U16 Flashcards
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ad
n. 公元（AD）；广告（ad）
ambition
/æmˈbɪʃ ə n/
1.[C] a strong desire to achieve something
追求，夙愿，理想
THESAURUS aim
an ambition to do sth
•She had always had an ambition to be a pilot. 她一直渴望当飞行员。
sb’s ambitions of doing sth
•An injury ended his ambitions of becoming a professional footballer. 一次受伤使得他当职业足球员的理想落空了。
2.[U] determination to be successful, rich, powerful etc抱负，雄心；野心
•He was young and full of ambition. 他年轻，而且雄心勃勃。
3.have no ambition to do sth
used when saying that you definitely do not want to do something
完全不想做某事
•I have no ambition to go back there again. 我压根儿不想再回那里。
COLLOCATIONS 词语搭配 - Meanings 义项 1 & 2
1.verbs 动词
sb’s ambition is to be/do sth 某人的理想是…
•My ambition was to be a journalist. 我的理想是当新闻记者。
have an ambition 有雄心
•He had an ambition to be a top cello player. 他曾立志成为最优秀的大提琴演奏家。
achieve/fulfil/realize your ambition(=do what you wanted to do) 实现自己的理想
•It took her ten years to achieve her ambition. 她花了十年时间实现自己的理想。
lack ambition/have no ambition 胸无大志
•Many of the students lack ambition. 许多学生都胸无大志。
nurse/harbour/cherish an ambition(=have it for a long time, especially secretly) 心怀壮志
frustrate/thwart sb’s ambitions(=prevent someone from achieving them) 【正式】阻挠某人实现理想
2.adjectives/noun 形容词/名词 + ambition
sb’s main ambition 某人最大的理想
•What’s your main ambition in life? 你一生中最大的理想是什么？
sb’s great ambition 某人的伟大理想
•He didn’t achieve his greatest ambition – to be Wimbledon Champion. 他没有实现自己的伟大理想——成为温布尔登锦标赛冠军。
a lifelong/long-held ambition(=one that you have had all your life) 终身追求
a personal ambition 个人志向
a secret ambition 内心深处的志向
a burning/driving ambition(=a very strong ambition) 雄心壮志
career ambitions 事业抱负
political/presidential ambitions 政治/当总统的抱负
3.phrases 短语
sb’s dreams and ambitions 某人的理想和抱负
•He told her all about his dreams and ambitions. 他把自己的理想和抱负全部向她倾诉。
sb’s lack of ambition 某人胸无大志
•I was frustrated by their apparent lack of ambition. 他们明显胸无大志，这让我很懊丧。
be full of ambition 满腹雄心
apron
/ˈeɪprən/
1.a piece of clothing that covers the front part of your clothes and is tied around your waist, worn to keep your clothes clean, especially while cooking围裙
2.apron strings
informal the relationship between a child and its mother, especially if the mother controls an adult son or daughter too much
母亲的控制
•You’re 25 years old, and you still haven’t cut the apron strings . 你都25岁了，还没摆脱母亲的支配。
•Jeff is still tied to his mother’s apron strings . 杰夫还是处处听母亲的。
3.technical the hard surface in an airport on which planes are turned around, loaded, unloaded etc停机坪
assortment
/əˈsɔːtmənt/
a mixture of different things or of various kinds of the same thing各式各样；什锦
[+ of]
•a wide assortment of friends 三教九流的朋友
•an odd assortment of knives and forks 各式各样的刀叉
attendant
/əˈtendənt/
1.someone whose job is to look after or help customers in a public place服务员
•a car park attendant 停车场的服务员
2.someone who looks after a very important person, for example a king or queen
侍从，随从
attendant 2 adj.
