20230818 單詞學習

crumble?

/?kr?mb?l/ |CET6 TEM4 crumblingcrumbledcrumbles V-T/V-I If something crumbles, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces. 碎裂; 弄碎

? Under the pressure, the flint crumbled into fragments. 在壓力作用下，燧石裂成了碎片。 2.V-I If an old building or piece of land is crumbling, parts of it keep breaking off. 崩塌 ? The high- and low-rise apartment blocks built in the 1960s are crumbling. 建于20世紀60年代的高、低層公寓樓正搖搖欲墜。 3.PHRASAL VERB Crumble away means the same as . 崩塌 ? Much of the coastline is crumbling away. 多處海岸線正在垮塌。 4.V-I If something such as a system, relationship, or hope crumbles, it comes to an end. (制度、關系或希望) 崩潰 ? Their economy crumbled under the weight of United Nations sanctions. 在聯(lián)合國制裁的重壓之下，他們的經(jīng)濟崩潰了。 5.PHRASAL VERB Crumble away means the same as . (制度、關系或希望) 崩潰 ? Opposition more or less crumbled away. 反對黨差不多崩潰了。

sustenance

?/?s?st?n?ns/ |TEM8 N-UNCOUNT Sustenance is food or drink which a person, animal, or plant needs to remain alive and healthy. 食物 ? The state provided a basic quantity of food for daily sustenance, but little else. 國家提供基本的日常食物供應，僅此而已。

grazing?

/?ɡre?z??/ N-UNCOUNT Grazing or grazing land is land on which animals graze. 牧場 ? He had nearly a thousand acres of grazing and arable land. 他擁有近千畝的牧場和可耕地。

toil?

/t??l/ |CET6+ TEM4 1.V-T/V-I When people toil, they work very hard doing unpleasant or tiring tasks. 辛苦工作 ? People who toiled in dim, dank factories were too exhausted to enjoy their family life. 在陰暗潮濕的工廠里苦作的人們精疲力竭了，無法享受家庭生活。 ? Workers toiled long hours. 工人們長時間辛苦工作。 2.PHRASAL VERB Toil away means the same as . 辛苦工作 ? He doesn't spend every minute toiling away at his desk. 他并非每分鐘都在伏案辛苦地工作。 3.N hard or exhausting work 辛苦的工作 4.N a net or snare 網(wǎng) ? the toils of fortune had ensnared him

larger-than-life

ADJ exceptionally striking or colourful 非常引人注目的; 非常豐富多彩的 commonplace?/?k?m?n?ple?s/ |CET6 TEM4 ADJ If something is commonplace, it happens often or is often found, and is therefore not surprising. 常見的 ? Inter-racial marriages have become commonplace. 不同種族間的通婚已經(jīng)變得很常見。

domesticate?

/d??m?st??ke?t/ |TEM8 V-T When people domesticate wild animals or plants, they bring them under control and use them to produce food or as pets. 馴養(yǎng); 引種馴化 ? We domesticated the dog to help us with hunting. 我們馴養(yǎng)狗來幫助我們打獵。