20230429單詞匯總

· informant /?n?f??m?nt/

o 1. N-COUNT An informant is someone who gives another person a piece of information. 信息提供者

? On the basis of data furnished by her informants, Mead concluded that adolescents in Samoa had complete sexual freedom.
米德根據(jù)信息提供者所給的資料，得到的結(jié)論是薩摩亞的青少年有完全的性自由。

o 2. N-COUNT An informant is the same as an . 告密者

kin?n.?/k?n/ [?pl.]

or

(?old-fashioned) (?formal?) your family or your relatives （統(tǒng)稱）家屬，親屬，親戚

——compare?="javascript:;">kindred n. (1)

——see also?next of kin

IDM see?kith

· émigré /??m??ɡre?/

o N-COUNT An émigré is someone who has left their own country and lives in a different country for political reasons. (由于政治原因移居外國(guó)的)流亡者

? Several hundred Bosnian refugees and émigrés demonstrated outside the main entrance.
數(shù)百位波斯尼亞難民和政治流亡者在主入口外示威。

· defy /d??fa?/

o 1.V-T If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way. 違抗

? This was the first (and last) time that I dared to defy my mother.
這是我第一次（也是最后一次）膽敢違抗我母親。

o 2.V-T If you defy someone to do something, you challenge them to do it when you think that they will be unable to do it or too frightened to do it. 向…挑戰(zhàn); 惹

? I defy you to come up with one major accomplishment of the current president.
我倒要看看你能否舉出現(xiàn)任董事長(zhǎng)的一件主要成績(jī)。

o 3.V-T If something defies description or understanding, it is so strange, extreme, or surprising that it is almost impossible to understand or explain. 使不可能 (理解或解釋)

? It's a devastating and barbaric act that defies all comprehension.
這是毀滅性的野蠻行徑，完全沒(méi)有方法可理解。

· defy /d??fa?/

o 1.V-T If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way. 違抗

? This was the first (and last) time that I dared to defy my mother.
這是我第一次（也是最后一次）膽敢違抗我母親。

o 2.V-T If you defy someone to do something, you challenge them to do it when you think that they will be unable to do it or too frightened to do it. 向…挑戰(zhàn); 惹

? I defy you to come up with one major accomplishment of the current president.
我倒要看看你能否舉出現(xiàn)任董事長(zhǎng)的一件主要成績(jī)。

o 3.V-T If something defies description or understanding, it is so strange, extreme, or surprising that it is almost impossible to understand or explain. 使不可能 (理解或解釋)

? It's a devastating and barbaric act that defies all comprehension.
這是毀滅性的野蠻行徑，完全沒(méi)有方法可理解。

lurk?/l??k/ [?V]

1.[ usually?+ adv./prep.] to wait somewhere secretly, especially because you are going to do sth bad or illegal （尤指為做不正當(dāng)?shù)氖露┞穹?，潛?/p>

SYN?skulk

?Why are you lurking around outside my house? 你在我房子外面鬼鬼祟祟的，想干什么？

?A crocodile was lurking just below the surface. 有條鱷魚(yú)就潛伏在水面下。

2.when sth unpleasant or dangerous?lurks?, it is present but not in an obvious way 潛在；隱藏著

?At night, danger lurks in these streets. 夜晚這些街上隱藏著危險(xiǎn)。

3.(?computing 計(jì)) to read a discussion in a?chat room?, etc. on the Internet, without taking part in it yourself “潛水”，隱身（在聊天室等閱讀在線討論但自己不參與其中）