初级英语单词解题技巧(初阶词汇的高阶用法第45期)
初级英语单词解题技巧(初阶词汇的高阶用法第45期)1)n.(一部戏或电影的)全部演员cast我不喜欢你和那些人混在一起。2)adj. 副的,准的例:an associate member/director/editor 准会员/副导演/副主编
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associate
1)vt. 与...厮混
例:I don't like you associating with those people.
我不喜欢你和那些人混在一起。
2)adj. 副的,准的
例:an associate member/director/editor 准会员/副导演/副主编
cast
1)n.(一部戏或电影的)全部演员
例:members of the cast 剧组成员
a cast list 演员表
court
1)n. 球场
例:a tennis/badminton court 网球/羽毛球场
2)vt. 讨好,取悦
例:Both candidates have spent the last month courting the media.
两位候选人在过去的一个月里都在取悦媒体。
3)vt. 博得
例:He has never courted popularity.
他从不追求名望。
4)vt. 招致
例:to court danger/death/disaster 招致危险/死亡/灾难
dial
1)n. 钟面,表盘
例:an alarm clock with a luminous dial 夜光闹钟
exact
1)adj. 严密的,精密的
例:Chocolate making is an intricate art as much as it is an exact science.
巧克力制作是一门错综复杂的艺术,跟一门严谨的科学差不多。
2)vt. 勒索,强迫
例:Stress can exact a high price from workers.
压力可能迫使工人付出昂贵的代价。
grasp
1)n. 紧抓
例:She felt a firm grasp on her arm.
她感到手臂被紧紧地抓住了。
2)n. 领会
例:He has a good grasp of German grammar.
他德语语法掌握得很好。
3)n. 能力所及
例:Success was within their grasp.
他们有把握获得成功。
hire
1)n. 租赁,租借
例:The price includes the hire of the hall.
费用包括礼堂租金。
jam
1)v. 使劲塞,挤压
例:He jammed his fingers in his ears.
他用手指使劲堵住耳朵。
2)v.(使)卡住
例:He jammed the door open with a piece of wood.
他用一块木头卡住门让它开着。
The photocopier keeps jamming up.
这复印机总是卡纸。
3)v. 塞入,挤满
例:Six of us were jammed into one small car.
我们六个人被塞进一辆小汽车里。
loaf
1)v. 游手好闲,游荡
例:A group of kids were loafing around outside.
一群小孩在外面四处游荡。
means
1)n. 财富,钱财
例:He doesn't have the means to support a wife and child.
他无钱养活妻小。
ripe
1)adj. 时机成熟的(~ for sth)
例:The conditions were ripe for social change.
社会变革的时机已经成熟。
shave
1)vt.(少量地)调低,降价
例:The firm had shaved profit margins.
公司调低了利润率。
strait
1)n.(因缺钱造成的)困境(用作复数)
例:The factory is in dire straits.
工厂岌岌可危。
string
1)n. 特定条件(用作复数)
例:It's just a business proposition. No strings attached.
这只是个业务建议,仅此而已,没有任何附带条件。
2)v. 悬挂,系,扎
例:The route was strung with flags.
沿途悬挂着旗子。
3)v. 把...串在一起
例:She had strung the shells on a silver chain.
她把贝壳串在一条银链子上。
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