n. 必需品,要素,要件;adj. 需要的,必要的;
[例句] She filled in the requisite paperwork.
[例句] An understanding of accounting techniques is a major requisite for the work of the analysts.
adj. 残余的,残留的;n. 剩余,残渣;
[例句] ...residual radiation from nuclear weapons testing...
[例句] Turn the hotplate off and allow the residual heat to keep the mixture simmering.
n. 仓库,货栈,批发商店,福利库;vt. 把…放入或存入仓库,把…存入保税仓库,不良安置;
n. 细看,细阅,仔细的观察,监督;
[例句] His private life came under media scrutiny...
[例句] The President promised a government open to public scrutiny.
vt. 使(某人)安静,息怒,抚慰,在(有战争的地区、国家等)实现和平;
[例句] Is this a serious step, or is this just something to pacify the critics?...
[例句] She shrieked again, refusing to be pacified.
adj. 危险的,冒险的;
[例句] ...a perilous journey across the war-zone...
[例句] The road grew even steeper and more perilous.
adj. 异常的,惊人的,巨大的,庞大的,奇异的,非常的;
[例句] This business generates cash in prodigious amounts...
[例句] He impressed all who met him with his prodigious memory.
adj. 使人精神焕发的,提神的,使人耳目一新的;v. 使恢复,使振作(refresh的现在分词);
[例句] It's refreshing to hear somebody speaking common sense...
[例句] It made a refreshing change to see a good old-fashioned movie.
adj. 不懈的,坚韧的,不屈不挠的,不间断的,未减轻的;
[例句] The pressure now was relentless.
[例句] Relentless in his pursuit of quality, his technical ability was remarkable...
n. 地形学,地形测量学,地
[例句] The topography of the river's basin has changed significantly since the floods.
adj. 精炼的,精制的,经过改良的,举止优雅的;v. 精炼( refine的过去式和过去分词),精制,使纯净,使文雅高尚;
[例句] ...refined sugar.
[例句] ...refined and well-dressed ladies...
n. 租费,租金额,租用,出租;adj. 租用的,出租的;
[例句] We can organise car rental from Chicago O'Hare Airport.
[例句] ...Scotland's largest video rental company.
adj. 豪华的,奢侈的,腆,美奂美轮;
[例句] ...a sumptuous feast...
[例句] She produces elegant wedding gowns in a variety of sumptuous fabrics.
vt.& vi. (使)蒸发,(使)汽化;vi. 说大话,自吹自擂;
[例句] The benzene vaporized and formed a huge cloud of gas...
[例句] The blast may have vaporised the meteorite.
adj. (疾病)大流行的,普遍的,全世界的;n. (全国或全球性)流行病,大流行病;
[例句] They feared a new cholera pandemic...
[例句] One pandemic of Spanish flu took nearly 22 million lives worldwide.
vt. 研读,(尤指)细阅;
[例句] We perused the company's financial statements for the past five years...
[例句] She found the information while she was perusing a copy of Life magazine.
vi. (马)腾跃;n. (马的)腾跃,欢蹦乱跳,昂首阔步;
[例句] He was horrified at the thought of his son prancing about on a stage in tights.
[例句] Their horses pranced and whinnied.
vt. 提供,贡献,提出,提出参见;n. 提供,贡献,提供的行为,提议;
[例句] He rose and proffered a silver box full of cigarettes.
[例句] The army has not yet proffered an explanation of how and why the accident happened.
n. 臭鼬,臭鼬毛皮,卑鄙的人,可恶的人;vt. 使惨败,使得零分,烂醉如泥;
n. 用以慰藉或讨好某人的事物,泡湿的面包片等;vt. 将(面包等)在液体中蘸或浸泡,用海绵、布等吸起(液体等);
[例句] This is an obvious sop to the large Irish-American audience...
[例句] The government parties may be tempted to throw a few sops to the right-wingers.