07-08 Flashcards
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recede
[rɪˋsid]
vi. 退, 後退; 遠去; 變模糊, 變淡; 變得渺茫; 縮進, 向後傾斜[(+from)] His hair is beginning to recede from his forehead. 他的頭髮開始從前額往後禿了。; 收回, 撤回[(+from)] recede from a promise 背棄諾言; 降低, 縮減
swept
[swɛpt]
(sweep的過去式和過去分詞)
sweep
[swip]
vt. 掃; 清掃, 打掃[O8] He sweeps the room every day. 他每天打掃房間。; 掃去; 清除[O][(+away/off/from)] The boy helped Mother sweep the dirt away. 男孩幫助母親清除塵土。; (風等)刮起; (浪等)沖走; 席捲[O][(+off/along/away)] The wind swept the leaves away. 風把樹葉刮走。; 猛烈移動, 猛推, 猛拉[O][(+aside/aross)]; 掃蕩; 肅清, 消滅; 環視, 眺望 Her eyes swept the room. 她的目光掃視著房間。; 掃過, 掠過, 擦過 Willow branches swept the river’s surface. 柳枝拂掠著河面。; 【軍】掃射; 掃(雷); 在…中獲全勝; 用電子設備掃查(房屋、建築)有無監聽裝置或炸彈
vi. 掃, 打掃, 掃除; 襲擊, (風等)刮起; 席捲[Q][(+across/over/through)] A cold wind swept through the north. 寒風席捲北方。; 環視, 掃視; 掠過; 急速移動[Q][(+past/to)] Hunter’s keen eyes swept from left to right. 漢特尖銳的目光從左到右掃視了一下。; 衣裙搖曳地走, 堂皇地走動[Q][(+past/out of)]; 連綿, 延伸[Q][(+round/up/down/to)] The broad driveway sweeps around the lake. 這條寬闊的汽車道環湖伸展。
n. [C] 打掃, 清掃 Let’s give our room a good sweep . 讓我們把房間好好打掃一下。; (手等的)一揮; 綿亙, 延伸, 伸展[the S] There was a sweep of glistening snow on the hillside. 山坡上有一片連綿的閃閃發亮的積雪。; 曲線; 轉彎; 彎曲; 彎路[S]; 壓倒性的勝利, 全勝 It’s a clean sweep ; we’ve won all the prizes. 我們大獲全勝; 我們贏得了所有的獎品。; (風, 潮水等的)流動; (物的)蜂擁推進, 突進; 【口】掃煙囪工人
minute
[ˋmɪnɪt]
n. [C] 分(鐘)(時間單位); 一會兒, 片刻[S1] I’ll be back in a minute . 我馬上就回來。; 分(角度的單位, 一度的六十分之一); 備忘錄; 筆記; 會議記錄[P] I was told to keep the minutes at the conference. 他們叫我在會議上作記錄。
vt. 將…記錄下來[(+down)]; 將…記入會議記錄 I insisted that my observation be minuted . 我堅持要把我的看法記入議事錄。
ponderous
[ˋpɑndərəs]
a. 沈重的; 笨重的; 粗大的; (文章、談話等)冗長的, 沈悶的, 毫無趣味的 He spoke in a slow, ponderous way. 他的講話緩慢而冗長。
intermittent
[͵ɪntɚˋmɪtnt]
a. 間歇的; 時斷時續的; 週期性的 Today will be mostly fine and sunny, with intermittent showers. 今天大部分時間天氣晴朗, 有間斷陣雨。 intermittent fever 間歇熱
brimming
[ˋbrɪmɪŋ]
a. 盈滿的
endow
[ɪnˋdaʊ]
vt. 捐贈; 資助; 向…捐錢(或物) The rich alumnus endowed the college with half of his fortune. 這位富有的校友把其一半的財產捐贈給這所大學。; 賦予[H][(+with)] He is endowed with an inventive mind. 他天生具有發明才能。
detrimental
[dɛtrəˋmɛnt!]
