Unit 02 Lesson 09-12 Flashcards

Question

raid /reɪd/

Answer 1

raid /reɪd/ (raiding, raided, raids) ``` 1. V-T When soldiers raid a place, they make a sudden armed attack against it, with the aim of causing damage rather than occupying any of the enemy's land. 突袭 #The guerrillas raided banks and destroyed a police barracks and an electricity substation. #游击队员们突袭了多家银行，摧毁了一个警察营房和一座变电站。 ``` ``` 2. N-COUNT Raid is also a noun. 突袭 #The rebels attempted a surprise raid on a military camp. #反叛者们曾经试图对兵营发动一场突然袭击。 ``` 3. → see also air raid ``` 4. V-T If the police raid a building, they enter it suddenly and by force in order to look for dangerous criminals or for evidence of something illegal, such as drugs or weapons. 突击搜查 #Police raided their headquarters and other offices. #警察突击搜查了他们的总部和其他办公场所。 ``` ``` 5. N-COUNT Raid is also a noun. 突击搜查 #They were arrested early this morning after a raid on a house by thirty armed police. #他们于今天凌晨，在30名武装警察突击搜查了一所住宅后被捕。 ```

Answer 2

ease /iːz/ CET4 TEM4 (easing, eased, eases) ``` 1. PHRASE If you do something with ease, you do it easily, without difficulty or effort. 轻易地 #Anne was intelligent and capable of passing her exams with ease. #安妮很聪明，能够轻易地通过考试。 ``` ``` 2. N-UNCOUNT If you talk about the ease of a particular activity, you are referring to the way that it has been made easier to do, or to the fact that it is already easy to do. 简便 #For ease of reference, only the relevant extracts of the regulations are included. #为便于参阅，只收录了相关条例的摘录。 ``` ``` 3. N-UNCOUNT Ease is the state of being very comfortable and able to live as you want, without any worries or problems. 舒适; 悠闲 #She lived a life of ease. #她过着悠闲自在的生活。 ``` ``` 4. V-T/V-I If something unpleasant eases or if you ease it, it is reduced in degree, speed, or intensity. 减轻; 减缓 #Tensions had eased. #紧张缓解了。 ##I gave him some brandy to ease the pain. ##我给了他一些白兰地以减轻疼痛。 ``` ``` 5. V-T/V-I If you ease your way somewhere or ease somewhere, you move there slowly, carefully, and gently. If you ease something somewhere, you move it there slowly, carefully, and gently. 小心缓慢地移动 #I eased my way toward the door. #我缓慢地向门口走去。 ##He eased his foot off the accelerator. ##他慢慢地把脚从油门上挪开。 ``` ``` 6. PHRASE If you are at ease, you are feeling confident and relaxed, and are able to talk to people without feeling nervous or anxious. If you put someone at ease, you make them feel at ease. 放松的; 自在的 #It is essential to feel at ease with your therapist. #与治疗师在一起时，关键是放松心情。 ``` ``` 7. PHRASE If you are ill at ease, you feel somewhat uncomfortable, anxious, or worried. 不舒适; 不自在 #He appeared embarrassed and ill at ease with the sustained applause that greeted him. #他对持久的掌声显得尴尬、不自在。 ```

Answer 3

assemble /əˈsɛmbəl/ (assembling, assembled, assembles) ``` 1. V-T/V-I When people assemble or when someone assembles them, they come together in a group, usually for a particular purpose such as a meeting. 集合 #There wasn't even a convenient place for students to assemble between classes. #甚至没有一个学生们课间集合的方便的地方。 ``` ``` 2. V-T To assemble something means to collect it together or to fit the different parts of it together. 聚集; 组装 #Greenpeace managed to assemble a small flotilla of inflatable boats to waylay the ship at sea. #绿色和平组织设法聚集了一支充气艇小舰队去拦截海上的那艘船。 ```

Answer 4

trivial /ˈtrɪvɪəl/ ``` 1. ADJ If you describe something as trivial, you think that it is unimportant and not serious. 无关紧要的 #The director tried to wave aside these issues as trivial details that could be settled later. #那位主任对这些问题置之不理，视它们为可以后解决的无关紧要的细节。 ```

Answer 5

horde /hɔːd/ (hordes) ``` 1. N-COUNT If you describe a crowd of people as a horde, you mean that the crowd is very large and excited and, often, rather frightening or unpleasant. (通常指熙攘纷扰的) 一大群人 #This attracts hordes of tourists to Las Vegas. #这吸引了一群群的旅客来到拉斯维加斯。 ```

Answer 6

deduce /dɪˈdjuːs/ (deducing, deduced, deduces) ``` 1. V-T If you deduce something or deduce that something is true, you reach that conclusion because of other things that you know to be true. 演绎; 推断 #Alison cleverly deduced that I was the author of the letter. #艾莉森聪明地推断出我是这封信的作者。 ##The date of the document can be deduced from references to the Civil War. ##该文件的日期可以从其对内战的提及处推算出来。 ```

