n. 匕首,短剑;vt. 用剑刺;
[例句] She and her mother were at daggers drawn.
vt.& vi. (使)变暗,(使)模糊;
[例句] The sky darkened abruptly...
[例句] She had put on her make-up and darkened her eyelashes.
vt. 涂抹;
[例句] The make-up woman daubed mock blood on Jeremy...
[例句] They sent death threats and daubed his home with slogans...
vt. 嘲笑,愚弄,嘲弄;
[例句] Opposition MPs derided the Government's response to the crisis...
[例句] This theory is widely derided by conventional scientists.
n. 人名地址录,(电话)号码簿,(计算机文件或程序的)目录;adj. 指导的,指挥的,咨询的,管理的;
[例句] ...a telephone directory.
[例句] This option lets you create new files or directories.
n. 瓦解,崩溃,裂变,蜕变;
[例句] During October 1918 the Austro-Hungarian Empire began to disintegrate.
[例句] At 420mph the windscreen disintegrated.
vt. 反驳,证明…是虚假的;
[例句] The statistics to prove or disprove his hypothesis will take years to collect.
vt. 泄露,暴露,揭发,公布,宣布;
[例句] Officials refuse to divulge details of the negotiations...
[例句] He was charged with divulging state secrets...
adj. 昏昏欲睡的,沉寂的,催眠的,呆滞的;
[例句] He felt pleasantly drowsy and had to fight off the urge to sleep.
num. 八,八个,第八;n. 八,八人(或物)一组,八人划船队;adj. 八个的;
[例句] So far eight workers have been killed.
n. 尽力,竭力;vi.&vt. 努力,竭力;
[例句] I will endeavour to arrange it...
[例句] They are endeavouring to protect trade union rights.
adj. 开明的,有知识的,有见识的,进步的;v. 启发,开
[例句] Enlightened companies include its human resources in their estimation of the firm's worth.
[例句] ...an enlightened policy.
n. 享乐者;adj. 好美食的,爱奢侈享受的;
[例句] ...an epicurean dish.
adj. 变化小的,宁静的,温和的,稳定的;
[例句] He was a man of the most equable temper...
[例句] He was a fine person to work with and he was very equable and a patient man.
adv. 相等地,平等地,公正地,平均;
[例句] A bank's local market share tends to be divided equally between the local branch and branches located elsewhere...
[例句] Try to get into the habit of eating at least three small meals a day, at equally spaced intervals.
n. 指数,典型,说明者,样品,说明物;adj. 说明的,讲解的;
[例句] ...a leading exponent of test-tube baby techniques.
[例句] ...the great exponent of expressionist dance, Kurt Jooss.
adj. 极好的,极妙的,(美貌)惊人的,寓言般的,难以置信的;
[例句] This is a fabulous album. It's fresh, varied, fun...
[例句] The scenery and weather were fabulous.
adj. 谬误的,虚妄的,欺骗的 ,靠不住的;
[例句] Their main argument is fallacious.
n. 告别,欢送,欢送会,告别辞;int. 再见,再会,一路平安;adj. 告别的,送行的;
n. 小谎,无关紧要的谎话,惯撒小谎的人;vi. 撒小谎;
[例句] She told innocent fibs like anyone else.
[例句] He laughs loudly when I accuse him of fibbing.