20230422單詞匯總

· holdup /?h??ld?p/

o 1.N-COUNT A holdup is a situation in which someone is threatened with a weapon in order to make them hand over money or valuables. 持械搶劫

? ?What could have happened? A hold-up? There'd been no gunshot or scream. 發(fā)生了什么呢？持槍搶劫？沒有聽到槍聲或尖叫聲。

o 2.N-COUNT A holdup is a delay. 延擱

? ?...bureaucratic holdups and legal wrangles over the contract. …圍繞合同的官僚拖延和法律糾紛。

o 3.N-COUNT A holdup is the stopping or very slow movement of traffic, sometimes caused by an accident which happened earlier. 交通堵塞

? ?They arrived late due to a motorway holdup. 因為高速公路上堵車，他們遲到了。

· transonic /tr?n?s?n?k/

o ADJ of or relating to conditions when travelling at or near the speed of sound 接近音速(運動)的

ad hoc adj. ? /??d ?h?k/ ?

( from Latin) arranged or happening when necessary and not planned in advance 臨時安排的；特別的；專門的

· ? an ad hoc meeting to deal with the problem 處理此問題的特別會議

· ? The meetings will be held on an ad hoc basis . 會議將根據(jù)需要隨時舉行。

DERIVATIVES 派生詞

ad hoc adv

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reedy adj. ? /?ri?di/ ?

[ usually before noun]

1.( of a voice or sound 嗓音或聲響 ) high and not very pleasant 尖厲刺耳的

2.full of reeds 蘆葦叢生的；長滿蘆葦?shù)?/span>

?reedy river banks 蘆葦叢生的河岸

· sombre /?s?mb?/

o 1.ADJ If someone is sombre, they are serious or sad. 沉痛的

? ?Spencer cried as she described the sombre mood of her colleagues. 斯賓塞在描述同事們沉痛的情緒時哭了。

o 2.ADJ Sombre colours and places are dark and dull. 灰暗的

? ?His room is sombre and dark. 他的房間陰森黑暗。

om·in·ous adj. ? /??m?n?s/ ?

suggesting that sth bad is going to happen in the future 預(yù)兆的；惡兆的；不吉利的

SYN foreboding

· ? There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead. 不祥的陰霾在頭頂上匯聚。

· ? She picked up the phone but there was an ominous silence at the other end. 她拿起電話，但對方只有不祥的沉默。

DERIVATIVES 派生詞

om·in·ous·ly adv

hag·gard adj. ? /?h?ɡ?d/ ?

looking very tired because of illness, worry or lack of sleep （由于生病、焦慮或睡眠不足）憔悴的，疲憊的

· elicit /??l?s?t/ ?

o 1.V-T If you elicit a response or a reaction, you do or say something that makes other people respond or react. 引起 (反應(yīng))

? ?Mr. Norris said he was hopeful that his request would elicit a positive response. 諾里斯先生說他希望他的要求會引起積極的回應(yīng)。

o 2.V-T If you elicit a piece of information, you get it by asking the right questions. 探得 (信息)

? ?My letters to her have elicited no response. 我寫給她的信沒有得到回應(yīng)。