20230319 單詞匯總

right-hand ?man

n. [ sing.] a person who helps sb a lot and who they rely on, especially in an important job 左右手；得力助手

• the President's right-hand man 總統(tǒng)的得力助手

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con·va·les·cence n. ? /?k?nv??lesns/ ?

[ sing.U] a period of time when you get well again after an illness or a medical operation; the process of getting well 康復期；恢復期；康復

• You need four to six weeks' convalescence. 你需要四至六個星期的康復期。

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de·void adj. ? /d??v??d/ ?

~ of sth completely lacking in sth 完全沒有；缺乏

• The letter was ? ? ?devoid of warmth and feeling. 這封信既無熱情又無感情。

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fore·bod·ing n. /f???b??d??/ ?

[ UC] a strong feeling that sth unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen （對不祥或危險事情的）強烈預感

• She had a sense of foreboding that the news would be bad. 她預感到這會是壞消息。

• He knew from her face that his forebodings had been justified. 他從她的臉上看出，自己不祥的預感是正確的。

· stymie /?sta?m?/

o V-T If you are stymied by something, you find it very difficult to take action or to continue what you are doing. 妨礙

? ?Companies have been stymied by the length of time it takes to reach an agreement. 數(shù)個公司因耗費很長時間以達成協(xié)議而受到阻礙。

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ob·serv·able adj. ? /?b?z??v?bl/ ?

that can be seen or noticed 能看得到的；能察覺到的

· ? observable differences 可以察覺到的差異

· ? Similar trends are observable in mainland Europe. 類似的趨勢在歐洲大陸也能見到。

DERIVATIVES 派生詞

ob·serv·ably /?b?z??v?bli/ ? ?/?b?z??v?bli/ ? adv

· codependent /?k??d??p?nd?nt/

o 1.ADJ A codependent person is in an unsatisfactory relationship with someone who is ill or an addict, but does not want the relationship to end. (人)依賴助成的; 指對雙方關系不滿意的一方卻不愿與生病或有依賴癥的另一方結束關系的情況

? ?Guys can be codependent, too. 男人們也可能是依賴助成者。

o 2.N-COUNT Codependent is also a noun. 依賴助成者

? ?The programme is geared toward the problems of being a codependent. 這個節(jié)目針對的是依賴助成者面對的問題。

o 3.N-UNCOUNT undefined

? ?...the dangers of codependency. ...依賴助成的危害。

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aero·naut·ics n. ? /?e?r??n??t?ks/ ?

[ U] the science or practice of building and flying aircraft 航空學；飛行學；飛行術

DERIVATIVES 派生詞

aero·naut·ic·al /??n??t?kl/ ? ?/??n??t?kl/ ? adj

· ?an aeronautical engineer 航空工程師

pre·or·dained adj. ? /?pri????de?nd/ ?

~ to do sth ( formal ) already decided or planned by God or by fate 命中注定的；上天安排的

SYN predestined

· ? Is everything we do preordained? 我們做的事都是天意嗎？

· ? They seemed preordained to meet. 他們似乎命中注定要相逢。

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· subterranean /?s?bt??re?n??n/ ?

o ADJ A subterranean river or tunnel is under the ground. 地下的

? ?The city has 9 miles of such subterranean passages. 這座城市有9英里這樣的地下通道。