n. 穷凶极恶,弥天大罪,巨大,极大;
[例句] I was numbed by the enormity of the responsibility...
[例句] He was anxious about the enormity of the task ahead.
vt. 激怒,使暴怒;
[例句] He was enraged by news of plans to demolish the pub...
[例句] He enraged the government by renouncing the agreement.
n. 使节,外交官,全权公使,谈判代表,书后,结尾诗节;
n. 估计, 评价, 判断,尊敬;
[例句] He has gone down considerably in my estimation.
[例句] ...Lee Dixon, the best player on the pitch in his manager's estimation.
n. 撤空,撤离,撤退,疏散;
[例句] They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country...
[例句] Since 1951, 18,000 people have been evacuated from the area.
adj. 目前的,现存的;v. 存在( exist的现在分词),持续存在;
[例句] ...the need to improve existing products and develop new lines...
[例句] Existing timbers are replaced or renewed...
vt. 删除(书等中的)令人反感的成分,修订,删去(不当处);
[例句] He heavily expurgated the work in its second edition.
v. 挤压出,挤压成,突出,伸出;vt.& vi. (被)挤压出,排出,喷出;vt. (把金属或塑料)挤压成,压制;
[例句] These crystals are then embedded in a plastic, and the plastic is extruded as a wire...
[例句] I work in the extruded tube business.
n. 褪色,枯萎,衰退;v. (使)褪去( fade的现在分词 ),逐渐消逝,逐渐消失,(运动员、运动队、演员等)走下坡路;
[例句] All colour fades — especially under the impact of direct sunlight...
[例句] No matter how soft the light is, it still plays havoc, fading carpets and curtains in every room.
adv. 更远地,较远地,在更大程度上,进一步;adj. 更远的,远的( far的比较级),遥远的,(某方向的)最远的;
n. 战士(尤指士兵或拳击者),[航]战斗机,歼击机,斗争者,奋斗者,好斗的人;
[例句] From the start it was clear this tiny girl was a real fighter.
[例句] ...a tough little street fighter.
n. 过滤,筛选,滤清,滤除;
[例句] This enzyme would make the filtration of beer easier.
[例句] ...water filtration systems.
vi. 调情,打情骂俏,玩弄,轻率地对待,摆动;vt. 挥动,忽然弹出;n. 急投,摆动,调情的人,卖弄风情者,急扔;
[例句] Dad's flirting with all the ladies, or they're all flirting with him, as usual...
[例句] He flirts outrageously.
adj. 繁荣的,欣欣向荣的,茂盛的,盛行的;v. 茂盛,繁荣( flourish的现在分词 ),兴旺发达,挥动;
[例句] Business flourished and within six months they were earning 18,000 roubles a day...
[例句] Racism and crime still flourish in the ghetto.
vt. 预言,预示;
[例句] ...prophets who have foretold the end of the world.
vt.& vi. (使布、绳等)磨损,磨破,使(关系,神经等)紧张,〈古〉吓唬,使惊恐,〈古〉吵架,打架;n. 打斗,争吵,争辩,(织物等的)磨损处;
[例句] The fabric is very fine or frays easily...
[例句] The stitching had begun to fray at the edges...
n. 惊恐,沮丧,懦夫;vt. (因恐惧)避开(某事物),害怕,使闻到刺鼻的味道;vi. 畏缩,发出刺鼻臭味;
[例句] ...a mixture of experimental jazz, soul and funk.
[例句] He was in a blue funk! Worse than me!...
n. (动植物的)属,类,种,型;
n. 现场演奏会,工作,轻便双轮马车,gigabyte 千兆字节;v. 乘轻便二轮马车,用鱼叉叉,记过处分,特约演奏;
[例句] The two bands join forces for a gig at the Sheffield Arena on November 28...
[例句] He supplemented his income with occasional comedy gigs.
adj. 巨大的,庞大的,巨人似的,硕大无比,排山倒海;
[例句] ...gigantic rocks...
[例句] A gigantic task of national reconstruction awaits us.