20230411單詞匯總

level /?l?v?l/

· 1.N-COUNT A level is a point on a scale, for example, a scale of amount, quality, or difficulty. 水平

? If you don't know your cholesterol level, it's a good idea to have it checked.
如果你不知道自己的膽固醇水平，最好去查一下。

? We do have the lowest level of inflation for some years.
我們幾年來的確保持最低水平的通貨膨脹。

· 2.N-SING The level of a river, lake, or ocean or the level of liquid in a container is the height of its surface. 水位

? The water level of the Mississippi River is already 6.5 feet below normal.
密西西比河的水位已經(jīng)比正常水位低6.5英尺。

· 3.→see also sea level

· 4.N-SING If something is at a particular level, it is at that height. 水平高度

? Liz sank down until the water came up to her chin and the bubbles were at eye level.
莉茲下沉直到水漫到她的下巴，泡沫到了她眼睛的高度。

· 5.N-COUNT A level of a building is one of its different storeys, which is situated above or below other storeys. 層

? Thurlow and Brown's rooms were on the second level, to the rear of the building.
瑟洛和布朗的房間都在大樓背面的第二層。

· 6.N-COUNT undefined

→ spirit level

· 7.ADJ If one thing is level with another thing, it is at the same height as it. 與…等高的

? He leaned over the counter so his face was almost level with the boy's.
他俯在柜臺(tái)上，這樣他的臉幾乎和那男孩的臉一樣高。

· 8.ADJ When something is level, it is completely flat with no part higher than any other. 平坦的

? The floor was level, but the ceiling sloped toward his head.
地面平平坦坦，但是天花板向他的頭部?jī)A斜。

· 9.ADV If you draw level with someone or something, you get closer to them until you are by their side. 接近

? Just before we drew level with the gates, he slipped out of the jeep and disappeared.
就在我們快接近大門口時(shí)，他溜出吉普車不見了。

· 10.ADJ Level is also an adjective. 接近的

? He waited until they were level with the door before he pivoted around sharply and punched Graham hard.
他等他們接近門口時(shí)才一個(gè)急轉(zhuǎn)身用拳頭猛揍格雷厄姆。

· 11.V-T If someone or something such as a violent storm levels a building or area of land, they destroy it completely or make it completely flat. 夷平

? The storm was the most powerful to hit Hawaii this century. It levelled sugar plantations and destroyed homes.
這是本世紀(jì)襲擊夏威夷最猛烈的暴風(fēng)雨。它夷平了甘蔗種植園，也摧毀了家園。

· 12.V-T If an accusation or criticism is levelled at someone, they are accused of doing wrong or they are criticized for something they have done. (指責(zé)或批評(píng)) 針對(duì)

? Allegations of corruption were levelled at him and his family.
對(duì)腐敗的指控是針對(duì)他和他的家人的。

· scout /ska?t/

o 1.N-COUNT A scout is someone who is sent to an area of countryside to find out the position of an enemy army. 偵察員

? They set off, two men out in front as scouts, two behind in case of any attack from the rear.
他們出發(fā)了，兩人在前作為偵察員，兩人殿后以防后方攻擊。

o 2.N-COUNT a person employed by a club to seek new players (俱樂部尋找新成員時(shí)雇傭的)星探

o 3.

N-COUNT the act or an instance of scouting 偵察

o 4.V-T/V-I If you scout somewhere for something, you go through that area searching for it. 搜尋

? I wouldn't have time to scout the area for junk.
我不會(huì)有時(shí)間在那個(gè)地區(qū)找廢物。

? A team of four was sent to scout for a nuclear test site.
一個(gè)四人小組被派去尋找核試驗(yàn)基地。

o 5.V-I to act as a scout for a sports club 物色(運(yùn)動(dòng)員)

· deforest /di??f?r?st/

o 1.V-T If an area is deforested, all the trees there are cut down or destroyed. 砍伐森林

? ...the 400,000 square kilometres of the Amazon basin that have already been deforested.
…已被砍伐的亞馬遜河流域40萬平方公里的森林。

o 2.N-UNCOUNT 森林砍伐

? One percent of Brazil's total forest cover is being lost every year to deforestation.
由于濫伐，巴西的森林總覆蓋面積正在每年減少百分之一。