20 Flashcards
Cement [sɪˈment]
n. 水泥;接合剂; v. 粘牢,胶合 Cement is a grey powder which is mixed with sand
and water in order to make concrete.
Builders have trouble getting the right
amount of cement into their concrete.
Proliferate [prəˈlɪfəreɪt]
vi. 增殖;扩散;激增; vt. 使激增 If things proliferate, they increase in number very
quickly.
Computerized databases are proliferating
fast.
Suffice [səˈfaɪs]
vt. 使满足;足够…用;合格; vi. 足够;有能力 be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or
quantity
A cover letter should never exceed one
page; often a far shorter letter will suffice.
Flour [ˈflaʊər]
n. 面粉;粉状物质 fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and
sifting the meal of a cereal grain
He added some flour to thicken the soup.
Condemned [kən’dɛmd]
adj. 已被定罪的,被判死刑的;危险的;被责难的 pronounced or proved guilty; officially pronounced
unfit for use or consumption
A condemned man or woman is going to be
executed.
Demur [dɪˈmɜːr]
vi. 反对;抗辩;提出异议; n. 异议;反对 If you demur, you say that you do not agree with
something or will not do something that you have
been asked to do.
The doctor demurred, but Piercey was
insistent.
Kudo [‘kju:dəu]
n. 奖赏;荣誉 Honor, prize, glory In case your memory is super bad, we’ve
included the clip of Kudo after the break.
Venture [ˈventʃər]
v. 敢于;冒险;投机; n. 企业;⻛险;冒险 A venture is a project or activity that is new,
exciting, and difficult because it involves the risk of
failure.
a Russian-American joint venture.
Pond [pɒnd]
n. 池塘;(非正式)大⻄洋; v. 拦截(流水等液体)形成小湖 A pond is a small area of water that is smaller than
a lake. Ponds are often made artificially.
She chose a bench beside the duck pond
and sat down.
Enterprise [ˈentərpraɪz]
n. 企业;事业;进取心;事业心 An enterprise is a company or business. There are plenty of small industrial
enterprises.
Grizzled [ˈɡrɪzld]
adj. 灰色的;头发斑白的; v. 变成灰色;发脾气 A grizzled person or a person with grizzled hair has
hair that is grey or partly grey.
No matter how grizzled or sceptical the
news editor, a story is sometimes too good
to resist.
Peculiar [pɪˈkjuːliər]
adj. 特殊的;独特的;奇怪的;罕⻅的; n. 特权;特有财产 If you describe someone or something as peculiar,
you think that they are strange or unusual,
sometimes in an unpleasant way.
Mr. Kennet has a rather peculiar sense of
humour.
Ubiquitous [juːˈbɪkwɪtəs]
adj. 普遍存在的;无所不在的 If you describe something or someone as
ubiquitous, you mean that they seem to be
everywhere.
Sugar is ubiquitous in the diet.
Allowance [əˈlaʊəns]
n. 津贴,零用钱;允许;限额; vt. 定量供应 An allowance is money that is given to someone,
usually on a regular basis, in order to help them pay
for the things that they need.
She gets an allowance for taking care of
Amy.
Disgust [dɪsˈɡʌst]
n. 厌恶,嫌恶; vt. 使厌恶;使作呕 Disgust is a feeling of very strong dislike or
disapproval.
He spoke of his disgust at the incident.
