[详解] 英语四级单词磨耳朵(241-260)|每天打卡,跟我背单词

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241. welfare：/ˈwelfer/ n. 幸福，福祉；安宁；安全与健康【Our only concern is the children's welfare. 我们唯一关心的是儿童的安全与健康。】；福利救济；社会福利【child welfare 儿童福利 // a social welfare programme 社会福利计划 // The state is still the main provider of welfare. 政府仍然是福利的主要提供者。】

242. uncomfortable：/ʌnˈkʌmftəbəl/ adj. （衣服、家具等) 使人不舒服的；令人不舒适的；令人难受的【This sofa is so uncomfortable. 这沙发（坐起来）太不舒服了。】；感到难受的；感觉不舒服（或不暖和等）的【I was sitting in an extremely uncomfortable position. 我坐着的姿势难受极了。】；（使）焦虑的，尴尬的，害怕的，不自在的【He looked distinctly uncomfortable when the subject was mentioned. 提到这个话题，他显然局促不安起来。// There was an uncomfortable silence. 有一种令人不安的寂静。】

243. toe：/təʊ/ n. 脚趾【your big toe (= your largest toe) 你的大脚趾 // your little toe (= your smallest toe) 你的小脚趾】

244. diet：/ˈdaɪət/ n.节食，限制饮食【Lyn always seems to be on a diet. Lyn似乎总是在节食。// Not all diets are good for you. 并不是所有的节食都对你有好处。】；日常饮食；日常食物【She doesn't eat a very healthy diet. 她饮食不健康。// It is important to have a balanced diet. 均衡饮食很重要。// They exist on a diet of fish. 他们以吃鱼为生。// the importance of vitamins and minerals in your diet 维生素和矿物质在饮食中的重要性】；a diet of sth 大量单调的活动；大量单一的东西【Children today are brought up on a diet of television cartoons and soap operas. 如今的孩子是看电视上的动画片和肥皂剧长大的。】；v.节食；进规定饮食【She's always dieting but she never seems to lose any weight. 她总是在节食，但体重好像并未减少。】；adj.(饮料或食物)有助于减肥的，低热量的，低卡路里的【a diet soda 无糖汽水】

245. agenda：/əˈdʒendə/ n. （会议的）议程表，议事日程；（待办的）事项【Measures to combat terrorism will be high on the agenda. 打击恐怖主义的措施将是议程上的优先事项。// The government set an agenda for constitutional reform.  政府制定了宪法改革议程。 // Our Centre has limited its research agenda to four areas. 本中心的研究议程仅限于四个领域。// Women's rights have been put back on the agenda (= are being discussed publicly again). 妇女权利的问题再次被提上日程。】

246. cartoon：/kɑːˈrtuːn/ n.漫画，讽刺画；（正式绘画之前的）草图；动画片，卡通片

247. drill：/drɪl/ n. 钻；钻床；钻机【an electric drill 电钻】；练习；训练【a pronunciation drill 发音训练】；军事训练；操练【rifle drill 步枪操练】；v. （用特殊工具）钻孔；打眼【Drill a hole in each corner. 在每个角落钻一个洞。// He accidentally drilled into a water pipe. 他不小心把水管子钻漏了。// BP has been licensed to drill for oil in the area. 英国石油公司（BP）已被授权在该地区开采石油。】；培训；训练 drill somebody (in something) 【She was drilling the class in the forms of the past tense. 课上，她在教学生们过去式的练习。// The crew were well drilled in handling emergency situations. 船员们在处理紧急情况方面训练有素。】；进行（军事）训练，练习，操练【The sergeant was drilling the new recruits. 中士正在训练新兵。】

248. enclose：/ɪnˈkləʊz/ v.把…围起来；围住，包住【The pool area is enclosed by a six-foot wall. 游泳池周围有一道六英尺高的墙。// The park that encloses the monument has recently been enlarged. 环绕着纪念碑的那个公园最近扩建了。 】；随信（或包裹）附上；附入，封入【Please enclose a cheque with your order. 请随订单附上您的支票。】