Answer 7

prolonged /prəˈlɒŋd/ ``` 1. ADJ A prolonged event or situation continues for a long time, or for longer than expected. 长期的，持久的；延长了的 #...a prolonged period of low interest rates. #…一段很长的低利率期。 ```

Answer 8

commissariat /ˌkɒmɪˈsɛərɪət/ 1. N (in the former Soviet Union) a government department before 1946 (前苏联)1946年前的政府部门 (Now called ministry)

Answer 9

advance /ədˈvɑːns/ (advancing, advanced, advances) ``` 1. V-I To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone. (常指为攻击而) 前进 #Reports from Chad suggest that rebel forces are advancing on the capital. #来自乍得的报导指出叛军正在向首都挺进。 ##According to one report, the water is advancing at a rate of between 8 and 10 inches a day. ##根据一份报告，大水在以每天8至10英寸的速度逼近。 ``` ``` 2. V-I To advance means to make progress, especially in your knowledge of something. (尤指知识) 发展 #Medical technology has advanced considerably. #医学技术已大大发展了。 ``` 3. → see also advanced ``` 4. V-T If you advance someone a sum of money, you lend it to them, or pay it to them earlier than arranged. 提前借 (一笔钱给某人); 提前付 (一笔钱给某人) #I advanced him some money, which he would repay on our way home. #我先借了些钱给他，他会在回家的路上还给我。 ``` ``` 5. V-T To advance an event, or the time or date of an event, means to bring it forward to an earlier time or date. 使提前 #Too much protein in the diet may advance the aging process. #饮食中过多的蛋白质会使衰老的过程提前。 ``` ``` 6. V-T If you advance a cause, interest, or claim, you support it and help to make it successful. 造成; 促成 #When not producing art of his own, Oliver was busy advancing the work of others. #没有创作自己的艺术品时，奥利弗就在忙于促成他人的作品。 ``` ``` 7. N-COUNT An advance is money lent or paid to someone before they would normally receive it. 预付款 #She was paid a $100,000 advance for her next two novels. #她得到了其接下来的两本小说的10万美元的预付款。 ``` ``` 8. N-VAR An advance is a forward movement of people or vehicles, usually as part of a military operation. (常指军事行动中的) 前进 #In an exercise designed to be as real as possible, they simulated an advance on enemy positions. #在一次设计得尽可能逼真的演习中，他们模拟了一次向敌方阵地的前进。 ``` ``` 9. N-VAR An advance in a particular subject or activity is progress in understanding it or in doing it well. (在某科目、某活动中的) 发展 #Air safety has not improved since the dramatic advances of the 1970s. #飞行安全自从20世纪70年代的急剧发展以来还没有得到改善。 ``` ``` 10. N-SING If something is an advance on what was previously available or done, it is better in some way. 改善 [usu 'a' N 'on' n] #This could be an advance on the present situation. #这可能是对目前情况的一次改善。 ``` ``` 11. ADJ Advance booking, notice, or warning is done or given before an event happens. 事先的 (预定、通知、警告等) [ADJ n] #They don't normally give any advance notice about which building they're going to inspect. #他们对要视察哪座大楼通常不作事先通知。 ``` ``` 12. PHRASE If you do something in advance, you do it before a particular date or event. 提前 #The subject of the talk is announced a week in advance. #会谈的主题提前一周宣布。 ```

Answer 10

harry /ˈhærɪ/ (harrying, harried, harries) ``` 1. V-T If someone harries you, they keep bothering you or trying to get something from you. (不断)骚扰; 纠缠 #He is increasingly active in harrying the government in late-night debates. #他愈来愈积极地在午夜辩论节目中不断攻击政府。 ``` ``` 2. harried ADJ #...harried businessmen scurrying from one crowded office to another. #...因业务缠身不断奔跑于一个个拥挤的办公室之间的商人们。 ```

Answer 11

patrol /pəˈtrəʊl/ (patrolling, patrolled, patrols) ``` 1. V-T When soldiers, police, or guards patrol an area or building, they move around it in order to make sure that there is no trouble there. 在…巡逻 #Prison officers continued to patrol the grounds within the jail. #狱警们继续在监狱内的场地里巡逻。 ``` ``` 2. N-COUNT Patrol is also a noun. 巡逻 #He failed to return from a patrol. #他没能从一次巡逻中回来。 ``` ``` 3. PHRASE Soldiers, police, or guards who are on patrol are patrolling an area. 在巡逻 #The army is now on patrol in Srinagar and a curfew has been imposed. #军队现在在斯利那加巡逻，宵禁也已实行。 ``` ``` 4. N-COUNT A patrol is a group of soldiers or vehicles that are patrolling an area. 巡逻队 #Guerrillas attacked a patrol with hand grenades. #游击队用手榴弹袭击了一支巡逻队。 ```