formal
relating to or caused by something
伴随的，随之而来的，附带的
attendant problems/difficulties/dangers etc
•nuclear power, with all its attendant risks 核动力及其附带风险
[+ on]
•Drugs are one of the issues attendant on running a school. 毒品是办学时出现的问题之一。
bachelor
ˈbætʃələ/
1.a man who has never been married
未婚男子，单身汉
THESAURUS married
•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。
2.Bachelor of Arts/Science/Education etc
a first university degree in an art s subject, a science subject etc文学士/理学士/教育学士等
RELTD BA BSc BEd
bass
/beɪs/
MEANINGS 义项
1.[C] a very low male singing voice, or a man with a voice like this男低音（歌手）
2.[singular,单数] the part of a musical work that is written for a singer with a bass voice
〔音乐作品中的〕男低音部
→ alto 2 → baritone 1 → soprano 1 → tenor 1
3.[U] the lower half of the whole range of musical notes〔乐谱的〕低音部
RELTD treble
bass 2 adj. [only before noun 仅用于名词前]
a bass instrument or voice produces low notes低音的
•a bass drum 低音鼓
bass 3 /bæs,bæs/ n. [C ]
英 /bæs/
pl: bass
a fish that can be eaten and lives in both rivers and the sea鲈鱼
battle-ax
战斧
悍妇
beachcomber
n. （美）海岸巨浪；（住在海滩附近的）流浪者
bewildered
/bɪˈwɪldəd/ totally confused 困惑的；不知所措的；晕头转向的 THESAURUS confused •a bewildered expression on his face 他脸上困惑的表情
businesslike
ˈbɪznəs-laɪk, ˈbɪznɪs-laɪk/
effective and practical in the way that you do things处事务实的，有效率的，讲究实际的
•a businesslike manner 务实的态度
bygones
/ˈbaɪɡɒnz/
let bygones be bygones
to forget something bad that someone has done to you and forgive them
过去的事就让它过去吧
calf
/kɑːf/
pl: calves
1.the part of the back of your leg between your knee and your ankle
〔人腿的〕腓，小腿肚
2.the baby of a cow, or of some other large animals, such as an elephant
小牛，牛犊；〔象等某些大型动物的〕崽，幼兽
3.be in/with calf
if a cow is in or with calf, it is going to have a baby〔母牛〕怀孕
→ at 见 kill →kill the fatted calf at 见 kill15
cane
/keɪn/
[U] thin pieces of the stems of plants, used for making furniture and baskets
〔用来制作家具、篮子的〕藤条
•a cane chair 藤椅
•cane furniture 藤制家具
2.[C] a long thin stick made from the stem of a plant, used for supporting other plants in a garden〔用来支撑花木的〕竹茎，竹料
3.[C] a long thin stick with a curved handle that you can use to help you walk
手杖，拐杖
cane 2 v. [T ]
1.to punish someone, especially a child, by hitting them with a stick
〔尤对小孩〕用藤条鞭打
2.cane it
to drive along very fast 开车飞驰
to drink a lot of alcohol 猛喝酒
clippers
n. 钳子；轧刀；修剪工具（clipper的复数）
[网络] 快艇；快船；洛杉矶快船
closet
/’klɒzɪt,’klɒzət/
1.a cupboard built into the wall of a room from the floor to the ceiling壁橱
RELTD wardrobe
•a closet full of beautiful clothes 满是漂亮衣服的壁橱
2.come out of the closet
to tell people that you are homosexual after hiding the fact 公开自己的同性恋身份
to admit something or to start to discuss something that was kept secret before 公开承认秘密；公开以前保密的事
3.be in the closet
informal to not tell people that you are homosexual
隐瞒自己的同性恋身份
→ water closet → at 见 skeleton →a skeleton in the closet at 见 skeleton5
closet 2 adj.
closet homosexual/alcoholic etc
someone who is a homosexual etc but who does not want to admit it
不愿公开承认的同性恋/酗酒者等
•a closet communist 秘密的共产主义者
closet 3 v. [T usually passive 一般用被动态]
to shut someone in a room away from other people in order to discuss something private, to be alone etc
把…引进密室会谈；把…关在小房间里
•Don’t let her closet herself away in her room. 别让她把自己关在房间里。
be closeted with sb
•All morning he’d been closeted with various officials. 整个上午他都在房间里和各种官员密谈。
compliment
/’kɒmplɪmənt,’kɒmpləmənt/
MEANINGS 义项
1.