249. jealous：/ˈdʒeləs/ adj. 妒羡的；忌妒的【Why are you so jealous of his success? 你为什么这么嫉妒他的成功？// You're just jealous of her. 你只是嫉妒她。】；吃醋的；妒忌的【She gets jealous if I even look at another woman. 如果我看着另一个女人，她就会嫉妒。// He was talking to Nina to make me jealous. 他跟尼娜说话是为了让我嫉妒。】

250. arrow：/ˈærəʊ/ n. 箭；箭矢；箭号；箭头【Follow the arrows to the X-ray department. 按照箭头方向前往放射科。】

251. chop：/tʃɒp/ v. 切碎；剁碎；砍；劈 = chop sth up (into sth)【Can you chop up some carrots for me? 你能帮我切一些胡萝卜吗？// Chop the carrots up into small pieces. 把胡萝卜切成小块。// He went outside to chop some more wood for the fire. 他到外面去砍些木头生火。// Add two finely chopped onions and a clove of garlic. 加入两个切碎的洋葱和一瓣大蒜。<finely chopped 切成颗粒的， clove /kləʊv/ 蒜瓣>// Chop the meat into small cubes. 把肉切成小块（把肉切成丁）。】；减少，（大幅度地）削减（资金或生意），降低；取消；终止（生意）【He suddenly found that his income had been chopped in half. 他突然发现自己的收入被削减了一半。// The share price was chopped from 50 pence to 20 pence. 股价由每股50便士猛降至20便士。// Because of lack of funding many long-term research projects are being chopped. 因为缺乏资金，许多长期的研究项目被砍掉了。】；n. 带骨的肉块；排骨； （通常指）猪排、羊排【a lamb chop 羊排 //  a pork chop 猪排】；剁；砍；劈；切；掌劈

252. wonder：/ˈwʌndər/ v. 疑惑；想知道；想弄明白；琢磨【I wonder how James is getting on. 我想知道James最近怎么样。// What are they going to do now, I wonder? 我想知道他们现在要做什么？// I wonder if I'll recognize Philip after all these years. 我不知道这么多年后我是否还能认出Philip。// He's been leaving work early a lot – it makes you wonder, doesn't it? 他一直都很早下班——这让你感到奇怪，不是吗？】；感到诧异；非常惊讶；觉得惊奇【Sometimes I wonder about his behaviour. 有时我对他的行为感到诧异。// I wonder how he dares to show his face! 我不知道他怎么敢露面！// I don't wonder (that) she burst into tears after the way you spoke to her. 你那样对她说话，难怪她会突然哭起来。// I don't wonder you're tired. You've had a busy day. 你累了，这我一点儿不奇怪。你已经忙了一整天。】；n. 惊讶；惊奇；惊异；惊叹【She gazed down in wonder at the city spread below her. 她俯视展现在眼前的城市，惊叹不已。】；奇迹；奇观；奇事；奇妙之处【The Grand Canyon is one of the natural wonders of the world. 科罗拉多大峡谷是世界自然奇观之一。】

253. wisdom：/ˈwɪzdəm/ n.智慧；明智【a man of great wisdom 大智慧的人 // Local people are questioning the wisdom of spending so much money on a new road. 当地人质疑花这么多钱修建一条新公路是否明智。】

254. contrary：/ˈkɒntrəri/，ˈkɑːntreri/ n. the contrary = the opposite 相反；反面；对立面；相反事物【I was worried that it might be too hard for me but it turned out the contrary was true. 我原来担心那可能对我来说太难了，可是我发现恰恰相反。】；on the contrary 正相反，与此相反，恰恰相反（用于引出与上一句相反的陈述）【‘It must have been terrible.’ ‘On the contrary, I enjoyed every minute.’ “那一定是很糟糕。”“恰恰相反，我非常喜欢。”】；to the contrary 正相反的，相反的【Show me some evidence to the contrary (= proving that sth is not true) . 给我看看有什么相反的证据吧。// I will expect to see you on Sunday unless I hear anything to the contrary (= that you are not coming) . 我星期天等你，除非你说不来了。】；quite the contrary 恰恰相反；正相反（用来强调与上述所说的是相反的）【I don't find him funny at all. Quite the contrary. 正相反，我觉得他一点儿也不可笑。】；adj. 相反的，对立的；完全不同的【Two contrary views emerged. 出现了两种相反的观点。// The government’s actions are contrary to the public interest. 政府的行为违背了公众利益。】；（通常指小孩) 乖戾的；好与人作对的；逆反的；犟的【She was such a contrary child─it was impossible to please her. 这孩子老跟人作对，没法取悦她。】

