vt. 认为…是,把…归于,把…品质归于某人,认为某事[物]属于某人[物];
[例句] Women tend to attribute their success to external causes such as luck.
[例句] People were beginning to attribute superhuman qualities to him.
adj. 明确的,一定的,肯定,有把握;
[例句] It's too soon to give a definite answer...
[例句] Her Royal Highness has definite views about most things...
n. 悲痛,危难,不幸,贫困,[法]扣押财物;vt. 使痛苦,使忧伤,[法]扣押(财物),使贫困;
[例句] Jealousy causes distress and painful emotions.
[例句] Her mouth grew stiff with pain and distress.
vi. 飘动,鼓
[例句] Her chiffon skirt was fluttering in the night breeze.
[例句] ...a butterfly fluttering its wings.
n. 地基,基础,基金(会),粉底;
[例句] Best friends are the foundation of my life...
[例句] The issue strikes at the very foundation of our community...
n. 成果,水果,果实,(大地的)产物;vi. 树或花草结果;vt. 使…结果实;
[例句] Fresh fruit and vegetables provide fibre and vitamins.
[例句] ...bananas and other tropical fruits...
adj. 将来的,未来的,[语法学]将来时的,将来发生的;n. 将来,未来,未来的事,前途;
[例句] The spokesman said no decision on the proposal was likely in the immediate future...
[例句] He was making plans for the future...
n. 堆,堆积,许多,大量,破车;vt. 扔成一堆,完全填满,灌满,大量或奢侈的赠予;
[例句] ...a heap of bricks...
[例句] ...a compost heap...
vt. 强加,征税,以…欺骗;vi. 利用,欺骗,施加影响;
[例句] Britain imposed fines on airlines which bring in passengers without proper papers...
[例句] Many companies have imposed a pay freeze...
vt. 把…借给,贷(款),贡献,给予,适于;vi. 增加,增添,给…增加,给予;
[例句] The bank is reassessing its criteria for lending money...
[例句] I had to lend him ten pounds to take his children to the pictures.
vi. 存放,暂住,埋入,(权利、权威等)归属;vt. 提出(报告、要求、申诉等),容纳,寄存,把(权利、权威等)授予;n. 小屋,草屋,(北美印第安人的)帐篷,(森林、猎场等的)看守小屋,(学校、工厂等的)传达室;
[例句] ...a Victorian hunting lodge.
[例句] ...a ski lodge.
adj. 有耐性的,能容忍的;n. 患者,病人,病号;
[例句] The earlier the treatment is given, the better the patient's chances...
[例句] She was tough but wonderful with her patients...
n. 准备,预备,准备工作,配制品,制剂;
[例句] Rub the surface of the wood in preparation for the varnish...
[例句] Few things distracted the Pastor from the preparation of his weekly sermons...
v. 购买,采购,换得,依靠机械力移动;n. 购买,购买行为,购置物,紧握;
[例句] He purchased a ticket and went up on the top deck...
[例句] Most of those shares were purchased from brokers.
vt. 继续,追求,进行,追捕;vi. 追,追赶,继续进
[例句] It became harder for women married to diplomats to pursue their own interests...
[例句] He said Japan would continue to pursue the policies laid down at the London summit...
n. 现实,现实性,真实情况,实际情形,实体,实在,事实;
[例句] Fiction and reality were increasingly blurred...
[例句] Psychiatrists become too caught up in their theories to deal adequately with reality.
vt. 恢复,重新获得,找回,恢复(适当的状态或位置);vi. 恢复健康(体力、能力等);
[例句] He is recovering from a knee injury...
[例句] A policeman was recovering in hospital last night after being stabbed...
n. 被捕食的动物,捕食(习性),受害者,受骗者;vi. 捕食,(疾病等)使人慢慢衰弱,折磨,(人)靠欺诈为生;
[例句] Electric rays stun their prey with huge electrical discharges...
[例句] These animals were the prey of hyenas.
adj. 外国的,相异的,异已的,不相容的;n. 外国人,外侨,局外人,外星人;vt. 让渡,转让,疏远,离间;
[例句] He said they were opposed to the presence of alien forces in the region.
[例句] His work offers an insight into an alien culture.
vt.& vi. 乞讨,恳求(原谅),回避(问题);
[例句] I begged him to come back to England with me...
[例句] I begged to be allowed to leave...