[C] a remark that shows you admire someone or something
赞美的话，夸奖，称赞
•All the guests paid her extravagant compliments. 所有客人都对她赞不绝口。
•Being compared to Abba is a great compliment. 能和阿巴乐队相提并论是极大的赞誉。
[+ on]
•compliments on her appearance 对她外貌的赞美
2.take sth as a compliment
to be pleased about what someone says about you, even though they may not mean to be nice
把别人的话当作是一种夸奖〔即使说话人本意并非如此〕
•They all seem to think that I ask rather cheeky questions, which I’ll take as a compliment. 他们好像都觉得我问的问题很无礼，我权当这是在抬举我了。
3.[singular,单数] an action that shows you admire someone恭维的行为，赞美
•He paid MacLennan the finest compliment of all by imitating him. 他通过模仿麦克伦南表达对他最大的赞美。
[+ to]
•It’s a great compliment to the band that he came out of retirement to interview them. 他退休后又复出来采访该乐队，这对他们而言是极高的赞赏。
COLLOCATIONS 词语搭配
1.verbs 动词
pay/give sb a compliment 夸奖某人
•He was always paying her compliments. 他总是在夸她。
mean sth as a compliment 某话是夸奖的意思
•When I said she’d lost weight, I meant it as a compliment. 我说她瘦了是夸她。
get/receive a compliment 得到夸奖
•The exhibition has received a lot of compliments from the public. 这次展会备受公众好评。
accept a compliment(=show that you are pleased to have been given a compliment) 接受夸奖
•She accepted his compliment graciously. 她谦和地接受了他的赞美。
2.adjectives 形容词
a great compliment 极大的赞美
•He said he loved my paintings, which was a great compliment. 他说他非常喜欢我的画，这是极大的赞美。
the highest compliment(=the best thing you can say) 最高的赞誉
•The highest compliment you can pay an actor is to say they don’t look as if they are acting. 说演员不像是在演戏，这是对他们的最高赞誉。
com‧pli‧ment 2 /’kɒmplɪment,’kɒmpləment,ˋkɑmplə͵mɛnt/ v. [T ]
英 /’kɒmplɪment,’kɒmpləment/
to say something nice to someone in order to praise them赞美，称赞
THESAURUS praise
•The groom was so nervous he forgot to compliment the bridesmaids. 新郎太紧张了，都忘了夸奖伴娘。
compliment sb on sth
•Bob complimented me on my new hairstyle. 鲍勃夸我的新发型好看。
compose
/kəm’pəʊz/
1.to be formed from a number of substances, parts, or people 由某物组成
•Water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen. 水由氢和氧组成。
•The legal system is composed of people, and people make mistakes. 法律体制由人组成，而人是会犯错误的。
[T not in progressive] to combine together to form something 构成
•More than 17.6 million firms compose the business sector of our economy. 1,760多万家公司构成了我们经济中的商业部分。
2.[I,T] to write a piece of music作（曲）
RELTD composer composition
•Barrington has composed the music for a new production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. 巴林顿为新版的《仲夏夜之梦》谱了曲。
3.compose a letter/poem/speech etc
to write a letter, poem etc, thinking very carefully about it as you write it
写信/诗/讲稿等
•Compose a letter to your local paper stating your views on an issue of your choice. 给当地的报纸写信，就你所关心的话题发表你的意见。
courtesy
/’kɜːtɪsi,’kɜːtəsi/
pl: courtesies
1.[U] polite behaviour and respect for other people有礼的举止，礼貌
OPP discourtesy
SYN politeness
•It’s a matter of common courtesy to acknowledge letters. 确认收到来信是起码的礼貌。
have the courtesy to do sth
•He didn’t even have the courtesy to call and say he couldn’t come. 他甚至连打个电话来说一声他不能来的礼貌都没有。
2.[C] something you do or say to be polite
礼貌的行为[话]
•The two men exchanged courtesies before getting down to business. 两个人互致问候，然后开始谈论正事。
3.(by) courtesy of sb
by someone’s permission or kindness, rather than by paying them
承蒙某人的允许；由于某人的好意〔而不是因为付了钱〕
•photographs supplied courtesy of Blenheim Palace 承蒙布伦海姆宫提供的照片
courtesy 2 adj. [only before noun 仅用于名词前]
1.provided free to a customer by a company
〔由公司〕免费提供的
courtesy bus/taxi/car/phone etc
