28 Flashcards
Lieutenant [luːˈtenənt]
n.陆军中尉;海军上尉 A lieutenant is a person who holds a junior officer’s
rank in the army, navy, marines, or air force, or in
the U.S. police force. 陆军中尉; 海军上尉;
Lieutenant Campbell ordered the man at the
wheel to steer for the gunboat.
Troop [truːp]
n. 军队 Troops are soldiers, especially when they are in a
large organized group doing a particular task.
The next phase of the operation will involve
the deployment of more than 35,000 troops
from a dozen countries.
Invasion [ɪnˈveɪʒn]
n. 入侵,侵略 If there is an invasion of a country, a foreign army
enters it by force.
Seven years after the Roman invasion of
Britain.
Revive [rɪˈvaɪv]
v. 复兴,苏醒 When something such as the economy, a business,
a trend, or a feeling is revived or when it revives, it
becomes active, popular, or successful again
An attempt to revive the economy.
Reinstate [ˌriːɪnˈsteɪt]
vt. 使复职 If you reinstate someone, you give them back a job
or position that had been taken away from them.
The governor is said to have agreed to
reinstate five senior workers who were
dismissed.
Incongruity [ˌɪnkənˈɡruːəti]
n. 不协调;不一致 The incongruity of something is its strangeness
when considered together with other aspects of a
situation.
She smiled at the incongruity of the
question.
Promote [prəˈmoʊt]
vt. 升职;促进;提升 If people promote something, they help or
encourage it to happen, increase, or spread.
You don’t have to sacrifice environmental
protection to promote economic growth.
Rumor [‘rʊmɚ]
n. 谣言;传闻 Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth)
passed around by word of mouth
You should deny the scurrile rumor.
Reconcile [ˈrekənsaɪl]
vt. 使一致;使和解 If you reconcile two beliefs, facts, or demands that
seem to be opposed or completely different, you
find a way in which they can both be true or both
be successful.
It’s difficult to reconcile the demands of my
job and the desire to be a good father.
Corrupt [kəˈrʌpt]
adj. 腐败的,贪污的 Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is
morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or
illegal things in return for money or power.
To save the nation from corrupt politicians
of both parties.
Tarnish [ˈtɑːrnɪʃ]
v. 使失去光泽,使变暗淡;玷污 If you say that something tarnishes someone’s
reputation or image, you mean that it causes
people to have a worse opinion of them than they
would otherwise have had.
The affair could tarnish the reputation of the
senator.
Scandal [ˈskændl]
n. 丑闻 disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other
people
a financial scandal.
Taint [teɪnt]
v. 污染;玷污 If a person or thing is tainted by something bad or
undesirable, their status or reputation is harmed
because they are associated with it.
Opposition leaders said that the elections
had been tainted by corruption.
Distinguished [dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt]
adj. 卓越的,著名的 Standing above others in character or attainment or
reputation
If you describe a person or their work as
distinguished, you mean that they have
been very successful in their career and
have a good reputation.
Arrest [əˈrest]
v. 逮捕 If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and
take you to a police station, because they believe
you may have committed a crime.
Police arrested five young men in
connection with one of the attacks.
