单词学习
rather
adv. 宁可,宁愿;相当
int. 当然啦(回答问题时用)
n. (Rather)人名;(英)拉瑟
例句:They want a house, whereas we would rather live in a flat.
他们想要一所房子, 我们则宁愿住一套房间。
would rather
宁愿,宁可
例句:I would rather have noodles than rice.
我宁愿吃面条也不吃米饭。
drive
v.驾驶; 开车; 驱动; 迫使
n.驱车旅行; 驱动力; 车道; 驱动器
例句:I don't drive and the buses are quite hopeless.
我不开车,公共汽车条件又太糟糕。
drive sb crazy
使人发疯
例句:Sometimes it's enough to drive you crazy if you are stuck in a traffic jam during the rush hour.
有时,如果你在交通高峰期间遇上交通堵塞,就足以使你发疯。
the more...the more...
越......越......;愈......愈......
例句:A person's passion and ideals, the more the more likely it is happiness.
一个人的激情与理想越多,越有可能幸福。——夏洛特·凯瑟琳。
lately
adv. 近来,不久前
例句:Mary has drawn away lately.
近来玛丽不合群(或不与人往来)。
be friends with sb
与某人成为朋友
leave out
遗漏,省去;不考虑
例句:Current carbon pricing schemes, such as the European emissions trading scheme, are a good start, but they leave out too many sectors, and permits are too cheap.
目前的碳定价机制(例如欧洲的碳排放交易机制)是一个良好的开端,但它们遗漏了太多的行业,而且排放许可的价格过低。
friendship
n.友情,友谊; 友善的关系; 友善,好意;
例句:Friendship means understanding, not agreement. It means forgiveness, not forgetting.It means the memories last, even if contact is lost.
友情是理解,不是妥协;是原谅,不是遗忘。即使不联系,感情依然在。
king
n. 国王;最有势力者;王棋
vi. 统治;做国王
vt. 立…为王
adj. 主要的,最重要的,最大的
n. (King)人名;(德、英、葡、捷、西)金;(中)金(普通话·威妥玛);(泰)京;(东南亚国家华语)京
例句:The King made major concessions to end the confrontation with his people.
为了结束与其臣民的冲突,国王作出了很大的让步。
power
n. 力量,能力;电力,功率;政权,势力;[数] 幂
vt. 激励;供以动力;使…有力量
vi. 快速前进
adj. 借影响有权势人物以操纵权力的
n. (Power)人名;(英、葡)鲍尔
例句:His power extends beyond the seas.
他的势力扩展到海外。
minister
n. 部长;大臣;牧师
vi. 执行牧师职务;辅助或伺候某人
例句:He solicited aid from the minister.
他请求部长给他以支持。
prime minister
首相,总理
例句:Did you listen in to the Prime Minister yesterday evening?
你昨晚收听首相的广播讲话了吗?
banker
n. 银行家;银行业者;掘土工
n. (Banker)人名;(英、塞)班克
例句:He has applied to the banker for a loan.
他向银行家请求贷款。
fame
n. 名声,名望;传闻,传说
vt. 使闻名,使有名望
例句:He owed his fame to good fortune.
他把他获得的名望归因于好运。
pale
adj. 苍白的;无力的;暗淡的
n. 前哨;栅栏;范围
vt. 使失色;使变苍白;用栅栏围
vi. 失色;变苍白;变得暗淡
n. (Pale)人名;(塞)帕莱
例句:She held tight at my hands with pale face.
她面色苍白紧紧抓住我的双手。
queen
n.女王; 王后; 杰出女性; (纸牌中的)王后, (国际象棋中的)后
vt.立…为王后(或女王); 使…成为国王的妻子; [国际象棋]使(兵)成为后;
例句:Queen Mary started the fashion for blue and white china in England.
玛丽女王开启了青花瓷在英格兰的流行风尚。
call in
召集;召来
例句:We had better call in a specialist at this critical moment.
在这个关键时刻我们最好请一位专家来。
examine
vt. 检查;调查; 检测;考试
vi. 检查;调查
例句:Examine the flow of each step.
检查每个步骤的流程。
nor
conj. 也不;也不是
adv. 也不;也没有
n. (Nor)人名;(中)挪(广东话·威妥玛);(马来、俄)诺尔;(柬)诺
例句:This clock neither gains nor loses.
这钟走得既不快也不慢。
neither nor
既不是.也不是.。
例句:He spared neither nor.
他既不辞辛劳也不惜费用.
palace
n.宫,宫殿; (主教)邸宅,宏伟大厦; 华丽的娱乐场所;
例句:He recounted how heavily armed soldiers forced him from the presidential palace.
他讲述了自己是怎样被全副武装的士兵从总统官邸里赶出来的。
wealth
n. 财富;大量;富有
例句:She bartered away her freedom for wealth.
她为财富而出卖了自由。
to start with
adv.作为开始,首先;
例句:To start with, where and when did it happen?
首先,这事发生在何时何地?
grey
adj.灰色的; 灰白的;
vt.使变成灰色; 使变老;
vi.变成灰色; 老化;
n.灰色;
例句:I undid the bottom two buttons of my yellow and grey shirt.
我解开了自己黄灰相间的衬衫上最下面的两个纽扣。
lemon
n.柠檬; 柠檬树; 柠檬黄;
adj.柠檬色的;
例句:Lemon and lime juice were both temporarily out of stock.
