Unit 02 Lesson 09-12 Flashcards
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espionage /ˈɛspɪəˌnɑːʒ/
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espionage /ˈɛspɪəˌnɑːʒ/
1. N-UNCOUNT Espionage is the activity of finding out the political, military, or industrial secrets of your enemies or rivals by using spies. 间谍活动 [正式] #The authorities have arrested several people suspected of espionage. #当局已经逮捕了几个涉嫌从事间谍活动的人。
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royal /ˈrɔɪəl/
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royal /ˈrɔɪəl/ (royals)
1. ADJ Royal is used to indicate that something is connected with a king, queen, or emperor, or their family. A royal person is a king, queen, or emperor, or a member of their family. 王室的 #...an invitation to a royal garden party. #…一张参加皇家花园聚会的请帖。
2. ADJ Royal is used in the names of institutions or organizations that are officially appointed or supported by a member of a royal family. 皇家的 [ADJ n] #...the Royal Academy of Music. #…皇家音乐学院。
3. N-COUNT Members of the royal family are sometimes referred to as royals. 王室成员 [非正式] #The royals have always been patrons of charities pulling in large donations. #王室成员一直都是慈善机构的资助人，注入大量捐赠。
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penetrate /ˈpɛnɪˌtreɪt/
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penetrate /ˈpɛnɪˌtreɪt/ (penetrating, penetrated, penetrates)
1. V-T If something or someone penetrates a physical object or an area, they succeed in getting into it or passing through it. 进入; 穿透 #X-rays can penetrate many objects. #X射线能穿透很多物体。
2. penetration N-UNCOUNT 进入; 穿透 #The thick walls prevented penetration by debris from the hurricane. #一堵堵厚墙阻挡了飓风带来的碎片的穿透。
3. V-T If someone penetrates an organization, a group, or a profession, they succeed in entering it although it is difficult to do so. (排除困难) 进入 #...the continuing failure of women to penetrate the higher levels of engineering. #…女性跻身工程业较高层级的连续失败。
4. V-T If someone penetrates an enemy group or a rival organization, they succeed in joining it in order to get information or cause trouble. 打入 (敌对组织) #The CIA had requested our help to penetrate a drug ring operating out of Munich. #中情局曾要求我们协助打入在慕尼黑外活动的一个贩毒团伙。
5. penetration N-UNCOUNT 打入 #...the successful penetration by the KGB of the French intelligence service. #…克格勃向法国情报机构的成功渗入。
6. V-T If a company or country penetrates a market or area, they succeed in selling their products there. 打入 (某市场或地区) [商业] #There have been around 15 attempts from outside Idaho to penetrate the market. #已有约十五次从爱达荷州以外打入该市场的企图。
7. penetration N-UNCOUNT 打入 #...import penetration across a broad range of heavy industries. #…横跨广泛重工业领域的进口渗入。
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spy /spaɪ/
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spy /spaɪ/ (spying, spied, spies)
1. N-COUNT A spy is a person whose job is to find out secret information about another country or organization. 间谍 #He was jailed for five years as an alleged spy. #他被指控为间谍而被监禁了5年。
2. ADJ A spy satellite or spy plane obtains secret information about another country by taking photographs from the sky. 承担间谍任务的 (卫星、飞机) [ADJ n] #...pictures from unmanned spy planes operated by the U.S. military. #…美国军方操控的无人间谍飞机拍摄到的图片。
3. V-I Someone who spies for a country or organization tries to find out secret information about another country or organization. (为某国、某组织) 从事间谍活动 #The agent spied for East Germany for more than twenty years. #该特工为东德从事了二十多年的间谍活动。 ##East and West are still spying on one another. ##东方和西方仍在相互暗中监视着。
4. spying N-UNCOUNT 从事间谍活动 #...a ten-year sentence for spying. #…因从事间谍活动被判的10年监禁。
5. V-I If you spy on someone, you watch them secretly. 秘密监视 #That day he spied on her while pretending to work on the shrubs. #那天他假装修剪灌木，却秘密地监视着她。
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disguise /dɪsˈɡaɪz/
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disguise /dɪsˈɡaɪz/ (disguising, disguised, disguises)
1. N-VAR If you are in disguise, you are not wearing your usual clothes or you have altered your appearance in other ways, so that people will not recognize you. 伪装 #You'll have to travel in disguise. #你将不得不乔装出行。
2. V-T If you disguise yourself, you put on clothes which make you look like someone else or alter your appearance in other ways, so that people will not recognize you. 乔装 #She disguised herself as a man so she could fight on the battlefield. #她女扮男装以便能上战场打仗。
3. disguised ADJ 乔装的 #The extremists entered the building disguised as medical workers. #极端分子们假扮成医务人员，进入了大楼。
4. V-T To disguise something means to hide it or make it appear different so that people will not know about it or will not recognize it. 掩饰 #He made no attempt to disguise his agitation. #他无意掩饰他的不安。
5. disguised ADJ 掩饰的 #The proposal is a thinly disguised effort to revive the price controls of the 1970s. #这项提议是恢复20世纪70年代物价控制的一种几乎不加掩饰的努力。
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minstrel /ˈmɪnstrəl/
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minstrel /ˈmɪnstrəl/ (minstrels)
- N-COUNT In medieval times, a minstrel was a singer and musician who travelled around and entertained noble families. 吟游乐师; 中世纪云游各地为贵族表演的人
- N-COUNT In the past, minstrels were entertainers who wore black make-up on their faces and performed songs that imitated Negro singing. (过去)由白人表演黑人唱歌的滑稽表演者
