Complete IELTS B2 Flashcards
(291 cards)
Capacity
Noun
1 ability to hold, contain etc : This tank has a capacity of 300 gallons.
گنجایش؛ ظرفیت
2 ability: his capacity for remembering facts.
توانایی؛ قدرت
3 position: in his capacity as a leader.
جایگاه؛ مقام
Complex
adjective
1 composed of many parts: a complex piece of machinery.
مرکب؛ پیچیده
2 complicated or difficult: a complex problem.
پیچیده؛ بغرنج
noun
1 something made up of many different pieces: The leisure complex will include a swimming-pool, tennis courts, a library etc.
مجتمع؛ مجموعه
2 (often used loosely ) an abnormal mental state caused by experiences in one’s past which affect one’s behaviour: She has a complex about her weight; inferiority complex.
عقده
complexity [kəmˈpleksəti]– plural comˈplexities
noun 1 the quality of being complex. پیچیدگی 2 something complex. هر چیز پیچیده
consequences
noun
1 a result: This decision will have important consequences.
پیامد؛ نتیجه
2 importance: A small error is of no consequence.
اهمیت
consequently
adverb
therefore: She didn’t explain it clearly – consequently, he didn’t understand.
در نتیجه
contemporary
♦ adjective
1 living at, happening at or belonging to the same period: That chair and the painting are contemporary – they both date from the seventeenth century.
هم دوره؛ همزمان
2 of the present time; modern: contemporary art.
امروزی؛ مدرن
♦ noun– plural conˈtemporaries –
a person living at the same time: She was one of my contemporaries at university.
هم دوره؛ همسن
contrast
verb
1 to show marked difference from: His words contrast with his actions.
مغایر بودن با؛ تضاد داشتن
2 to compare so as to show differences: Contrast fresh and frozen vegetables and you’ll find the fresh ones taste better.
مقایسه کردن
noun
1 difference(s) in things or people that are compared: The contrast between their attitudes is very marked.
تفاوت
2 a thing or person that shows a marked difference (to another): She’s a complete contrast to her sister.
تضاد
decline
♦ verb
1 to say `no’ to (an invitation etc ); to refuse: We declined his offer of a lift.
رد کردن؛ خودداری کردن
2 to become less strong or less good etc : His health has declined recently; Our profits have temporarily declined.
کم شدن؛ کاهش یافتن
♦ noun
a gradual lessening or worsening (of health, standards, quantity etc ): There has been a gradual decline in the birthrate.
کاهش؛ زوال
diverse
♦ adjective
different; of various kinds.
ناهمگون؛ متنوع
diˈversely
♦ adverb
بطور متنوع
diˈverseness
♦ noun
تنوع؛ گوناگونی
diˈversify [-fai]
♦ verb
to make or become varied or different.
گوناگون کردن؛ متنوع کردن
diˈversity
♦ noun
variety
تنوع؛ گوناگونی
element
♦ noun
1 an essential part of anything: Sound teaching of grammar is one of the elements of a good education.
اصل؛ مبنا
2 a substance that cannot be split by chemical means into simpler substances: Hydrogen, chlorine, iron and uranium are elements.
عنصر
3 surroundings necessary for life: Water is a fish’s natural element.
محیط مناسب؛ محیط طبیعی
4 a slight amount: an element of doubt.
جزء؛ مقدار کم
5 the heating part in an electric kettle etc .
المنت؛ مفتول
ˌeleˈmentary [-ˈmen-]
♦ adjective
very simple; not advanced: elementary mathematics.
ساده؛ ابتدایی
ˈelements
♦ noun plural
1 the first things to be learned in any subject: the elements of musical theory.
مبانی؛ اصول
2 the forces of nature, as wind and rain.
آب و هوا؛ باد و باران
in one’s element
in the surroundings that are most natural or pleasing to one.
خوشایند ترین مکان
encounter
♦ verb
1 to meet especially unexpectedly: She encountered the manager in the hall.
اتفاقاً برخوردن به
2 to meet with (difficulties etc ): I expect to encounter many difficulties in the course of this job.
مواجه شدن؛ برخورد پیدا کردن
♦ noun
1 a meeting: I feel that I know him quite well, even after a brief encounter.
برخورد؛ رودررویی
2 a fight: The encounter between the armies was fierce.
نبرد؛ رزم
environment
♦ noun
(a set of) surrounding conditions, especially those influencing development or growth: An unhappy home environment may drive a teenager to crime; We should protect the environment from destruction by modern chemicals etc.
محیط
enˌvironˈmental [-ˈmen-]
♦ adjective
محیطی؛ وابسته به محیط
environˈmentalist
♦ noun
a person who wants to stop the damage being done to the environment by humans.
