Lesson 8

Question 1

bring forward

Answer 1

1.把…提前
2.提出
I intend to bring this matter forward at the next meeting 我打算在下次會議上提出這件事情來討論

Question 2

brisk

Answer 2

輕快的，生氣勃勃的
a brisk walk
輕快的步伐

Question 3

broach (3)

Answer 3

開始討論；提出（難題等）
At some point we’ve got to discuss money but I don’t know how to broach the subject with him.
我們最終必須談到錢，但我不知道如何向他提這個問題。

Question 4

broadside

Answer 4

猛烈抨撃
The candidate fired/launched yet another broadside at the president.
候選人對總統發起了又一次猛烈抨擊。

Question 5

break a leg

Answer 5

break a leg

用來祝對方好運（特別是在上臺演出之前）

Question 6

bromide

Answer 6

【美】【口】陳腐庸俗的話[C]

a tired bromide about it 關於此事的十足的陳詞濫調

Question 7

brooding

Answer 7

令人憂心忡忡的
He stood there in the corner of the room, a dark, brooding presence.
他站在房間的角落裡，陰沉憂慮。

Question 8

bring home to sb.

Answer 8

使某人徹底了解某事物

The television pictures brought home to us all the plight of the refugees. 我們從電視上知道了難民所處的一切困境。

Question 9

bring into operation

Answer 9

bring into operation

實施,使生效；使投產,把…交付使用

Question 10

the brunt of sth

Answer 10

…的主要壓力（或衝力）
The infantry has taken/borne the brunt of the missile attacks.
步兵在飛彈襲撃中首當其衝。

Question 11

brusque

Answer 11

粗魯的；唐突的
His secretary was a little brusque with me.
他秘書對我的態度有些粗魯。

Question 12

bubble up

Answer 12

升到液體表面；變得明顯，湧現
She laughs, a tinkling musical child’s laugh, bubbling up out of her.
她笑了，發出清脆悅耳的童聲歡笑。

Question 13

buckle down

Answer 13

開始努力工作
He’ll have to buckle down (to his work) soon if he wants to pass his finals.
如果他想通過期末考試就必須馬上下苦功。

Question 14

budge

Answer 14

（使）輕微移動
I’ve tried moving the desk but it won’t budge/I can’t budge it.
我試著移動書桌，但它紋絲不動。

Question 15

buff

Answer 15

愛好者
a computer/opera/film buff
電腦／歌劇／電影愛好者

Question 16

bulwark (2)

Answer 16

保障
My savings were to be a bulwark against unemployment.
我的積蓄將是我失業時的保障。

Question 17

buoyancy

Answer 17

buoyancy

1. 浮力
2. 輕鬆的心情
3. 價格回升，行情看好

Question 18

buoyantly

Answer 18

buoyantly

樂觀地，輕鬆愉快地

Question 19

bureaucracy

Answer 19

官僚作風；官僚主義；官僚體制
I had to deal with the university’s bureaucracy when I was applying for financial aid.
我申請助學金時不得不應對大學裡的官僚體系。

Question 20

burgeon (2)

Answer 20

迅速發展；快速生長
Love burgeoned between them.
他們雙雙迅速墜入愛河。

Question 21

burglarize

Answer 21

入室盜竊
When they got back from their holiday they found that their home had been burgled.
他們度假回來時發現家中被盜了。

Question 22

burlesque

Answer 22

諷刺性（或滑稽性）的模仿；滑稽諷刺作品（可指劇本、圖畫、詩歌等）[C][U]

By taking bribes the judge made a burlesque of his high office. 那位法官受了賄賂，嘲弄了自己的高位。

Question 23

burrow (2)

Answer 23

翻找，搜尋
I burrowed through the clothes in the drawer looking for a clean pair of socks.
我在抽屜裡的衣服裡翻找一雙乾淨的襪子。

Question 24

but that

Answer 24

要不是…; 若非…

But that you had seen me in the water, I would have drowned. 要不是你看見我掉在水裡, 我早就淹死了。

Question 25

buttress (2)

Answer 25

建扶壁加固
It was decided to buttress the crumbling walls.
人們決定建造扶壁以支撐將要倒塌的牆。

Question 26

by and large (2)

Answer 26

大體上，總體上，一般來講
There are a few small things that I don’t like about my job, but by and large it’s very enjoyable.
雖然有些小的地方讓我不太滿意，但總的來講我還是很喜歡這份工作的。

