20230527單詞匯總

· subscribe /s?b?skra?b/

o 1.V-I If you subscribe to an opinion or belief, you are one of a number of people who have this opinion or belief. 持有 (意見或信仰)

? I've personally never subscribed to the view that either sex is superior to the other.
我個人從未持有過一種性別比另一種性別優(yōu)越的觀點。

o 2.V-I If you subscribe to a magazine or a newspaper, you pay to receive copies of it regularly. 訂閱

? My main reason for subscribing to New Scientist is to keep abreast of advances in science.
我訂閱《新科學家》的主要原因是要跟上科學的進步。

o 3.V-I If you subscribe to an online newsgroup or service, you send a message saying that you wish to receive it or belong to it. 申請加入 (在線新聞組); 申請 (在線服務)

? Usenet is a collection of discussion groups, known as newsgroups, to which anybody can subscribe.
新聞組網(wǎng)絡是由稱為新聞組的討論組組成，任何人都能申請加入。

o 4.V-I If you subscribe for shares in a company, you apply to buy shares in that company. 申購 (股份)

? Employees subscribed for far more shares than were available.
雇員們申購了遠比實際數(shù)額還多的股份。

de·cipher?v.?/d??sa?f?(r)/

[ VN] to succeed in finding the meaning of sth that is difficult to read or understand 破譯，辨認（難認、難解的東西）

• ??to decipher a code 破譯密碼

• ??Can anyone decipher his handwriting? 有誰能辨認他的字跡？

——see also indecipherable

· struggle /?str?ɡ?l/

o 1.V-T/V-I If you struggle to do something, you try hard to do it, even though other people or things may be making it difficult for you to succeed. 努力; 斗爭

? They had to struggle against all kinds of adversity.
他們不得不同各種困境斗爭。

o 2.N-VAR A struggle is a long and difficult attempt to achieve something such as freedom or political rights. 努力; 斗爭

? Life became a struggle for survival.
生活變成了一場爭取生存的斗爭。

? ...a young boy's struggle to support his poverty-stricken family.
…一個年輕男孩為支撐自己貧窮的家庭所做的努力。

o 3.V-I If you struggle when you are being held, you twist, kick, and move violently in order to get free. 掙扎

? I struggled, but he was a tall man, well built.
我掙扎了，但他是一個高個子男人，很強壯。

o 4.V-RECIP If two people struggle with each other, they fight. 扭打

? She screamed at him to "stop it" as they struggled on the ground.
他們在地上扭打時，她沖他尖叫著“住手”。

o 5.N-COUNT Struggle is also a noun. 扭打

? He died in a struggle with prison officers less than two months after coming to Britain.
他來英國不到兩個月就死于一次與獄警們的扭打。

o 6.V-T/V-I If you struggle to move yourself or to move a heavy object, you try to do it, but it is difficult. 艱難地移動

? I could see the young boy struggling to free himself.
我能看見這個小男孩正使勁掙脫他自己。

o 7.V-T/V-I If a person or organization is struggling, they are likely to fail in what they are doing, even though they might be trying very hard. 在困境中掙扎; 竭力維持

? The company is struggling to find buyers for its new product.
這個公司正竭力為它的新產(chǎn)品尋找買主。

? One in five young adults was struggling with everyday mathematics.
每5個年輕人中就有1個做日常的數(shù)學計算很費勁。

o 8.N-SING An action or activity that is a struggle is very difficult to do. 很費勁的事

? Losing weight was a terrible struggle.
減肥是件很費勁的事。

inter·play?n.?/??nt?ple?/

[?Using.]

~ (of/between A and B) (?formal?) the way in which two or more things or people affect each other SYN?interaction?相互影響（或作用）

·???the interplay between politics and the environment 政治與環(huán)境的相互影響

·???the subtle interplay of colours 色彩的相互掩映

craft?/krɑ?ft/

[ VN] [ usually passive] to make sth using special skills, especially with your hands （尤指用手工）精心制作

• ?All the furniture is crafted from natural materials. 所有的家具均采用天然材料精心制作而成。

• ?a carefully crafted speech 精心準備的講話