4261. scare: /sker/ v.(使)惊恐,(使)害怕;受惊吓,感到害怕【Sudden noises scare her. 突然的响声把她吓了一跳。/ She's very brave - she doesn't scare easily. 她很勇敢—她不会那么容易害怕的。】;n.惊恐,恐慌【I got/had a scare (= I was very worried) when I looked at my bank statement this morning! 我今天早上看到银行结算清单时吓了一跳。】;担忧;人心惶惶【a bomb scare 炸弹恐慌】;
4262. scary:/ˈsker.i/ adj.吓人的,恐怖的【a scary movie/story 恐怖电影/故事】
4263. spend:/spend/ v.花费;用,花(钱)【How much did you spend? 你花了多少钱?】;花(时间);度过【I think we need to spend more time together. 我认为我们应该多花些时间在一起。】;消耗,花费(精力等);(尤指)用尽(全力)【For the past month he's been spending all his energy trying to find a job. 过去的一个月里,他竭尽全力想找份工作。 / The hurricane will probably have spent most of its force by the time it reaches the northern parts of the country. 飓风抵达该国北部地区时,风势可能已减弱了大半。】;n.花费,开销【The total spend on the project was almost a million pounds. 这个项目的花费总计接近100万英镑。】
4264. spending:/ˈspendɪŋ/ n.(尤指政府或组织的)开支,支出,花销【government spending on health 政府在医疗保健方面的支出 / spending cuts 削减开支 / Consumer spending has more than doubled in the last ten years. 消费者的支出在过去10年中增加了一倍多。】
4265. sock:/sɒk/ n.短袜,袜子【a pair of socks 一双短袜】;重重的一击【a sock on the jaw 下巴上挨的重重一拳】;v.(用拳头)打,击【She got angry and socked him in the mouth. 她生气了,照着他的嘴巴就是一拳。】
4266. wake:/weɪk/ v.醒来;叫醒,吵醒【Please wake me early tomorrow. 明天请早点叫醒我。】;n.(航行的船只等留下的)尾流,航迹【The wake spread out in a v-shape behind the ship. 轮船的航迹呈V字形在船后扩散开来。】
4267. decrease:/di.ˈkriːs/ v.(使)减少;(使)下降;(使)降低【Our share of the market has decreased sharply this year. 今年我们的市场份额急剧下降。】;n. /ˈdiː.kriːs/减少;下降;降低【There has been a steady decrease in the number of visitors. 来访者数量持续减少。】
4268. skate:/skeɪt/ n.滑冰鞋;溜冰鞋【a pair of ice skates 一双滑冰鞋 / a pair of roller skates 一双四轮溜冰鞋】;鳐鱼(一种扁体海鱼,可食用);v.滑冰,溜冰【Let's go skating tomorrow. 我们明天去滑冰吧。】
4269. sizable:/ˈsaɪ.zə.bəl/ (英式拼写为sizeable)adj.大的,相当大的【a sizeable amount 大量/a sizeable area 大面积/a sizeable house 大房子】
4270. aerial: /ˈeriəl/ n.(收音机或电视的)天线(美式英语常用antenna/ænˈtenə/ );adj.空中的;空气中的【aerial photography 空中摄影】
4271. engagement:/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ.mənt/ n.订婚【an engagement party 订婚宴会】;约定;约会;预约【a dinner engagement 晚餐预约】;交战,交火;战斗【They tried to avoid an engagement with the enemy. 他们竭力避免与敌军交火。】
4272. beverage:/ˈbev.ɚ.ɪdʒ/ ,/ˈbevrɪdʒ/ n.(除了水以外的)饮料【Hot beverages include tea, coffee, and hot chocolate. 热饮包括茶、咖啡和热巧克力饮料。】
4273. servant:/ˈsɜːrvənt/ n.佣人,仆人;public servants 公务员
4274. sight:/saɪt/ n.视力,视觉【If your sight is poor, you should not drive a car. 视力不佳就不应该开车。】;所见之物;景象 = view【The flowers at the annual flower show were a beautiful sight. 年度花卉展上的鲜花是一道美丽的风景。 / You should always keep sight of your bags while you're at the airport. 在机场里,应该时刻留意自己的行李。】;准星,瞄准器,观测器;the sights 名胜;景点;v. 看到,发现【After days at sea, the sailors finally sighted land. 在海上漂流数日后,海员们终于看到了陆地。】
4275. souvenir:/ˌsuː.vəˈnɪr/ ,/ˈsuː.vənɪr/ n.纪念品;纪念物【We brought back a few souvenirs from our holiday in Mexico. 我们从墨西哥度假回来时买了一些纪念品。】
4276. biology:/ bai’ɔlədʒi/ n.生物学;生态学;生理【human biology 人类生物学 / marine biology 海洋生物学】
4277. biologist:/baɪˈɑː.lə.dʒɪst/ n. 生物学家
