1柬姚、pilgrim

N-COUNT Pilgrims are people who journey to a holy place for a religious reason. 朝圣者

This is where pilgrims to the abbey would pay their first devotions.

這兒就是來此修道院的朝圣者做第一次祈禱的地方忿薇。

2媳板、barren

①ADJ A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees. 荒蕪的

...the Tibetan landscape of high barren mountains.

…西藏荒蕪的高山景觀算撮。

②ADJ Barren land consists of soil that is so poor that plants cannot grow in it. 貧瘠的

He wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.

他想用該水來灌溉貧瘠的沙漠土地分扎。

③ADJ If you describe something such as an activity or a period of your life as barren, you mean that you achieve no success during it or that it has no useful results. 無成就的; 不成功的

...an empty exercise barren of utility.

…一項毫無效用的無聊訓(xùn)練罚攀。

④ADJ If you describe a room or a place as barren, you do not like it because it has almost no furniture or other objects in it. 空蕩蕩的

The room was austere, nearly barren of furniture or decoration.

這個房間很簡樸蛛枚，幾乎沒有什么家具或裝飾。

3萝玷、resurgence

N-SING If there is a resurgence of an attitude or activity, it reappears and grows. 復(fù)蘇

Police say drugs traffickers are behind the resurgence of violence.

警方說毒販?zhǔn)潜┝κ录黾拥脑颉?/p>

4嫁乘、impediment

①N-COUNT Something that is an impediment to a person or thing makes their movement, development, or progress difficult. 妨礙; 障礙物

He was satisfied that there was no legal impediment to the marriage.

他對于這場婚姻沒有法律上的障礙感到很滿意。

②N-COUNT Someone who has a speech impediment has a disability that makes speaking difficult. (言語) 障礙

John's slight speech impediment made it difficult for his mother to understand him.

約翰輕微的口吃使他母親難以聽懂他球碉。

5蜓斧、entwine ?/?n?twa?n/

①V-RECIP If one thing is entwined with another thing, or if you entwine two things, the two things are twisted around each other. (使)纏繞

His dazed eyes stare at the eels, which still writhe and entwine.

他茫然地盯著那些仍在扭動纏繞的鰻魚。

Facing each other, the giraffes entwine their necks in the most astonishing manner.

長頸鹿面對面地站著汁尺，以令人無比驚駭?shù)淖藙輰⒉弊永p繞到了一起法精。

He entwined his fingers with hers.

他和她十指相扣。

...with silk ribbons and flowers entwined in their hair.

...她們的頭發(fā)里纏繞著絲帶和花朵痴突。

②V-T/V-I If two things entwine or are entwined, they closely resemble or are linked to each other, and they are difficult to separate or identify. (使)糾纏; (使)緊密結(jié)合

The book entwines the personal and the political to chart the history of four generations of the family.

這本書交織描述了這個家族四代人的個人及政治的歷史搂蜓。

Once, years ago, he told me our lives should entwine.

多年前他曾跟我說，我們的生命應(yīng)該交織在一起辽装。

③ADJ...before media manipulation became entwined with management.

...在媒體操縱滲透到管理中之前帮碰。

6、erode

①V-T/V-I If rock or soil erodes or is eroded by the weather, sea, or wind, it cracks and breaks so that it is gradually destroyed. 侵蝕

The storm washed away buildings and roads and eroded beaches.

暴風(fēng)雨沖走了建筑物和道路拾积，侵蝕了沙灘殉挽。

②V-T/V-I If someone's authority, right, or confidence erodes or is eroded, it is gradually destroyed or removed. 削弱

His critics say his fumbling on the issue of reform has eroded his authority.

他的批評者們說他在改革問題上的拙劣做法已削弱了他的權(quán)威。

③V-T/V-I If the value of something erodes or is eroded by something such as inflation or age, its value decreases. 降低

Competition in the financial marketplace has eroded profits.

金融市場的競爭降低了利潤拓巧。

7斯碌、ebb

①V-I When the tide or the sea ebbs, its level gradually falls. 退潮

When the tide ebbs, you can paddle out for a mile and barely get your ankles wet.

退潮時，你可以蹚水走出1英里遠而幾乎濕不到腳踝肛度。

②N-COUNT Theebb or the ebb tide is one of the regular periods, usually two per day, when the sea gradually falls to a lower level as the tide moves away from the land. 退潮

...the spring ebb tide. …春季的退潮傻唾。

③V-I If someone's life, support, or feeling ebbs, it becomes weaker and gradually disappears. 衰退

Were there occasions when enthusiasm ebbed?