255. operate：/ˈɒpəreɪt/ v. （使机器或设备）工作，（使）运行；运作；操作；起作用【Clive was experienced in operating the computers.  Clive在操作电脑方面很有经验。// How do you operate the remote control unit? 你是怎么操作这个遥控器的？// Does the company operate a pension scheme? 这家公司实行养老金制度吗？// Specially equipped troops are operating in the hills. 特种装备部队正在山里进行军事行动。// We have representatives operating in most countries. 我们在大多数国家都有代表开展业务。】；开刀，动手术【Doctors had to operate to remove the bullet. 医生们不得不动手术取出子弹。// Are they going to operate on him? 他们打算给他做手术吗？】

256. bake：/beɪk/ v.（在烤炉里）烘烤；焙【I'm baking some bread. 我在烤面包。// Bake at 250 degrees for 20 minutes. 在250度下烘烤20分钟。】

257. fiber：/ˈfaibə/  (英式拼写为 fibre)  n. （植物或人造物的）纤维，丝【Fruit and vegetables are high in fibre content. 水果和蔬菜的纤维含量很高。// food that is high in dietary fibre 富含膳食纤维的食物】；（布、绳等的）纤维；纤维物质；纤维制品【Nylon is a man-made fibre. 尼龙是一种人造纤维。】

258. weakness：/ˈwiːknəs/ n. 弱点；缺点；不足【The legislation has a fundamental weakness. 这项立法有一个根本缺陷。<legislation /ˌledʒɪsˈleɪʃn/ 法律，法规，立法；fundamental /ˌfʌndəˈmentl/ 基本的，根本的，基础的> // The plan has strengths and weaknesses. 该计划有优点和缺点。// There are definite weaknesses in their security arrangements. 他们在安全部署上肯定有漏洞。】；虚弱；软弱【Any change of policy will be interpreted as a sign of weakness. 政策上的任何改变都会被当作是软弱的表现。】；weakness for （通常指对不好的东西的）嗜好，迷恋【My diet would be fine if only I didn't have a weakness for cookies. 要不是我对甜食过于偏好，我的日常饮食将是比较健康的。】

259. exception：/ɪkˈsepʃən/ n. 除外的人；例外的事物；一般情况以外的人（或事物）；例外【It's been cold, but today's an exception. 天气一直很冷，但今天是个例外。// We all laughed, with the exception of Maggie. 除了Maggie，我们都笑了。// Each plant, without exception, contains some kind of salt. 每种植物无一例外地都含有某种盐。// Men are usually quite good at map-reading but Tim is the exception. 通常男性都很会看地图，但Tim却是个例外。// There are exceptions to every rule. 每条规则皆有例外。 // I like all kinds of movies with the exception of (= but not) horror movies. 除了恐怖片，各种电影我都爱看。】；make an exception 破例；作为例外【We don't usually accept late applications, but in this case we will make an exception. 通常我们不受理逾期的申请，但这种情况下我们可以破一次例。】；take exception to sth/sb 因…而不悦；生…的气；因…而忿恨【Why did you take exception to what he said? He was only joking. 你何必因为他说的那些话生气呢？他只不过是在开玩笑嘛。】

260. enthusiastic：/ɪnˌθjuːziˈæstɪk/ adj. 热情的；热心的；热烈的；满腔热忱的【All the staff are enthusiastic about the project. 所有的员工都对这个项目充满热情。// The singer got an enthusiastic reception. 这位歌手受到热烈欢迎。// You don't seem very enthusiastic about the party - don't you want to go tonight? 你好像对这个聚会不怎么热心——你今晚不想去了吗？】