vt. 教,教导,训练,教授;vi. 教书;
[例句] The trainers have a programme to teach them vocational skills...
[例句] George had taught him how to ride a horse...
n. 裁缝,成衣工;vi. 做裁缝;vt. 调整使适应,为…裁制衣服,为…做衣服,剪裁,制作;
[例句] We can tailor the program to the patient's needs.
[例句] ...how the local forces were trying to tailor their policing style to increase public confidence.
vt. 照料,照顾,护理,照管,管理;vi. 倾向(于),趋向(于),伺侯,招待,关心,注意;
[例句] A problem for manufacturers is that lighter cars tend to be noisy...
[例句] In older age groups women predominate because men tend to die younger...
vt.& vi. 预示(某事),恐吓,危及,预示凶兆;vi. 似将发生,威胁;
[例句] He said army officers had threatened to destroy the town...
[例句] He tied her up and threatened her with a six-inch knife...
n. 传统,惯例,[宗]经外传说,[法]移交,引渡;
[例句] ...the rich traditions of Afro-Cuban music, and dance...
[例句] Mary has carried on the family tradition of giving away plants...
n. 纠缠,纠纷,混乱,慌乱,昏乱的状态,争论;vt.& vi. (使)缠结,(使)乱作一团,使陷入,捕获,使纠纷,参加辩论、争执或冲突;
[例句] A tangle of wires is all that remains of the computer and phone systems...
[例句] There he stood: hair in wild tangles, dark stubble shadowing his chin.
n. 训练,培养,(枪炮,摄影机等的)瞄准,整枝法;v. 训练,培养( train的现在分词),教育,瞄准,整枝;
[例句] He called for much higher spending on education and training...
[例句] Kennedy had no formal training as a decorator.
n. 火把,火炬,手电筒;vt.& vi. 放火烧,纵火烧(建筑物或汽车);
[例句] They lit a torch and set fire to the chapel's thatch.
[例句] …a torch-lit march for peace.
n. 恐怖,恐怖的缘由,恐怖行为,令人讨厌的人;
[例句] I shook with terror whenever I was about to fly in an aeroplane...
[例句] The day of terror ended after police used teargas and stormed the house.
n. 喇叭,小号,[乐]音栓,喇叭似的声音;vt. 大声说出或宣告;vi. 吹喇叭,吹小号,发出回声;
[例句] The government has been trumpeting tourism as a growth industry...
[例句] …Mark Morris, who is trumpeted as the dance talent of his generation…
vt.& vi. 结束,使终结,解雇,到达终点站;
[例句] Her next remark abruptly terminated the conversation...
[例句] His contract terminates at the end of the season.
n. 通行费,伤亡人数,钟声,长途电话费;v. 鸣钟,敲钟;
[例句] Church bells tolled and black flags fluttered...
[例句] The pilgrims tolled the bell.
n. 计数器,标签,记账;vt. 测量,计数,通过做记号记录,加标签于,使符合,使吻合;vi. 符合,吻合,记录,计分;
[例句] They do not keep a tally of visitors to the palace, but it is very popular...
[例句] The final tally was 817 votes for her and 731 for Mr Lee.
n. 层,浓度,厚(度),最厚的部分;
[例句] For breakfast I had a thick slice of bread and syrup...
[例句] He wore glasses with thick rims...
n. 薄纸,棉纸,[生]组织,一套;
[例句] As we age we lose muscle tissue...
[例句] Athletes have hardly any fatty tissue…
conj. 虽然,尽管,即使,纵然;adv. 可是,但是,不过,然而,话虽这样说;prep. 但;
[例句] Gaelic has been a dying language for many years, though children are nowadays taught it in school...
[例句] After news of this new court case Ford broke down again, though he blamed the breakdown on his work...
num. 三,三个,第三(章,页等);n. 三岁,三个人[东西],三,三个;adj. 三的,三个的;
[例句] We waited three months before going back to see the specialist.
v. 跟踪( track的过去式和过去分词 ),跟踪摄影,留下(脏)足迹,追随(潮流等);
[例句] We set off once more, over a rough mountain track.
[例句] The two men turned to watch the horses going round the track.
n. 技巧,技能,技术,技艺;
[例句] ...tests performed using a new technique.
[例句] He went off to the Amsterdam Academy to improve his technique.
n. 垃圾,废物,断枝,碎块,废话,社会渣滓;vt. 废弃,拆毁,搞垮,贬低,从…上除去细枝或枝条;
[例句] The yards are overgrown and cluttered with trash…
[例句] Mowing lawns and taking out the trash are jobs for the tenant.