9000_TOEFL词汇

9000. jibe

嘲笑, 与一致, 使转向

🤩短语
  • jibe with (与…一致;符合…)
🎤例句
  • "No doubt he'll give me the chance to fight him again," he jibed. (“毫无疑问,他会给我机会与他再打一次。”他嘲讽道。)
🤔同义词
  • laugh at, make a mockery of (嘲笑)

  • laugh at, deride (嘲笑)

  • derision, sarcasm (嘲笑)

9001. knead

ni:d 揉(面等)成团, 按摩

🎤例句
  • Knead the dough for three minutes. (将面团揉三分钟。)
🤔同义词
  • massage, rub down (揉合,揉捏;按摩;捏制)

9002. nonchalant

'nɔnʃələnt, ,nɔnʃə'lɑ:nt 若无其事的, 不关心的, 冷淡的

🎤例句
  • ‘Has he got a girlfriend?’ Jill asked, trying to sound nonchalant. (“他有女朋友吗?”吉尔装出无所谓的样子问道。)
🤔同义词
  • cold, lukewarm (冷淡的,漠不关心的)

9003. humanlike

似人类的

🎤例句
  • In terms of career advice, the most obvious message is: Focus on jobs and areas of expertise that appear to require humanlike general intelligence. (从职业建议上将,最明显的一点是:关注与那些需要人类总体智能的工作或专业领域。)

  • In the articles in Science, Dr. Berger’s team describes novel combinations of apelike and humanlike features in the hand, foot and pelvis of the new species. (在《科学》杂志文章里,伯格尔博士的研究小组描述这个新物种的手,脚和骨盆方面的似类人猿和似人特征的新型组合。)

🤔同义词
  • hominoid (似人类的)

9004. boron

'bɔ:rɔn [化]硼

🤩短语
  • boron nitride (氮化硼;一氮化硼)

  • boron carbide ([化]碳化硼)

  • cubic boron nitride ([材料学]立方氮化硼)

  • boron trifluoride (三氟化硼)

  • boron steel (硼钢)

  • boron oxide (氧化硼;二氧化硼)

🎤例句
  • He said there should be an element under boron. (他认为在,硼的下面也有个元素。)

  • So, we have beryllium in the first case here, it has four electrons, that's how we know it's beryllium, boron has five electrons. (那么我们将铍作为第一个例子,它有四个电子,这也是我们为什么能知道它是铍的原因,硼有五个电子。)

  • Only small amounts of wurtzite boron nitride and lonsdaleite exist naturally or have been made in the lab so until now no one had realised their superior strength. (天然存在或者实验室制造的纤锌矿型氮化硼和朗斯代尔石数量很少,直到现在,也没有一个人发现它们令人吃惊的硬度。)

🤔同义词
  • boracium ([化学]硼)

9005. dump

倾倒(垃圾), 倾卸

堆存处

🤩短语
  • dump truck (自动倾卸卡车)

  • waste dump (废石堆,废料堆)

  • garbage dump (垃圾场;垃圾堆)

  • rubbish dump (垃圾堆;碎石堆)

  • refuse dump (n. 垃圾场)

  • dump car (自动倾卸车)

🎤例句
  • We dumped our bags at the nearby Grand Hotel and hurried toward the market. (我们把包扔在附近的格兰德旅馆,急匆匆地向市场赶去。)
🤔同义词
  • pour in (倾倒;倾卸)

  • empty the trash (倒垃圾)

9006. topographically

,tɔpə'græfikli 地形地

🎤例句
  • Dubai is a part of the Arabian Desert, but is topographically different from it. (迪拜虽然是阿拉伯沙漠的一部分,但从地形上来说,它却不同于阿拉伯沙漠。)

9007. mandatory

'mændətəri:, -,tɔ:ri 命令的, 托管的

🤩短语
  • mandatory standard (n. 强制性标准,法定标准;推荐性标准)

  • mandatory provident fund (强制性公积金)

  • mandatory measures (指令性措施)

  • mandatory requirement (强制性要求;必须遵循的要求)

🎤例句
  • Murder carries a mandatory life sentence . (谋杀罪依照法律要判无期徒刑。)
🤔同义词
  • managed, compulsive (强制的;托管的;命令的)

  • bailee, consignee (受托者(等于mandatary))

9008. scholarly

'skɔləli 学者气质的, 学者风度的

🤩短语
  • scholarly journal (学术杂志,学术期刊)
🎤例句
  • a scholarly journal (学术期刊)
🤔同义词
  • learned, knowing, wise (博学的;学者风度的;学者派头的)

9009. offering

'ɔfəriŋ, 'ɔ:- 提供, 奉献物

🤩短语
  • burnt offering (烧祭品)

  • public offering (公开发售;公开销售证券)

  • initial public offering (初始公开发行;首次公募)

  • offering price (报出价格)

  • rights offering (附权发行)

  • secondary offering (二次发行;次级发行;证券第二次发行)

  • course offering (课程设置)

  • peace offering (友好赠品;犹太人的谢恩祭)

🤔同义词
  • sacrifice, oblation (提供;祭品;奉献物;牲礼)

  • lending (提供(offer的ing形式))