熱情會有衰退的時候嗎？

8承耿、corrupt

①ADJ Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power. 腐敗的

...to save the nation from corrupt politicians of both parties.

…把國家從兩黨腐敗的政客們手中解救出來冠骄。

②V-T/V-I If someone is corrupted by something, it causes them to become dishonest and unjust and unable to be trusted. 使…腐化; 腐化

It is sad to see a man so corrupted by the desire for money and power.

看到一個人被金錢和權(quán)力欲望所腐蝕很可悲。

Power tends to corrupt.

權(quán)力容易造成腐化加袋。

③V-T To corrupt someone means to cause them to stop caring about moral standards. 使…墮落

...warning that television will corrupt us all.

…電視會使我們所有人墮落的警示凛辣。

9、brutal

①ADJ A brutal act or person is cruel and violent. 殘暴的

He was the victim of a very brutal murder.

他是一樁異常殘暴的謀殺案的受害者职烧。

...the brutal suppression of anti-government protests.

…對反政府抗議行動的殘酷鎮(zhèn)壓扁誓。

②ADV 殘暴地

Her real parents had been brutally murdered.

她的親生父母已被殘暴地殺害了防泵。

brutally

③ADJ If someone expresses something unpleasant with brutal honesty or frankness, they express it in a clear and accurate way, without attempting to disguise its unpleasantness. 不留情面的 (誠實、直白)

It was refreshing to talk about themselves and their feelings with brutal honesty.

不留情面的誠實地談?wù)撍麄冏约汉退麄兊母星榱钊硕恳恍隆?/p>

④ADV 不留情面地

The talks had been brutally frank.

那些談話不留情面地坦率蝗敢。

brutally

10择克、poll /p??l/

①N-COUNT A poll is a survey in which people are asked their opinions about something, usually in order to find out how popular something is or what people intend to do in the future. 民意測驗

Polls show that the European treaty has gained support in Denmark.

民意測驗顯示，歐洲條約已經(jīng)在丹麥獲得支持前普。

We are doing a weekly poll on the president, and clearly his popularity has declined.

我們正在對總統(tǒng)進行每周一次的民意測驗，很顯然他的受歡迎度已經(jīng)下降了壹堰。

②→see also ? opinion poll

③V-T If you are polled on something, you are asked what you think about it as part of a survey. 對…進行民意測驗

More than 18,000 people were polled.

18000多人接受了民意測驗拭卿。

Audiences were going to be polled on which of three pieces of contemporary music they liked best.

聽眾將就3首現(xiàn)代樂曲中最喜歡哪一首接受民意調(diào)查。

④N-PLURAL The polls means an election for a country's government, or the place where people go to vote in an election. 政治大選; 投票地點

Incumbent officeholders are difficult to defeat at the polls.

現(xiàn)任官員很難在選舉中被擊敗贱纠。

Voters are due to go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president.

選民們按計劃將于周日前往投票站選舉新總統(tǒng)峻厚。

⑤V-T If a political party or a candidate polls a particular number or percentage of votes, they get that number or percentage of votes in an election. 獲得…選票

The result showed he had polled enough votes to force a second ballot.

結(jié)果顯示他獲得了足夠的選票來促使第二輪選舉。

11谆焊、thrusting /?θr?st??/

ADJ ambitious and having great drive 雄心壯志的

a thrusting young executive

12惠桃、rattle

①V-T/V-I When something rattles or when you rattle it, it makes short, sharp, knocking sounds because it is being shaken or it keeps hitting against something hard. 使發(fā)出嘎嘎聲; 發(fā)出嘎嘎聲

She slams the kitchen door so hard I hear dishes rattle.

她砰地一下使勁關(guān)上廚房門，我聽到盤子都震得嘎嘎響辖试。

②N-COUNT Rattle is also a noun. 嘎嘎聲

There was a rattle of rifle fire.

有步槍射擊發(fā)出的嘎嘎聲辜王。

③N-COUNT A rattle is a baby's toy with small, loose objects inside which make a noise when the baby shakes it. 撥浪鼓

④V-T If something or someone rattles you, they make you nervous. 使緊張

Officials are not normally rattled by any reporter's question.

官員們一般不會因為任何記者的提問而緊張不安。

⑤ADJ 緊張的

He swore in Spanish, an indication that he was rattled.

他用西班牙語宣誓罐孝，這表明他很緊張呐馆。

rattled

⑥V to fit (a vessel or its rigging) with ratlines 給(船或其桅索)扎梯繩

13、implication

①N-COUNT Theimplicationsof something are the things that are likely to happen as a result. 可能的結(jié)果

The Attorney General was aware of the political implications of his decision to prosecute.