4278. biological:/ˌbaɪəˈlɑːdʒɪkl/ adj.生物的;与生命过程有关的【the biological sciences 生物科学 / Eating is a biological necessity! 吃是一种生理需求!】;亲生的【She decided to search for her biological mother after her adoptive parents died. 在养父母去世后,她决定去寻找自己的生母。】;生物武器的【biological weapons 生物武器】
4279. biotechnology:/ˌbaɪ.oʊ.tekˈnɑː.lə.dʒi/ (可以简写为biotech /ˈbaɪ.əʊ.tek/)n.生物技术;生物科技【a biotech company 生物科技公司】
4280. harvest:/ˈhɑː.vɪst/ n.收获时节;收割,收获;收成【We had a good harvest this year. 今年我们收成不错。】;v.收割,收获,捕获【In the US, winter wheat is harvested in the early summer. 在美国,冬小麦一般在初夏收割。】;采集(人体的细胞或组织,以供医学实验等)【There is a lot of controversy surrounding the harvesting of stem cells. 干细胞的采集备受争议。】
4281. controversy:英式有两种读音(/ˈkɒntrəˌvɜːsɪ/ 和 /kənˈtrɒvəsɪ/),美式念法为/ˈkɑntrəˌvɜrsi/ n.争议;争论;争辩【There was a big controversy surrounding(或者over)the use of drugs in athletics. 体育界对使用违禁药物争议很大。】
4282. controversial:/ˌkɑːn.trəˈvɝː.ʃəl/ adj.有争议的;引起争议的【The book was very controversial. 这本书很有争议。】
4283. disappoint:/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪnt/ v.(使)失望,(使)沮丧【I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I'm afraid I can't come after all. 很抱歉让你失望,但恐怕我真的来不了。】
4284. disappointing:/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪn.t̬ɪŋ/ adj.令人失望的,让人沮丧的【We were expecting to win, so a draw was a disappointing result for us. 我们本以为会赢,所以平局对我们来说是一个令人失望的结果。】
4285. disappointment:/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪnt.mənt/ n. 失望,沮丧【To my great disappointment, he decided to leave. 令我非常沮丧的是,他决定离开。】;令人失望的人(或事物)【The party turned out to be a huge disappointment. 聚会办得令人大失所望。/ I always felt I was a disappointment to my parents. 我总是觉得自己是一个让父母失望的孩子。】
4286. discharge:/dɪsˈtʃɑːrdʒ/ v.允许(某人)离开;允许(某人)出院;(根据法庭决议)释放【Patients were discharged from the hospital because the beds were needed by other people. 由于其他人需要床位,患者们便被允许出院了。/ He was discharged from the army following his injury. 他受伤后就退伍了。】;排放,排出(尤指废液或废气)【Large amounts of dangerous waste are discharged daily by the factory. 这个工厂每天排放大量的危险性废物。】;履行(职责、义务)【The city must discharge its legal duty to house the homeless. 城市当局必须依法履行其收容无家可归者的职责。】;开(枪),射出(子弹);发(力);放(电)【Lightning is caused by clouds discharging electricity. 闪电是由云层放电产生的。】;n.(名词可以念做 /dɪsˈtʃɑːrdʒ/ 也可以念做 /ˈdɪstʃɑːrdʒ/)获官方允许离开(军队,监狱或医院);(尤指废液或废气的)排放【Thousands of fish were killed as a result of a discharge of poisonous chemicals from a nearby factory. 成千上万条鱼被附近工厂排出的有毒化学物质毒死。】;履行(责任);清偿(债务)【the discharge of his duties 履行他的职责】;开枪,开火
4287. accusation:/ˌæk.jəˈzeɪ.ʃən/ n.指控,控告;指责;谴责【I don't want to make an accusation until I have some proof. 我要有一些证据以后才提出控告。】
4288. hatred:/ˈheɪ.trɪd/ n.憎恨,憎恶【The motive for this shocking attack seems to be racial hatred. 看起来这起令人震惊的攻击事件的动机像是种族仇恨。】
4289. stare:/ster/ v.(尤指惊讶、害怕或思考时)盯着看,凝视,注视【Don't stare at people like that, it's rude. 不要那样盯着人看,很不礼貌。】;n.凝视,注视【She gave him a long stare but didn't answer his question. 她久久地凝视着他,但没有回答他的问题。】
4290. badge:/bædʒ/ n.徽章;像章;证章;纪念章【Everyone at the conference wore a badge with their name on. 与会人员都戴着写有自己名字的证章。】
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