Question 27

in/by fits and starts

Answer 27

間歇地；一陣一陣地
Replies to the advertisement are arriving in fits and starts.
廣告宣傳的回應零零星星地來了。

Question 28

by hook or crook

Answer 28

想方設法，千方百計，不擇手段
I decided I was going to get that job by hook or by crook.
我下定決心無論如何都要得到那份工作。

Question 29

by/in leaps and bounds

Answer 29

非常迅速地
Her Spanish has come on (= improved) in leaps and bounds this year.
今年她的西班牙語水準提高得很快。

Question 30

by reason of

Answer 30

由於

He escaped punishment by reason of his youth. 他因為年輕，得以免除懲罰。

Question 31

in succession

Answer 31

接連地，連續地
She had her first three children in rapid succession.
她的前三個孩子是連年緊接著出生的。

Question 32

by the name of sth

Answer 32

被叫作…，名叫…
I need to talk to a professor by the name of Bin Said.
我需要和一位叫賓‧賽義德的教授談談。

Question 33

by the skin of your teeth

Answer 33

僥倖成功，勉強完成
He escaped from the secret police by the skin of his teeth.
他從秘密警察手裡僥倖逃脫。

Question 34

by word of mouth

Answer 34

口頭上的
All the orders were given by word of mouth so that no written evidence could be discovered later.
所有命令都是口頭傳達的，所以事後找不到任何書面證據。

Question 35

bypass

Answer 35

繞過；繞…走；避開
We took the road that bypasses the town.
我們選擇了繞過城鎮的道路。

Question 36

cachet

Answer 36

聲望，聲譽；威信
This type of jacket used to have a certain cachet.
這種夾克衫曾有一定的聲譽。

Question 37

cacophonous

Answer 37

cacophonous

發音不和諧的

Question 38

cacophony

Answer 38

刺耳嘈雜的聲音；雜音
What a cacophony!
多麼刺耳的聲音！

Question 39

cajole (2)

Answer 39

勸誘；哄騙，誘騙
He really knows how to cajole people into doing what he wants.
他精於哄騙人們為他做事。

Question 40

caliber

Answer 40

品質；水準；才能，能力
If teaching paid more it might attract people of (a) higher calibre.
如果提高教師的工資，也許會吸引更高水準的人才。

Question 41

calibrate

Answer 41

1.測定……的口徑
2.校準
Before you pull the trigger, you have to calibrate the distance between you and your target. 在扣動扳機之前，你得先校準你和目標之間的距離。

Question 42

call into question

Answer 42

引起對…的懷疑，使懷疑
The fact that a party can be voted into power by a minority of the electorate calls into question the country’s electoral system.
贏得少數選民支持的政黨也能當選執政，這引發了人們對該國選舉制度的懷疑。

Question 43

callow

Answer 43

（尤指年輕人）幼稚的；不自信的；不諳世事的
Mark was just a callow youth of 16 when he arrived in Paris.
馬克到巴黎的時候還是個不諳世事的16歲少年。

Question 44

calumniate (2)

Answer 44

譭謗；惡意中傷；污蔑
He has tried to calumniate and destroy everyone whose opinions differ from his.
他會去惡意中傷和摧毀所有與他意見不同的人。

Question 45

calumny

Answer 45

誹謗，誣衊，中傷
He was subjected to the most vicious calumny, but he never complained and never sued.
他遭受了最惡毒的誹謗，但從未抱怨也從未起訴。

Question 46

camaraderie

Answer 46

同志情誼；友情
When you’ve been climbing alone for hours, there’s a tremendous sense of camaraderie when you meet another climber.
獨自攀登數小時後遇到另一個攀登者，這時你會產生強烈的志同道合感。

Question 47

come into play

Answer 47

開始活動；投入使用；起作用
In the summer months a different set of climatic factors come into play.
在夏季的幾個月中，一系列不同的氣候因素開始起作用。

Question 48

camouflage

Answer 48

掩飾；偽裝；隱瞞
Using smoke as (a) camouflage, the army advanced up the hill.
軍隊利用煙霧作掩護向山上挺進。

Question 49

canard (2)

Answer 49

canard

虛假新聞；謊報；假消息

Question 50

candidly

Answer 50

candidly

率直地；不客氣地