7100_TOEFL词汇

7100. floodplain

'flʌdplein 泛洪平原, 漫滩

🎤例句
  • Adgantole was a sour-smelling, dusty village beside the Awash River floodplain. (阿甘图尔一处闻起来有些酸臭到处都是灰尘的村庄,就坐落在阿瓦什河的泛滥平原上。)

  • It sprawled across thousands of square kilometres of floodplain where the Euphrates and Tigris rivers divided into a network of tributaries meandering and pulsating south to the Arabian sea. (在幼发拉底河与底格里斯河径分为向南入血脉搏动流入阿拉伯海的蜿蜒河网处,泛滥平原地貌绵延了数千平方公里。)

🤔同义词
  • sailaba, haugh (泛滥平原)

7101. preservative

pri'zə:vətiv 防腐剂

🤩短语
  • wood preservative (木材防腐剂)

  • preservative agent (防腐剂;保存剂)

  • preservative treatment (n. 防腐处理,防护处理)

  • chemical preservative (化学防腐剂)

🎤例句
  • food that contains no artificial preservatives (不含人造防腐剂的食品)
🤔同义词
  • antiseptic agent, conserving agent ([助剂]防腐剂;预防法;防护层)

  • antirot, rotproof ([助剂]防腐的;有保存力的;有保护性的)

7102. sill

sil 基石(岩床底面)

🤩短语
  • window sill (窗台板,窗盘)

  • door sill (门槛;门坎)

🤔同义词
  • threshold, window-ledge ([建]窗台;基石;门槛;[海洋]海底山脊)

7103. insightful

'in,saitful 有深刻见解的, 富有洞察力的

🎤例句
  • an insightful analysis (有见地的分析)

7104. misdeed

,mis'di:d, 'mis- 罪行, 犯罪

🎤例句
  • ...the alleged financial misdeeds of his government. (...他的政府被指控在财政方面行为不当。)
🤔同义词
  • crime, guilt (罪行;犯罪)

7105. proficient

prəu'fiʃənt 精通

🤩短语
  • proficient in (精通;熟练)
🎤例句
  • As with the transition from competent to proficient, the transition to Expert is also non-linear. (正如从“胜任”到“精通”的转变一样,转变为“专家”也是非线性的过程。)

  • It takes time to learn how to apply them and become proficient with them. (学会如何运用它们和对它们精通会花费大量的时间。)

  • Given the amount of time designers spend manipulating visual patterns when creating product designs, they are likely to be highly proficient in this form of pattern recognition. (当在创造产品设计时,设计师们在利用视觉模式上花费了大量的时间,他们可能非常精通模式识别的这种形式。)

🤔同义词
  • experienced, skilled, accomplished, perfect, clever (熟练的,精通的)

  • expert, specialist (精通;专家,能手)

7106. salmonberry

'sæmənberi 美洲大树莓

7107. optimization

,ɔptimai'zeiʃən, -mi'z- 最佳化, 最优化

🤩短语
  • optimization design (优化设计)

  • optimization method (优化方法;最优化方法)

  • optimization problem ([计]优化问题;最佳化问题)

  • optimization algorithm (优化算法)

  • optimization model (最优模型;最佳模型)

  • global optimization (整体最佳化)

  • optimization theory (最优化理论)

  • system optimization (系统优化)

  • network optimization (网络优化;网络最佳化)

  • process optimization (过程优化;最佳处理)

  • optimization technique (最优化技术)

  • constrained optimization ([计]约束优化;[化]有约束优化)

  • dynamic optimization (动态优化;动态最佳化)

  • unconstrained optimization (无约束最优化)

  • optimization program (优化程序)

  • convex optimization (凸规划)

  • code optimization ([计]代码优化)

  • quadratic optimization (二次最优化)

  • linear optimization (线性规划;线性最佳化)

  • sequence optimization (顺序最佳化)

🎤例句
  • These have focused on simplifying the development, automation, and optimization of applications. (这主要集中在简化应用程序的开发、自动化和优化方面。)

7108. snugly

'snʌɡli 舒适温暖地, 整洁地

🤔同义词
  • closely, cozily (舒适地;隐蔽地;贴身地;紧密地)

7109. dripstone

'dripstəun 滴水石

🤔同义词
  • stalagmite, stagmalite ([建][地质]滴水石;石笋)

7110. counterexample

'kauntəriɡ'zɑ:mpl 反例

🎤例句
  • Sometimes the best way to illustrate how to do something is by counterexample. (有时候,说明如何做某事的最好方法是举反例。)

  • Now noticed if that's the way we interpret his argument, harmony works no longer as a counterexample. (注意到如果这是,我们解读他论点的方式,和声就不再一个反例了。)

  • So if we understand the argument in terms of the second interpretation, it looks as invisible. It looks all the argument still go through, Simmias' counterexample fails. (所以如果我们以第二种解释,理解这个论证,灵魂是无形的,所有的论证仍然讲得通,西米亚斯的反例无效了。)

7111. dapple

'dæpl 斑纹, 斑点

'dæpl (使)有斑纹

🎤例句
  • A large area of white on the chest of a dapple is permissible. (斑纹色腊肠在胸前有大面积的白色斑纹是允许的。)
🤔同义词
  • marking, brindle (斑纹;花马)

  • brinded, freaked (有斑纹的)

  • speck (使有斑点)

7112. multifaceted

,mʌlti'fæsitid 多层面的

🎤例句
  • a multifaceted campaign to reduce teen pregnancy (一个涉及多方面的减少少女怀孕的运动)

7113. flesh

fleʃ 肉,果肉

🤩短语
  • flesh and blood (血肉之躯;人类;情欲)

  • in the flesh (本人;亲自;以肉体形式)

