20230408單詞匯總

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· operative /??p?r?t?v/

o 1. ADJ A system or service that is operative is working or having an effect. (系統(tǒng)、服務) 起作用的

? ?The commercial telephone service was no longer operative. 商業(yè)電話服務不起作用了。

o 2. N-COUNT An operative is a worker, especially one who does work with their hands. 技工

? ?In an automated car plant there is not a human operative to be seen. 在全自動汽車制造廠，一個工人也看不到。

o 3. N-COUNT An operative is someone who works for a government agency such as the intelligence service. 特工人員

? ?Naturally the CIA wants to protect its operatives. 中央情報局當然想保護自己的特工人員。

o 4. PHRASE If you describe a word as the operative word, you want to draw attention to it because you think it is important or exactly true in a particular situation. 關鍵詞

? ?As long as the operative word is "greed," you can't count on people keeping the costs down. 只要關鍵詞是“貪婪”，你就不能指望人們降低開銷。

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· annihilate /??na???le?t/ ?

o 1. V-T To annihilate something means to destroy it completely. 毀滅

? ?There are lots of ways of annihilating the planet. 有很多毀滅那個星球的方式。

o 2. N-UNCOUNT 毀滅

? ?...the threat of nuclear war and annihilation of the human race. …核戰(zhàn)爭與人類毀滅的威脅。

o 3. V-T If you annihilate someone in a contest or argument, you totally defeat them. 徹底擊敗

? ?The Dutch annihilated the Olympic champions 5-0. 荷蘭隊以5-0徹底打敗了奧運會冠軍隊。

· cheer up

o PHRASAL VERB When you cheer up or when something cheers you up, you stop feeling depressed and become more cheerful. (使) 振作起來

? ?I think he misses her terribly. You might cheer him up. 我覺得他太想念她了。你也許能使他振作起來。

? ?I wrote that song just to cheer myself up. 我寫了那首歌只是讓自己振作起來。

· evocative /??v?k?t?v/ ?

o ADJ If you describe something as evocative, you mean that it is good or interesting because it produces pleasant memories, ideas, emotions, and responses in people. 喚起回憶的; 引起共鳴的

? ?Her story is sharply evocative of Italian provincial life. 她的故事鮮明地喚起意大利鄉(xiāng)村生活的回憶。

datum n. ? /?de?t?m/ ?

( pl. data)

( technical 術語) a fact or piece of information 數(shù)據；資料

——see also data

er·ro·ne·ous adj. ? /??r??ni?s/ ?

( formal ) not correct; based on wrong information 錯誤的

1. ? erroneous conclusions/assumptions 錯誤的結論╱假設

DERIVATIVES 派生詞

er·ro·ne·ous·ly adv

· epitomize /??p?t??ma?z/ ?

o V-T If you say that something or someone epitomizes a particular thing, you mean that they are a perfect example of it. 為…的典型; 為…的代表

? ?Seafood is a regional speciality epitomized by Captain Anderson's Restaurant. 海鮮是個當?shù)靥厣驳律L餐廳是其典型代表。