20230512單詞匯總

under·car·riage n. /??nd?k?r?d?/

( also ?landing gear ) the part of an aircraft, including the wheels, that supports it when it is landing and taking off （飛行器的）起落架

cour·tesy /?k??t?si/

( pl. -ies)

1.[ U] polite behaviour that shows respect for other people 禮貌；謙恭；彬彬有禮

SYN politeness

?I was treated with the utmost courtesy by the staff. 我受到了工作人員極有禮貌的接待。

?It's only common courtesy to tell the neighbours that we'll be having a party (= the sort of behaviour that people would expect) . 告訴鄰居我們要舉行聚會，這是起碼的禮貌。

2.[ Cusually pl.] ( formal ) a polite thing that you say or do when you meet people in formal situations （正式場合見面時的）客氣話，禮貌

?an exchange of courtesies before the meeting 會議開始前互致問候

IDIOMS 習(xí)語

· 1. courtesy of sb/sth

o (1) ( also by courtesy of sb/sth ) with the official permission of sb/sth and as a favour 承蒙…的允許（或好意）

§ ?The pictures have been reproduced by courtesy of the British Museum. 承蒙大英博物館惠允，復(fù)制了這些畫。

o (2) given as a prize or provided free by a person or an organization 蒙…提供；贊助；贈送

§ ?Win a weekend in Rome, courtesy of Fiat. 贏了就可以獲得菲亞特公司提供的到羅馬度周末的機會。

o (3) as the result of a particular thing or situation 作為…的結(jié)果

§ ?Viewers can see the stadium from the air, courtesy of a camera fastened to the plane. 由于飛機上安裝有攝像機，電視觀眾可從空中鳥瞰體育場。

· 2. do sb the courtesy of doing sth

to be polite by doing the thing that is mentioned （做提及的事）對某人表示禮貌

o ?Please do me the courtesy of listening to what I'm saying. 請耐心聽一聽我的話。

· 3. have the courtesy to do sth

to know when you should do sth in order to be polite 知道何時該做…（以示禮貌）

o ?You think he'd at least have the courtesy to call to say he'd be late. 誰都會覺得他至少應(yīng)該懂得打個電話說一聲他要晚來。

· viscous /?v?sk?s/

o ADJ A viscous liquid is thick and sticky. 黏稠的

? ...dark, viscous blood. ...深色且黏稠的血液。

· seek out

o PHRASAL VERB If you seek out someone or something or seek them out, you keep looking for them until you find them. 追尋到; 找到

? Now is the time for local companies to seek out business opportunities in Europe. 現(xiàn)在是當(dāng)?shù)毓驹跉W洲尋求商機的時候了。

strad·dle v. /?str?dl/

[ VN]

1.to sit or stand with one of your legs on either side of sb/sth 騎；跨坐；分腿站立

?He swung his leg over the motorcycle, straddling it easily. 他一騙腿輕而易舉地騎上摩托車。

2.to cross, or exist on both sides of, a river, a road or an area of land 跨過，橫跨（河流、道路或一片土地）

?The mountains straddle the French-Swiss border. 這座山脈橫跨法國和瑞士邊界。

3.to exist within, or include, different periods of time, activities or groups of people 橫跨，同屬（不同時期、活動或群體）；兩棲于（不同活動）

?a writer who straddles two cultures 橫貫兩種文化的作家

tacit adj. /?t?s?t/

[ usually before noun] that is suggested indirectly or understood, rather than said in words 心照不宣的；不言而喻的；默示的

· ? tacit approval/support/knowledge 默許；暗中支持；了然于心的認(rèn)識

· ? By tacit agreement , the subject was never mentioned again. 根據(jù)達成的默契，這個話題從未再提起過。

DERIVATIVES 派生詞

· tacit /?t?s?t/

o 1.ADJ If you refer to someone's tacit agreement or approval, you mean they are agreeing to something or approving it without actually saying so, often because they are unwilling to admit to doing so. 默許的

? The question was a tacit admission that a mistake had indeed been made. 這個問題等于默認(rèn)確實已犯了錯誤。

o 2.ADV 默許地

? He tacitly admitted that the government had breached regulations. 他默認(rèn)政府違反了規(guī)定。