20230420單詞匯總

ditch /d?t?/

· 1.N-COUNT A ditch is a long narrow channel cut into the ground at the side of a road or field. 道溝; 溝渠

? Both vehicles ended up in a ditch.
兩輛車都掉進(jìn)了溝里。

· 2.V-T If you ditch something that you have or are responsible for, you abandon it or get rid of it, because you no longer want it. 丟棄

? I decided to ditch the sofa bed.
我決定把沙發(fā)床扔掉。

· 3.V-T If someone ditches someone, they end a relationship with that person. 拋棄

? I can't bring myself to ditch him and start again.
我不能說服自己拋棄他，又重新開始。

· 4.V-T/V-I If a pilot ditches an aircraft or if it ditches, the pilot makes an emergency landing. (飛機(jī)) 緊急迫降

? One American pilot was forced to ditch his jet in the Gulf.
一個美國飛行員被迫在海灣緊急迫降其噴氣式飛機(jī)。

· 5.V-T If someone ditches school or work, they decide not to go to school or work, although they are supposed to go there. 逃學(xué); 曠工

? What do you say we ditch school and go to the mall?
我們逃學(xué)去商場，你覺得怎樣？

jet·ti·son?v.?/?d?et?sn/

[?VN]1.to throw sth out of a moving plane or ship to make it lighter （為減輕重量而從行駛的飛機(jī)或船上）扔棄，丟棄，投棄

?to jettison fuel 投棄燃料

2.to get rid of sth/sb that you no longer need or want 擺脫；除掉；處理掉

SYN?discard

?He was jettisoned as team coach after the defeat. 他因這次失敗被撤銷了運(yùn)動隊教練職務(wù)。

3.to reject an idea, belief, plan, etc. that you no longer think is useful or likely to be successful 放棄，拒絕接受（想法、信念、計劃等）

SYN?abandon

· set back

o 1.PHRASAL VERB If something sets you back or sets back a project or plan, it causes a delay. 延誤; 推遲

? It has set us back in so many respects that I'm not sure how long it will take for us to catch up.
我們在很多方面都被延誤了，不知道需要多久才能趕上。

o 2.PHRASAL VERB If something sets you back a certain amount of money, it costs you that much money. 使花費(fèi)

? A bottle of imported beer will set you back $7.
一瓶進(jìn)口啤酒將花費(fèi)你$7。

o 3.→see also setback

· factor in

o PHRASAL VERB If you factor a particular cost or element into a calculation you are making, or if you factor it in, you include it. 將…因素包括進(jìn)來

? You'd better consider this and factor this into your decision making.
你最好考慮這一因素并在決策時將其包括進(jìn)來。

cata·pult?/?k?t?p?lt/

1.(?BrE?) (?NAmE?also?sling·shot?) a stick shaped like a Y with a rubber band attached to it, used by children for shooting stones 彈弓

2.a weapon used in the past to throw heavy stones （舊時的）石弩，弩炮

3.a machine used for sending planes up into the air from a ship 彈射器（用以從艦船上彈射飛機(jī)升空）

· monolithic /?m?n??l?θ?k/

o 1.ADJ If you refer to an organization or system as monolithic, you are critical of it because it is very large and very slow to change, and does not seem to have different parts with different characters. 大一統(tǒng)的

? ...an authoritarian and monolithic system.
…大一統(tǒng)的獨(dú)裁體制。

o 2.ADJ If you describe something such as a building as monolithic, you do not like it because it is very large and plain with no character. 巨大而平庸的

? ...a huge monolithic concrete building.
…一座巨大而平庸的混凝土建筑。