20230523單詞匯總

mun·dane?adj.?/m?n?de?n/

( often?disapproving) not interesting or exciting 單調(diào)的；平凡的

SYN?ref="javascript:;">dull?ordinary

·???a?mundane task/job?平凡的任務(wù)╱職業(yè)

·???I lead a pretty mundane existence. 我過著相當平淡的生活。

·???On a more mundane level, can we talk about the timetable for next week? 說點兒實際的吧，我們能談?wù)勏轮艿臅r間安排嗎？

· subside /s?b?sa?d/

o 1.V-I If a feeling or noise subsides, it becomes less strong or loud. 減弱

? The pain had subsided during the night.
那疼痛在晚間已減輕了。

o 2.V-I If fighting subsides, it becomes less intense or general. 平息

? Violence has subsided following two days of riots.
暴力在兩天的暴亂之后已經(jīng)平息了。

o 3.V-I If the ground or a building is subsiding, it is very slowly sinking to a lower level. 下陷

? Does that mean the whole house is subsiding?
那意味著整棟房子正在下陷嗎？

o 4.V-I If a level of water, especially flood water, subsides, it goes down. (尤指洪水的水位) 回落

? Local officials say the flood waters have subsided.
當?shù)毓賳T們說洪水已經(jīng)退了。

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 社會階層的劃分

inter·lude?n.?/??nt?lu?d/

1.a period of time between two events during which sth different happens （兩事件之間的）間歇；插入事件

?a romantic interlude?(= a short romantic relationship)?短暫的戀愛

?Apart from a brief interlude of peace, the war lasted nine years. 除了一段短暫的和平，那場戰(zhàn)爭持續(xù)了九年。

2.a short period of time between the parts of a play, film/movie, etc. （戲劇、電影等的）幕間休息

?There will now be a short interlude. 現(xiàn)在有一段短時間的幕間休息。

3.a short piece of music or a talk, etc. that fills this period of time 幕間樂曲（或節(jié)目、表演）；插曲

?a musical interlude 幕間音樂插曲

· draw on

o PHRASAL VERB If you draw on or draw upon something such as your skill or experience, you make use of it in order to do something. 利用

? He drew on his experience as a yachtsman to make a documentary programme.
他利用當過游艇駕駛員的經(jīng)歷來制作紀錄片。

· fortuitous /f???tju??t?s/

o ADJ You can describe something as fortuitous if it happens, by chance, to be very successful or pleasant. 幸運的

? Their success is the result of a fortuitous combination of circumstances.
他們的成功是地利之果。

· roundabout /?ra?nd??ba?t/

o 1.ADJ If you go somewhere by a roundabout route, you do not go there by the shortest and quickest route. 迂回的

? He left today on a roundabout route for Jordan and is also due soon in Egypt.
他今天繞道前往約旦，也將很快到達埃及。

o 2.ADJ If you do or say something in a roundabout way, you do not do or say it in a simple, clear, and direct way. 拐彎抹角的

? We made a little fuss in a roundabout way.
我們拐彎抹角地發(fā)了點牢騷。

o 3.N-COUNT A roundabout is a circular structure in the road at a place where several roads meet. You drive around it until you come to the road that you want. (交通) 環(huán)島

o 4.N-COUNT A roundabout at an amusement park is a large, circular mechanical device with seats, often in the shape of animals or cars, on which children sit and go around and around. (游樂園的) 旋轉(zhuǎn)木馬

o 5.N-COUNT A roundabout in a park or school play area is a circular platform that children sit or stand on. People push the platform to make it spin around. (公園、學校的) 轉(zhuǎn)椅