9010. chlorine

'klɔ:ri:n [化]氯

🎤例句
  • Salt decomposes into sodium and chlorine. (盐分解成钠和氯。)

  • Well, this chlorine has taken one electron from the sulfur. (对了,这个氯从硫那里得到了一个电子。)

  • These substances are sometimes combined with other chemicals, such as chlorine. (这些物质有时可与其他化学品化合,例如氯。)

🤔同义词
  • Cl ([化学]氯(17号化学元素))

9011. bromine

'brəumi:n [化]溴

🤩短语
  • bromine water ([化]溴水)
🎤例句
  • In this way a bromine 'handle' for adding extra resveratrol units can be placed in one position or in two positions in a controlled manner. (通过这种方法,一个用于结合其他白藜芦醇单元的溴“把手”就可以可控地放置在一个或两个位置。)

  • Exposure to fumes from strong acids, ammonia, some organic solvents, chlorine, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, and bromine can also cause irritative bronchitis. (强酸,氨,有机溶液,氯,硫化氢,二氧化硫和溴也能引起刺激性支气管炎。)

  • Supported by the favorable bromine pricing environment, we are confident that this is an optimal opportunity to leverage our strong balance sheet and invest in Gulf Resources. (由于溴盐定价环境令人满意,我们相信此举将是海湾资源公司增加资本,进行投资的最佳时机。)

9012. gush

ɡʌʃ 涌出,滔滔不绝

ɡʌʃ 迸发

🤩短语
  • gush over (滔滔不绝地说)
🎤例句
  • Piping-hot water gushed out. (滚烫的水涌了出来。)
🤔同义词
  • spring forth (涌出;迸出)

  • outrush, well up (涌出;迸发)

9013. kea

'keiə, 'ki:ə 食肉鹦鹉

🤩短语
  • mauna kea (莫纳克亚山(夏威夷岛的死火山))
🤔同义词
  • keos (食肉鹦鹉(产于新西兰))

9014. hillbilly

'hil,bili 山地内部的贫农,乡下人

🎤例句
  • Blinking in amazement, the hillbilly drawled, "I should have brought my wife! (乡下人惊奇地眨着眼睛,慢吞吞地说:“我应该把我的老婆带来!”)
🤔同义词
  • peasant, provincial, countryman (乡下人,乡巴佬;山地内部的贫农,山地人)

9015. pont

pɔnt (南非的)缆拉渡船

9016. resettle

ri:'setl (使)重新定居,再坐下来

🤩短语
  • resettle oneself (再坐下来)
🎤例句
  • The area was resettled in the latter half of the century. (在该世纪下半叶这个地区重新有人定居。)

9017. pivotal

'pivətl 重要的, 轴的

🤩短语
  • pivotal role (关键作用;要害作用)
🎤例句
  • The Bank of England has a pivotal role in the London money market. (英格兰银行在伦敦货币市场中起着关键性的作用。)
🤔同义词
  • central, key (关键的;中枢的;枢轴的)

9018. untimely

,ʌn'taimli 不适时的, 不合时宜的

🤔同义词
  • previous, unseasonable (不合时宜的;过早的)

  • prematurely, unseasonably (不合时宜地;过早地)

9019. sack

sæk 大袋, 大袋之量

sæk 解雇, 洗劫

🤩短语
  • hit the sack (睡觉;就寝)

  • sack out (睡觉)

  • sack paper (纸袋;制袋用纸)

  • sack in (v. 睡觉)

🎤例句
  • They couldn’t sack me – I’d done nothing wrong. (他们不能解雇我——我没做错什么事。)
🤔同义词
  • gunny bag, burlap bag (麻布袋;洗劫)

  • get the boot, dehire (解雇;把……装入袋;劫掠)

9020. pointe

pwæŋt (芭蕾舞中的)足尖舞

9021. woodcutting

'wud,kʌtiŋ 木雕的

'wud,kʌtiŋ 伐木, 木刻

🎤例句
  • Roadwork is all done with spades, heavy woodcutting with hand-axes – and all work is to meet specified quotas or food was immediately reduced. (道路施工都是用铁锹完成的,沉重的伐木工作是用斧头——所有工作都要符合规定的进度,否则立刻就减少食物。)

  • GIFFORD: With woodcutting machines all around, one of the local Communist Party leaders - whose family name, like almost everyone in the village, is also Sun -gives a tour of the factory. (格菲德:到处都是伐木机械轰隆隆的声音,当地党委书记,也姓孙,和村里人一个姓,参观了孙先生的工厂。)

🤔同义词
  • felling, wood block ([林]伐木;木刻)

9022. chapter

'tʃæptə (书籍)章,回

🤩短语
  • chapter one (第一章)

  • chapter house (牧师会礼堂;(美)大学生联谊会分会所)

  • a chapter of accidents (接踵而来的灾祸;一连串未预料到的事情)

  • read someone a chapter (训斥 (或谴责) 某人)

🎤例句
  • Read Chapter 11 as your homework. (家庭作业是阅读第 11 章。)

  • This chapter discusses power, and how people use it. (这一章节讲权力,以及人们如何运用权力。)

🤔同义词
  • Zhang, volte ([语]章,回;(俱乐部、协会等的)分会;人生或历史上的重要时期)

