List-38 Flashcards
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academic
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- *adj. 学术的;理论的;学院的
n. 大学生,大学教师;学者 - ——————————————**
- an educator who works at a college or university
- associated with academia or an academy
- hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result
- marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
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accuracy
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- *n. [数] 精确度,准确性
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- the quality of being near to the true value
- (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number
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adapt
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- *vt. 使适应;改编
vi. 适应 - ——————————————**
- make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
- adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
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aloft
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- *adv. 在空中;在高处;在上面
prep. 在…之上;在…顶上
adj. 在空中的;在高处的;在上面的 - ——————————————**
- at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship
- upward
- at or to great height; high up in or into the air
- in the higher atmosphere above the earth
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attain
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- *vt. 达到,实现;获得;到达
vi. 达到;获得;到达
n. 成就 - ——————————————**
- to gain with effort
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
- find unexpectedly
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
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attention
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- *n. 注意力;关心;立正!(口令)
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- the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
- the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
- a general interest that leads people to want to know more
- a courteous act indicating affection
- the faculty or power of mental concentration
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backhand
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- *n. 反手拍;反手抽击
vt. 反手抽击
adv. 以反手;用手背
adj. 反手的(网球等运动中的动作) - ——————————————**
- a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
- hit a tennis ball backhand
- (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
- (of handwriting) having the letters slanting from left down to right
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band
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- *n. 带,环;[物] 波段;(演奏流行音乐的) 乐队
vi. 用带绑扎;给…镶边
n. n.乐队;队;一群 - ——————————————**
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- instrumentalists not including string players
- a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
- an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material
- a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing
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besides
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- *adv. 此外;而且
prep. 除…之外 - ——————————————**
- making an additional point; anyway
- in addition
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bill
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- *n. [法] 法案;广告;账单;[金融] 票据;钞票;清单
vt. 宣布;开账单;用海报宣传 - ——————————————**
- a statute in draft before it becomes law
- an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
- a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
- the entertainment offered at a public presentation
- a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare)
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breed
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- *vi. 繁殖;饲养;产生
vt. 繁殖;饲养;养育,教育;引起
n. [生物] 品种;种类,类型
n. (Breed)人名;(英)布里德 - ——————————————**
- a special lineage
- a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
- half-caste offspring of parents of different races (especially of white and American Indian parents)
- a lineage or race of people
- call forth
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burrow
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- *vi. 探索,寻找;挖地洞,挖通道;住入地洞,躲藏起来;钻进某处;偎依著
vt. 挖掘,挖出;在…挖洞(或通道);使躲入洞穴
n. (兔、狐等的)洞穴,地道;藏身处,住处
n. (Burrow)人名;(英)伯罗 - ——————————————**
- a hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter
- move through by or as by digging
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category
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- *n. 种类,分类;[数] 范畴
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- a collection of things sharing a common attribute
- a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme
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compensate
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- *vi. 补偿,赔偿;抵消
vt. 补偿,赔偿;付报酬 - ——————————————**
- adjust for
- make amends for; pay compensation for
- make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- make reparations or amends for
- do or give something to somebody in return
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concern
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- *vt. 涉及,关系到;使担心
n. 关系;关心;关心的事 - ——————————————**
- something that interests you because it is important or affects you
- an anxious feeling
- a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
- something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
- a feeling of sympathy for someone or something
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conclusive
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- *adj. 决定性的;最后的;确实的;确定性的
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- forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question
- final and deciding
- expressing finality with no implication of possible change
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cooperative
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- *adj. 合作的;合作社的
n. 合作社 - ——————————————**
- a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners
- an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it
- involving the joint activity of two or more
- done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit
- willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement
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cube
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- *n. 立方;立方体;骰子
vt. 使成立方形;使自乘二次;量…的体积
n. (Cube)人名;(瑞典、德)库贝 - ——————————————**
- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
- the product of three equal terms
- any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone
- a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube
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dawn
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- *n. 黎明;开端
vt. 破晓;出现;被领悟
n. (Dawn)人名;(西)道恩 - ——————————————**
- the first light of day
- the earliest period
- an opening time period
- become clear or enter one’s consciousness or emotions
- appear or develop
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debt
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- *n. 债务;借款;罪过
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- the state of owing something (especially money)
- money or goods or services owed by one person to another
- an obligation to pay or do something
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describe
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- *vt. 描述,形容;描绘
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- give a description of
- to give an account or representation of in words
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- make a mark or lines on a surface
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desperate
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- *adj. 不顾一切的;令人绝望的;极度渴望的
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- a person who is frightened and in need of help
- arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
- desperately determined
- (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair
- showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
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destination
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- *n. 目的地,终点
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- the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
- the ultimate goal for which something is done
- written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location
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disrupt
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- *vt. 破坏;使瓦解;使分裂;使中断;使陷于混乱
adj. 分裂的,中断的;分散的 - ——————————————**
- make a break in
- throw into disorder
- interfere in someone else’s activity
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endow
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- *vt. 赋予;捐赠;天生具有
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- give qualities or abilities to
- furnish with an endowment
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ethical
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- *adj. 伦理的;道德的;凭处方出售的
n. 处方药 - ——————————————**
- of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics
- conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior
- adhering to ethical and moral principles
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fumigate
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- *vt. 熏制;香薰;用烟熏消毒
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- treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
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gentility
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- *n. 有教养,文雅;上流阶层
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- elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
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grasshopper
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- *n. 蚱蜢;[植保] 蝗虫;小型侦察机
vi. 见异思迁;蚱蜢似地跳 - ——————————————**
- terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping
- a cocktail made of creme de menthe and cream (sometimes with creme de cacao)
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humanitarian
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- *adj. 人道主义的;博爱的;基督凡人论的
n. 人道主义者;慈善家;博爱主义者;基督凡人论者 - ——————————————**
- someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms
- marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare
- of or relating to or characteristic of humanitarianism
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husk
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- *n. 皮;外壳;无价值之物
vt. 削皮;以粗哑的嗓音说
vi. 嗓音变得嘶哑 - ——————————————**
- material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds
- remove the husks from
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implication
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- *n. 含义;暗示;牵连,卷入;可能的结果,影响
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- something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
- a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
- an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection
- a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q’; if p is true then q cannot be false
- a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)