a. 有害的; 不利的
n. 有害的人(或物); 【古】不受歡迎的求婚者
imbue
[ɪmˋbju]
vt. 使充滿; 灌輸; 深深影響; 使滲透
teeming
[ˋtimɪŋ]
a.[Z] 充滿的; 擁擠的; 熱鬧的 We inched through teeming streets. 我們在熙熙攘攘的街道上緩慢行走。; 多產的
confront
[kənˋfrʌnt]
vt. 迎面遇到; 面臨; 遭遇 The soldiers were confronted by two terrorists as they left their camp. 士兵們離開營房時, 迎面遇到兩個恐怖分子。; 勇敢地面對; 正視; 對抗 confront danger 勇敢地面對危險; 使面對; 使遭遇; 使對質[(+with)] confront a prisoner with a witness 使囚犯與證人對質; 比較; 對照
untapped
[ʌnˋtæpt]
a. 未開塞的; 未利用的, 未開發的
unlikely
[ʌnˋlaɪklɪ]
a. 不太可能的; 靠不住的[F][+to-v][+that] It seems unlikely that he will come. 他似乎不大可能來。 They are unlikely to marry. 他們不大可能結婚。; 不可能發生的; 不像是真的; 不大有希望的[B] That’s an unlikely story. 這事不像是真的。
ad. 不可能, 未必 She may, not unlikely , go abroad. 她或許會出國, 這未必不可能。
appropriate
[əˋproprɪ͵et]
a. 適當的, 恰當的, 相稱的[(+to/for)] She picked up a dress appropriate for the occasion. 她挑了一件適合該場合穿的衣服。
vt. 撥出(款項等)[(+for)] The city will appropriate funds for the new airport. 該市將撥款建造新機場。; 佔用; 盜用, 挪用 The manager was found to have appropriated store money. 那位經理曾經挪用店裡的錢。
unimpressed
[͵ʌnɪmˋprɛst]
a. 沒留下深刻印象的; 未受感動的; 無印記的
shrewd
[ʃrud]
a. 精明的; 狡猾的 You made a shrewd investment there. 你在那裡投資極為精明。 Her brother is a shrewd businessman. 她兄弟是個精明的生意人。; 機靈的, 敏銳的, 聰穎的 His shrewd eyes looked across at his wife. 他那敏銳的目光射向他的妻子。
futile
[ˋfjut!]
a. 無益的, 無效的, 無用的; 無希望的 His efforts to save the business were futile . 他挽救企業的努力未能奏效。; 不重要的, 微不足道的; 忙於小事的; 缺少目的的 He lived a futile life. 他一生過得庸庸碌碌。; (人)愚蠢的, 沒有出息的 That futile young man does nothing but waste money. 那個沒出息的青年人只會浪費錢。
turmoil
[ˋtɝmɔɪl]
n. 騷動; 混亂[U][C] The city was in a turmoil . 該城一片混亂。
extracurricular
[͵ɛkstrəkəˋrɪkjəlɚ]
a. 課外的; 業餘的; 【口】婚外的
impede
[ɪmˋpid]
vt. 妨礙, 阻礙; 阻止 The attempt to rescue the climbers was impeded by bad weather. 救援登山者的努力因天氣惡劣而受阻。
compromise
[ˋkɑmprə͵maɪz]
n. 妥協, 和解[C][U][(+between)] I hope we shall come to a compromise . 我希望我們能達成妥協。; 妥協方案, 折衷辦法; 折衷物[C] The interior decoration of the house is a compromise between Chinese and foreign styles. 這所房子的內部裝飾是中西兩式的折衷物。; 連累, 危及[S][(+of)] She did it without compromise of her reputation. 她做這事而無損她的名譽。; (原則等的)放棄[S][(+of)]
vt. 互讓解決(分歧等); 連累, 危及 You will compromise your good name if you associate with these people. 你如果與這些人交往就會損害你的好名聲。; 放棄(原則等); 洩露(祕密等) He refused to compromise his principles. 他拒絕放棄原則。
vi. 妥協, 讓步[(+on)] They found it wiser to compromise with her. 他們覺得與她妥協更明智。
eclectic
[ɛkˋlɛktɪk]
a. 折衷的; 不拘一格的; 兼收並蓄的
n. 折衷學派; 折衷主義者
preclude
[prɪˋklud]
vt. 【文】排除; 防止, 杜絕 preclude the possibility of misunderstanding 防止誤解的可能; 阻止, 妨礙[(+from)] The bad weather precluded me from attending the meeting. 糟糕的天氣使我不能出席會議。