adj. 幽默的,滑稽的,风趣的,谐;
[例句] He was quite humorous, and I liked that about him.
[例句] ...a humorous magazine.
adj. 无礼的,莽撞的,不切题的,不中肯的;
[例句] Would it be impertinent to ask where exactly you were?...
[例句] I don't like strangers who ask impertinent questions.
vt. 牵涉,涉及(某人),表明(或意指)…是起因,暗示;n. 包含的东西;
[例句] Allegations had appeared in the press implicating the army and police in some of the killings...
[例句] He was obliged to resign when one of his own aides was implicated in a financial scandal...
n. 进口,输入,进口货,输入物;
[例句] Britain last year spent nearly £5000 million more on importing food than selling abroad...
[例句] To import from Russia, a Ukrainian firm needs Russian roubles.
adj. 不大可能是真实的,不大可能的,未必确实的,未必会发生的,非概然;
[例句] ...a highly improbable coincidence...
[例句] It seems improbable that this year's figure will fall much below last year's 75,000.
adj. 无生命的,无生气的, 无精打采的, 单调的;
[例句] He thought of the baby almost as an inanimate object.
vt. 使无能力,使不适合;
[例句] A serious fall incapacitated the 68-year-old congressman.
adj. 土生土长的,生来的,固有的,本地的,根生土长;
[例句] ...the country's indigenous population.
[例句] ...animals that are indigenous to Asia.
vt. 把…强加给,使承受,遭受,给予(打击等),处以刑罚,加刑;
[例句] Rebels say they have inflicted heavy casualties on government forces...
[例句] ...the damage being inflicted on Britain's industries by the recession...
n. 安装,装置,永久性军事基地,就
[例句] The building was turned into a secret military installation.
[例句] ...a nuclear installation.
n. 指导者,教师;
[例句] ...tuition from an approved driving instructor.
adj. 有意的,预期的;n. 已订婚者;v. 打算(intend的过去式和过去分词),意指;
[例句] The intended target had been a military building...
[例句] Keith hoped the obvious sarcasm would have its intended effect...
vt. 使无效,使作废,证明…错误,使站不住脚;
[例句] Any form of physical activity will invalidate the results...
[例句] Some of the other criticisms were invalidated years ago.
n. 发明家,创造者,发明者;
[例句] ...Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone.
n. 离子;
adv. 共同地,联合地,连带地,旅;
[例句] She and Frank had never gotten around to opening a joint account...
[例句] Jackie and Ben came to a joint decision as to where they would live.
vi. 突出,伸出;vt. 使伸出,使突出;n. 突出,突出物;
[例句] The northern end of the island juts out like a long, thin finger into the sea...
[例句] Tombstones jutted out of the ground in broken clusters...
adj. (乐器)有键的,定好音调的,与…相宜的;
[例句] They put the key in the door and entered...
[例句] She reached for her coat and car keys.
adj. 有节的,多节的,棘手的;
[例句] One lace had broken and been tied in a knot.
[例句] He knotted the laces securely together...
n. 词典,专门词汇;
[例句] ...the lexicon of management...
[例句] Chocolate equals sin in most people's lexicon.