9023. homely

'həumli 家常的,平凡的

🎤例句
  • Mrs Keane is a comfortable, homely person. (基恩太太平易近人,亲切好客。)
🤔同义词
  • household, domestic, family, ordinary, stock (家庭的;平凡的;不好看的)

9024. circulatory

,sə:kju'leitəri, 'sə:kjulətəri 循环的, 循环系统的

🤩短语
  • circulatory system (循环系统)
🎤例句
  • the heart and circulatory system (心脏和血液循环系统)
🤔同义词
  • cyclic, recursive (循环的)

9025. variance

'vεəriəns 不一致, 变化,

🤩短语
  • variance analysis (方差分析;差异分析)

  • analysis of variance (方差分析)

  • at variance (不和;有分歧)

  • at variance with (与…不和)

  • total variance (总方差,总变异数)

  • cost variance (成本差异)

  • error variance (误差方差;误差变量;误差偏差)

  • variance ratio (方差比,变异比;变异刺激)

  • residual variance ([数]剩余方差)

  • additive variance (加性方差)

🎤例句
  • a price variance of 5% (5%的价格差异)
🤔同义词
  • differentiation, shift, change, diversification, turn ([生物]变异;变化;不一致;分歧;[数]方差)

9026. affiliate

ə'filieit, ə'filiit, -eit 使隶属于

ə'filieit, ə'filiit, -eit 附属机构

🤩短语
  • affiliate marketing (联盟营销;从属营销)

  • affiliate program (联盟计划;伙伴计划)

  • affiliate with (v. 交往)

  • affiliate company (联营公司)

🎤例句
  • He wanted to affiliate with a U.S. firm because he needed expert advice in legal affairs. (他想成为一家美国公司的会员,因为他需要法律事务方面的专家意见。)
🤔同义词
  • associated company (联号;隶属的机构等)

  • receive, take on sb (使附属;接纳;使紧密联系)

  • participate in, take part in, go through (参加,加入;发生联系)

9027. unquestioning

ʌn'kwestʃəniŋ 无条件的, 不犹豫的

🎤例句
  • an unquestioning belief in God (对上帝的信不移)
🤔同义词
  • blind, unlimited (不提出疑问的;不犹豫的;盲目的;无异议的;无条件的)

9028. primatology

,praimə'tɔlədʒi 灵长类动物学

🎤例句
  • The study of our human nature encompasses a variety of fields ranging from anthropology, primatology, cognitive science and psychology to paleontology, archaeology, evolutionary biology and genetics. (从人类学,灵长类动物学,认知科学和心理学到古生物学,考古学,进化生物学和基因学,人们对人类属性的研究包括很多领域。)

9029. demerit

di:'merit 缺点,过失

🤩短语
  • merit and demerit (优缺点)
🎤例句
  • Demerits were given to students for late attendance at prayers. (祷告会上迟到的学生被记过了。)
🤔同义词
  • defect, error, deficiency, disadvantage, vice (缺点,短处;过失)

9030. inferiority

in,fiəri'ɔrəti 自卑, 次等

🤩短语
  • inferiority complex (自卑情结;自卑感)

  • feeling of inferiority (自卑感)

🎤例句
  • This kind of sentiment is a very interesting combination of superiority and inferiority. (这种情感是非常有趣的,是一种高傲和自卑的结合体。)

  • My sense of inferiority, my fear of handicaps, dropped away. (我的自卑和我对困难的恐惧都消失了。)

🤔同义词
  • self-contempt, subordinate ([心理]自卑;下属;次等;下部)

9031. tyrannical

ti'rænikəl, tai- 暴虐的, 压制的, 残暴的

🎤例句
  • a tyrannical parent (一位专横的家长)

  • tyrannical laws (专制的法令)

🤔同义词
  • ruffianly, atrocious (残暴的;暴君的;专横的)

9032. potentiality

pəutenʃi'æliti (用复数)潜能,可能性

🎤例句
  • All of these are useful breeds whose potentiality has not been realized. (所有这些都是有益的品种,其潜力尚未被认识到。)
🤔同义词
  • possibility, probability, feasibility, maybe, chance (潜力;可能性)

9033. applicability

,æplikə'biləti 适用性, 适应性

🤩短语
  • practical applicability (实用性;专利的实用性)
🎤例句
  • As a source of knowledge the strength of rational statements lies in reliability and predictability, but not in breadth or applicability. (作为知识的来源之一,理论叙述的作用在于可靠性和预见性,而不在于广泛性和实用性。)

  • However, of all of these updates, the ones with the most general applicability are the performance enhancements for dealing with large volumes of data. (然而,所有这些更新中,绝大多数带有普遍适应性的是关于处理大量数据的性能加强的问题。)

  • Perhaps these arguments have convinced you of the problems with XML namespaces and their limited applicability. (可能这些讨论使您认识到了 XML 名称空间的问题以及它有限的适用性。)

🤔同义词
  • flexibility, adaptability (适用性;适应性)

9034. enlightenment

in'laitənmənt 启迪, 教化

🤩短语
  • age of enlightenment (启蒙时代;启蒙时期)
🎤例句
  • Stella had a moment of enlightenment. (斯特拉恍然大悟。)
🤔同义词
  • cultivation, edification (启迪;启蒙运动;教化)

