20230501單詞匯總

· demography /d??m?ɡr?f?/

o 1.N-UNCOUNT Demography is the study of the changes in numbers of births, deaths, marriages, and cases of disease in a community over a period of time. 人口統(tǒng)計學

o 2.N-COUNT undefined

? ?...a politically astute economist and demographer. ...一位政治上敏銳的經濟學家和人口統(tǒng)計學家。

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men·strual adj. ? /?menstru?l/ ?

connected with the time when a woman menstruates each month 月經的

• ? The average length of a woman's menstrual ? ? ?cycle is 28 days. 婦女的平均月經周期是28天。

• ? menstrual blood 經血

• ( formal )

? a menstrual period 月經期

——compare premenstrual

re·pat·ri·ate v. ? /?ri??p?trie?t/ ?

[ VN]

1.to send or bring sb back to their own country 遣送回國；遣返

?The refugees were forcibly repatriated. 難民被強制遣送回國。

2.( business 商) to send money or profits back to your own country 寄（錢）回國；將（利潤）調回本國

DERIVATIVES 派生詞

re·pat·ri·ation [ UC] /?ri??p?tri?e??n/ ? ?/?ri??p?tri?e??n/ ? n

· ?the repatriation of immigrants/profits 遣返移民；調回利潤

· ?a voluntary repatriation programme 自愿遣返計劃

· baccalaureate /?b?k??l??r??t/

o 1.N-SING A baccalaureate is the same as a . 同bachelor’s degree

o 2.N-COUNT In the United States, a baccalaureate is a sermon given to a graduating class, or the religious service in which that sermon is given. (在美國)對畢業(yè)班的致辭; 宗教講道

o 3.N-SING The baccalaureate is an examination taken by students at the age of eighteen in France and some other countries. 法國以及其他一些國家對十八歲學生進行的考試

· genesis /?d??n?s?s/

o N-SING The genesis of something is its beginning, birth, or creation. (事物的)開端; 誕生; 創(chuàng)始

? ?The project had its genesis two years earlier. 該項目是兩年前開始的。

im·mi·nent adj. ? /??m?n?nt/ ?

( especially of sth unpleasant 尤指不愉快的事 ) likely to happen very soon 即將發(fā)生的；臨近的

• ? the imminent threat of invasion 迫在眉睫的入侵威脅

• ? The system is in imminent danger ? ? ?of collapse. 這個體制面臨著崩潰的危險。

• ? An announcement about his resignation is ? ? ?imminent. 馬上就要宣布他的辭職。

im·pend·ing adj. ? /?m?pend??/ ?

[ only before noun]

( usually of an unpleasant event 通常指不愉快的事 ) that is going to happen very soon 即將發(fā)生的；迫在眉睫的

SYN imminent

· ? his impending retirement 他即將到來的退休

· ? warnings of impending danger/disaster 對馬上到來的危險╱災難的預警

· diet /?da??t/

o 1.N-VAR Your diet is the type and variety of food that you regularly eat. 日常飲食

? ?It's never too late to improve your diet. 改善飲食什么時候都不嫌晚。

o 2.N-VAR If you are on a diet, you eat special kinds of food or you eat less food than usual because you are trying to lose weight. (因減肥而吃的) 規(guī)定飲食

? ?Have you been on a diet? You've lost a lot of weight. 你在節(jié)食嗎？你瘦了很多。

o 3.N-COUNT If a doctor puts someone on a diet, he or she makes them eat a special type or variety of foods in order to improve their health. (醫(yī)生為病人規(guī)定的) 特種飲食

? ?Certain chronic conditions, such as diabetes, require special diets that should be monitored by your physician. 一些慢性病，如糖尿病，要求病人食用由醫(yī)生指導的特定食物。

o 4.N-COUNT If you are fed on a diet of something, especially something unpleasant or of poor quality, you receive or experience a very large amount of it. 大量 (不愉快的事或質量差的東西)

? ?The radio had fed him a diet of pop songs. 收音機沒完沒了地向他播放流行音樂。

o 5.V-I If you are dieting, you eat special kinds of food or you eat less food than usual because you are trying to lose weight. 節(jié)食

? ?I've been dieting ever since the birth of my fourth child. 自從我第4個孩子出生以后，我就一直在節(jié)食。

o 6.ADJ Diet drinks or foods have been specially produced so that they do not contain many calories. (飲食) 低熱量的

? ?...sugar-free diet drinks. …無糖的低熱量飲料。

o 7.N a legislative assembly in various countries, such as Japan 議會