vt. 扣除,减去,演绎;
[例句] The company deducted this payment from his compensation...
[例句] Up to 5% of marks in the exams will be deducted for spelling mistakes.
adj. 不和谐的,刺耳的,不调和的,自相矛盾的;
adj. 容易的,轻松的,不费力的( easy的最高级 ),宽松的,宽裕的,从容的;
[例句] The shower is easy to install...
[例句] It's easy to get a seat at the best shows in town...
n. 经济学家,经济专家;
n. 路堤,筑堤;
[例句] They climbed a steep embankment.
[例句] ...a railway embankment.
adj. 最远的;adv. 最远地,最大程度地;
[例句] The south of England, where prices have fallen furthest, will remain the weakest market...
[例句] These institutional reforms have gone furthest in Poland.
n. 步态,步法,[印,纺]花纹循环,(走,跑等的)速度;vt. 训练(马的)步法;
[例句] ...a tubby little man in his fifties, with sparse hair and a rolling gait...
[例句] His movements were clumsy, and his gait peculiarly awkward.
n. 山羊,色鬼,替罪羊;
adj. 不明智的,不谨慎的;
[例句] ...an imprudent investment...
[例句] The Government of Jamaica consider it imprudent to abolish the death penalty.
n. 侵权,违反,违
[例句] ...infringement of privacy...
[例句] They see it as an infringement on their own freedom of action.
adj. 不能容忍的,不容异议的,心胸狭窄的;n. 不能容忍,不容异议,心胸狭窄;adv. 不能容忍地,不容异议地,心胸狭窄地;
[例句] He was intolerant of both suggestions and criticisms.
[例句] ...intolerant attitudes toward non-Catholics.
v. 意味,打算(mean的过去式和过去分词),表示…的意思;
[例句] I can't say any more, it's meant to be a big secret...
[例句] The decor was meant to keep the mind concentrated on the making of money...
n. 日落(时),薄暮,晚霞,黄昏;adj. 定期废止的;
[例句] The dance ends at sunset.
[例句] There was a red sunset over Paris.
n. 烟草,烟叶,烟草制品,卷烟,纸烟;
[例句] Try to do without tobacco and alcohol...
[例句] I believe it is time to ban tobacco advertising altogether.
n. 商人,商船,交易者;
[例句] Market traders display an exotic selection of the island's produce.
[例句] …a fur trader.
n. 圣人般的人(指特别善良、仁爱或有耐性的人),圣…(冠于人名、地名之前),(因其生死言行而被基督教会追封的)圣人,圣徒;vt. 成为圣徒,把…视为圣徒;
[例句] Every parish was named after a saint.
[例句] ...Saint John.
adj. 能复原的,弹回的,有弹性的,能立刻恢复精神的,社会渣滓;
[例句] Cotton is more resistant to being squashed and polyester is more resilient.
[例句] ...an armchair of some resilient plastic material.
adj. 警惕的,警觉的,警戒的,机警;
[例句] He warned the public to be vigilant and report anything suspicious...
[例句] All but one of these letter bombs had been intercepted by vigilant post office staff.
n. 挂毯,绣帷,织锦;vt. 用挂毯装饰,在一块挂毯中制织出或描绘,罩上绣花罩毯;
[例句] The seats of the chairs had been recovered in tapestry...
[例句] He sat on a tapestry cushion next to the hearth...
adj. 漠不关心的,冷淡的,漫不经心的,不感兴趣的,恬然;
[例句] Clark's mother is nonchalant about her role in her son's latest work...
[例句] Denis tried to look nonchalant and uninterested...