  • all flesh (众生;人类)

  • after the flesh (世俗地,粗俗地)

  • pound of flesh (合乎法律的无礼要求)

  • in flesh (肥胖)

  • gain flesh (发胖;长肉)

  • flesh out (充实,具体化)

  • flesh wound (轻伤,皮肉之伤;皮肉伤)

  • become one flesh (成为一体)

🎤例句
  • a freshwater fish with firm white flesh (一种肉色雪白、肉质紧实的淡水鱼)
🤔同义词
  • meat, clay ([食品][组织]肉;肉体)

  • fat up (长胖)

7114. alluvial

ə'lju:viəl 冲积的, 淤积的

🤩短语
  • alluvial fan (冲积扇;扇形地;扇状地)

  • alluvial plain (冲积平原;冲积系;冲积平野)

  • alluvial soil (淤积土;冲积土)

  • alluvial gold (砂金)

🎤例句
  • alluvial flood plains (冲积泛滥平原)
🤔同义词
  • deluvial ([地质]冲积的)

7115. welt

welt 鞭痕, 贴边vt贴边于

🤔同义词
  • strike, hiding ([服装]贴边,沿条;鞭痕;殴打)

7116. rootless

'ru:tlis, 'ru- 无根的, 无根据的

🎤例句
  • rootless people (漂泊不定的人)
🤔同义词
  • unwarranted, baseless (无根的;无根据的;无所寄托的)

7117. fecund

'fikənd 生殖力旺盛的, 多产的

🎤例句
  • It has now become clear how extraordinarily fecund a decade was the 1890s. (十九世纪九十年代被当今视为创造力旺盛的十年。)
🤔同义词
  • rich, productive (肥沃的;多产的;丰饶的;生殖力旺盛的)

7118. proliferation

prəu-,lifə'reiʃən 增殖, 分芽繁殖

🤩短语
  • cell proliferation (细胞增殖,细胞增生)

  • nuclear proliferation (核扩散)

  • proliferation security initiative (防扩散安全倡议)

🤔同义词
  • diffusion, propagation ([医]增殖,扩散;分芽繁殖)

7119. loam

ləum 肥土

🤩短语
  • sandy loam (砂壤土;砂质壤土)

  • clay loam (粘壤土;黏性壤土)

  • silt loam (粉砂壤土[建])

🎤例句
  • Tomatoes grow in just about any soil, but they really thrive in rich, well-draining loam that is slightly acidic. (番茄在任何土壤中都能生长,但在土质肥沃、排水良好的微酸性粘土中长势最为繁茂。)

  • Mr Magdalena placed seeds and seedlings in pots of loam in small containers of warm water, which kept the water at the same level as the top of the soil. (玛格达雷娜先生把种子和幼苗放在有肥沃土壤的盛有温水的小容器里,使水平面和土壤表层处于同一高度。)

7120. petticoat

'petikəut 衬裙, 裙子

🎤例句
  • She stood there, in her red petticoat, with a smile on her face. (她站在那里,穿着红色的衬裙,脸上带着微笑。)

  • It fell over one side of her dress and caught the white border of a petticoat, just visible as she stood at ease. (再往下照到她一侧的衣服和衬裙的花边—只有她随意地站着时才会看到。)

  • But there was so much bloodblood on her red petticoat, blood on her black dress and her white veil, blood on the executioner’s shoes, blood all over the floor. Blood, blood everywhere. (但却有这么多血鲜血渗到她红色的衬裙上,渗到她黑色的连衣裙和她那白色的纱裙上,鲜血流到了刽子手的鞋上,地板上到处是血,血,到处是血。)

🤔同义词
  • skirt, underskirt (衬裙;裙子)

  • female, feminine (女性的)

7121. reluctant

ri'lʌktənt 不情愿的, 勉强的

🤩短语
  • reluctant to help (不情愿帮忙)
🎤例句
  • She gave a reluctant smile. (她勉强笑了笑。)
🤔同义词
  • narrow, unwilling (不情愿的;勉强的;顽抗的)

7122. stratify

'strætifai (使)成层

🎤例句
  • We currently use a large repository of data from our operational systems to help us stratify, or classify, members. (目前,我们使用我们业务系统的一个大型数据存储库来帮助我们对会员进行分层或分类。)

  • They wanted an instrument that could reasonably stratify adults aged 65 or older into those with a low, moderate, or high risk of developing dementia within six years. (他们需要一项工具,它可以合理地将65岁或以上老年人分成6年内具有低风险、中度风险或高度风险罹患痴呆症的人群。)

🤔同义词
  • demix, delaminate (分层;成层;使形成阶层)

  • bed (分层;成层;阶层化)

7123. basketwork

编织物

🎤例句
  • On the metope of smooth simple but elegant, also can hang buy to wait for the basketwork of material make it with bavin, careless, reed, palm, hemp. (在光滑素雅的墙面上,也可挂置用柴、草、苇、棕、麻等材料做成的编织物。)

  • And the Haijibu that regards quartz as filar basketwork , its tenacity still can rise to prevent cracked of wall body occurrence crack, metope happening to protect action. (而作为石英丝编织物的海吉布,其韧性还可以起到防止墙体出现裂痕、墙面发生破裂的保护作用。)

🤔同义词
  • braided fabric, fabric tape (编织物)

7124. commercialization

kə,mə:ʃəlai'zeiʃən, -li'z- 商品化

🎤例句
  • Hardly anyone can escape the influence of commercialization. (几乎没有人能逃脱商品化的影响。)

  • Another thing that concerns me is the commercialization of every aspect of our lives. (另一件令我担心的事是我们生存的环境中充满了商业化。)