柠檬汁和酸橙汁暂时都缺货。
uncomfortable
adj. 不舒服的;不安的
例句:And I am each of these all at once, unless I am in the shower. Then I am not outfits, because that would be uncomfortable.
我是以上的所有除非我正在洗澡,那时我不可能穿着衣服,因为那样会很不舒服。
weight
n.重量,体重; 重担,重任; 重要; [统]权,加重值,权重
vt.加重于,使变重; 使负重,使负担或压迫; [统]使加权,附加加重值于;
例句:The company manufactures a range of innovative light-weight cycles.
这家公司生产一系列的新型轻便自行车。
shoulder
n.肩膀; (衣服的)肩部; 山肩; 路肩
vt.担负,承担; 肩起,挑起; 用肩顶…;
例句:He was wounded in the shoulder by a ricochet.
他被一颗跳弹打伤了肩膀。
goal
n.目标,目的; 球门; 终点; 得分
例句:They were still arguing the toss about the first goal.
他们仍在为第一个进球争论不休。
let down
使失望;放下;辜负;减速下降
例句:If Rapunzel simply let down her hair and the prince started climbing immediately, her hair would not break, but it might rip out.
如果长发公主刚将她的头发放下王子就立刻攀爬的话,她的头发就不会断,但是,它很有可能会被拔掉。
coach
n.教练; (铁路)旅客车厢; 长途客运汽车; 四轮大马车
vt.& vi.训练; 辅导;
vt.训练; 指导;
vi.作指导; 受训练[辅导]; 坐马车旅行;
例句:We unwisely chose not to go on a coach excursion to Trondheim.
我们作出了不明智的选择,没有乘旅游大巴去特隆赫姆。
kick
vt.& vi.踢;
n.(毒品或酒精的)效力; 精力; <非正>极度兴奋;
vi.踢蹬,踢(腿);
vt.(因干了蠢事、失去良机等)对(自己)生气; 体育运动; 如足球和橄榄球踢球得分; 射门得分
例句:Dave pulled a back muscle and could barely kick the ball.
戴夫背部拉伤,几乎没法踢球。
kick sb off
开除某人
例句:The manager kicks the worker off.
经理解雇了那个工人。
be hard on sb
对某人严厉
besides
adv. 此外;而且
prep. 除…之外
例句:Besides, I have lots of other friends.
而且,我还有很多其他的朋友。
teammate
n. 队友,同队队员
例句:Moreover, it becomes a powerful teammate when combined with other tools like passion, goal-setting, and planning.
并且,当它与其他工具,比如热情、目标制定、计划组队时,是非常强大的队友。
courage
n. 勇气;胆量
n. (Courage)人名;(英)卡里奇;(法)库拉热
例句:It takes courage to do that.
做那件事需要勇气。
rather than
而不是;宁可…也不愿
例句:The concept of Roth IRAs: You pay your income tax going in, rather than going out.
罗斯个人退休帐户的概念:你付所得税去,而不是走出去。
guy
n. 男人,家伙
vt. 嘲弄,取笑
vi. 逃跑
n. (Guy)人名;(西)吉;(法)居伊;(英)盖伊
例句:He really whaled on that guy.
他确实狠狠揍了那家伙一顿。
pull
vt.& vi.拉; 扯; 拉过来; 划(船)
vt.赢得; 吸引异性; 取消; (耍手腕)得逞
n.拖; 爬; 影响力;
例句:The pull-out of the army paves the way for independence.
军队的撤出为独立铺平了道路。
pull together
齐心协力;通力合作
例句:She urged the people and institutions of Pakistan to “pull together” during this crisis.
她鼓励巴基斯坦人民和机构在这场危机中“齐心协力”。
relief
n. 救济;减轻,解除;安慰;浮雕
例句:His family has been on relief ever since he died.
自他去世后, 他的家属一直靠救济过日子。
nod
vi.点头; 打瞌睡; 上下摆动; 变得粗心大意
vt.点头示意; 使弯曲,使屈服; 点头答应;
n.点头; 点头同意; 打瞌睡,打盹; 粗心大意
变形
过去式: nodded 过去分词: nodded 现在分词: nodding 第三人称单数: nods
例句:
He turned with a little nod and I watched him walk away.
他边点了点头边转过身,我看着他走了。
agreement
n. 协议;同意,一致
例句:They renounced the agreement between us.
他们中止了与我们的协议。
fault
n. 故障;[地质] 断层;错误;缺点;毛病;(网球等)发球失误
vi. 弄错;产生断层
vt. (通常用于疑问句或否定句)挑剔
例句:Finally he owned his fault.
最终他承认了错误。
disappoint
vt. 使失望
例句:But I figured I'd disappoint in bed so I never pursued them.
但是我怕自己会在床上令人失望,所以从未追求过她们。
Bert
n. 伯特(男子名,等于Burt)
例句:These two guys, in case you forgot, are called Bert and Ernie.
以防忘记,我告诉大家这两个人物叫伯特和尔尼。
Holly
n. 冬青树(等于holm oak)
adj. 冬青属植物的
n. (Holly)人名;(英、德、捷、罗)霍利;(西)奥利
例句:The hall was decked with holly for the Christmas.
大厅装饰着冬青树枝迎接圣诞节。