9035. terrible

'terəbl 很糟的, 极坏的,骇人的

🤩短语
  • feel terrible (感觉不舒服)
🎤例句
  • The hotel was absolutely terrible. (这家宾馆糟糕透了。)

  • I’d better write this down; I have a terrible memory. (我最好把它记下来,我的记性很差。)

🤔同义词
  • horrible, awesome, fearful, dire, formidable (可怕的;很糟的;令人讨厌的)

  • greatly, quite, badly, extremely, too, highly, far (很,非常)

9036. glossy

'ɡlɔsi 平滑的, 有光泽的

🤩短语
  • glossy surface (光泽面;光亮表面)

  • glossy paper (釉纸;光泽纸;光面纸)

🎤例句
  • her glossy black hair (她那亮泽的黑发)

  • the glossy surface of the leaves (叶子光亮的表面)

🤔同义词
  • smooth, glabrous (光滑的;有光泽的)

9037. relevance

'relivəns 中肯, 适当

🤩短语
  • relevance theory (关联理论)
🎤例句
  • I think we can all appreciate the relevance of that now. (我想,我们大家现在都能领会这句话中肯。)
🤔同义词
  • relationship, correlation, fitness, associations (关联;适当;中肯)

9038. wanderer

'wɔndərə 流浪者, 徘徊者, 迷路的动物

🤔同义词
  • rover, Vagabonds (流浪者;漫游者;迷路的动物)

9039. rebirth

,ri:'bə:θ, 'ri:b- 复活, 新生

🎤例句
  • the cycle of birth, death and rebirth (生死轮回)
🤔同义词
  • reconstruction, regeneration, breeding, renewal (再生;复兴)

9040. unfertilized

未施肥的, 未受精的

🤩短语
  • unfertilized egg (未孕卵,未受精卵)
🎤例句
  • an unfertilized ovum ()

9041. untreated

'ʌn'tri:tid 未经处理的, 未经治疗的

🎤例句
  • untreated sewage (未经处理过的污水)

9042. folklore

'fəuklɔ: 民间传说, 民俗学

🎤例句
  • In Chinese folklore the bat is a symbol of good fortune. (在中国民间传说中,蝙蝠是好运的象征。)

9043. fumigate

'fju:miɡeit 熏制, 以烟熏消毒

🎤例句
  • ...fruit which has been treated with insecticide and fumigated. (...杀过虫、消过毒的水果。)

9044. unverified

ʌn'verifaid 未经证实的, 未经核对的

🎤例句
  • The general goal was to close all "unverified defects" before a specific date. (主要的目标是在一个具体日期前消除所有“未经核对的缺陷”。)

  • One potential hazard is the temptation to report unverified claims by scientists that would be rejected by a peer-reviewed journal. (一个潜在危险是你会被诱惑报道科学家未经证实的主张,而这些主张可能会被同行评议的杂志拒绝。)

🤔同义词
  • unchecked, uncorroborated (未经核对的,未经证实的)

9045. veil

veil 面纱

veil 遮蔽, 掩饰

🤩短语
  • under the veil of (以…为借口)
🎤例句
  • She lifted her veil with both hands. (她用双手揭开面纱。)

  • a bridal veil (新娘的面纱)

🤔同义词
  • yashmak, facemask (面纱;[服装]面罩;遮蔽物;托词)

  • shadow, shield, curtain (遮蔽;掩饰;以面纱遮掩;用帷幕分隔)

9046. uncontested

'ʌnkən'testid 无争论的, 无异议的

🎤例句
  • After an uncontested divorce, Peggy married Charlie. (和平离婚之后,佩姬嫁给了查利。)
🤔同义词
  • rivalless, unanimous (无竞争的;无异议的;无争议的)

9047. inspector

in'spektə 检查员, 巡视员

🤩短语
  • inspector general (n. 监察长;检查长)

  • quality inspector (质量检验员)

  • police inspector (警察分局局;派出所所长)

  • ticket inspector (n. 查票员;收票员)

  • school inspector (n. 督学)

🎤例句
  • ticket inspectors (查票员)

  • a Health and Safety inspector (健康安全督察员)

  • Standards of discipline at the school were strongly criticized in the inspector’s report. (督察员在报告里狠狠地批评了这所学校的纪律水准。)

🤔同义词
  • supervisor, looker ([经管][交]检查员;巡视员)

9048. nutritionist

营养学家

🎤例句
  • Nutritionists say only 33 percent of our calorie intake should be from fat. (营养学家说我们所摄入的卡路里中只应有33%来自脂肪。)
🤔同义词
  • dietitian (营养学家)

9049. dismal

阴沉的, 凄凉的n沼泽

🤩短语
  • dismal science (忧郁的科学;悲观科学)
🎤例句
  • The future looks pretty dismal right now. (目前前景似乎相当暗淡。)

  • a dismal, grey afternoon (一个阴沉灰暗的下午)

🤔同义词
  • dark, blue, terrible, heavy (凄凉的,忧郁的;阴沉的,沉闷的;可怕的)

9050. thicken

'θikən (使)变厚, (使)变粗

🎤例句
  • The fog was beginning to thicken. (雾气渐浓。)