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wandering /ˈwɒndərɪŋ/
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wandering /ˈwɒndərɪŋ/
1. ADJ Wandering is used to describe people who travel around rather than staying in one place for a long time. 流浪的; 漂泊的 [文学性] [ADJ n] #...a band of wandering musicians. #...一群漂泊的音乐人。
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harp /hɑːp/
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harp /hɑːp/ (harping, harped, harps)
- N-VAR A harp is a large musical instrument consisting of a row of strings stretched from the top to the bottom of a frame. You play the harp by plucking the strings with your fingers. 竖琴
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ballad /ˈbæləd/
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ballad /ˈbæləd/ (ballads)
1. N-COUNT A ballad is a long song or poem which tells a story in simple language. 叙事歌; 民间叙事诗 #...an eighteenth century ballad about some lost children called the Babes in the Wood. #…一首关于迷路儿童的名为《丛林中的宝贝》的18世纪民间叙事诗。
2. N-COUNT A ballad is a slow, romantic, popular song. 流行情歌 #"You Don't Know Paris" is one of the most beautiful ballads that he ever wrote. #《你不了解巴黎》是他写过的最优美的流行情歌之一。
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vary the programme
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vary the programme
- 使（表演的）节目多样化
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acrobatic /ˈækrəˌbætɪk/
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acrobatic /ˈækrəˌbætɪk/
- ADJ An acrobatic movement or display involves difficult physical acts such as jumping and balancing, especially in a circus. 杂技的 [usu ADJ n]
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conjuring /ˈkʌndʒərɪŋ/
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conjuring /ˈkʌndʒərɪŋ/
1. N the performance of tricks that appear to defy natural laws 魔术
- ADJ denoting or relating to such tricks or entertainment 表示魔术的; 关于魔术的
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gather /ˈɡæðə/
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gather /ˈɡæðə/ (gathering, gathered, gathers)
1. V-T/V-I If people gather somewhere, or if someone gathers people somewhere, they come together in a group. 聚集 #In the evenings, we gathered around the fireplace and talked. #晚上，我们聚在壁炉旁聊天。
2. V-T If you gather things, you collect them together so that you can use them. 收集 #I suggest we gather enough firewood to last the night. #我建议我们捡拾足够的木柴来度过这个夜晚。
3. PHRASAL VERB Gather up means the same as . 收集 #When Steinberg had gathered up his papers, he went out. #斯坦伯格收好文件后，走了出去。
4. V-T If you gather information or evidence, you collect it, especially over a period of time and after a lot of hard work. 搜集 #...a private detective using a hidden tape recorder to gather information. #…一名用一部暗藏的磁带录音机来搜集信息的私家侦探。
5. V-T If something gathers speed, momentum, or force, it gradually becomes faster or more powerful. 逐渐增加 #Demands for his dismissal have gathered momentum in recent weeks. #要求把他免职的呼声最近几周越来越高。
6. V-T When you gather something such as your strength, courage, or thoughts, you make an effort to prepare yourself to do something. 积聚 #You must gather your strength for the journey. #你必须为此次行程打起精神来。
7. PHRASAL VERB Gather up means the same as . 积聚 #She was gathering up her courage to approach him when he called to her. #他喊她的时候，她正鼓起勇气去接近他。
8. V-T You use gather in expressions such as "I gather" and "as far as I can gather" to introduce information that you have found out, especially when you have found it out in an indirect way. 猜想 (用于引出间接得到的信息) #I gather his report is highly critical of the trial judge. #我猜想他的报告毫不留情地批判了庭审法官。 ##"He speaks English," she said to Graham. "I gathered that." ##“他说英语，”她对格雷厄姆说。“我料到了。”
- to gather dust →see dust
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set out
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set out (setting, sets)
1. PHRASAL VERB When you set out, you start a journey. 启程; 出发 #When setting out on a long walk, always wear suitable boots. #出发进行长距离徒步时，一定要穿上合适的靴子。
2. PHRASAL VERB If you set out to do something, you start trying to do it. 开始努力 #He has achieved what he set out to do three years ago. #他已经完成了3年前开始努力做的事情。
3. PHRASAL VERB If you set things out, you arrange or display them somewhere. 摆出; 陈列 #Set out the cakes attractively, using lacy doilies. #用花边垫子摆蛋糕，好看诱人。
4. PHRASAL VERB If you set out a number of facts, beliefs, or arguments, you explain them in writing or speech in a clear, organized way. 阐述; 提出 #He has written a letter to The Times setting out his views. #他已经给《泰晤士报》写信，阐述了自己的观点。
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invader /ɪnˈveɪdə/
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invader /ɪnˈveɪdə/ (invaders)
1. N-COUNT Invaders are soldiers who are invading a country. 侵略者 #The city was destroyed by foreign invaders. #这座城市被外国侵略者毁坏了。
2. N-COUNT You can refer to a country or army that has invaded or is about to invade another country as an invader. 侵略国; 侵略军 #...action against a foreign invader. #…反对外国侵略者的行动。
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thither /ˈðɪðə/
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thither /ˈðɪðə/
1. hither and thither ADV Thither means to the place that has already been mentioned. 到那里; 向那边 [老式] [ADV after v] →see hither #They have dragged themselves thither for shelter. #他们费力地挪到那边躲避。