  • When experts cite possible harm from the commercialization of laser enrichment, they often point to Iran. (当专家引证激光浓缩商业化可能带来的危害时,他们经常指向伊朗。)

🤔同义词
  • merchandizing ([贸易]商品化,商业化)

7125. acidity

ə'sidəti 酸度, 酸性, [医]酸过多, 胃酸过多

7126. tray

trei 盘, 碟

🤩短语
  • cable tray (电缆槽)

  • sieve tray ([化]筛盘)

  • baking tray (烤盘)

  • paper tray (纸匣,纸盒;纸托盘)

  • tray table (盘桌;折叠式餐具小几)

  • tea tray (茶盘)

  • in tray (文件盘;收文盘)

  • wooden tray (木盘子)

  • tray tower (盘式塔)

  • fruit tray (果盘)

  • ash tray (烟灰缸;灰盘)

🎤例句
  • The waiter brought drinks on a tray. (服务员用托盘端来饮料。)
🤔同义词
  • plateau, salver ([机]托盘;[轻]文件盒;隔底匣;(无线电的)发射箱)

7127. intently

in'tentli 专心地, 集中地

🎤例句
  • As we walked alongside each other, she listened intently as I told her about you, about us, about the wonderful times we shared. (我们肩并肩地走着,她专心地听着我讲述你,讲述我们,以及我们一起分享的那些美好时光。)
🤔同义词
  • single-mindedly, devotedly (专心地;一心一意地;心无旁物地)

7128. excel

ik'sel 优秀, 胜过他人

🤩短语
  • excel in (v. 在……方面胜过;在……方面很擅长)

  • excel at (突出;擅长于)

🎤例句
  • You have excelled yourself with the new exhibition. (你新办的这次展览特别成功。)
🤔同义词
  • overcome, cap (优于,胜过;擅长)

7129. diligence

'dilidʒəns 勤奋

🤩短语
  • due diligence (尽职调查)
🎤例句
  • Genius is nothing but labor and diligence. (天才无非是工作和勤奋。)

  • We should cultivate the good habits of diligence and frugality. (我们要养成勤俭节约的好风气。)

🤔同义词
  • industry, hardwork (勤奋,勤勉;注意的程度)

7130. separable

'sepərəbl 可分离的, 可分的

🎤例句
  • Character is not separable from physical form but is governed by it. (性格和外表是分不开的,而且性格决定外表。)
🤔同义词
  • dissociable, demountable ([数]可分离的;可分隔的)

7131. breast

brest 胸脯,乳房

🤩短语
  • breast cancer (乳腺癌)

  • breast milk (母乳;母奶)

  • breast carcinoma (乳腺癌)

  • chicken breast ([医]鸡胸)

  • breast feeding (母乳喂养,喂哺母乳)

  • breast height (胸高)

  • breast wall (n. 护壁(等于retaining wall))

  • breast stroke (n. 蛙泳)

  • breast pump (n. [医]抽乳器;吸乳器)

  • breast pocket (n. 小袋,胸袋)

  • at the breast (吃奶的)

  • breast reduction (乳房缩小术)

🎤例句
  • These bras are specially designed for women with large breasts. (这些胸罩专为乳房丰满的女性设计。)

  • breast milk (母乳)

  • breast cancer (乳腺癌)

🤔同义词
  • chest, uber ([解剖]乳房,胸部;胸怀;心情)

  • be at grips with (以胸对着;与…搏斗)

7132. thimble

'θimbl 顶针;嵌环

🎤例句
  • Is this your thimble? (这是你的顶针吗?)

  • The Lord again dipped into the river. He held out a golden thimble studded with rubies. (上帝又把手伸进河里,捞出一个镶嵌着红宝石的金顶针。)

  • Etymology can only ask why a small cuplike guard used in sewing is called a thimble, though it is put on the third finger. (词源学只能问,为什么缝纫时使用的一个小杯状装置被称为顶针,但它却是在中指上使用的。)

🤔同义词
  • connecting, sleeve (顶针;套管;嵌环)

7133. overload

,əuvə'ləud, 'əuvələud 使超载 n超载

🤩短语
  • overload protection (防止过载,超载防护)

  • information overload (信息过载;信息超载;信息超负荷)

  • overload capacity (过载容量)

  • overload operation (超负荷运行,超载运行)

  • thermal overload relay (热继电器;热过载继电器)

  • overload protector (过载保护器;超负荷保险装置)

  • overload relay (过载继电器;超载替续器)

🎤例句
  • Be careful not to overload the washing machine. (注意别让洗衣机负荷过重。)
🤔同义词
  • superimposed load, surcharge ([交][电]超载;负荷过多)

7134. cyclic

'saiklik 循环的,周期性的

🤩短语
  • cyclic loading (循环荷载;周期荷载;交变载荷)

  • cyclic voltammetry (循环伏安法)

  • cyclic load (循环荷载,周期负荷)

  • cyclic stress (循环应力;周期应力)

  • cyclic redundancy check ([计]循环冗赘核对)

  • cyclic process (循环过程)

  • cyclic code (循环码)

🎤例句
  • cyclical changes in the economy (经济的周期性变化)
🤔同义词
  • circular, periodic (环的;循环的;周期的)

7135. worst

wə:st, 'wə:st 最坏(的),最差(的)

🤩短语
  • the worst way (十分;非常;强烈地(等于in the worst way))

  • prepare for the worst (作最坏的打算)

  • worst of all (最糟糕的是)

  • worst case (最糟糕的情况;最坏条件)

  • at worst (在最坏的情况下;作为最坏的可能性)

  • at the worst (adj. 在最坏的情况下;从坏处想)

🎤例句
  • Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. ([谚语]寄予乐观的希望,作最坏的准备。)

  • There’s no reason why I should be one of the worst! (这样讲毫无理由,我怎么可能是最差的攀岩者!)

