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只看该作者 260 发表于: 2009-09-06
interval          
    1    interval   intervals  
    An interval between two events or dates is the period of time between them.
        The ferry service between Burnham and Wallasea Island has restarted after an interval of 12 years.
        There was a long interval of silence.
    N-COUNT: oft N of n  
    = gap  
    2    interval   intervals  
    An interval during a film, concert, show, or game is a short break between two of the parts. (mainly BRIT; in AM usually use intermission)
        During the interval, wine was served.
        England were two goals behind at the interval.
    N-COUNT  
    
    3    interval   intervals  
    In music, an interval is the difference in pitch between two musical notes. (TECHNICAL)
    N-COUNT  
    
    4    interval  
    If something happens at intervals, it happens several times with gaps or pauses in between.
        She woke him for his medicines at intervals throughout the night.
    PHR: PHR with v  
    
    5    interval  
    If things are placed at particular intervals, there are spaces of a particular size between them.
        Several red and white barriers marked the road at intervals of about a mile.
        The trees which gave the road its name stood at regular intervals along the kerb.
        At intervals there were red warning lights.
    PHR: PHR with v  
    
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diagram          
    1    diagram   diagrams  
    A diagram is a simple drawing which consists mainly of lines and is used, for example, to explain how a machine works.
        ...a circuit diagram...
        Can you reduce some long explanations to simple charts or diagrams?
    N-COUNT: usu with supp  
    
    2    diagram   diagrams   diagramming   diagrammed  
    To diagram something means to draw a diagram of it or to explain it using a diagram. (mainly AM, FORMAL)
        The sound waves of the voice could be diagramed as in B.
        ...diagramming the movement of a system's variables.
    VB  (AM) diagraming, diagramed  
    
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occasion          
    1    occasion   occasions  
    An occasion is a time when something happens, or a case of it happening.
        I often think fondly of an occasion some years ago at Covent Garden.
        Mr Davis has been asked on a number of occasions.
    N-COUNT  
    
    2    occasion   occasions  
    An occasion is an important event, ceremony, or celebration.
        Taking her with me on official occasions has been a challenge.
        It will be a unique family occasion.
    N-COUNT: usu supp N  
    = function  
    3    occasion   occasions  
    An occasion for doing something is an opportunity for doing it. (FORMAL)
        It is an occasion for all the family to celebrate.
        It is always an important occasion for setting out government policy.
    N-COUNT: N for n/-ing  
    = opportunity  
    4    occasion   occasions   occasioning   occasioned  
    To occasion something means to cause it. (FORMAL)
        He argued that the release of hostages should not occasion a change in policy.
    VB  
    
    5    occasion  
    If you have occasion to do something, it is necessary for you to do it.
        We have had occasion to deal with members of the group on a variety of charges.
    PHR: V inflects, PHR to-inf  
    
    6    occasion  
    If something happens on occasion, it happens sometimes, but not very often.
        He treated them seriously and, on occasion, entertained them hilariously.
        He translated not only from the French but also, on occasion, from the Polish.
    PHR: N inflects, PHR with cl  
    = occasionally  
    7    occasion  
    If you say that someone rose to the occasion, you mean that they did what was necessary to successfully overcome a difficult situation.
        Inverness, however, rose to the occasion in the second half, producing some of the best football they have played for some time.
    PHR: V inflects  
    
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只看该作者 263 发表于: 2009-09-06
ceremony          
    1    ceremony   ceremonies  
    A ceremony is a formal event such as a wedding.
        ...his grandmother's funeral, a private ceremony attended only by the family...
        Today's award ceremony took place at the British Embassy in Tokyo.
    N-COUNT  
    
    2    ceremony  
    Ceremony consists of the special things that are said and done on very formal occasions.
        The Republic was proclaimed in public with great ceremony.
        ...the pomp and ceremony of the Pope's visit.
    N-UNCOUNT: usu with N  
    
    3    ceremony  
    If you do something without ceremony, you do it quickly and in a casual way.
        `Is Hilton here?' she asked without ceremony.
    N-UNCOUNT: without N  
    
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celebration          
    1    celebration   celebrations  
    A celebration is a special enjoyable event that people organize because something pleasant has happened or because it is someone's birthday or anniversary.
        I can tell you, there was a celebration in our house that night.
        ...his eightieth birthday celebrations.
    N-COUNT  
    
    2    celebration  
    The celebration of something is praise and appreciation which is given to it.
        This was not a memorial service but a celebration of his life.
        He sees the poem as a celebration of human love.
    N-SING: usu N of n  
    
