20230510單詞匯總

dummy?/?d?mi/

(?pl.?-ies)

1.[ C] a model of a person, used especially when making clothes or for showing them in a shop window （尤指縫制或陳列服裝用的）人體模型

?a tailor's dummy 裁縫店的模型人

2.[ C] a thing that seems to be real but is only a copy of the real thing 仿制品；仿造物

3.[ C] (?NAmE?informal?) a stupid person 笨蛋；蠢貨

?Don't just stand there, you dummy. 別在那兒干站著，你這個蠢貨。

4.[ C] ( in some sports 某些體育運動 ) an occasion when you pretend to pass the ball to another player and then do not do so 假傳球；假動作

5.(?BrE?) [C] (?NAmE?also?paci·fier?) a specially shaped rubber or plastic object for a baby to suck 橡皮奶嘴；橡皮奶頭

6.[ U] ( in card games, especially?bridge?紙牌游戲，尤指橋牌 ) the cards which are placed facing upwards on the table and which can be seen by all the players 明手牌

· renunciation /r??n?ns??e???n/

o 1.N-UNCOUNT The renunciation of a belief or a way of behaving is the public declaration that you reject it and have decided to stop having that belief or behaving in that way. (對信仰或行為方式的)放棄; 拋棄

? The talks were dependent on a renunciation of terrorism.
會談以放棄恐怖主義為前提。

o 2.N-UNCOUNT The renunciation of a claim, title, or privilege is the act of officially giving it up. (對聲明、官銜、特權等的)正式放棄

? ...the renunciation of territory in the Mediterranean.
...對地中海領土的放棄。

o 3.N-UNCOUNT Renunciation is the act of not allowing yourself certain pleasures for moral or religious reasons. (因道德或宗教原因)克己; 自我克制

? Gandhi exemplified the virtues of renunciation, asceticism, and restraint.
甘地體現(xiàn)了克己、禁欲和自我約束的美德。

in·nocu·ous?adj.?/??n?kju?s/

(?formal?)

1.not intended to offend or upset anyone 無惡意的；無意冒犯的

SYN?harmless

?It seemed a perfectly innocuous remark. 那像是一句毫無惡意的話。

2.not harmful or dangerous 無害的；無危險的

?an innocuous substance 無害物質

SYN?harmless

con·ten·tious?adj.?/k?n?ten??s/

(?formal?)

1.likely to cause disagreement between people 可能引起爭論的

?a?contentious issue/topic/subject?有爭議的問題╱話題╱主題

?Both views are highly contentious. 兩種觀點都很有爭議。

OPP?uncontentious

2.liking to argue; involving a lot of arguing 愛爭論的；充滿爭吵的

?a contentious meeting 爭論不休的會議

· leap /li?p/

o 1.V-T/V-I If you leap, you jump high in the air or jump a long distance. 跳躍

? He leaped in the air and waved his fists to the fans as he ran out of the stadium.
他跑出體育館，跳起來向他的崇拜者們揮舞著拳頭。

? Frederick leaped 22 feet, 7? inches on his second attempt.
弗雷德里克第2次試跳跳了22英尺7.25英寸。

o 2.N-COUNT Leap is also a noun. 跳躍

? The suspect took a leap out of a third-storey window.
那個犯罪嫌疑人從三樓的窗口跳了出去。

o 3.V-I If you leap somewhere, you move there suddenly and quickly. 急速移動

? The two men leaped into the jeep and roared off.
那兩個人飛快地跳上吉普車呼嘯而去。

o 4.V-I If a vehicle leaps somewhere, it moves there in a short sudden movement. (車輛) 突然移動

? The car leaped forward.
汽車突然向前沖去。

o 5.N-COUNT A leap is a large and important change, increase, or advance. 巨變; 劇增

? The result has been a giant leap in productivity.
其結果就是生產力的大幅度提高。

? ...the leap in the unemployed from 35,000 to 75,000.
…失業(yè)人數(shù)從3.5萬人猛增到7.5萬人。

o 6.V-I If you leap to a particular place or position, you make a large and important change, increase, or advance. 巨變; 劇增

? Bush's approval rating leaped to an astounding 88 percent.
布什的支持率令人吃驚地劇增到了88%。