🤔同义词
  • pessimal, baddest (最差的,最坏的;最不利的;效能最低的)

7136. buyer

'baiə 买主, 顾客

🤩短语
  • prospective buyer (准买家)

  • potential buyer (准买家;有意的买家;潜在购买者)

  • buyer behavior (买方行为;消费者行为)

🎤例句
  • There were several potential buyers. (有好几个潜在的买家。)

  • discounts for first-time buyers (为首次购买的顾客提供的折扣)

🤔同义词
  • bargainee, vendee (买主;[贸易]采购员)

7137. dim

dim (使)暗淡,(使)模糊

🤩短语
  • dim sum ((汉)点心)

  • dim light (微光;弱光;暗光灯)

🎤例句
  • The lights in the theatre began to dim. (剧院里的灯光开始暗下来。)
🤔同义词
  • fuzzy, dark, dirty, lowering (暗淡的,昏暗的;模糊的,看不清的;悲观的,怀疑的)

  • breathe upon (使暗淡,使失去光泽;使变模糊)

  • fog, mist (变模糊,变暗淡)

  • simple, turkey, put, idiot, stupid (笨蛋,傻子)

7138. lop

lɔp 剪去, 砍掉

🤩短语
  • lop off (砍掉)
🎤例句
  • Workmen have lopped off more branches in an effort to save the tree. (为了救活这棵树,工人们砍下了更多的树枝。)
🤔同义词
  • fell (砍伐;剪去树枝)

  • moon, muck about (砍,删;闲荡;下垂)

7139. harmfully

'ha:mfəli 伤害地,有害地

🤔同义词
  • injuriously, hurtfully (有害地;伤害地)

7140. boxlike

'bɔkslaik 象箱子一样的

🎤例句
  • Then he lifted his shirt to reveal a heavy, boxlike device dangling from his neck. (说完之后,他掀开他的衣领,露出一个悬挂在他脖子上的沉重的,盒子样的装置。)

  • William M. Clark, a retired businessman, generously provided a collection of engines, levers, pumps, axles, and crankshafts for us to display in boxlike frames. (一位退休的商人William M.Clark慷慨的为我们提供了一系列的引擎,撬杠,水泵,轴和机轴来帮助我们在盒子一样的框架里面展示。)

7141. amazingly

ə'meiziŋli 惊奇地, 惊人地

🎤例句
  • Even those passengers who were most distrustful of themselves pluck up amazingly. (甚至那些对自己最缺乏信心的乘客也令人惊奇地鼓起了勇气。)
🤔同义词
  • astonishingly, marvelously (令人惊讶地;惊奇地)

7142. pinhole

'pinhəul 针孔, 小孔

🤩短语
  • pinhole camera (针孔照相机)
🎤例句
  • The yellow parts has small oval-shaped protrusions, each with one or two “pinhole” depressions. (黄色部分有小的椭圆形突出,每个突出又有一到二个“针孔”状凹陷。)

  • For their next work, they'll be looking at how to replicate the intricate grooves and pinhole depressions. (至于下一步的工作,他们要研究怎么模拟复杂的沟槽和针孔凹陷。)

  • They also abandoned using any corrective lenses, firing the X-ray pulse through a pinhole and then collecting the diffracted rays after they pass through the sample. (他们也放弃使用任何矫正透镜,而是通过一个针孔发射X光射线,然后采集经过样品后的衍射光线。)

🤔同义词
  • blacking hole, pore ([电子]针孔;[纺][冶]小孔)

7143. admittedly

əd'mitidli 不可否认的, 公认地

🎤例句
  • This has led to financial losses, though admittedly on a fairly small scale. (这已造成了经济损失,尽管这个损失其实还比较小。)
🤔同义词
  • allowedly, acknowledgedly (公认地;无可否认地;明白地)

7144. maternal

mə'tə:nl 母亲的, 母系的

🤩短语
  • maternal and child health (妇幼卫生;母婴健康)

  • maternal love (母亲的爱)

  • maternal mortality (产妇死亡率,母性死亡率;母死率)

  • maternal instinct (n. 母性本能)

  • maternal antibody (母体抗体)

  • maternal mortality rate (产妇死亡率)

  • maternal grandfather (外公,外祖父)

  • maternal smoking (母亲吸烟)

  • maternal grandmother (外祖母;外婆;姥姥)

  • maternal inheritance (母体遗传)

🎤例句
  • Annie was wonderfully warm and maternal. (安妮非常亲切慈爱。)

  • She seems to have a strong maternal instinct (= desire to have babies and take care of them ) . (她似乎有很强的母性。)

🤔同义词
  • mother, umbilical ([生物]母亲的;母性的;母系的;母体遗传的)

7145. wintertime

'wintətaim 冬, 冬季

🎤例句
  • This photo of the towers was taken during wintertime. (这些钙华塔的照片是在冬季拍摄的。)

  • For instance, an ear of corn will cost about 10 cents in the summer and nearly a dollar in the wintertime. (举例来说,一个玉米棒在夏季的时候售10美分左右,而在冬季的时候差不多售1美元。)

  • As a result, sea ice extent for the Arctic actually peaked on March 31, 2010—the latest peak of wintertime Arctic sea ice extent in the satellite record. (结果导致2010年北极的海冰范围是在3月31日达到峰值——这是有卫星记录以来北极海冰范围最晚的冬季峰值。)

🤔同义词
  • peret (冬季)

7146. pliable

柔顺的

🎤例句
  • a shoe made of soft pliable leather (柔韧的皮革做成的鞋子)