總檢察長知道自己起訴的決定可能引起的政治后果莲兢。

②N-COUNT Theimplication of a statement, event, or situation is what it implies or suggests is the case. 含意

The implication was obvious: vote for us or it will be very embarrassing for you.

含意很明顯：投票給我們汹来，否則你會很難堪。

③PHRASE If you say that something is the case by implication, you mean that a statement, event, or situation implies that it is the case. 言下之意; 暗示地

Now his authority and, by implication, that of the whole management team are under threat as never before.

言下之意改艇，現(xiàn)在他的權(quán)力以及整個管理團隊的權(quán)威正面臨空前的威脅收班。

14、meld

①V-I If several things meld, or if something melds them, they combine or blend in a pleasant or useful way. (使)融合; 融合

She sang the first verse again, listening to the way the words melded with the music.

她再次吟詠了第一節(jié)谒兄，傾聽著歌詞與音樂的交融摔桦。

Leave for 30 minutes for the flavours to meld.

擱置30分鐘讓各種味道融到一起。

②V-I If several things meld into another thing, or if they are melded into another thing, they combine and become the other thing. 融合為

The white smoke and cannon's glare melded into a smear of horror before his eyes.

白煙與大炮的炫目光芒在他的眼前混合為一個恐怖的污跡舵变。

The second major change at McCormick Place was that two unions were melded into one group.

麥考密克會展中心的第二大變化是兩個工會合為一體酣溃。

③N-COUNT A meld of things is a mixture or combination of them that is useful or pleasant. (有益或愉快的)混合

...a perfect meld of art and social comment.

...一種藝術(shù)與社會評論的完美融合。

15纪隙、deride

①V-T If you deride someone or something, you say that they are stupid or have no value. 嘲笑

Critics derided the move as too little, too late.

批評家們嘲笑這一行動規(guī)模太小赊豌，來得太遲。

16绵咱、delve

①V-I If you delve into something, you try to discover new information about it. 探索

Tormented by her ignorance, Jenny delves into her mother's past.

珍妮為自己不了解真相而痛苦碘饼，她開始深入調(diào)查母親的過去熙兔。

17、panorama /?p?n??rɑ?m?, -?r?m?/

①N-COUNT A panorama is a view in which you can see a long way over a wide area of land, usually because you are on high ground. 全景; 遠景

Horton looked out over a panorama of fertile valleys and gentle hills.

霍頓眺望著那一片肥沃山谷和平緩山脈的景象艾恼。

②N-COUNT A panorama is a broad view of a state of affairs or of a constantly changing series of events. 概述; 全貌

The play presents a panorama of the history of communism.

這出戲展現(xiàn)了共產(chǎn)主義歷史的全貌住涉。

18、top-down

①ADJ In a top-down organization, all the important decisions are made by the most senior people in the organization. 自上而下的

...the traditional top-down authoritarian company.

...這家傳統(tǒng)的自上而下獨裁的公司钠绍。

He complains that the underlying approach is top-down and involves the government dictating the rules.

他抱怨說這個基本方法是自上而下的并且由政府決定規(guī)則舆声。

19、co-opt

①V-T If you co-opt someone, you persuade them to help or support you. 團結(jié)

Mr. Wallace tries to co-opt rather than defeat his critics.

華樂絲先生試著團結(jié)而非打擊批評他的人柳爽。

②V-T If someone is co-opted into a group, they are asked by that group to become a member, rather than joining or being elected in the normal way. 指派

He was co-opted into the Labour Government of 1964.

他被指派加入了1964年的工黨政府媳握。

He's been authorised to co-opt anyone he wants to join him.

他被授權(quán)指派他想要的任何人來幫助他。

③V-T If a group or political party co-opts a slogan or policy, they take it, often from another group or political party, and use it themselves. 借鑒

He co-opted many nationalist slogans and cultivated a populist image.

他借鑒了很多民族主義的口號磷脯，塑造了個平民化的形象蛾找。

20、inseparable

①ADJ If one thing is inseparable from another, the things are so closely connected that they cannot be considered separately. 分不開的

He firmly believes liberty is inseparable from social justice.

他堅信自由與社會正義是不可分開的赵誓。

②ADV 分不開地

In his mind, religion and politics were inseparably intertwined.

在他心中打毛，宗教和政治密不可分地交織在一起。

inseparably

③ADJ If you say that two people are inseparable, you are emphasizing that they are very good friends and spend a lot of time together. 形影不離的強調(diào)

She and Kristin were inseparable.

