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Greek
[ɡrik]
ancient Greek thought
古代希腊思想abolish
[əˈbɑlɪʃ]
It takes a very long time to abolish classes.
消灭阶级，要很长的时间。adverse
[ædˈvɝs]
The development was adverse to our interests.
这种发展与我们的利益背道而驰。appraisal
[əˈprezəl]
She gave us an appraisal of our chances.
她对我们的机率做了评估。apt
[æpt]
Buyers are apt to offer a lower price.
买方倾向出一个低价。barrier
[ˈbɛrɪɚ]
They were on different sides of a high barrier.
他们被阻隔在高高的屏障两边。behalf
[bɪˈhæf]
We collected the money in behalf of the homeless.
我们为帮助无家可归者而募集资金。bibliography
[ˌbɪbliˈɑgrəfɪ]
Please include your quotations in the bibliography.
请在参考文献处标明你的引文出处。canal
[kəˈnæl]
The Panama Canal joins two oceans.
巴拿马运河连通两大洋。capital
[ˈkæpɪtl]
Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States.
华盛顿是美国的首都。colonial
[kəˈloniəl]
Kenya had been under colonial rule for many years.
肯尼亚曾多年受殖民统治。communism
[ˈkɑmjuˌnɪzəm]
Lei Feng devoted himself to the communism.
雷锋把一生献给了共产主义。concede sth. to sb.
[kənˈsid ˈsʌmθɪŋ tu ˈsʌmbədɪ]
The President was obliged to concede power to the army.
总统被迫把权力让与军队。confidential
[ˌkɑnfəˈdɛnʃəl]
Don't let out the confidential information.
不要泄露这份机密的信息。consensus
[kənˈsɛnsəs]
We'll do our best to reach a consensus.
我们力求取得一致意见。constituent
[kənˈstɪtʃᴜənt]
A constituent is able to vote in an election.
选民可以在选举中进行投票。contain
[kənˈten]
to contain business's blind competition
遏制企业的盲目竞争conventional
[kənˈvɛnʃənəl]
"How are you?" is a conventional greeting.
“你好吗？”是一句习惯问候语。cosmic
[ˈkɑzmɪk]
the cosmic center
宇宙中心cricket
[ˈkrɪkɪt]
A cricket jumps on the grass.
一只蟋蟀跳到草地上。critically
[ˈkrɪtɪklɪ]
It was a critically important moment.
那是至关重要的一刻。dash
[dæʃ]
He made a dash towards the house.
他朝那所房子奔去。deserve sth.
[dɪˈzɝv ˈsʌmθɪŋ]
You deserve a reward for being so helpful.
你帮了这么大的忙，理应受到奖励。destructive
[dɪˈstrʌktɪv]
The destructive force of the storm is huge.
暴风雨的破坏力是巨大的。devastating
[ˈdevəstetɪŋ]
Nearly 15,000 died in this devastating earthquake.
近15，000人死于这次破坏性地震。directive
[dɪˈrɛktɪv]
directive reception
定向接收discomfort
[dɪsˈkʌmfɚt]
Embarrassing questions cause discomfort.
尴尬的问题会使人感到不安。discrimination
[dɪˌskrɪməˈneʃən]
We should not have racial discrimination.
我们不该有种族歧视。doctrine
[ˈdɑktrɪn]
The Church preaches the doctrine of free will.
该教会宣扬自由意志的教义。drone
[dron]
Don't drone away the precious years of youth.
别虚度青春年华。enhanced
[ɪnˈhɑnst]
Nor was there any evidence that those who self-enhanced the most (that is, the participants who thought the most positively doctored pictures were real) were doing so to make up for profound insecurities.
也没有任何证据表明那些自我提高最多的人（即那些认为修改得最好看的照片是真实形象的受试者）这样做是为了弥补严重的不安全感。enquiry
[ɛnˈkwaɪrɪ]
Thank you for your enquiry about my health.
谢谢你问候我的健康情况。extinct
[ɪkˈstɪŋkt]
There is concern that the giant panda will soon become extinct.
有人担心大熊猫不久就会灭绝。flaw
[flɔ]
The scar would flaw her beauty.
这伤疤将会使她的美变得有缺陷。fragrant
[ˈfreɡrənt]
Roses given, fragrance in hand. fragrant-fragrance
赠人玫瑰，手留余香。fright
[fraɪt]
The loud thunder gave me a fright.
这声响雷吓了我一大跳。garage
[gəˈrɑʒ]
He sent his car to the garage for repair.
他把汽车送到修车厂修理。gigantic
[dʒaɪˈɡæntɪk]
The airplane looked like a gigantic bird.
这架飞机看起来像一只巨大的鸟。heighten
[ˈhaɪtn]
The heightened alert followed an emergency meeting with flu experts in Geneva that assembled after a sharp rise in cases in Australia, and rising numbers in Britain, Japan, Chile and elsewhere.