طرفدار حفظ محیط زیست
estimate
♦ verb
1 to judge size, amount, value etc , especially roughly or without measuring: He estimated that the journey would take two hours.
برآورد کردن؛ تخمین زدن
2 to form an idea or judgement of how good etc something is: I estimated my chances of escape as very good.
ارزیابی کردن؛ نظر دادن
noun
a calculation (eg of the probable cost etc of something): He gave us an estimate of the cost of repairing the stonework; a rough estimate.
برآورد هزینه
ˌestiˈmation
♦ noun
judgement; opinion: In my estimation, he is the more gifted artist of the two.
ارزیابی؛ نظر
eventually
adverb
سرانجام: finally, eventually, in the long run
بالاخره: finally, eventually
evidence
♦ noun
1 information etc that gives reason for believing something; proof (eg in a law case): Have you enough evidence (of his guilt) to arrest him?
مدرک؛ گواه
2 (an) indication; a sign: Her bag on the table was the only evidence of her presence.
نشانه؛ علامت
evolve
♦ verb
to (cause to) develop gradually: Man evolved from the apes.
تکامل یافتن
evolution [iːvəˈluːʃən, (American) e-]
♦ noun
1 gradual working out or development: the evolution of our form of government.
تکامل؛ تحول
2 the development of the higher kinds of animals (eg man), plants etc , from the lower kinds: Darwin’s theory of evolution.
تکامل
evolutionary [iːvəˈluːʃənəri, (American) e-]
♦ adjective
تکاملی
furthermore
adverb بعلاوه: plus, as well as, in addition, also, further, furthermore وانگهی: besides, furthermore, beside گذشته از این: besides, furthermore, also از این گذشته: furthermore
generation
noun - generation
نسل: generation, race, descendant, descendent, filiation, slip
تولید: production, manufacture, output, generation, efficiency, genesis
زایش: birth, generation, procreation, bearing, get
تولید نیرو: generation
قبیله: tribe, clan, caste, gens, phylum, generation
پشت: back, rear, backside, reverse, reverse, generation
global
adjective
جهانی: global, universal, worldwide, planetary, ecumenical, epidemic
سراسری: global
کروی: spherical, globular, global, orbicular, spheral
interact
♦ verb
(of two or more people, things etc ) to act, or have some effect, on each other.
تاثیر متقابل داشتن
ˌinterˈaction [-ʃən]
♦ noun
فعل و انفعال
ˌinterˈactive [-iv]
♦ adjective
allowing a continuous exchange of information between a computer and the person using it, so that the computer can respond immediately to the user’s instructions or questions: an interactive system/program; interactive video games.
هم کنشی
item
♦ noun
1 a separate object, article etc, especially one of a number named in a list: He ticked the items as he read through the list.
فقره؛ قلم
2 a separate piece of information or news: Did you see the item about dogs in the newspaper?
مطلب
manipulate
♦ verb
1 to handle especially skilfully: I watched him manipulating the controls of the aircraft.
اداره کردن
2 to manage or influence cleverly (and dishonestly): A clever lawyer can manipulate a jury.
ماهرانه دستکاری کردن
maˌnipuˈlation
♦ noun
دستکاری
maˈnipulator
♦ noun
دست ماشینی
neutral
♦ adjective
1 not taking sides in a quarrel or war: A neutral country was asked to help settle the dispute.
بيطرف
2 (of colour) not strong or definite: Grey is a neutral colour.
بيرنگ
3 (in electricity) neither positively nor negatively charged.
خنثی
♦ noun
1 (a person belonging to) a nation that takes no part in a war or quarrel.
بيطرف
2 the position of the gear of an engine in which no power passes to the wheels etc : I put the car into neutral.
نادر گير
neuˈtrality [-ˈtrӕ-]
♦ noun
the state of being neutral.
بيطرفى
ˈneutralize, *ˈneutralise
♦ verb
to make useless or harmless usually by causing an opposite effect.
بى اثر کردن
source
♦ noun
1 the place, person, circumstance, thing etc from which anything begins or comes: They have discovered the source of the trouble.
منبع
2 the spring from which a river flows: the source of the Nile.
سر چشمه
symbolize
verb
نشان پردازی کردن: symbolize
نماپردازی کردن: symbolize
حاکی بودن از: hold out, bode, bespeak, betoken, signify, symbolize
transform
♦ verb
to change the appearance or nature of completely: He transformed the old kitchen into a beautiful sitting-room; His marriage has transformed him.
تغییر شکل دادن
ˌtransforˈmation
♦ noun
1 the act of transforming or process of being transformed: the transformation of water into ice.
تغییر شکل؛ تبدیل
2 a change: The event caused a transformation in her character.
دگرگونی
transˈformer
♦ noun
an apparatus for changing electrical energy from one voltage to another.
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