20230503單詞匯總

· windfall /?w?nd?f??l/ ?

o N-COUNT A windfall is a sum of money that you receive unexpectedly or by luck, for example, if you win a lottery. 意外之財(cái)

? ?...the man who received a $250,000 windfall after a banking error. ...因銀行失誤得到25萬美元意外之財(cái)?shù)哪俏荒凶印?/p>

? ?...windfall profits. …意外橫利。

DERIVATIVES 派生詞

det·ri·men·tal·ly /?t?li/ ? ?/?t?li/ ?adv

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· opportunistic /??p?tj??n?st?k/ ?

o ADJ If you describe someone's behaviour as opportunistic, you are critical of them because they take advantage of situations in order to gain money or power, without thinking about whether their actions are right or wrong. 機(jī)會(huì)主義的

? ?Many of the party's members joined only for opportunistic reasons. 這個(gè)政黨的許多成員入黨純粹是出于投機(jī)。

· hasty /?he?st?/

o 1.ADJ A hasty movement, action, or statement is sudden, and often done in reaction to something that has just happened. 匆忙的

? ?Donald had overturned a chair in his hasty departure. 唐納德倉促離開時(shí)撞翻了一把椅子。

o 2.ADV 匆忙地

? ?The council was hastily convened after his father said he was resigning. 在他父親宣布他將辭職后，理事會(huì)被匆忙召集起來。

o 3.ADJ If you describe a person or their behaviour as hasty, you mean that they are acting too quickly, without thinking carefully, for example because they are angry. 草率的

? ?A number of the United States' allies had urged him not to make a hasty decision. 美國的一些盟友都力勸其不要作出草率的決定。

o 4.ADV 草率地

? ?I decided that nothing should be done hastily, that things had to be sorted out carefully. 我決定不草率的采取任何行動(dòng)，先得認(rèn)真地理清頭緒。

per·va·sive adj. ? /p??ve?s?v/ ?

existing in all parts of a place or thing; spreading gradually to affect all parts of a place or thing 遍布的；充斥各處的；彌漫的

· ? a pervasive smell of damp 四處彌漫的潮濕味兒

· ? A sense of social change is pervasive in her novels. 她的小說里充斥著社會(huì)變化的意識(shí)。

DERIVATIVES 派生詞

1.per·va·sive·ly adv.

2.per·va·sive·ness n. [ U]

co·hort n. ? /?k??h??t/ ?

[ C+sing./pl.v.]

1.( technical 術(shù)語) a group of people who share a common feature or aspect of behaviour （有共同特點(diǎn)或舉止類同的）一群人，一批人

?the 1999 birth cohort (= all those born in 1999) 1999年出生的同齡人口

2.( disapproving) a member of a group of people who support another person 同伙；支持者

?Robinson and his cohorts were soon ejected from the hall. 魯賓遜及其同伙很快被趕出了大廳。

· seniority /?si?n???r?t?/

o N-UNCOUNT A person's seniority in an organization is the importance and power that they have compared with others, or the fact that they have worked there for a long time. 資歷; 年資

? ?He has said he will fire editorial employees without regard to seniority. 他說過在解雇編輯人員時(shí)他不會(huì)考慮其資歷如何。

con·des·cend·ing adj. ? /?k?nd??send??/ ?

behaving as though you are more important and more intelligent than other people 表現(xiàn)出優(yōu)越感的；居高臨下的

· ? He has a condescending attitude towards women. 他對(duì)女性總是居高臨下。

DERIVATIVES 派生詞

con·des·cend·ing·ly adv

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midst n. ? /m?dst/ ?

( used after a preposition 用于介詞后) ( formal ) the middle part of sth 中部；中間

SYN middle

· ? Such beauty was unexpected in the midst of the city. 市中心有這樣的美景真是出乎意料。

IDIOMS 習(xí)語

· 1. IN THE MIDST OF STH/OF DOING STH

while sth is happening or being done; while you are doing sth 當(dāng)某事發(fā)生時(shí)；在某人做某事時(shí)

o ?a country in the midst of a recession 處于衰退中的國家

o ?She discovered it in the midst of sorting out her father's things. 她在整理父親的東西時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)了它。

· 2. IN THEIR/OUR/ITS/YOUR MIDST

( formal ) among or with them/us/it/you 在…中間；和…一起

o ?There is a traitor in our midst. 我們中間有個(gè)叛徒。

rose to prominence 嶄露頭角：指一個(gè)人或事物逐漸變得重要、知名或受到關(guān)注。

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· derailment /di??re?lm?nt/

o N-VAR A derailment is an accident in which a train comes off the track on which it is running. 出軌

un·taint·ed adj. ? /?n?te?nt?d/ ?

~ (by sth) ( formal ) not damaged or spoiled by sth unpleasant; not tainted 未受損害的；未被污染的；未被玷污的

ground·break·ing adj. ? /?ɡra?ndbre?k??/ ?

[ only before noun] making new discoveries; using new methods 開創(chuàng)性的；創(chuàng)新的；革新的

• ? a groundbreaking piece of research 富有開拓性的研究

at·test v. ? /??test/ ?

( formal )

1.~ (to sth)to show or prove that sth is true 證實(shí)；是…的證據(jù)

SYN bear witness to

[ V]

?Contemporary accounts attest to his courage and determination. 當(dāng)時(shí)的報(bào)道證實(shí)了他的勇氣和決心。

[ also V thatalso VN ]

2.to state that you believe that sth is true or genuine, for example in court 作證，證明（如在法庭上）

[ VN]

?to attest a will 就遺囑作見證

?The signature was attested by two witnesses. 這個(gè)簽名有兩名見證人。