List 07 | 23/04/2022 Flashcards
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recount
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recount (recounting, recounted, recounts)
动词读作rɪˈkaʊnt。名词读作ˈriːkaʊnt。
- V-T If you recount a story or event, you tell or describe it to people. 叙述; 描述 [正式]
* He then recounted the story of the interview for his first job.
* 他然后叙述了有关他第一份工作面试的故事。 - N-COUNT A recount is a second count of votes in an election when the result is very close. 重新计票
* She wanted a recount. She couldn’t believe that I got more votes than she did.
* 她要求重新计票。她不相信我比她得票多。
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anthropologist /ˌænθrəˈpɒlədʒɪst/
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n. 人类学家；人类学者
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rot /rɒt/
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rot /rɒt/ CET6 TEM4 (rotting, rotted, rots)
- V-T/V-I When food, wood, or another substance rots, or when something rots it, it becomes softer and is gradually destroyed. 腐烂
* If we don’t unload it soon, the grain will start rotting in the silos.
* 如果我们不马上卸货，这些粮食在仓中将开始腐烂。 - N-UNCOUNT If there is rot in something, especially something that is made of wood, parts of it have decayed and fallen apart. 腐朽
* Investigations had revealed extensive rot in the beams under the ground floor.
* 检测显示一楼下面的横梁已经有大面积的腐烂。 - N-SING You can use the rot to refer to the way something gradually gets worse. For example, if you are talking about the time when the rot set in, you are talking about the time when a situation began to get steadily worse and worse. 逐步恶化
* In many schools, the rot is beginning to set in. Standards are falling all the time.
* 在许多学校，情况正在逐步恶化，水准在不断降低。 - V-I If you say that someone is being left to rot in a particular place, especially in a prison, you mean that they are being left there and their physical and mental condition is being allowed to get worse and worse. 身心退化
* Most governments simply leave the long-term jobless to rot.
* 大多数政府只能任由长期失业者颓废下去。 - ABBREVIATION for rotation (of a mathematical function) (数学函数上的)循环
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census /ˈsɛnsəs/
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census /ˈsɛnsəs/
- N-COUNT A census is an official survey of the population of a country that is carried out in order to find out how many people live there and to obtain details of such things as people’s ages and jobs. 人口普查
* The detailed assessment of the latest census will be ready in three months.
* 有关最新人口普查的详细评估工作将在3个月内就绪。
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content /kənˈtɛnt/
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NOUN USES
content /ˈkɒntɛnt/
1. N-PLURAL The contents of a container such as a bottle, box, or room are the things that are inside it. (瓶子、盒子或房间的) 所容之物
*Empty the contents of the pan into the sieve.
*将平锅里的东西全部倒入漏勺。
- N-PLURAL The contents of a book are its different chapters and sections, usually shown in a list at the beginning of the book. (书的) 目录
* There is no Table of Contents.
* 没有目录。 - N-UNCOUNT If you refer to the content or contents of something such as a book, television programme, or website, you are referring to the subject that it deals with, the story that it tells, or the ideas that it expresses. (书、电视节目或网站等的) 内容 [also N in pl, usu N ‘of’ n]
* She is reluctant to discuss the content of the play.
* 她不愿讨论这部话剧的内容。
* *Stricter controls were placed on the content of videos.
* *对录像的内容有了更严格的控制。 - N-UNCOUNT The content of something such as an educational course or a programme of action is the elements that it consists of. (课程或计划的) 内容
* Previous students have had nothing but praise for the course content and staff.
* 以前的学生们对该课程的内容和教师只有称赞。 - N-SING You can use content to refer to the amount or proportion of something that a substance contains. 含量
* Sunflower margarine has the same fat content as butter.
* 葵花籽人造黄油跟黄油的脂肪含量一样。
ADJECTIVE USES
content /kənˈtɛnt/
N-SING
- ADJ If you are content with something, you are willing to accept it, rather than wanting something more or something better. 满足的 [v-link ADJ]
* I am content to admire the mountains from below.
