401-500 Flashcards
which strains of the virus
If strain is put on an organization or system, it has to do more than it is able to do.
The virus mutates in the carrier’s body.
HIV has proven to possess an ability to mutate into drug-resistant forms.
If an animal or plant mutates, or something mutates it, it develops different characteristics as the result of a change in its genes.
I got out my wallet and began to dole out the money.
If you dole something out, you give a certain amount of it to each member of a group.
Young people are the most susceptible to advertisements.
James was extremely susceptible to flattery.
Walking with weights makes the shoulders very susceptible to injury.
If you are susceptible to something or someone, you are very likely to be influenced by them.
If you are susceptible to a disease or injury, you are very likely to be affected by it.
Walking with weights makes the shoulders very susceptible to injury.
France is expected to detonate its first nuclear device in the next few days.
If someone detonates a device such as a bomb, or if it detonates, it explodes.
The leadership voted to purge the party of “hostile and antiparty elements.”
He recently purged the armed forces, sending hundreds of officers into retirement.
To purge an organization of its unacceptable members means to remove them from it. You can also talk about purging people from an organization. 粛清
a military reaper drone
A reaper is a machine used to cut and gather crops.
call for a bump
to hit or knock against with a jolt; collide lightly with
An asteroid is one of the very small planets that move around the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
小惑星
There were a hundred or so hotels in the vicinity of the station.
If something is in the vicinity of a particular place, it is near it.
His mother and father thought Jim was a bit of an oddball too.
If you refer to someone as an oddball, you think they behave in a strange way.
He wasn’t the one carrying around a thousand pounds of future Olympic athlete and Nobel laureate.
a person on whom honor or distinction is conferred
The controversy has arisen over the text of the preamble to the unification treaty.
A preamble is an introduction that comes before something you say or write.
an introduction, esp. one to a constitution, statute, etc., stating the reasons for it and its purpose
…the political opinions of such luminaries as Sartre or de Beauvoir.
If you refer to someone as a luminary, you mean that they are an expert in a particular subject or activity.
- a body that gives off light, such as the sun or moon
- a. a person who sheds light on some subject or enlightens mankind; famous intellectual
b. any famous or well-known person
City worker has admitted killing a former colleague with a single punch after his shoe was thrown out of a taxi window in a drunken prank.
A prank is a childish trick.
a mischievous trick or practical joke
Captain Grenville stared at him steely-eyed.
having a hard, fierce expression
…a bubbly girl who loves to laugh.
Someone who is bubbly is very lively and cheerful and talks a lot.
Russia is committed to destroying most of its nuclear arsenals.
An arsenal is a large collection of weapons and military equipment held by a country, group, or person.
The aid appeal has galvanized the country’s business community.
To galvanize someone means to cause them to take action, for example by making them feel very excited, afraid, or angry.～を急に刺激する、奮い立たせる、駆り立てる、活気づける、活性化する、急に元気づけて～させる
We’ll be at your house at round about nine o’clock, okay?
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Large numbers of police were in the square to forestall any demonstrations.
If you forestall someone, you realize what they are likely to do and prevent them from doing it.
he struggle against pollution, the battle for the earth, averting a self-inflicted apocalypse.
The apocalypse is the total destruction and end of the world.
blunder into a nuclear war
to make a mistake through stupidity, ignorance, or carelessness blundered by not acting sooner
aphasia
loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage
” … I had been fool enough to allow myself to be so quickly allured by her charms …
to entice by charm or attraction
When the political climate tilted towards fundamentalism he was threatened. [VERB preposition/adverb]
He continued to urge the Conservative Party to tilt rightwards. [VERB preposition/adverb]
The paper has done much to tilt American public opinion in favour of intervention. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
If a person or thing tilts towards a particular opinion or if something tilts them towards it, they change slightly so that they become more in agreement with that opinion or position.
She slams the kitchen door so hard I hear dishes rattle. [VERB]
He gently rattled the cage and whispered to the canary. [VERB noun]
The truck pulled away, and she listened to the rattling noises fade down the lane. [VERB-ing]
When something rattles or when you rattle it, it makes short sharp knocking sounds because it is being shaken or it keeps hitting against something hard.
Mellors was preaching heresy and had to be immediately defrocked. [be VERB-ed]
…a defrocked priest. [VERB-ed]
If a priest is defrocked, he is forced to stop being a priest because of bad behaviour.
Electric rays stun their prey with huge electrical discharges.
These animals were the prey of hyenas. [+ of]
A creature’s prey are the creatures that it hunts and eats in order to live.
And when it comes, it comes down like confetti.
Confetti is small pieces of coloured paper that people throw over the bride and bridegroom at a wedding.
They were concerned only with their own religious fervor.
Fervor for something is a very strong feeling for or belief in it.
communion with nature
A communion of souls
Communion with nature or with a person is the feeling that you are sharing thoughts or feelings with them.
pedophile
a person having pedophilia
《精神医学》小児愛者、幼児を性欲の対象とする人
He used his broad executive powers to nullify decisions by local governments. [VERB noun]
It is worth remembering that previous wills are nullified automatically upon marriage. [be VERB-ed]
To nullify a legal decision or procedure means to declare that it is not legally valid.
Many of them live under deplorable conditions.
The Chief Constable said that sexual harassment was deplorable.
If you say that something is deplorable, you think that it is very bad and unacceptable.
hobbit
a nickname used for a very small type of primitive human, Homo floresiensis, following the discovery of remains of eight such people on the Island of Flores, Indonesia, in 2003
They got a battering ram to smash down the door.
A battering ram is a long heavy piece of wood that is used to knock down the locked doors of buildings.
The players are in defiant mood as they prepare for tomorrow’s game.
Despite the risk of suspension, he remained defiant.
If you say that someone is defiant, you mean they show aggression or independence by refusing to obey someone.
He accused politicians of whipping up anti-foreign sentiments in order to win right-wing votes. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
Joe McCarthy whipped up Americans into a frenzy of anti-Communist activity in the Fifties. [V P n (not pron) into n]
If someone whips up an emotion, especially a dangerous one such as hatred, or if they whip people up into an emotional state, they deliberately cause and encourage people to feel that emotion.
‘Get out!’ she ordered in a frenzy.
The country was gripped by a frenzy of nationalism.
Frenzy or a frenzy is great excitement or wild behaviour that often results from losing control of your feelings.