7147. anthropologically

,ænθrəpə'lɔdʒikəli 人类学上

🎤例句
  • This course examines computers anthropologically, as meaningful tools revealing the social and cultural orders that produce them. (本课程系以人类学的观点探讨电脑,显示过去生产电脑的社会和文化秩序。)

7148. cobble

'kɔbl 圆石,鹅卵石

'kɔbl 修补

🤩短语
  • cobble stone (中砾,中砾石)
🎤例句
  • And such urban architecture - from the simplicity of small, cobble-and-whitewash towns to the 17th-century glories of Cartagena and Popayán. (如此的城市建筑,有简朴的铺着鹅卵石道路和白色房屋的小镇,也有遗留着17世纪荣光的喀他赫纳和博帕雍。)
🤔同义词
  • roundstone (鹅卵石,圆石)

7149. bachelor

'bætʃələ 单身汉, 文理学士

🤩短语
  • bachelor degree (学士学位;大学本科学位证书)

  • bachelor of science (理学学士)

  • bachelor party ((美)单身汉舞会(尤指婚礼前夕为新郎举行的))

  • bachelor of law (法学士;法律学士)

  • bachelor of art (文科学士)

  • bachelor of engineering (工程学士)

🎤例句
  • Gerald was 38, and a confirmed bachelor (= a man who has decided that he will never marry ) . (杰拉德38岁,抱定主意独身。)

  • The Crown Prince was Japan’s most eligible bachelor (= a rich young man who has not yet married ) . (皇太子是日本最理想的适婚男子。)

7150. literate

'litərit 有读写能力的;有文化修养的

🤩短语
  • computer literate (懂电脑)
🎤例句
  • Over one-quarter of the adult population are not fully literate. (四分之一以上的成年人是半文盲。)
🤔同义词
  • educated (受过教育的;精通文学的)

  • student, scholar, academic (学者)

7151. totemism

'təutəmizəm 对图腾的信仰, 图腾制度

7152. enigmatic

,eniɡ'mætik,-kəl 谜的, 莫明其妙的

🤔同义词
  • mysterious, arcane (神秘的;高深莫测的;谜一般的)

7153. illiterate

i'litərət 文盲 a不识字的

🎤例句
  • ...a subclass of illiterates. (…文盲阶层。)
🤔同义词
  • letterless, unlettered (文盲的;不识字的;没受教育的)

  • unschooled, analphabetic (文盲)

7154. allusion

ə'lju:ʒən 提及, 暗示

🤩短语
  • in allusion to (针对;引喻)
🎤例句
  • This last point was understood to be an allusion to the long-standing hostility between the two leaders. (这最后一点曾被理解为对这两位领导人之间长久敌意的一种影射。)
🤔同义词
  • connotation, reference, mention, reminder, implication (暗示;提及)

7155. inquire

in'kwaiə 询问, 查究

🤩短语
  • inquire into (调查,探究)

  • inquire about (询问,查问;打听)

  • inquire of (询问;打听)

  • inquire for (求见;要找)

  • inquire after (v. 问候;询问起)

🎤例句
  • ‘Why are you doing that?’ the boy inquired. (“你为什么这么做?”男孩问道。)

  • Toby would have liked to inquire further (= ask more questions ). (托比本想问更多的问题。)

🤔同义词
  • question, query (询问;查究;问明)

  • question, query (询问;查究;询价)

7156. proclivity

prəu'kliviti 倾向

🎤例句
  • his sexual proclivities (他的性倾向)
🤔同义词
  • tendency, liability, trend, preference, disposition (倾向;癖性)

7157. awkwardly

'ɔ:kwə:dli 笨拙地, 无技巧地

🤔同义词
  • lumpingly, clumsily (笨拙地;无技巧地)

7158. contention

kən'tenʃən 争夺, 争论

🤩短语
  • bone of contention (争论的焦点;争端的原因)

  • contention window ([通讯]竞争窗口)

  • resource contention (资源冲突;资源竞争)

🎤例句
  • It is my contention that death and murder always lurk as potentials in violent relationships. (我的观点是,在暴力关系中总是潜伏着死亡和谋杀的可能。)
🤔同义词
  • thesis, combat (争论,争辩;争夺;论点)

7159. recount

ri'kaunt 叙述

🎤例句
  • He then recounted the story of the interview for his first job. (他然后叙述了有关他第一份工作面试的故事。)
🤔同义词
  • relate, narrate (叙述;重新计算)

  • roll-back (重算)

7160. sorrow

'sɔrəu, 'sɔ:- 悲哀, 悲痛

🎤例句
  • He said that his decision to resign was made more in sorrow than in anger. (他说他作出辞职的决定与其说是出于气愤,不如说是因为悲伤。)
🤔同义词
  • soreness, disconsolateness (悲伤;懊悔;伤心事)

  • feel sad (懊悔;遗憾;感到悲伤)

7161. escutcheon

i'skʌtʃən 有花纹的盾, 锁眼盖, 孔罩

🤔同义词
  • nameplate, data plate (饰有纹章的盾;[五金]锁眼盖;孔罩;铭牌)

7162. horticulturalist

园艺家

🎤例句
  • The progress of the bloom was checked closely by museum horticulturalist Zac Stayton. (博物馆的园艺学家扎克•斯泰顿严密监测着开花的过程。)

  • Father-of-three Mr England, who works as a RHS horticulturalist and lives in Lockleaze, Bristol, was stunned because wild squirrels are usually highly secretive animals. (史蒂夫·英格兰先生有三个孩子,他是皇家园艺学会的园艺师,目前居住在布里斯托尔的Lockleaze。 当时他被眼前的情景惊呆了,因为通常情况下,野生松鼠的行踪高度诡秘。)