* 我满足于从山下观赏群山。
* *I’m perfectly content with the way the campaign has gone.
* *我对这次活动开展的情况感到心满意足。 - ADJ If you are content, you are fairly happy or satisfied. 满意的 [v-link ADJ]
* He says his daughter is quite content.
* 他说他的女儿颇为满意。 - V to make (oneself or another person) content or satisfied 使满足
* to content oneself with property - to your heart’s content →see heart
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a fraction of
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一小部分；一部分；零点几
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devour /dɪˈvaʊə/
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devour /dɪˈvaʊə/ (devouring, devoured, devours)
- V-T If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly. 狼吞虎咽地吃
* A medium-sized dog will devour at least one can of food plus biscuits per day.
* 一只中等大小的狗每天至少要干掉一罐食物外加饼干。 - V-T If you devour a book or magazine, for example, you read it quickly and with great enthusiasm. 急切地读
* She began buying and devouring newspapers when she was only 12.
* 她才12岁时，就开始买报纸并如饥似渴地阅读。
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alpinist /ˈælpɪnɪst/
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alpinist /ˈælpɪnɪst/
1. N a mountaineer who climbs in medium-sized glaciated mountain areas such as the Alps (阿尔卑斯)登山家
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alienist /ˈeɪljənɪst, ˈeɪlɪə-/
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alienist /ˈeɪljənɪst, ˈeɪlɪə-/
1. N a psychiatrist who specializes in the legal aspects of mental illness (特指在法庭作证的)精神病学家 [美国英语]
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pioneer /ˌpaɪəˈnɪə/
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pioneer /ˌpaɪəˈnɪə/ (pioneering, pioneered, pioneers)
- N-COUNT Someone who is referred to as a pioneer in a particular area of activity is one of the first people to be involved in it and develop it. 先驱
* …one of the leading pioneers of photojournalism.
* …摄影新闻界的主要先驱之一。 - V-T Someone who pioneers a new activity, invention, or process is one of the first people to do it. 倡导
* …Professor Alec Jeffreys, who invented and pioneered DNA tests.
* …发明和倡导DNA测试的亚历克·杰弗里斯教授。 - N-COUNT Pioneers are people who leave their own country or the place where they were living, and go and live in a place that has not been lived in before. 拓荒者
* …abandoned settlements of early European pioneers.
* …已废弃的早期欧洲拓荒者的居住地。
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perilous /ˈpɛrɪləs/
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perilous /ˈpɛrɪləs/
- ADJ Something that is perilous is very dangerous. 险恶的 [文学性]
* …a perilous journey across the war zone.
* …一段穿越战区的艰险旅途。
* *The road grew even steeper and more perilous.
* *这条路变得更陡更险了。 - perilously ADV 险恶地
* The track snaked perilously upwards.
* 这条小道绝险地蜿蜒而上。
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court /kɔːt/
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NOUN USES
court /kɔːt/
1. N-COUNT A court is a place where legal matters are decided by a judge and jury or by a magistrate. 法庭 [oft n N, N n, also ‘in/at’ N]
*At this rate, we could find ourselves in the divorce courts!
*照这样下去，我们可能会在离婚法庭上对簿公堂！
**…a county court judge.
**…一名县法院的法官。
- N-COUNT You can refer to the people in a court, especially the judge, jury, or magistrates, as a court. (一次开庭的) 全体审判人员
* A court at Tampa, Florida has convicted five officials on charges of handling millions of dollars earned from illegal drug deals.
* 佛罗里达州坦帕市的一个法庭宣布被指控通过非法毒品买卖获取上百万美元的5名官员罪名成立。 - N-COUNT A court is an area in which you play a game such as tennis, basketball, badminton, or squash. 球场 [usu supp N, also ‘on/off’ N]
* The hotel has several tennis and squash courts.
* 该旅馆有几个网球场和壁球场。 - N-COUNT The court of a king or queen is the place where he or she lives and carries out ceremonial or administrative duties. 王宫
* She came to visit England, where she was presented at the court of James I.