Answer 12

halt /hɔːlt/ (halting, halted, halts) ``` 1. V-T/V-I When a person or a vehicle halts or when something halts them, they stop moving in the direction they were going and stand still. 使停住; 停住 #They halted at a short distance from the house. #他们停在离房子不远处。 ``` ``` 2. V-T/V-I When something such as growth, development, or activity halts or when you halt it, it stops completely. 使完全停止; 完全停止 #Striking workers halted production at the auto plant yesterday. #昨天，汽车厂的罢工工人完全停止了生产。 ``` 3. V (esp of logic or verse) to falter or be defective (尤指逻辑或诗韵)有缺陷; 不流畅 4. N an interruption or end to activity, movement, or progress (活动、运动或进展的)中止; 终止 5. N lameness 跛; 瘸 [archaic] 6. N/SENTENCE SUBSTITUTE a command to halt, esp as an order when marching 立定！; 停止前进！(尤用于行军中) 7. ADJ lame 跛的; 瘸的 8. ADJ (as collective noun; preceded by the) (用作集体名词，前面加)the the halt ``` 9. PHRASE If someone calls a halt to something such as an activity, they decide not to continue with it or to end it immediately. 决定停止 #The Russian government had called a halt to the construction of a new project in the Rostov region. #俄罗斯政府已经决定停止在罗斯托夫地区的一个新工程的修建。 ``` ``` 10. PHRASE If someone or something comes to a halt, they stop moving. 停止移动 #The lift creaked to a halt at the ground floor. #电梯嘎吱一声停在了底楼。 ``` ``` 11. PHRASE If something such as growth, development, or activity comes or grinds to a halt or is brought to a halt, it stops completely. 完全停止 #Her political career came to a halt in December 1988. #她的政治生涯于1988年12月彻底结束了。 ```

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assail /əˈseɪl/ (assailing, assailed, assails) ``` 1. V-T If someone assails you, they criticize you strongly. 质问; 抨击 [书面] #Protesters assailed the proposed fare increase. #抗议者们抨击了提价的提议。 ``` ``` 2. V-T If someone assails you, they attack you violently. 攻击 [书面] #Her husband was assailed by a young man with a knife in a nearby park. #她丈夫在附近的公园遭到一个持刀青年男子的攻击。 ``` ``` 3. V-T If you are assailed by something unpleasant such as fears or problems, you are greatly troubled by a large number of them. 使被困扰 [书面] [usu passive] #She is assailed by self-doubt and emotional insecurity. #她被自我怀疑和情感不安所困扰。 ```

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skirmish /ˈskɜːmɪʃ/ (skirmishing, skirmished, skirmishes) ``` 1. N-COUNT A skirmish is a minor battle. 小规模战斗; 小冲突 #Border skirmishes between India and Pakistan were common. #印巴边境的小冲突曾经是常有的事。 ``` ``` 2. V-RECIP If people skirmish, they fight. 进行小规模战斗; 发生小冲突 #They were skirmishing close to the minefield now. #他们当时正在雷区附近小规模交火。 ```

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surrender /səˈrɛndə/ (surrendering, surrendered, surrenders) ``` 1. V-I If you surrender, you stop fighting or resisting someone and agree that you have been beaten. 投降; 屈服 #General Martin Bonnet called on the rebels to surrender. #马丁·邦尼特将军要求反叛分子们投降。 ``` ``` 2. N-VAR Surrender is also a noun. 投降; 屈服 #...the government's apparent surrender to demands made by the religious militants. #…政府对宗教好战分子所提要求的明显屈从。 ``` ``` 3. V-T If you surrender something you would rather keep, you give it up or let someone else have it, for example after a struggle. 放弃; 交出 #Nadja had to fill out forms surrendering all rights to her property. #纳贾不得不填写表格，放弃对她财产的所有权利。 ``` ``` 4. N-UNCOUNT Surrender is also a noun. 放弃; 交出 #...the sixteen-day deadline for the surrender of weapons and ammunition. #…交出武器弹药的16天期限。 ``` ``` 5. V-T If you surrender something such as a ticket or your passport, you give it to someone in authority when they ask you to. 交出 [正式] #They have been ordered to surrender their passports. #他们已被命令交出他们的护照。 ```

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episode /ˈɛpɪˌsəʊd/ (episodes) ``` 1. N-COUNT You can refer to an event or a short period of time as an episode if you want to suggest that it is important or unusual, or has some particular quality. 事件; 经历 #This episode is bound to be a deep embarrassment for Washington. #这一事件必然使华盛顿大为尴尬。 ``` ``` 2. N-COUNT An episode of something such as a series on television or a story in a magazine is one of the separate parts in which it is broadcast or published. (电视连续剧的) 集; (连载小说的) 节 #The final episode will be shown next Sunday. #最后一集将于下周日播放。 ```

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obtain /əbˈteɪn/ (obtaining, obtained, obtains) ``` 1. V-T To obtain something means to get it or achieve it. 获得 [正式] #Evans was trying to obtain a false passport and other documents. #埃文斯当时正试图获取假护照和其他文件。 ```

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parenthesis /pəˈrɛnθɪsɪs/ (parentheses /pəˈrɛnθəsiːz/) 1. N-COUNT Parentheses are a pair of curved marks that you put around words or numbers to indicate that they are additional, separate, or less important. (This sentence is in parentheses.) 括号

Unit 02 Lesson 09-12 Flashcards

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