她與克里斯廷形影不離俩功。

21幻枉、truce

N-COUNT A truce is an agreement between two people or groups of people to stop fighting or arguing for a short time. 停戰(zhàn)協(xié)議

The fighting of recent days has given way to an uneasy truce between the two sides.

最近幾天的交戰(zhàn)已結(jié)束，雙方好不容易達成了休戰(zhàn)協(xié)議诡蜓。

22展辞、coexist

①V-RECIP If one thing coexists with another, they exist together at the same time or in the same place. You can also say that two things coexist. 共存

Newspaper Web sites can coexist with the newspapers and still bring in healthy profit margins.

網(wǎng)絡(luò)報紙可以與紙質(zhì)報紙共存，仍能帶來不錯的利潤万牺。

The different cultures had coexisted peacefully for many years.

不同文化曾和平共存了很多年罗珍。

23、activism

N-UNCOUNT Activism is the process of campaigning in public or working for an organization in order to bring about political or social change. 行動主義

24脚粟、sermon

①N-COUNT A sermon is a talk on a religious or moral subject that is given by a member of the clergy as part of a church service. 布道; 講道

Cardinal Murphy will deliver the sermon on Sunday.

墨菲紅衣主教將在周日布道覆旱。

25、Jerusalem /d???ru?s?l?m/

①N Heaven 耶路撒冷

②N any ideal city 任何理想的城市

26核无、protagonist /pr???t?ɡ?n?st/

①N-COUNT Someone who is a protagonist of an idea or movement is a supporter of it. 倡導(dǎo)者; 擁護者

...the main protagonists of their countries' integration into the world market.

…將他們的國家融入世界市場的主要倡導(dǎo)者扣唱。

②N-COUNT A protagonist in a play, novel, or real event is one of the main people in it. (戲劇、小說或真實事件里的) 主人公

...the protagonist of J. D. Salinger's novel "The Catcher in the Rye."

…J·D·塞林格的小說《麥田里的守望者》的主人公团南。

27噪沙、lot

①Q(mào)UANT A lot of something or lots of it is a large amount of it. A lot of people or things, or lots of them, is a large number of them. 大量

A lot of our land is used to grow crops for export.

我們的土地大多用來種植出口農(nóng)作物。

He drank lots of milk.

他喝了許多奶吐根。

②PRON Lot is also a pronoun. 大量

I personally prefer to be in a town where there's lots going on.

我個人更喜歡呆在充滿生機的小鎮(zhèn)上正歼。

I learned a lot from him about how to run a band.

我從他那里學(xué)了很多管理樂隊的知識。

③ADV A lot means to a great extent or degree. 非常

Matthew's out quite a lot doing his research.

馬修經(jīng)常出去做研究拷橘。

I like you, a lot.

我非常喜歡你局义。

④ADV If you do something a lot, you do it often or for a long time. 頻繁地; 長期地

They went out a lot, to restaurants and bars.

他們經(jīng)常去飯店和酒吧喜爷。

⑤N-COUNT You can use lot to refer to a set or group of things or people. 一組

He bought two lots of 1,000 shares in the company during August and September.

他在8月和9月期間兩次購進了這家公司的股票，每次1千股萄唇。

⑥N-SING You can refer to a specific group of people as a particular lot. 一群人

Future generations are going to think that we were a pretty boring lot.

后輩們會認為我們是一群無聊的人檩帐。

⑦N-SING You can use the lot to refer to the whole of an amount that you have just mentioned. 全部; 全體

This may turn out to be the best football game of the lot.

這可能會是全部足球比賽中最棒的一場。

⑧N-SING Your lot is the kind of life you have or the things that you have or experience. 命運

She tried to accept her marriage as her lot in life but could not.

她試圖認命接受這樁婚姻另萤，但做不到湃密。

⑨N-COUNT A lot is a small area of land that belongs to a person or company. (個人或公司的) 一小塊地

If oil or gold are discovered under your lot, you can sell the mineral rights.

如果在你的地里發(fā)現(xiàn)石油或金子，你可以出售開采權(quán)四敞。

①?N-COUNT A lot in an auction is one of the objects or groups of objects that are being sold. 拍賣物

The receivers are keen to sell the stores as one lot.

接受方非常愿意把這些商店一起拍賣勾缭。

①①PHRASE If people draw lots to decide who will do something, they each take a piece of paper from a container. One or more pieces of paper is marked, and the people who take marked pieces are chosen. 抽簽

For the first time in the World Cup finals, lots had to be drawn to decide who would finish second and third.

世界杯決賽中首次由抽簽決定誰將獲得第二名和第三名。