澳大利亚病例数的急剧增加以及英国、日本、智利和其他地方患病人数的不断增加使得流感专家齐聚日内瓦。在此紧急会议之后，警戒级别进一步提高。incline
[ɪnˈklaɪn]
I incline to take the opposite point of view.
我倾向于反对观点。inertia
[ɪˈnɚʃə]
Inertia carried the plane onto the ground.
飞机靠惯性着陆。invasion
[ɪnˈveʒən]
science fiction about an invasion of aliens
关于外星人入侵的科幻小说lease
[lis]
The lease on my house only has a year left.
我的房子的租约期限只有1年了。liveliness
[ˈlaɪvlɪnəs]
Equally, in poetry, the highly personal, performative genre is the only form that could claim real liveliness.
同样，在诗歌中，高度个人化、表演性的体裁是唯一能表现出真正活泼的形式。mineral
[ˈmɪnərəl]
She bent down and picked up a mineral.
她弯下身子捡起一块矿石。missile
[ˈmɪsl]
A missile hit the ship and sank it.
导弹击中了那艘船，使其沉没了。numerous
[ˈnumərəs]
Those birds have become more numerous lately.
近来那种鸟变得越来越多了。pedal
[ˈpɛdl]
He had to pedal hard to get up the hill.
他得用力踩动，以便上山。perceive
[pɚˈsiv]
We can perceive his sorrow by the looks on his face.
我们从他的表情中觉察出悲伤。plain
[plen]
The problem is quite plain to us.
那问题我们都很明白。poet
[ˈpoət]
The poet compares his lover to a rose.
诗人把他的爱人比作玫瑰花。preclude
[prɪˈklud]
We try to preclude any possibility of misunderstanding.
我们努力排除任何误解的可能性。principal
[ˈprɪnsəpəl]
Drinking is a principal cause of highway deaths.
酗酒是公路死亡事故的最主要的原因。profit
[ˈprɑfɪt]
Using other people for one's own profit is immoral.
利用别人来谋取私利是不道德的。prosper
[ˈprɑspɚ]
Nothing will prosper in his hands.
在他手里什么事也办不成。quarantine
[ˈkwɔrəntin]
He had been kept in quarantine for a week.
他接受了一星期的检疫隔离。quote
[kwot]
The quote is boring and badly written.
引文枯燥，文笔又拙劣。reap
[ri:p]
If you plant pride, you will reap destruction.
如果你种下骄傲，你就会收获毁灭。relief
[rɪˈlif]
to contribute money towards the relief fund
将钱捐献给救济基金会relieve
[rɪˈliv]
This will relieve the heat of the fever.
这会减轻发烧的热度。remark
[rɪˈmɑrk]
They remark that the article was well written.
他们说那篇文章写得很好。returning
[rɪˈtɝnɪŋ]
We tend to think of the decades immediately following World War Ⅱ as a time of prosperity and growth, with soldiers returning home by the millions, going off to college on the G.I. Bill and lining up at the marriage bureaus.
我们往往认为二战后的几十年是一个繁荣和发展的时期，有数以百万计的士兵回家，根据政府间的法案上大学，在婚姻局排队。ruthless
[ˈruθlɪs]
He championed cunning, ruthlessness, and boldness as the skills of successful leaders. (ruthless+ness n.)
他将狡诈、无情和鲁莽拥护为属于成功领袖的技能。scapegoat
[ˈskepgot]
Strike leaders tried to scapegoat foreign competitors.
罢工领导人极力把外国竞争者作为替罪羊。scenario
[sɪˈnærio]
In the worst-case scenario, you could be homeless.
最坏的情况是你可能会无家可归。separate
[ˈsɛprɪt]
It's hard to separate the two fighting boys.
很难把这两个打架的孩子分开。sheet
[ʃit]
He put a sheet in the typewriter.
他把一张纸放进了打字机中。shelter
[ˈʃɛltɚ]
He stood in the shelter at the bus stop.
他站在公共汽车站的候车亭里。shock
[ʃɑk]
An electric shock can kill you.
电击可置人于死地。spectacle
[ˈspɛktəkəl]
The sunrise was a splendid spectacle.
这日出可是个壮观的景象。spontaneous
[spɑnˈtenɪəs]
The eruption of a volcano is spontaneous.
火山的喷发是自然产生的。stimulate
[ˈstɪmjulet]
I'm trying to stimulate him to study harder.
我试图激励他更加用功读书。take efforts
[tek ˈɛfəts]
It will take efforts to keep city noises from increasing.
需要努力来防止都市噪音的增加。undoubtedly
[ʌnˈdaᴜtɪdlɪ]
Undoubtedly, animals can not live without water.
毫无疑问地，动物没有水是无法生存的。utter
[ˈʌtɚ]