* 她来访问英格兰，在詹姆斯一世的王宫受到了接见。 - PHRASE If you go to court or take someone to court, you take legal action against them. 起诉
* They have received at least twenty thousand dollars each but went to court to demand more.
* 他们每人至少已经得到了两万美元，但还起诉以求得到更多。 - PHRASE If a legal matter is decided or settled out of court, it is decided without legal action being taken in a court of law. 不经法院庭审的
* The Government is anxious to keep the whole case out of court.
* 政府急于把整个案子庭外了结。
VERB USES
court /kɔːt/ (courting, courted, courts)
PHRASE
- V-T To court a particular person, group, or country means to try to please them or improve your relations with them, often so that they will do something that you want them to do. 讨好; 取悦 [journalism]
* Both Democratic and Republican parties are courting former supporters of Ross Perot.
* 民主党和共和党都在讨好以前罗斯·佩罗的支持者。 - V-T If you court something such as publicity or popularity, you try to attract it. 设法获得
* Having spent a lifetime avidly courting publicity, Paul has suddenly become secretive.
* 花了一生的时间狂热地追求出名之后，保罗突然变得遮遮掩掩起来了。 - V-T If you court something unpleasant such as disaster or unpopularity, you act in a way that makes it likely to happen. 招致
* If he thinks he can remain in power by force, he is courting disaster.
* 如果他认为可以通过武力维持权力的话，那就是在招灾惹祸。
- V-RECIP If you are courting someone of the opposite sex, you spend a lot of time with them, because you are intending to get married. You can also say that a man and a woman are courting. 对…求爱; 谈恋爱 [老式]
- I was courting Billy at 19 and married him when I was 21.
- 我19岁时和比利谈恋爱，21岁时嫁给了他。
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solitary /ˈsɒlɪtərɪ/
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solitary /ˈsɒlɪtərɪ/
- ADJ A person or animal that is solitary spends a lot of time alone. 独处的
* Paul was a shy, pleasant, solitary man.
* 保罗是个腼腆的、讨人喜欢的、惯于独处的人。 - ADJ A solitary activity is one that you do alone. 独自的 [ADJ n]
* His evenings were spent in solitary drinking.
* 他的每个夜晚都在独自饮酒中度过。 - ADJ A solitary person or object is alone, with no others near them. 孤独的 [ADJ n]
* You could see the occasional solitary figure making a study of wildflowers or grasses.
* 你偶尔可以看见那个研究野生花草的孤独身影。
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impoverish /ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃ/
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impoverish /ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃ/ (impoverishing, impoverished, impoverishes)
- V-T Something that impoverishes a person or a country makes them poor. 使贫困
* We need to reduce the burden of taxes that impoverish the economy.
* 我们需要减少使经济贫困的租税负担。 - impoverished ADJ 贫困的
* The goal is to lure businesses into impoverished areas by offering them tax breaks.
* 目的是通过提供减税优惠把企业吸引到贫困地区。 - V-T A person or thing that impoverishes something makes it worse in quality. 使质量下降
* A top dressing of fertilizer should be added to improve growth as mint impoverishes the soil quickly.
* 应施顶肥以促进生长，因为薄荷会使土壤迅速变得贫瘠。
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coarse /kɔːs/
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coarse /kɔːs/ (coarser, coarsest)
- ADJ Coarse things have a rough texture because they consist of thick threads or large pieces. 粗糙的
* …a jacket made of very coarse cloth.
* …用非常粗糙的布做成的一件夹克衫。 - coarsely ADV 粗糙地
* …coarsely ground black pepper.
* …粗糙磨制的黑胡椒。 - ADJ If you describe someone as coarse, you mean that he or she talks and behaves in a rude and offensive way. 粗鲁的; 粗俗的 [表不满]
* The soldiers did not bother to moderate their coarse humour in her presence.
* 士兵们没有费神去约束他们的粗俗幽默，尽管她在场。 - coarsely ADV 粗鲁地; 粗俗地 [ADV with v]
* The women laughed coarsely at some vulgar joke.
* 女人们听到某个庸俗笑话后便粗俗地笑了起来。
