20230318 單詞匯總
20230318 單詞匯總
· serviceable /?s??v?s?b?l/
o ADJ If you describe something as serviceable, you mean that it is good enough to be used and to perform its function. 可用的; 夠用的
? ?His Arabic was not as good as his English, but serviceable enough. 他的阿拉伯文沒(méi)有他的英語(yǔ)好，但是足夠用了。
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dire adj. ? /?da??(r)/ ?
( direrdir·est)
1.[ usually before noun] ( formal ) very serious 極其嚴(yán)重的；危急的
?living in dire poverty 生活赤貧
?dire warnings/threats 嚴(yán)重的警告╱威脅
?Such action may have dire consequences . 這種行為可能產(chǎn)生嚴(yán)重后果。
?We're in dire need of your help. 我們急需你的幫助。
?The firm is in dire straits (= in a very difficult situation) and may go bankrupt. 這家公司已陷入極度困境之中，可能會(huì)破產(chǎn)。
2.( BrE informal ) very bad 極糟的；極差的
?The acting was dire. 這表演糟透了。
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· observable /?b?z??v?b?l/
o ADJ Something that is observable can be seen. 看得見(jiàn)的; 觀(guān)察得到的
? ?Mars is too faint and too low in the sky to be observable. 火星太暗，在空中位置太低，所以觀(guān)測(cè)不到。
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re·veal·ing adj. ? /r??vi?l??/ ?
1.giving you interesting information that you did not know before 揭露真相的；發(fā)人深省的
?The document provided a revealing insight into the government's priorities. 這份文件使人看出政府的輕重緩急是怎樣安排的。
?The answers the children gave were extremely revealing. 孩子們所給的答案極其發(fā)人深省。
2.( of clothes 衣服 ) allowing more of sb's body to be seen than usual 暴露的；使身體過(guò)分裸露的
?a revealing blouse 暴露的女式襯衫
de·plete v. ? /d??pli?t/ ?
[ VN] [ usually passive] to reduce sth by a large amount so that there is not enough left 大量減少；耗盡；使枯竭
· ? Food supplies were severely depleted. 食物供應(yīng)已嚴(yán)重不足。
DERIVATIVES 派生詞
de·ple·tion [ U] /d??pli??n/ ? ?/d??pli??n/ ? n
· ?ozone depletion 臭氧耗損
· ?the depletion of fish stocks 魚(yú)的存貨消耗殆盡
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· insomnia /?n?s?mn??/ ?
o N-UNCOUNT Someone who suffers from insomnia finds it difficult to sleep. 失眠
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· sickbed /?s?kb?d/
o N-COUNT Your sickbed is the bed that you are lying in while you are ill. 病床
? ?Michael left his sickbed to entertain his house guests. 邁克爾走下病床去招待客人。
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stark ? /stɑ?k/ ?
( stark·erstark·est)
1.( often disapproving) looking severe and without any colour or decoration 了無(wú)修飾的；荒涼的；粗陋的
?I think white would be too stark for the bedroom. 我覺(jué)得臥室里用白色未免太素了。
?The hills stood stark against the winter sky. 在冬日的天空下，小山了無(wú)生氣。
2.unpleasant; real, and impossible to avoid 嚴(yán)酷的；赤裸裸的；真實(shí)而無(wú)法回避的
SYN bleak
?The author paints a stark picture of life in a prison camp. 作者描繪出一幅冷酷而真實(shí)的戰(zhàn)俘營(yíng)生活畫(huà)面。
?a stark choice 殘酷的選擇
?The remains of the building stand as a stark reminder of the fire. 房子的斷壁殘?jiān)悄菆?chǎng)大火無(wú)情的見(jiàn)證。
?He now faces the stark reality of life in prison. 他現(xiàn)在要面對(duì)獄中生活的嚴(yán)酷現(xiàn)實(shí)了。
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3.very different to sth in a way that is easy to see （指區(qū)別）明顯的，鮮明的
SYN clear
?stark differences 鮮明的區(qū)別
?Social divisions in the city are stark. 城市里各社會(huì)階層有明確的分野。
?The good weather was in stark contrast to the storms of previous weeks. 這時(shí)的好天氣和前幾個(gè)星期的暴風(fēng)雨形成鮮明的對(duì)比。
4.[ only before noun] complete and total 完全的；十足的
SYN utter
?The children watched in stark terror. 孩子們極端恐懼地看著。
DERIVATIVES 派生詞
stark·ly adv.
· ?The interior is starkly simple. 室內(nèi)粗陋簡(jiǎn)樸。
· ?The lighthouse stood out starkly against the dark sky. 在黑暗的天空映襯下，燈塔巍然兀立。
· ?We are starkly aware of the risks. 我們完全清楚所面臨的種種風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。
2. stark·ness n. [ U]