  • Thicken the soup by adding potatoes. (加些马铃薯让汤变稠。)

🤔同义词
  • fog, obfuscate (使变厚;使模糊;使…变复杂)

  • elaborate (变浓;变厚;变得模糊;变粗;变复杂)

9051. courageous

kə'reidʒəs 勇敢的

🎤例句
  • He was wrong, and courageous enough to admit it. (他是错了,而且有勇气承认自己错了。)

  • a courageous decision (勇敢的决定)

🤔同义词
  • game, brave (有胆量的,勇敢的)

9052. roe

rəu 鱼卵,獐鹿

🤩短语
  • fish roe (鱼卵,鱼子)

  • roe deer (n. [动]狍(等于roe))

  • richard roe (某乙(对诉讼中不知名的当事人称呼))

🎤例句
  • ...cod's roe. (...鳕鱼子。)

9053. unrecognizable

,ʌnrekəg'naizəbl 未被承认的, 无法识别的

🎤例句
  • I hadn’t been to the city for 20 years and it was almost unrecognizable. (我已经 20 年没有到过这座城市,几乎认不出来了。)
🤔同义词
  • unadmitted, unheralded (未被承认的;无法认出的)

9054. soup

su:p

🤩短语
  • in the soup (adv. [口]在困境中)

  • chicken soup (鸡汤;心灵鸡汤)

  • noodle soup (面汤,清汤面条)

  • thick soup (浓汤)

  • tomato soup (番茄汤)

  • vegetable soup (蔬菜汤)

  • mushroom soup (蘑菇汤)

  • duck soup (n. 易事;好欺侮的人)

  • from soup to nuts (从头到尾;一应俱全)

  • clear soup (清汤)

  • onion soup (洋葱汤;葱头汤)

  • soup stock (老汤;肉汁清汤)

  • soup spoon (汤匙)

  • soup of the day (例汤)

  • corn soup (玉米浓汤)

  • soup kitchen (流动厨房;施粥场)

  • seaweed soup (紫菜汤)

  • soup plate (汤盘;汤盆)

  • pumpkin soup (南瓜汤)

  • wonton soup (馄饨汤)

🎤例句
  • homemade tomato soup (自制的番茄汤)
🤔同义词
  • horsepower, gippo (汤,羹;马力)

  • increase speed, quicken up (加速;增加马力)

9055. directive

di'rektiv, dai- 指示

di'rektiv, dai- 指导的

🤩短语
  • directive effect ([计]定向效应)
🎤例句
  • Thanks to a new directive, food labelling will be more specific. (由于官方的一项新指令,食品标签将会更明确具体。)
🤔同义词
  • instruction, pointing, indication, prescription, commands (指示;指令)

  • administrative, regulatory, managing (指导的;管理的)

9056. september

sep'tembə 九月(略作Sep)

🎤例句
  • Her son, Jerome, was born in September. (她的儿子杰罗姆出生于9月。)

  • We didn't make the original September 30 release date. (我们没有赶上原定9月30日的发行日。)

9057. unreachable

ʌn'ri:tʃəbl 不能到达的, 不能得到的

🎤例句
  • Objects that are unmarked at the end of the mark phase are unreachable by the application (dead) because there's no path from the root set through any series of references to find them. (标记阶段最后也没有标记的对象是应用程序不可获得的对象(死对象),因为不存在从根集经过任何引用序列找到这些对象的路径。)

  • Russell said he couldn't get answers about his own treatment, and the man who once spent so much time offering care and advice was unreachable. (拉塞尔说他不能从自己的治疗中得出答案,并且这个曾经花费许多时间提供关心和建议的人是遥不可及的。)

🤔同义词
  • unobtainable (不能得到的;不能达到的)

9058. stew

stju:, stu: 炖, 焖

🤩短语
  • in a stew (烦恼;着急)
🎤例句
  • stewed apples (炖苹果)
🤔同义词
  • pot-roast, braise (炖,炖汤;焖;忧虑;受闷热)

  • worry, trouble (炖,炖汤;烦恼;闷热;鱼塘)

  • simmer, fret one's gizzard (炖,炖汤;焖;受闷热;忧虑)

9059. slowness

'sləunis 缓慢, 迟钝

🎤例句
  • Hard working often counterbalances slowness at learning. (勤奋往往能弥补智力的迟钝。)

  • Despite the difficulty of the task,and the slowness of the progress,the workers continued to plug away at it manfully. (尽管任务很艰巨,进展也缓慢,工人们仍顽强果断地继续干着。)

  • This could not be otherwise ; and from the slowness of a vibration, or from the small number of vibrations in a day, Cavendish computed the real weight of the earth. (就是用这样的办法,通过观察这缓慢的振动和计算一天中的振动次数,卡文迪什计算出了地球的确切的重量。)

🤔同义词
  • tardiness, inertia (缓慢;迟钝)

9060. slavery

奴隶身分, 奴隶制度

🎤例句
  • attempts to abolish slavery (废除奴隶制的努力)
🤔同义词
  • Enslaved, bondage (奴役;奴隶制度;奴隶身分)

9061. herculean

,hə:kju'li:ən; hə'ku:liən 极困难的,需要大力气的

🎤例句
  • a herculean task (艰巨的任务)

