adj. 禁食的;n. 禁食;
[例句] ...fast cars with flashing lights and sirens...
[例句] Brindley was known as a very, very fast driver...
adj. 错误的,有错误的,有过失的,有缺点的,不完美的;
[例句] The money will be used to repair faulty equipment.
[例句] Their interpretation was faulty — they had misinterpreted things.
n. 传真;vt. 传真,传真传输;
[例句] ...a modern reception desk with telephone and fax...
[例句] These days, cartoonists send in their work by fax.
n. 肉片,鱼片,头带,带状物,[建]平缘,木摺,[纹章学] 筋鞘;vt. 用带缚或装饰,把(鱼、肉)切成片;
[例句] ...fillet of beef with shallots.
[例句] ...chicken breast fillets.
vt. 鞭打,鞭策,迫使;
[例句] They are trying to flog their house.
[例句] In these places people starved, were flogged, were clubbed to death...
vt. (用不实之词)搪塞,( 把劣质的或不想要的商品) 骗售给,欺骗(某人)接受(不值钱的东西等),用欺骗手段卖掉(冒牌货等);n. 怀表短链,怀表带,钥匙圈上的小饰物;
[例句] I've asked her about it but she fobs me off...
[例句] Don't be fobbed off with excuses.
vt. 履行(诺言等),执行(命令等),达到(目的),使结束;
n. 贪食者,贪图者,酷爱…的人,狼獾;
[例句] I can't control my eating. It's hard when people don't understand and call you a glutton.
[例句] He was a glutton for hard work...
n. 锣,钟状物,〈俚〉奖章,纪念章;v. 发出锣声,鸣锣阻止汽车前进;
[例句] On the stroke of seven, a gong summons guests into the dining-room.
[例句] Spike Milligan has finally got the gong he had been promised.
adv. 非常,十足地,下流地,大略;
[例句] The company were guilty of gross negligence.
[例句] ...an act of gross injustice.
adj. 偶然的,随意的,无计划的,任意的,胡乱的;n. 偶然,偶然事件,偶然性,任意性;adv. 偶然地,随意地,无计划地,杂乱无章地;
[例句] The investigation does seem haphazard...
[例句] He had never seen such a haphazard approach to filmmaking as Roberto's.
adj. 有薄雾的,模糊的,朦胧的,不清楚的,糊涂的;
[例句] The air was thin and crisp, filled with hazy sunshine and frost...
[例句] The floodlights were hazy behind the slanting rain.
n. 残骸,外壳,笨重的大船,废船船体,巨大笨重的人(物);vi. 赫然显现,笨重地移动;
[例句] ...the ruined hulk of the old church tower...
[例句] I could make out the gutted hulk of the tanker.
n. 结冰,糖衣,酥皮,[航]飞机外身的霜冻;v. 结冰(ice的现在分词);
[例句] ...a birthday cake with yellow icing.
[例句] The third goal was the icing on the cake.
n. 理想主义,理想化,唯心主义;
[例句] She never lost her respect for the idealism of the 1960s...
[例句] This experience has tempered their idealism.
n. 习语,成语,方言,土语,(语言)风格,惯用语法;
[例句] McCartney was also keen to write in a classical idiom, rather than a pop one...
[例句] It was an old building in the local idiom.
adj. 没有人情味的,非个人的,和个人无关的,不具人格的,一般性的,[语]非人称的;n. [语]非人称动词,非人称代名词,不具人格的事物;
[例句] Before then many children were cared for in large impersonal orphanages...
[例句] The health service has been criticized for being too impersonal.
adj. 无双的,无敌的,无比的,无可比拟,无与伦比;
[例句] ...a play starring the incomparable Edith Evans...
[例句] The views from the house are incomparable.
adj. 错误的,不正确的,不能接受的,(说话或举止)不合规矩的;
[例句] He denied that his evidence about the telephone call was incorrect...
[例句] People often have incorrect information about food.
adj. 在职的,义不容辞的,靠在[压在]上面的,弯垂下来的;n. 在职者,教会中的任职者,〈英〉教区牧师;
[例句] In general, incumbents have a 94 per cent chance of being reelected.
[例句] It is incumbent upon all of us to make an extra effort.