20230317 單詞匯總

?Privy ?Council?n.

[ sing.+sing./pl.v.] (in Britain) a group of people who advise the king or queen on political affairs （英國(guó)）樞密院

· recess /r??s?s, ?ri?s?s/

o 1.N-COUNT A recess is a break between the periods of work of an official body such as a committee, a court of law, or a government. (會(huì)議、法庭或政府等官方機(jī)構(gòu)的) 休息

? The conference broke for a recess, but the 10-minute break stretched to two hours.
會(huì)議暫時(shí)休會(huì)，但10分鐘的休息延長(zhǎng)到了兩小時(shí)。

o 2.N-VAR In a school, recess is the period of time between classes when the children are allowed to play. 課間休息

? She decides to visit the school library during recess.
她準(zhǔn)備課間休息的時(shí)候去參觀學(xué)校圖書館。

? ...the children's first morning recess.
…那些孩子們上午的第一次課間休息。

o 3.V-I When formal meetings or court cases recess, they stop temporarily. 暫時(shí)休會(huì); 休庭

? The hearings have now recessed for dinner.
聽證會(huì)現(xiàn)已暫時(shí)休會(huì)以便大家吃飯。

o 4.N-COUNT In a room, a recess is part of a wall which is built further back than the rest of the wall. Recesses are often used as a place to put furniture such as shelves. 壁龕

? ...a discreet recess next to a fireplace.
…一座壁爐旁的一個(gè)隱秘的壁龕。

o 5.N-COUNT The recesses of something or somewhere are the parts of it that are hard to see because light does not reach them or they are hidden from view. 暗處; 隱蔽處

? He emerged from the dark recesses of the garage.
他從那間車庫(kù)漆黑的隱蔽處走了出來(lái)。

o 6.N-COUNT If you refer to the recesses of someone's mind or soul, you are referring to thoughts or feelings they have which are hidden or difficult to describe. (思想、靈魂的) 深處

? There was something in the darker recesses of his unconscious that was troubling him.
在他潛意識(shí)的隱秘的深處有一些東西讓他覺得不安。

· 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(shí)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(dǎo)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(zhì)量差的東西)

? The radio had fed him a diet of pop songs.
收音機(jī)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(gè)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(wú)糖的低熱量飲料。

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

· ram /r?m/

o 1.V-T If a vehicle rams something such as another vehicle, it crashes into it with a lot of force, usually deliberately. (通常指故意地) 猛烈撞擊

? The thieves fled, ramming the policeman's car.
小偷們撞了警車，逃跑了。

o 2.V-T If you ram something somewhere, you push it there with great force. 猛推

? He rammed the key into the lock and kicked the front door open.
他猛地把鑰匙插進(jìn)鎖里，踢開了前門。

o 3.N-COUNT A ram is an adult male sheep. 公羊

o 4.PHRASE If something rams home a message or a point, it makes it clear in a way that is very forceful and that people are likely to listen to. 充分講明

? The report by the chairman will ram this point home.
主席的報(bào)告將充分地講明這一點(diǎn)。

o 5.to ram something down someone's throat → throat