20230328單詞匯總

onset n. ? /??nset/ ?

[ sing.] the beginning of sth, especially sth unpleasant 開端，發(fā)生，肇始（尤指不快的事件）

• ? the onset of disease/old age/winter 疾病的發(fā)作；老年的開始；冬天的來臨

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· ill-defined

o ADJ If you describe something as ill-defined, you mean that its exact nature or extent is not as clear as it should be or could be. 不清晰的; 不明確的

? ?...staff with ill-defined responsiblities. ...員工的職責(zé)劃分不夠清晰。

locus n. ? /?l??k?s/ ?

( pl. loci/?l??sa?/ ?)

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( formal ) ( technical 術(shù)語) the exact place where sth happens or which is thought to be the centre of sth （某事發(fā)生的）確切地點(diǎn)；（被視為某物的）中心，核心

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· improvise /??mpr??va?z/ ?

o 1.V-T/V-I If you improvise, you make or do something using whatever you have or without having planned it in advance. 臨時(shí)拼湊

? ?You need a wok with a steaming rack for this; if you don't have one, improvise. 你需要一口帶有蒸籠的鍋，如果沒有就臨時(shí)湊合一下。

? ?The vet had improvised a harness. 獸醫(yī)臨時(shí)湊成了一套馬具。

o 2.V-T/V-I When performers improvise, they invent music or words as they play, sing, or speak. 即興演奏; 即席演說

? ?I asked her what the piece was and she said, "Oh, I'm just improvising." 我問她那首樂曲是什么，她說，“哦，我只是即興演奏?！?/p>

? ?Uncle Richard read a chapter from the Bible and improvised a prayer. 理查德叔叔吟誦了《圣經(jīng)》中的一個(gè)章節(jié)，然后即興說了一段禱告。

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ir·rep·ar·able adj. ? /??rep?r?bl/ ?

( of a loss, injury, etc. 損失、傷害等 ) too bad or too serious to repair or put right 無法彌補(bǔ)的；不能修復(fù)的；不可恢復(fù)的

• ? to cause irreparable damage/harm to your health 對(duì)健康造成不可彌補(bǔ)的損害

• ? Her death is an irreparable loss. 她的死是一種無法挽回的損失。

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· avail /??ve?l/ ?

o 1.PHRASE If you do something to no avail or to little avail, what you do fails to achieve what you want. 徒勞

? ?His efforts were to no avail. 他的努力是徒勞的。

o 2.V-T If you avail yourself of an offer or an opportunity, you accept the offer or make use of the opportunity. 利用

? ?Guests should feel at liberty to avail themselves of your facilities. 客人們應(yīng)可以隨意使用你們的設(shè)施。

de·mar·ca·tion n. ? /?di?mɑ??ke??n/ ?

[ UC] a border or line that separates two things, such as types of work, groups of people or areas of land （工種、人、土地等的）劃分，區(qū)分，界線

• ? It was hard to draw clear lines of ? ? ?demarcation between work and leisure. 在工作和閑暇之間很難劃出明確的界限。

• ? social demarcations 社會(huì)階層的劃分

strong·hold n. ? /?str??h??ld/ ?

1.an area in which there is a lot of support for a particular belief or group of people, especially a political party 有廣泛支持的地方；勢(shì)力強(qiáng)大的地方

?a Republican stronghold/a stronghold of Republicanism 共和黨勢(shì)力強(qiáng)大的地區(qū)

2.a castle or a place that is strongly built and difficult to attack 堡壘；要塞；據(jù)點(diǎn)

3.an area where there are a large number of a particular type of animal （某種動(dòng)物的）主要棲息地

?This valley is one of the last strongholds of the Siberian tiger. 這條山谷是西伯利亞虎最后的幾個(gè)主要棲息地之一。