9062. colossal

kə'lɔsəl 巨大的, <口>异常的

🎤例句
  • a colossal statue of the King (国王的巨大雕像)

  • This whole holiday was a colossal waste of money. (这次度假浪费了大量的钱财。)

🤔同义词
  • huge, tremendous, enormous, massive, macro, intense (巨大的;异常的,非常的)

9063. prudent

'pru:dənt 审慎的,小心谨慎的

🤩短语
  • prudent monetary policy (稳健的货币政策;谨慎的货币政策)
🎤例句
  • prudent house buyers (谨慎的购房者)
🤔同义词
  • cautious, wary, provident (谨慎的;精明的;节俭的)

9064. liable

'laiəbl 有责任的, 易的, 有倾向的

🤩短语
  • liable for (adj. 对……有责任)

  • liable to tax (应纳税;应课税)

🎤例句
  • She will grow into a woman particularly liable to depression. (她将变成一个特别易于消沉的女人。)
🤔同义词
  • responsible, bound, accountable, prone (有责任的,有义务的;应受罚的;有…倾向的;易…的)

9065. imprisonment

im'prizənmənt 关押,监禁

🤩短语
  • life imprisonment (无期徒刑;终身监禁)

  • false imprisonment (n. 非法监禁)

🎤例句
  • She was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. (她被判处7年监禁。)
🤔同义词
  • prison, durance ([法]监禁,关押;坐牢;下狱)

9066. sour

'sauə 酸的, 发酵的

'sauə 变酸

🤩短语
  • sweet and sour (酸甜;苦乐;糖醋调味的)

  • sour cream (酸奶油)

  • sour gas (含硫气;酸气)

  • sour water (酸性污水)

  • sour milk (酸乳;酸腐的牛奶)

  • sour crude (含硫原油;酸性原油)

  • sour taste (酸味;口酸)

  • sour someone on ([美国英语]使某人对…表示反感)

  • sour cherry (酸樱桃;欧洲酸樱桃)

  • sour crude oil (酸性原油,含硫原油)

  • sour grape (酸葡萄(形容妒忌而贬低自己得不到的东西))

  • go sour (不再受欢迎;出漏子;变酸)

  • sour orange (酸橙;苦橙)

🎤例句
  • Rachel sampled the wine. It was sour. (雷切尔尝了尝葡萄酒,是酸的。)

  • sour cherries (酸樱桃)

🤔同义词
  • grinding, acid, raised, evil, sharp ([化学]酸的;发酵的;刺耳的;酸臭的;讨厌的)

  • go bad, get tired of (发酵;变酸;厌烦)

  • fail, fox (使变酸;使失望)

9067. treason

'tri:zən 叛逆, 通敌, 背信

🤩短语
  • high treason (叛国罪)
🎤例句
  • The defendant was convicted of high treason (= treason of the worst kind ) and sentenced to death. (被告被判犯有严重叛国罪,并处以死刑。)
🤔同义词
  • recreancy ([法]叛国罪;不忠)

9068. wold

'wəuld 无树木的山地, 荒野

🤔同义词
  • desert, badland (荒原;无树木的山地)

9069. abalone

æ,bə'ləuni [动]鲍鱼(软体动物)

🎤例句
  • The highly reflective surface and the abalone shell made this photograph a real challenge to take. (高度反光的表面和鲍鱼壳使这张照片的拍摄成为真正的挑战。)

  • Lighting is everything. The highly reflective surface and the abalone shell made this photograph a real challenge to take. (灯光就是一切。高度反光的表面和鲍鱼壳使这张照片的拍摄成为真正的挑战。)

  • Yeast don't normally do any of those reactions on their own, so Belcher and her students had to engineer them to express genes found in organisms such as the abalone. (酵母通常不会对二氧化碳等做出自我反应,所以贝尔彻和她的学生们必须改造它们来表达类似鲍鱼机体中的那些基因。)

🤔同义词
  • paua, ormer, sea-ear ([无脊椎]鲍鱼)

9070. mime

maim 哑剧

maim 做哑剧表演

🎤例句
  • The children learn through role-play, dance and mime. (儿童通过角色表演、舞蹈和哑剧来学习。)

  • They will perform a short mime later. (稍后他们将表演一个哑剧小品。)

  • a professional mime artist (专业的哑剧表演艺术家)

🤔同义词
  • dumb show, panto (哑剧;小丑;滑稽戏)

9071. dram

dræm 液量特兰(药衡系统中的容量单位), 少量

🎤例句
  • ...a dram of whisky. (...一点威士忌。)
🤔同义词
  • suggestion, trace, drop (打兰(重量名);微量)

9072. desperate

'despərət 不顾一切的, 拚死的, 令人绝望的

🎤例句
  • I had no money left and was desperate. (我身无分文,已经走投无路了。)

  • Time was running out and we were getting desperate . (时间越来越少,我们越来越感到绝望。)

  • the missing teenager’s desperate parents (失踪少年绝望的父母)

🤔同义词
  • venturous, devil-may-care (不顾一切的;令人绝望的;极度渴望的)

9073. retool

ri:'tu:l 将机械重新整备, 重组

🎤例句
  • The College Board has retooled the admission exams. (大学委员会重新调整入学考试。)
🤔同义词
  • recombine, reequip (重组;重新装备)