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anniversary          
        anniversary   anniversaries  
    An anniversary is a date which is remembered or celebrated because a special event happened on that date in a previous year.
        Vietnam is celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Ho Chi Minh.
    N-COUNT: usu ord N, the N of n  
    
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praise          
    1    praise   praises   praising   praised  
    If you praise someone or something, you express approval for their achievements or qualities.
        The American president praised Turkey for its courage.
        Many others praised Sanford for taking a strong stand.
        He praised the excellent work of the UN weapons inspectors.
    VB  
    = compliment  
    2    praise  
    Praise is what you say or write about someone when you are praising them.
        All the ladies are full of praise for the staff and service they received.
        I have nothing but praise for the police.
        That is high praise indeed.
    N-UNCOUNT  
    = commendation  
    3    praise   praises   praising   praised  
    If you praise God, you express your respect, honour, and thanks to God.
        She asked the church to praise God.
    VB  
    
    4    praise  
    Praise is the expression of respect, honour, and thanks to God.
        Hindus were singing hymns in praise of the god Rama.
    N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl  
    
    5    praise  
    If someone damns something with faint praise, they say something about it which sounds quite nice but is not enthusiastic, and shows that they do not have a high opinion of it.
        ...the belief that the US had signalled a policy shift by damning with faint praise the mediation efforts.
    PHR  
    
    6    praise  
    If you sing someone's praises, you praise them in an enthusiastic way.
        Ottershaw's been singing your praises for years.
        Andy Sinton is not a man given to singing his own praises.
    PHR: V inflects  
    
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只看该作者 267 发表于: 2009-09-06
honour          
    1    honour  
    Honour means doing what you believe to be right and being confident that you have done what is right.
        The officers died faithful to Poland and to the honour of a soldier.
        I do not believe I can any longer serve with honour as a member of your government.
    N-UNCOUNT  (AM) honor  
    
    2    honour   honours  
    An honour is a special award that is given to someone, usually because they have done something good or because they are greatly respected.
        Most of the high honours usually go to long-serving MPs loyal to the government.
        He was showered with honoursmamong them an Oscar in 1950.
    N-COUNT  (AM) honor  
    
    3    honour   honours   honouring   honoured  
    If someone is honoured, they are given public praise or an award for something they have done.
        Two American surgeons were last week honoured with the 1990 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology.
        Mr Reddy has been honoured by the Pope by being made a knight of St Gregory.
    VB: usu passive  (AM) honor  
    
    4    honour  
    If you describe doing or experiencing something as an honour, you mean you think it is something special and desirable.
        Five other cities including Manchester had been competing for the honour of staging the Games.
        Tchaikovsky was given a state funeralmthe first commoner to be granted this honour.
        Michael said: `It's an honour to finally work with her.'.
        Perhaps as it is so close to noon, you would do me the honour of having lunch with me.
    N-SING: oft N of -ing, it v-link N to-inf  (AM) honor  
    
    5    honour   honoured  
    If you say that you would be honoured to do something, you are saying very politely and formally that you would be pleased to do it. If you say that you are honoured by something, you are saying that you are grateful for it and pleased about it.
        Peter Alliss says he would be honoured to be asked.
        It's a very flattering offer, and I'm honoured by your confidence in me.
    V-PASSIVE  (AM) honor  politeness  
    
    6    honour   honours   honouring   honoured  
    To honour someone means to treat them or regard them with special attention and respect.
        Her Majesty later honoured the Headmaster with her presence at lunch.
        Those right-wing people who most honour their monarch see no reason for any apology.
    VB  (AM) honor  
    
    ?honoured  
        Mrs Patrick Campbell was an honoured guest.
    ADJ-GRADED: ADJ n  
    
    7    honour   honours   honouring   honoured  
    If you honour an arrangement or promise, you do what you said you would do.
        The two sides agreed to honour a new ceasefire.
        Mr Ashkenazy has informed us that he will be unable to honour his contract with Symphony Hall to perform the piano recital.
    VB  (AM) honor  
    
    8    honour  
    Honours is a type of university degree which is of a higher standard than a pass or ordinary degree.
        ...an honours degree in business studies.
    N-UNCOUNT: usu N n  (AM) honor  
    
    9    honour   honours  
    Judges, and mayors in the United States, are sometimes called your honour or referred to as his honour or her honour.
        I bring this up, your honor, because I think it is important to understand the background of the defendant.
        ...His Honour Judge Brodrick.
    N-VOC: poss N; PRON: poss PRON  (AM) honor  
    
