder. 'Sorry to interrupt, Colonel.'...
[例句] He tried to speak, but she interrupted him.
adj. 隔离的,孤独的,单独的,偏远的;v. 使隔离(isolate的过去式和过去分词),使孤立,使绝缘,脱离;
[例句] Many of the refugee villages are in isolated areas...
[例句] Aubrey's family's farm is very isolated.
n. 玉,翡翠,翡翠色,劣马,驽马,[宝] 碧玉;adj. 玉制的,翡翠色的,绿玉色的;v. (使)疲,(使)疲惫不堪,(使)精疲力尽;
vt. 推挤,撞,使激动,与…竞争,争夺,贴近;vi. 竞争,争夺,推挤;n. 拥挤,推撞;
[例句] You get 2,000 people jostling each other and bumping into furniture...
[例句] We spent an hour jostling with the crowds as we did our shopping...
vt. (使)混乱,杂乱,使困惑;vi. 纷乱;n. 杂乱的一堆,一团乱,待义卖的杂旧物;
[例句] The shoreline was made up of a jumble of huge boulders.
[例句] ...a meaningless jumble of words.
n. 键盘,琴键,电子琴;vt. 用键盘输入,用键盘式排字机排字;vi. 用键盘进行操作,作键盘式排字机排字;
[例句] Tanya's hands rippled over the keyboard.
[例句] ...Sean O'Hagan on keyboards.
n. 云雀,百灵鸟,玩笑,嬉戏;vi. 捉云雀,嬉戏;
[例句] The children thought it was a great lark...
[例句] The chances are that the thief will be under 21 and doing it for a lark...
n. 避风处,庇护所;adj. 背风的,保护的,庇荫的;
[例句] ...the cathedral, which nestles in the lee of a hill beneath the town...
[例句] The sea started to ease as we came under Cuba's lee.
n. 水蛭,蚂蟥,榨取他人脂膏者,〈古〉医师;v. 用水蛭吸血,依附并榨取;
[例句] They're just a bunch of leeches cadging off others!
vt. 用力拖拉;n. 手柄,(英)耳朵,突出部,笨家伙;
[例句] Nobody wants to lug around huge suitcases full of clothes...
[例句] I hastily packed the hamper and lugged it to the car.
n. 木材,隆隆声,废物;vt.& vi. 砍伐,笨重地行进,胡乱堆积;
[例句] It was made of soft lumber, spruce by the look of it...
[例句] He was going to have to purchase all his lumber at full retail price.
adj. 发光的,明亮的,清楚的,辉赫;
[例句] The luminous dial on the clock showed five minutes to seven.
[例句] ...one of the most luminous and unstable stars in our Galaxy.