n. 进口,进口商品,输入,重要性,意义;vt. 输入,进口,对…有重大关系,意味着;vi. 具重要性;
[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.
n. 医学,药物,有功效的东西,良药;
[例句] He pursued a career in medicine...
[例句] I was interested in alternative medicine and becoming an aromatherapist...
n. 山,山岳,山脉,一大堆,大量;
[例句] Ben Nevis, in Scotland, is Britain's highest mountain.
[例句] ...a lovely little mountain village.
n. 新闻,消息,(可当作新闻内容的)人,物;
[例句] We waited and waited for news of him...
[例句] They still haven't had any news about when they'll be able to go home...
vt.& vi. 唱,歌唱,吟诵;vi. (鸟)鸣,嗡嗡叫,呜呜作响,发嗖嗖声;v. 耳鸣,〈诗〉作诗,歌颂,赞美,称赞,唱着使…;n. 呜呜声,嗖嗖声,〈美口〉歌唱会;
[例句] I can't sing...
[例句] I sing about love most of the time...
adv. 从不,从来没有,一点也不,决不,不会…吧,没有,不曾;
[例句] I have never lost the weight I put on in my teens...
[例句] Never had he been so free of worry...
det. 这样的,那样的,如此,这样;
[例句] There have been previous attempts at coups. We regard such methods as entirely unacceptable...
[例句] You say you feel that you're being made to choose, and so you are. Such choices as this are a by-product of freedom...
n. 器具,工具,(有助于做工或完成某事的)用具,受人利用的人,压印机;vt. 用工具给…加工,压印,驾车到处跑;vi. 使用工具,开车,乘车;
[例句] I find the best tool for the purpose is a pair of shears.
[例句] Writing is a good tool for discharging overwhelming feelings…
vt.& vi. 执行,履行,表演,扮演;vt. 工作,做,进行,完成;vi. 运行,表现,(驯兽)玩把戏;
[例句] We're looking for people of all ages who have performed outstanding acts of bravery, kindness or courage...
[例句] His council had had to perform miracles on a tiny budget...
vt.& vi. 使满意,满足;vt. 使确信,符合,达到(要求、规定、标准等),消除,履
[例句] The pace of change has not been quick enough to satisfy everyone...
[例句] We just can't find enough good second-hand cars to satisfy demand...
adj. 敏感的,感觉的,[仪]灵敏的,易受影响的;n. 敏感的人,有灵异能力的人;
[例句] The classroom teacher must be sensitive to a child's needs...
[例句] He was always so sensitive and caring.
vt.& vi. 剃须,剃毛;vt. 剃,削去,修剪,切成薄片,掠过;n. 刮脸,剃胡子,修面,侥幸逃过,幸免,剃刀,刮刀;
[例句] He took a bath and shaved before dinner...
[例句] He had shaved his face until it was smooth...
n. 抗议,反对,申明;
[例句] Groups of women took to the streets to protest against the arrests...
[例句] The students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels...
vi. 投降,屈服,自首;vt. 使投降,放弃,交出,听任;n. 投降,放弃,屈服,(保险的)解约;
[例句] General Martin Bonnet called on the rebels to surrender...
[例句] She surrendered to the police in London last December.
n. 柄,轴,矛,箭,〈非〉嘲笑,光线;vt. 给…装上杆柄,〈俚〉苛刻的对待;
[例句] He was found dead at the bottom of a lift shaft.
[例句] ...old mine shafts.
n. 楔,楔形物,(击高尔夫球的)楔形铁头球棒,〈比喻〉可以逐渐扩大作用的开端;vt. 楔入,用楔子楔牢,挤进;vi. 楔入,挤进;
[例句] I shut the shed door and wedged it with a log of wood...
[例句] We slammed the gate after them, wedging it shut with planks.
n. 汹涌,激增,大量,奔涌向前;v. 汹涌,使强烈地感到,激增,飞涨;
[例句] Specialists see various reasons for the recent surge in inflation...
[例句] The anniversary is bound to bring a new surge of interest in Dylan's work.
n. 约定,任命,职务,职位;
[例句] His appointment to the Cabinet would please the right-wing.
[例句] ...his appointment as foreign minister in 1985.
n. [法律]保释金,保释人,保释,[板球]三柱门上的横木,(马厩的)栅栏;vt. 保释,帮助脱离困境,将(财物)委托给…,往外舀水;
[例句] He was freed on bail pending an appeal...
[例句] The high court set bail at $8,000.
n. 湾,海湾,犬吠声,月桂树,吊窗,凸窗;vi. (尤指猎犬等)吠,叫,咆哮,筑堤遏(水),穷追,使陷入绝境,阻止(敌人)不使前进;adj. 赤褐色的,栗色的;vt. 向…吠叫;
[例句] ...a short ferry ride across the bay.
[例句] ...the Bay of Bengal.