20230511單詞匯總

· fantasize /?f?nt??sa?z/

o V-T/V-I If you fantasize about an event or situation that you would like to happen, you give yourself pleasure by imagining that it is happening, although it is untrue or unlikely to happen. 幻想

? I fantasized about writing music.
我曾幻想作曲。

1.intended to make people angry or upset; intended to make people argue about sth 挑釁的；煽動(dòng)性的；激起爭端的

?a provocative remark 煽動(dòng)性的言論

?He doesn't really mean that—he's just being deliberately provocative. 他不是真有此意，只不過是存心挑逗一下罷了。

2.intended to make sb sexually excited 引誘的；激起性欲的

?a provocative smile 撩人的一笑

DERIVATIVES 派生詞

pro·voca·tive·ly?adv

res·pite?n.?/?respa?t/

[?sing.U]

1.~ (from sth)a short break or escape from sth difficult or unpleasant 暫停；暫緩

?The drug brought a brief respite from the pain. 藥物暫時(shí)緩解了疼痛。

?There was no respite from the suffocating heat. 悶熱的天氣根本沒有緩解。

?She continued to work without respite. 她連續(xù)工作，沒有休息。

?respite care?(= temporary care arranged for old, mentally ill, etc. people so that the people who usually care for them can have a rest)?USEAT break?暫緩性照料

2.a short delay allowed before sth difficult or unpleasant must be done 短暫的延緩；喘息

SYN?reprieve

?His creditors agreed to give him a temporary respite. 他的債權(quán)人同意給他一個(gè)喘息的機(jī)會(huì)。

· dignitary /?d?ɡn?t?r?/

o N-COUNT Dignitaries are people who are considered to be important because they have a high rank in government or in a church. (政府或教會(huì)的) 顯要人物

? ...an office fund used to entertain visiting dignitaries.
…一筆用于招待來訪要員的辦公資金。

com·bine

/?k?mba?n/

1.(?BrE?also also??combine ?harvester?) a large farm machine which cuts a crop and separates the grains from the rest of the plant 聯(lián)合收割機(jī)

2.a group of people or organizations acting together in business 集團(tuán)；聯(lián)合企業(yè)

· apportion /??p????n/

o V-T When you apportion something such as blame, you decide how much of it different people deserve or should be given. 分?jǐn)? 分派

? The purpose of this exercise is not to apportion blame but to solve problems.
這項(xiàng)工作的目的不是追究責(zé)任而是解決問題。

· signify /?s?ɡn??fa?/

o 1.V-T If an event, a sign, or a symbol signifies something, it is a sign of that thing or represents that thing. 表示; 意味著

? These were not the only changes that signified the end of boyhood.
這些不是表示男孩時(shí)代已結(jié)束的惟一變化。

o 2.V-T If you signify something, you make a sign or gesture in order to communicate a particular meaning. (用符號(hào)或手勢) 表達(dá)

? Two jurors signified their dissent.
兩個(gè)陪審員表達(dá)了他們的異議。

dear·ly?adv.?/?d??li/

1.very much 非常；很

?She loves him dearly. 她深深地愛著他。

?I would?dearly like/love?to know what he was thinking. 我很想知道他在想什么。

?dearly beloved?(= used by a minister at a Christian church service to address people)?最親愛的教友們（神職人員對(duì)參禮信眾的稱呼）

http://2.in?a way that causes a lot of suffering or damage, or that costs a lot of money 代價(jià)極大地；高價(jià)地；昂貴地

?Success has?cost him dearly?. 他為成功付出了高昂的代價(jià)。

?She?paid dearly?for her mistake. 她因犯錯(cuò)誤而付出了巨大的代價(jià)。

· stringpiece /?str???pi?s/

o N a long horizontal timber beam used to strengthen or support a framework 橫梁