  • I'm a professional horticulturalist, and I'm excited about the topic of ornamenting one's garden and teaching others how best to accomplish this. (我是专业的园艺家,我对装饰花园,及教导别人如何完成装饰花园等主题,十分感兴趣。)

7163. reunion

团圆, 重聚

🤩短语
  • family reunion (家庭团聚)

  • family reunion dinner (团圆饭;年夜饭)

🎤例句
  • an annual reunion (一年一度的聚会)

  • a family reunion (家庭聚会)

  • a high-school reunion (高中同学联谊聚会)

7164. alphabetically

,ælfə'betikli 按字母表顺序地

🎤例句
  • For example, you could list your records in your report alphabetically. (例如,可以在报告中按字母顺序列出记录。)

  • Some options led to a second list of recipes organized alphabetically or by most recent entry. (一些选项指向按字母顺序或者按最近访问组织的另一个菜谱列表。)

  • You can sort the rows within a table of data according to the data type, allowing you to order by figures — alphabetically and by date. (您还可以根据数据类型对数据表格中的行进行排序,这样便可以按数字、字母和日期进行排序。)

7165. carelessly

'kɛəlisli 粗心地;疏忽地

🎤例句
  • He carelessly left the door unlocked. (他很粗心,没锁上门。)

  • "Oh," he said carelessly. "I'm in no hurry to get back." ("哦,"他漫不经心地说道,"我不急着回去。" )

🤔同义词
  • sloppily, inadvertently (粗心地;不注意地;无忧无虑地)

7166. supermodel

'sju:pəmɔdəl 超级名模

🎤例句
  • Jeff: If you were a supermodel, I can see why that would be important. (杰夫:如果你是一个超级名模我就明白为什么这很重要。)

  • British supermodel Naomi Campbell has interviewed Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, describing him as a "rebel angel" who is unafraid to speak his mind but poses no threat to democracy. (英国超级名模娜奥米·坎贝尔日前采访了委内瑞拉总统胡戈·查韦斯,她称查韦斯为“叛逆天使”,因为他完全不惧恐吓,坚持自己的理念。)

  • Some of the celebrities, including actress Eva Mendes and supermodel Cindy Crawford appeared in a "Stars Without Makeup" section in which they were photographed wearing no make-up for their close-ups. (其他一些名人,如女演员伊娃·曼德斯和超级名模辛迪·克劳馥德等出现在“不施粉黛最美人物”单元,这些明星在近距离拍照时不化妆。)

🤔同义词
  • Zoolander (超级名模)

7167. brusquely

'brʌskli 唐突地, 粗率地

🤔同义词
  • freely, shortly (唐突地;直率地)

7168. stubble

'stʌbl 短须, 麦茬

🎤例句
  • The stubble was burning in the fields. (残株在田地里燃烧着。)

7169. solely

'səulli 独自地, 单独地

🎤例句
  • Scholarships are given solely on the basis of financial need. (奖学金完全是根据经济需要发放的。)

  • I shall hold you solely responsible for anything that goes wrong. (出现任何差错的话,我唯你是问。)

🤔同义词
  • alone, exclusively, individually (单独地,唯一地)

7170. flout

'flaut 轻视, 嘲笑

🎤例句
  • ...illegal campers who persist in flouting the law. (…一向无视法律的非法露营者。)
🤔同义词
  • despite, derision (嘲笑;轻视;愚弄)

  • scoff at, laugh at (嘲笑;藐视;愚弄)

  • laugh at, make a mockery of (嘲笑;表示轻蔑)

7171. chihuahua

tʃi'wɑ:wə 吉娃娃(一种产于墨西哥的狗)

🎤例句
  • Well, I think my chihuahua just killed him... (哦,我想我的吉娃娃刚要了它的命……)

  • Shortly before their recent wedding they were arrested by the morality police while sitting in their car with their pet chihuahua. (这对新婚夫妇在结婚前不久曾被道德警察逮捕,当时他们正和他们的吉娃娃宠物狗一起坐在车里。)

7172. morphological

,mɔ:fə'lɔdʒikəl 形态学的

🤩短语
  • morphological character (形态特征,形态性状)
🎤例句
  • Many scientists agree that the domestic dog displays more morphological variation than any other known species, thanks to selective breeding by humans. (许多科学家都认为,国内的狗更显示形态比任何其他已知的物种变异,人类有选择育种的感谢。)

  • Other morphological features have also been identified that are inconsistent with a bird-from-dinosaur theory. (其他的形态学特征也被认为与鸟类自恐龙演化的理论不一致。)

7173. reactive

ri'æktiv, ri:- 反应的, 反作用的

🤩短语
  • reactive power ([化]无功功率)

  • reactive power compensation (无功补偿)

  • reactive dye (活性染料)

  • reactive current (无功电流,电抗性电流)

  • reactive dyeing (活性染料染色)

  • reactive power control (无效功率控制)

  • reactive diluent (活性稀释剂)

  • reactive component ([物]电抗成分;虚数部分;无功部分)

  • reactive load (无功负载;电抗负载)

🎤例句
  • a reactive foreign policy (回应式的外交政策)
🤔同义词
  • corresponsive, retroactive (反应的;电抗的;反动的)

7174. Philippine

'filipi:n 菲律宾的, 菲律宾人的

🤩短语
  • philippine sea (菲律宾海)

  • philippine islands (菲律宾群岛)

🎤例句
  • CMMI certification, she says, would ensure a higher quality of software development and help Philippine software companies compete more effectively, particularly in the international market. (她说,CMMI认证将确保更高质量的软件开发,帮助菲律宾的软件公司,特别是在国际市场上,更有效地竞争。)