9074. urchin

顽童, [动物]刺猥, [动物]海胆

🤩短语
  • sea urchin (海胆)
🎤例句
  • The spines of the omnivorous pencil-spined urchin extend outward from its body. (这个铅笔状的杂食性海胆的刺从它们的身体里伸出来。)
🤔同义词
  • monkey, elf (顽童,淘气鬼;海胆;刺猥)

9075. relational

ri'leiʃənəl 有关系的, 亲属的

🤩短语
  • relational database (关系数据库)

  • relational expression ([计]关系表达式)

  • relational model (关系模型)

  • relational algebra ([数]关系代数)

  • relational graph (相关图形;关系图)

🎤例句
  • One of these tables contains only traditional relational columns, while the second contains relational columns and one XML column. (这两个表的其中之一仅包含传统的关系列,而另一个包含关系列和一个 XML 列。)
🤔同义词
  • correlative, pertinent (相关的;亲属的)

9076. demobilize

di:'məubilaiz 使复员, 使退伍, 遣散

🎤例句
  • programmes to help demobilized soldiers fit into civilian life (帮助复员军人适应平民生活的方案)
🤔同义词
  • deactivate, muster out (遣散;使复员;使退伍(demobilise))

9077. bid

bid 出价, 投标

bid 投标,企图

🤩短语
  • bid for (投标;出价;许诺获支持)

  • in a bid to (为了…)

  • bid on (投标;出价;承包…的投标)

  • successful bid (中标)

  • bid evaluation (评标;报价评审,标书评审)

  • bid price (投标价格;买价)

  • bid opening (开标)

  • takeover bid (收购行动;收购竞争;购并出价)

  • the olympic bid (申奥)

  • sealed bid (密封的投标)

  • bid document (标书;招标文件;投标资料)

  • bid up (v. 抬价)

  • invitation to bid ([经]招标;投标邀请书)

  • invitation for bid (招标)

  • make a bid for (v. 出价买;企图获得)

  • take-over bid ([经]吸收合并出价;出价盘进)

  • bid security (投标保证金;投标担保)

  • bid against (抬高竞买)

  • competitive bid (adj. 招标的)

  • bid inviting (招标)

🎤例句
  • She wanted to bid for it. (她想出价买下它。)
🤔同义词
  • tell, tender for (投标;[贸易]出价;表示;吩咐)

  • tender for ([贸易]投标;吩咐)

  • offer ([贸易]出价;叫牌;努力争取)

9078. palimpsest

'pælimpsest 重写本

🎤例句
  • Some of it is lost, as the DNA palimpsest has been erased and re-written. (它们的一些已经丢失了,因为一些DNA手稿已经被擦去重写。)

9079. hermetic

hə:'metik 密封的, 与外界隔绝的

🤩短语
  • hermetic seal (密封;气密封口)
🎤例句
  • Its film industry operates in its own curiously hermetic way. (它的电影业以奇特而封闭的方式运作。)
🤔同义词
  • tight, sealed ([机]密封的;与外界隔绝的;不透气的;炼金术的)

  • alchemist (炼金术士)

9080. lust

lʌst 繁殖力, 强烈的性欲

lʌst 强烈欲望

🤩短语
  • lust for (贪求)
🎤例句
  • My feelings for Lauren were pure lust. (我对劳伦的感觉纯粹是肉欲。)
🤔同义词
  • sexual desire, libido (性欲;强烈的欲望)

  • rare, aspire (贪求,渴望)

9081. posthumously

'pɔstjuməsli 在死后

🎤例句
  • This has been cited as the reason she was not included with the others: The Nobel Prize is not awarded posthumously. (她的死已被引证为她没有和其他三位一起包括在内的原因:人死之后不授予诺贝尔奖。)

  • Myth: The prize can be awarded posthumously. (误解:奖项可以在死后追授。)

9082. outfit

'autfit 用具, 全套装配, vt配备, 装备

🎤例句
  • She bought a new outfit for the party. (她为了这次派对买了套新衣服。)

  • a cowboy outfit (一套牛仔服装)

🤔同义词
  • organization, machinery, tool, house (机构;用具;全套装备)

  • serve, accommodate (配备;供应)

9083. revolt

ri'vəult, -'vɔ:lt 反抗,反叛

🤩短语
  • in revolt (反抗;造反)

  • revolt against (反感;厌恶)

  • revolt at (厌恶;憎恶)

🎤例句
  • The prime minister is now facing a revolt by members of his own party. (首相现在面临着党内倒戈。)
🤔同义词
  • strive against, come out against (反抗;反叛;反感,厌恶)

  • sicken (使反感;使恶心)

  • resistance, hate, rebellion (反抗;叛乱;反感)

9084. maw

mɔ: 动物的胃,口部

🤩短语
  • fish maw (鱼肚)
🎤例句
  • The explanation for all this is undoubtedly the open maw and changing dietary habits of the world’s fast-expanding population. (世界肥料行业之所以这么活跃,无疑是因为世界快速增长的人口大开胃口和饮食习惯的改变。)