    10    honour  
    If someone does the honours at a social occasion or public event, they act as host or perform some official function. (INFORMAL)
        The two teams were introduced to the dignitaries with Lord Haslam of British Coal doing the honours.
    PHR: V inflects  (AM) honor  
    
    11    honour  
    If something is arranged in honour of a particular event, it is arranged in order to celebrate that event.
        The Foundation is holding a dinner at the Museum of American Art in honour of the opening of their new show.
    PHR-PREP  (AM) honor  
    
    12    honour  
    If something is arranged or happens in someone's honour, it is done specially to show appreciation of them.
        Mr Mandela will  attend an outdoor concert in his honour in the centre of Paris.
        The United Nations has issued a stamp in honour of Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
    PHR: n PHR, PHR after v, PHR with cl  (AM) honor  
    
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只看该作者 268 发表于: 2009-09-06
respect          
    1    respect   respects   respecting   respected  
    If you respect someone, you have a good opinion of their character or ideas.
        I want him to respect me as a career woman.
        He needs the advice of people he respects, and he respects you.
    VB  
    
    2    respect  
    If you have respect for someone, you have a good opinion of them.
        I have tremendous respect for Dean.
        His voice was warm with friendship and respect.
    N-UNCOUNT: usu N for n  
    
        See also self-respect.
    3    respect  
    You can say with respect when you are politely disagreeing with someone or criticizing them.
        With respect, Minister, you still haven't answered my question.
        With respect, I hardly think that's the point.
    PHR: PHR with cl  politeness  
    
    4    respect   respects   respecting   respected  
    If you respect someone's wishes, rights, or customs, you avoid doing things that they would dislike or regard as wrong.
        Finally, trying to respect her wishes, I said I'd leave.
    VB  
    
    5    respect  
    If you show respect for someone's wishes, rights, or customs, you avoid doing anything they would dislike or regard as wrong.
        They will campaign for the return of traditional lands and respect for aboriginal rights and customs.
    N-UNCOUNT: usu N for n  
    
    6    respect   respects   respecting   respected  
    If you respect a law or moral principle, you agree not to break it.
        It is about time tour operators respected the law and their own code of conduct.
    VB  
    
    +    respect  
    Also a noun.
        ...respect for the law and the rejection of the use of violence.
    N-UNCOUNT: usu N for n  
    
    7    respect  
    If you pay your respects to someone, you go to see them or speak to them. You usually do this to be polite, and not necessarily because you want to do it. (FORMAL)
        Carl had asked him to visit the hospital and to pay his respects to Francis.
    PHR: V inflects  
    
    8    respect  
    If you pay your last respects to someone who has just died, you show your respect or affection for them by coming to see their body or their grave.
        The son had nothing to do with arranging the funeral, but came along to pay his last respects.
    PHR: V inflects  
    
    9    respect  
    You use expressions like in this respect and in many respects to indicate that what you are saying applies to the feature you have just mentioned or to many features of something.
        The children are not unintelligentmin fact, they seem quite normal in this respect.
        In many respects Asian women see themselves as equal to their men.
    PHR: PHR with cl  
    
    10    respect  
    You use with respect to to say what something relates to. In British English, you can also say in respect of. (FORMAL)
        Parents often have little choice with respect to the way their child is medically treated.
        Where Dr Shapland feels the system is not working most effectively is in respect of professional training.
    PHR: PHR with cl  
    
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appreciation          
    1    appreciation  
    Appreciation of something is the recognition and enjoyment of its good qualities.
        ...an investigation into children's understanding and appreciation of art...
        Brian whistled in appreciation.
    N-SING: also no det, oft N of n  
    
    2    appreciation  
    Your appreciation for something that someone does for you is your gratitude for it.
        He expressed his appreciation for what he called Saudi Arabia's moderate and realistic oil policies.
        ...the gifts presented to them in appreciation of their work.
    N-SING: also no det, oft with poss, N for n  
    = gratitude  
    3    appreciation  
    An appreciation of a situation or problem is an understanding of what it involves.
        They have a stronger appreciation of the importance of economic incentives.
    N-SING: also no det, with supp, oft N of n  
    = grasp  
    4    appreciation  
    Appreciation in the value of something is an increase in its value over a period of time.
        You have to take capital appreciation of the property into account.
    N-UNCOUNT  
    * depreciation  
    5    appreciation   appreciations  
    An appreciation of an artist or performer or of their work is a speech or piece of writing in which they are discussed and assessed.
        I had written an appreciation of Hernandez for a magazine.
    N-COUNT: usu N of n  
    = review, critique  
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