  • Among the outstanding questions is whether victims were killed by Mendoza's or Philippine police bullets during the botched rescue operation and how the negotiation process was carried out. (在蹩脚的救援行动期间,遇难者是死于门多萨还是菲律宾警方的子弹,以及他们到底怎样进行的谈判,这些问题到现在依然是个迷。)

  • During the trip, the youth met with staff from the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement. (在旅程中,这班年青人跟「菲律宾乡村重建运动」的人员会面。)

7175. geothermally

地热的

🎤例句
  • The first geothermally generated electricity was produced in Larderello, Italy, in 1904. (1904年,在意大利的拉德莱罗,首次实现了地热发电。)

7176. inflow

'infləu, in'fləu 流入, 流入物

🤩短语
  • water inflow (涌水量;进水量)

  • capital inflow (资本流入)

  • cash inflow (现金流入;现金流入量)

  • net inflow (入超净额)

🎤例句
  • The Swiss wanted to discourage an inflow of foreign money. (瑞士人想要阻止外资流入。)
🤔同义词
  • afflux, inrush ([流]流入;流入物;岭量)

  • flow into, feed into ([流]流入;货币回笼)

7177. subfreezing

,sʌb'fri:ziŋ 低于冰点的

7178. anthropomorphism

,ænθrəpəu'mɔ:fizəm 拟人论,拟人观

🎤例句
  • The comments on webcam sites are rife with anthropomorphism, not surprisingly, and even when this is pointed out, the contributors are often undaunted. (不出意外的,在动物直播网站里充满了各种拟人化的评论,虽然已经有人指出,但是那些评论者却从不更改。)

7179. slot

slɔt 狭缝;空位

🤩短语
  • time slot (时间空档;(电视或广播电台的)播放时段)

  • slot machine (自动售贷机)

  • slot antenna (缝隙天线;槽孔天线)

  • key slot (n. 键槽)

  • single slot (单插槽;单翼缝)

  • slot width (齿缝宽度)

  • stator slot (定子槽)

  • card slot (板槽,插卡槽)

  • slot wedge (槽楔;槽边缘)

  • expansion slot (扩充槽,扩充插槽)

  • rotor slot (转子线槽)

🎤例句
  • Alan dropped another quarter into the slot on the pay phone. (艾伦往付费电话的投币口里又塞了一枚 25 分的硬币。)
🤔同义词
  • location, situation, site, lie (位置;狭槽;水沟;硬币投币口)

  • dog, follow up the scent (跟踪;开槽于)

7180. mansion

'mænʃən 大厦, 官邸

🤩短语
  • mansion house (大厦之屋,民信大厦;府邸)

  • executive mansion (n. 白宫;州长官邸)

🎤例句
  • a beautiful country mansion (漂亮的乡村宅第)
🤔同义词
  • palace, edifice (大厦;宅邸)

7181. awkward

'ɔ:kwəd 难使用的, 笨拙的

🎤例句
  • I hoped he would stop asking awkward questions . (我希望他不要再问令人难堪的问题。)

  • There was an awkward moment when she didn’t know whether to shake his hand or kiss his cheek. (她不知道是该跟他握手还是亲他的脸颊,一时很尴尬。)

  • an awkward silence (令人尴尬的沉默)

  • A laugh can help people over an awkward situation. (笑可以助人化解尴尬。)

  • Philip’s remarks put her in an awkward position (= made it difficult for her to know what to do ) . (菲利普的话使她很窘迫。)

🤔同义词
  • testing, embarrassed (尴尬的;笨拙的;棘手的;不合适的)

7182. constraint

kən'streint 约束, 强制

🤩短语
  • constraint condition (约束条件)

  • constraint equation (约束方程式)

  • budget constraint (预算约束;预算限制)

  • constraint satisfaction (受限制满足;约束补偿)

  • constraint matrix (约束矩阵)

  • constraint set (约束集合)

  • equality constraint (等式约束)

  • constraint force (约束力)

🎤例句
  • the constraints of family life (家庭生活的约束)
🤔同义词
  • enforcement, restriction ([数]约束;局促,态度不自然;强制)

7183. linger

'liŋɡə 逗留, 闲荡

🤩短语
  • linger over (在…上拖延;细细思考;仔细欣赏;慢吞吞地做某事)
🎤例句
  • I spent a week at Kandersteg and could happily have lingered on. (我在坎德施泰格逗留了一个星期,本来还可以开开心心地多待几天。)
🤔同义词
  • hang about, wander about (徘徊;苟延残喘;磨蹭)

  • spend, while away (消磨;缓慢度过)

7184. confinement

kən'fainmənt 限制, 禁闭

🤩短语
  • inertial confinement (惯性约束)

  • solitary confinement (单独拘禁(等于solitary))

🎤例句
  • They were held in confinement for three weeks. (他们被关押了三个星期。)

  • He visited prisoners at their place of confinement. (他到犯人关押处访问了犯人。)

🤔同义词
  • limitation, delivery, restriction, qualification, prison (限制;监禁;分娩)

7185. centrally

'sentrəli 在中心, 在中央

🤩短语
  • centrally planned economy (中央计划经济)

7186. adversity

əd'və:səti 灾祸, 逆境

🎤例句
  • his courage in the face of adversity (他面对逆境的勇气)
🤔同义词
  • disaster, tragedy, evil, grief (逆境;不幸;灾难;灾祸)

7187. imaginative

富有想象力的

🎤例句
  • an imaginative use of computer technology (计算机技术的妙用)

  • children’s imaginative play (儿童富有想象力的游戏)

  • an imaginative solution to the litter problem (解决乱扔垃圾的问题的有创意的方法)

🤔同义词
  • fictitious, figmentary (虚构的;富于想像的;有创造力的)