•The hotel runs a courtesy bus from the airport. 这家酒店在机场有免费巴士接送。
•Most reviewers receive a courtesy copy of the book. 大多数书评家都收到一本赠书。
2.courtesy visit/call
a visit etc done to be polite or show respect
礼节性拜访
•Our captain put in a courtesy visit during dinner. 席间，我们的队长作了礼节性拜访。
cultivated
/’kʌltɪveɪtɪd,’kʌltɪveɪtəd,’kʌltəveɪtɪd,’kʌltəveɪtəd/
1.someone who is cultivated is intelligent and knows a lot about music, art, literature etc
有素养的，有修养的
•a highly cultivated man 一个很有修养的人
2.cultivated land is land that is used for growing crops or plants〔土地〕用于耕作的
•cultivated fields 耕地
3.[only before noun,仅用于名词前] cultivated crops or plants are ones grown by people
〔作物等〕栽培的，培植的
OPP wild
•cultivated mushrooms 培植的蘑菇
driftwood
/’drɪftwʊd/
wood floating in the sea or left on the shore
漂流木，浮木〔指在海上漂流或被海水冲上岸的木头〕
eligible
/’elɪdʒɪbəl,’elɪdʒəbəl/
1.someone who is eligible for something is able or allowed to do it, for example because they are the right age合格的；有资格的
[+ for]
•Students on a part-time course are not eligible for a loan. 非全日制课程的学生没有资格申请贷款。
eligible to do sth
•Over 500,000 18-year-olds will become eligible to vote this year. 今年将有超过50万人年满18岁，获得投票资格。
2[only before noun,仅用于名词前] an eligible man or woman would be good to marry because they are rich, attractive, and not married
〔作为婚姻对象〕合意的，合适的
•Stephen was regarded as an eligible bachelor. 斯蒂芬被认为是一个钻石王老五。
DERIVATIVE 派生词
eligibility n /͵ɛlədʒəˋbɪlɪtɪ ; ‚elɪdʒɪ’bɪlɪti,‚elɪdʒɪ’bɪləti,‚elɪdʒə’bɪlɪti,‚elɪdʒə’bɪləti,‚elədʒə’bɪləti,‚elədʒə’bɪlɪti,‚elədʒɪ’bɪləti,‚elədʒɪ’bɪlɪti / [U]
entitle
/ɪn’taɪtl/
1.to give someone the official right to do or have something使有权利，使有资格
THESAURUS allow
be entitled to (do) sth
•Full-time employees are entitled to receive health insurance. 全职雇员都有资格享受健康保险。
entitle sb to sth
•Membership entitles you to the monthly journal. 凭会员身份可以获取月刊。
2.be entitled sth
if a book, play etc is entitled something, that is its nam〔书、戏剧等〕名为…
•a documentary entitled ‘The Price of Perfection’ 一部名为《完美的代价》的纪录片
expert
/’ekspɜːt/ adj. 熟练的；内行的；老练的
n. 专家；行家；能手
vt. 当专家；在…中当行家
n. (Expert)人名；(法)埃克斯佩
[网络] 专家级
[专业] 专家 [计算机科学技术]；专家 [法学]
someone who has a special skill or special knowledge of a subject, gained as a result of training or experience专家，行家，能手
[+ on]
•He’s a world expert on marine mammals. 他是研究海洋哺乳动物的世界权威。
[+ in]
•an expert in statistics 统计学专家
medical/technical/financial etc expert
•Tests should be administered by a medical expert. 试验应该由一位医学专家来进行。
THESAURUS 词语辨析
1.expert 专家，行家，能手
someone who has a lot of knowledge about something or skill at doing something
•a computer expert 计算机专家
•an expert on beetles 研究甲虫的专家
•It’s best to ask an expert. 最好去问问专家。
2.specialist 专科医生；〔某技术领域的〕专家
an expert who has studied a particular medical or technical subject for a long time and knows much more about it than other people
•She is a specialist in corporate finance. 她是企业融资方面的专家。
•My doctor sent me to see a heart specialist. 我的医生叫我去看心脏专科医生。
3.authority 权威人士，泰斗
an expert whose knowledge and opinions are greatly respected
•The professor is one of the world’s leading authorities on African art. 这位教授是研究非洲艺术的世界权威。
expert 2 adj. AC W3
1.having a special skill or special knowledge of a subject内行的
OPP inexpert
THESAURUS skilful
•He cast his expert eye on the gardener’s work. 他用内行的眼光看了看园丁干的活。
[+ on/in/at]
•The police are expert at handling situations like this in strict confidence. 警察处理这类事情很在行，可以绝对保密。
2.relating to or coming from an expert
(来自)专家的
•Ministers depend on civil servants for expert advice. 部长们依靠公务员获取专家建议。
DERIVATIVE 派生词
expertly adv
expertness n [U]