  • Some fear that the cost of servicing the debts to the EU and IMF, and of feeding the insatiable maw of the banks, will eventually force Ireland into a debt restructuring. (有人担心为了偿还欧盟和IMF贷款所需的高额服务费,在加上难以满足永远也喂不饱的银行的胃口,爱尔兰最终会被逼得要进行债务重组。)

🤔同义词
  • stomach, gastro ((动物的)胃;嗉囊(鸟的);(动物的)咽喉)

9085. utmost

'ʌtməust 极限, 最大可能

'ʌtməust 极度的, 最远的

🤩短语
  • to the utmost (极度;尽力)

  • do one's utmost (尽全力,竭力)

  • utmost good faith (最大诚信;绝对信任)

  • at the utmost (至多)

🎤例句
  • The medical staff did their utmost(= tried as hard as they could ) to save the patient’s life. (医护人员竭尽全力挽救那位病人的生命。)

  • It is a matter of the utmost urgency to find out what has happened to these people. (当务之急是弄清楚这些人出了什么事。)

  • Security matters are treated with the utmost seriousness. (安全问题受到极为严肃的对待。)

🤔同义词
  • limitation, threshold, terminal (极限;最大可能)

  • excessive, extreme (极度的;最远的)

9086. bryn

布琳

9087. consistency

kən'sistənsi 坚固性, 浓度, 一致性

🤩短语
  • internal consistency (內部一致性;内部相容性)

  • consistency check (一致性检验;连续检查)

  • normal consistency (n. 标准稠度;正常稠度;正常调度)

  • consistency principle (一致原则;相容原理)

  • self consistency (自洽;自我一致)

🎤例句
  • She scores goals with remarkable consistency. (她以非凡的连贯性进球得分。)
🤔同义词
  • conformance, impending slough ([计][会计]一致性;[流]稠度;相容性)

9088. sentimentalism

,senti'mentəlizəm 感情主义, 沉于情感

🤔同义词
  • emotionalism (感情主义;沉于情感)

9089. philosophic

,filə'sɔfik 哲学的, 哲学家的

🤩短语
  • philosophic thinking (哲学思想)
🎤例句
  • But such acuteness is mistaken in the conceit that, when it examines these objects and pronounces what they ought to be, it is dealing with questions of philosophic science. (但是,如果把能够指出周围琐屑事物的不满处与应当处的这一点聪明,便当成在讨论哲学这门科学上的问题,那就错了。)

  • At the risk of waxing philosophic so late at night, I’ll pose a brief answer and then let you, Intrepid Reader, put your two cents in. (冒着太晚去研究哲学问题的危险,我提出了一个简短的答案,并让你们这些无畏的读者发表你们的意见。)

🤔同义词
  • wiser (哲学的;贤明的)

9090. trilogy

'trilədʒi 三部剧, 三部曲

🎤例句
  • part 2 of a trilogy (三部曲的第二部)

9091. diction

'dikʃən 措辞, 用语, 言语

🤔同义词
  • phrase, parlance (用语;措词)

9092. stylish

'stailiʃ 时髦的, 漂亮的, 流行的

🎤例句
  • a stylish woman in her forties (一名40多岁的时髦女子)

  • Jack is quite stylish. (杰克很时髦。)

  • a stylish restaurant in the West End (位于伦敦西区的一家有格调的饭店)

🤔同义词
  • modern, fashionable, tony, in, smart (时髦的;现代风格的;潇洒的)

9093. embarrass

im'bærəs 使困窘, 使局促不安

🎤例句
  • He didn’t want to embarrass her by asking questions. (他不想提问让她尴尬。)
🤔同义词
  • slow, abash (使局促不安;使困窘;阻碍)

9094. vocation

vəu'keiʃən 召唤,天职,职业

🎤例句
  • Her vocation is her work as an actress. (她适合的职业就是当演员。)
🤔同义词
  • profession, employment, career, calling, pursuit, occupation ([劳经]职业;天职;天命;神召)

9095. arena

ə'ri:nə 竞技场, 舞台

🎤例句
  • a sports arena (运动场)

  • an indoor arena (室内剧场)

🤔同义词
  • stage, lists (舞台;竞技场)

9096. waist

weist 腰部, 衣服的上身部分

🤩短语
  • waist circumference (腰围)

  • beam waist (束腰;光束腰)

  • waist line (腰节;腰围线)

  • waist width (板腰宽度;腰阔;腰围)

  • waist belt (n. 腰带;腰部系带)

  • strip to the waist (打赤膊;光膀子)

  • waist bag (腰包)

🎤例句
  • The skirt was too big around the waist. (那条裙子腰围太大。)
🤔同义词
  • middle, loin (腰,腰部)

9097. irritate

'iriteit 激怒, 使急躁

🎤例句
  • It really irritates me when he doesn’t help around the house. (家里的事情他一点都不帮忙,真让我恼火。)
🤔同义词
  • stimulate, fan, anger, motivate, needle (刺激,使兴奋;激怒)

9098. storehouses

'stɔ:haus 仓库, 储藏所, 宝藏

9099. uncharted

,ʌn'tʃɑ:tid 地图上没标明的,未知的

🎤例句
  • an uncharted island (地图上未标明的岛屿)
🤔同义词
  • unknown, sealed (未知的;图上未标明的)