7188. incapacitated

,inkə'pæsi,teitid 使不能

🎤例句
  • A serious fall incapacitated the 68-year-old congressman. (一次严重跌伤使这位68岁的国会议员丧失了行动能力。)

7189. onslaught

'ɔnslɔ:t 冲击

🎤例句
  • plants that will survive the onslaught of winter (熬得过严冬侵袭的植物)
🤔同义词
  • lay on, skite (猛攻;突击)

7190. industrialist

in'dʌstriəlist 工业家, 实业家,

🎤例句
  • ...prominent Japanese industrialists. (…杰出的日本工业家。)
🤔同义词
  • city man (实业家;工业家;产业工人)

7191. relay

'ri:lei, ri'lei 接力赛;中继转播(设备) vt转述;转播

🤩短语
  • torch relay (火炬传递;火炬接力;圣火传递)

  • relay protection (继电保护)

  • relay race (接力赛)

  • frame relay ([计]帧中继)

  • time relay (时间继电器)

  • electromagnetic relay (电磁式继电器)

  • relay station (中继站;中断电台)

  • protective relay (保护继电器)

  • solid state relay (固态继电器)

  • distance relay (测距继电器)

  • differential relay (差动继电器)

  • medley relay (混合泳;混合泳接力)

  • current relay (电流继电器;电撂电器)

  • relay system (中继系统;全继电器制)

  • relay contact (继电器触点,继电匹点)

  • intermediate relay (中间继电器)

  • power system relay protection (电力系统继电保护原理)

  • thermal overload relay (热继电器;热过载继电器)

  • alarm relay (警报继电器)

  • thermal relay ([电]热继电器)

🎤例句
  • the 100 metres relay (一百米接力赛)
🤔同义词
  • take sth over (转播;接替)

  • realy, supersedure ([电]继电器;接替,接替人员;驿马)

  • retransmit (转播;使接替;分程传递)

7192. soloist

'səuləuist 独奏者, 独唱者

🎤例句
  • cello soloist Yo Yo Ma (大提琴独奏家马友友)
🤔同义词
  • chazan, cantor (独奏者;独唱者)

7193. interstitial

空隙的, 裂缝的,

🤩短语
  • interstitial water (间隙水,填隙水)

  • interstitial pneumonia (间质性肺炎)

  • interstitial cystitis ([医]间质性膀胱炎)

  • interstitial fluid (间隙液体;间质液;组织液;孔隙流体)

  • interstitial nephritis (间质性肾炎)

🤔同义词
  • lacunal, hiatal (间质的;[物][解剖]空隙的;[晶体]填隙的)

  • merithal ([晶体]填隙原子;节间)

7194. intertidal

,intə'taidəl 潮间带(的)

🤩短语
  • intertidal zone (潮间带;潮间地区;潮间区域)
🎤例句
  • Juveniledevelopment of intertidal creatures varies nearly as much as their physicalforms. (潮间带生物的幼体发育几乎随它们的外形变化而变化。)

  • At 235 feet tall, the rock formation is the third tallest intertidal structure in the world. (凭借着235英尺的高度,这座岩层成了世界第三高的潮间带结构。)

7195. refreshment

ri'freʃmənt, ri:- 点心, 精力恢复

🎤例句
  • Refreshments will be served after the meeting. (会后有茶点招待。)
🤔同义词
  • dimsum, mug-up (点心;起提神作用的东西;精力恢复)

7196. sickness

'siknis 疾病, 呕吐

🤩短语
  • motion sickness ([医]晕动病(指晕船、晕车、晕飞机))

  • morning sickness (孕妇晨吐;孕妇怀孕初期的反应)

  • sleeping sickness ([医]昏睡症;昏睡病)

  • altitude sickness (高空病)

  • radiation sickness (辐射病)

  • mountain sickness (高山病)

  • falling sickness (n. 癫痫;(家畜的)癫痫发作)

  • decompression sickness ([医]减压病)

🎤例句
  • an insurance policy against long-term sickness and injury (保长期患病和受伤的保险单)

  • working days lost due to sickness (因病损失的工作日)

🤔同义词
  • complaint, ailments ([医]疾病;呕吐;弊病)

7197. distill

dis'til 蒸馏, 滴下, 吸取

🎤例句
  • distilled water (蒸馏水)
🤔同义词
  • extract, abstract, still (提取;蒸馏;使滴下)

  • still, drip down (蒸馏;滴下;作为精华产生(等于distil))

7198. noble

'nəubl 高尚的,贵族的

🤩短语
  • noble metal (贵金属)

  • noble gas (惰性气体(等于inert gas))

  • of noble birth (贵族出身)

  • noble group (来宝集团;诺布尔集团)

🎤例句
  • It’s very noble of you to spend all your weekends helping the old folk. (你心地真好,周末的时间全都用来帮助老人。)

  • noble ideals (崇高的理想)

🤔同义词
  • magnificent, grand (高尚的;贵族的;惰性的;宏伟的)

  • prince, nobility, aristocrat (贵族)

  • grasp, collar (抓住;逮捕)

7199. patrol

pə'trəul 出巡, 巡逻

🤩短语
  • on patrol (在巡逻;巡逻中)

  • highway patrol ((美)高速公路巡警)

  • police patrol (公安巡逻艇;[法]警察巡逻)

  • patrol car (巡逻警车)

  • patrol boat (巡逻船)

  • night patrol (夜间巡逻)

  • patrol inspection (巡回检查)

  • patrol ship (巡逻舰,巡逻船)

🎤例句
  • Armed guards patrolled the grounds. (武装卫兵巡逻场地。)

  • an area patrolled by special police units (由特警部队巡逻的地区)