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只看该作者 380 发表于: 2009-09-07
examination          
    1    examination   examinations  
    An examination is a formal test that you take to show your knowledge or ability in a particular subject, or to obtain a qualification. (FORMAL)
    N-COUNT  
    = exam  
        See also examine.
    2    examination   examinations  
    If you have a medical examination, a doctor looks at your body, feels it, or does simple tests in order to check how healthy you are.
    N-COUNT  
    
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qualification          
    1    qualification   qualifications  
    Your qualifications are the examinations that you have passed.
        They will be encouraged to mix academic A-levels with vocational qualifications.
        Lucy Thomson, 16, wants to study theatre but needs more qualifications.
    N-COUNT: usu pl  
    
    2    qualification  
    Qualification is the act of passing the examinations you need to work in a particular profession.
        Following qualification,  he worked as a social worker.
    N-UNCOUNT  
    
    3    qualification   qualifications  
    The qualifications you need for an activity or task are the qualities and skills that you need to be able to do it.
        Responsibility and reliability are necessary qualifications, as well as a friendly and outgoing personality.
        That time with him is my qualification to write this book.
    N-COUNT  
    
    4    qualification   qualifications  
    If something is stated or accepted without qualification, it is stated or accepted as it is, without the need for any changes.
        The empirical evidence considered here is subject to many qualifications.
        This statement requires qualification and clarification.
        The government has also conceded, almost without qualification, to most of the students' other demands.
    PHR: PHR with cl/group  
    = without reservation  
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satisfactory          
        satisfactory  
    Something that is satisfactory is acceptable to you or fulfils a particular need or purpose.
        I never got a satisfactory answer.
        It seemed a very satisfactory arrangement.
        Neither solution seemed satisfactory.
    ADJ-GRADED  
    = acceptable  
    ?satisfactorily  
        Their motives have never been satisfactorily explained.
    ADV-GRADED: ADV with v  
    
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acceptable          
    1    acceptable  
    Acceptable activities and situations are those that most people approve of or consider to be normal.
        It is becoming more acceptable for women to drink.
        The air pollution exceeds most acceptable levels by 10 times or more.
    ADJ-GRADED  
    * unacceptable  
    ?acceptability  
        This assumption played a considerable part in increasing the social acceptability of divorce.
    N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n  
    
    ?acceptably  
        The aim of discipline is to teach children to behave acceptably.
    ADV-GRADED  
    * unacceptably  
    2    acceptable  
    If something is acceptable to someone, they agree to consider it, use it, or allow it to happen.
        They have thrashed out a compromise formula acceptable to Moscow.
        They recently failed to negotiate a mutually acceptable new contract.
    ADJ-GRADED: oft ADJ to n  
    * unacceptable  
    3    acceptable  
    If you describe something as acceptable, you mean that it is good enough or fairly good.
        On the far side of the street was a restaurant that looked acceptable.
        We've made an acceptable start, but it could've been better.
    ADJ-GRADED  
    = passable  
    ?acceptably  
        ...a method that provides an acceptably accurate solution to a problem...
        These exercises will result in your being able to hit the ball quite acceptably.
    ADV-GRADED: ADV adj, ADV with v  
    
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purpose          
    1    purpose   purposes  
    The purpose of something is the reason for which it is made or done.
        The purpose of the occasion was to raise money for medical supplies.
        Various insurance schemes already exist for this purpose.
        ...the use of nuclear energy for military purposes...
        He was asked about casualties, but said it would serve no purpose to count bodies.
        Most of them are destroyed because they've served their purpose.
    N-COUNT: with supp  
    = aim  
    2    purpose   purposes  
    Your purpose is the thing that you want to achieve.
        They might well be prepared to do you harm in order to achieve their purpose.
        His purpose was to make a profit by improving the company's performance.
    N-COUNT: with poss  
    = aim, objective  
    3    purpose  
    Purpose is the feeling of having a definite aim and of being determined to achieve it.
        The teachers are enthusiastic and have a sense of purpose.
    N-UNCOUNT  
    = resolve  
    4    purpose  
    You use for all practical purposes or to all intents and purposes to suggest that a situation is not exactly as you describe it, but the effect is the same as if it were.
        For all practical purposes the treaty has already ceased to exist.
        To all intents and purposes the case was closed.
    PHR: PHR with cl  
    = in effect, effectively  
    5    purpose  
    If you do something on purpose, you do it intentionally.
        Was it an accident or did David do it on purpose?
    PHR: PHR after v  
    = intentionally  * by mistake  
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只看该作者 385 发表于: 2009-09-07
suggest          
    1    suggest   suggests   suggesting   suggested  
    If you suggest something, you put forward a plan or idea for someone to think about.
        He suggested a link between class size and test results of seven-year-olds.
        I suggest you ask him some specific questions about his past.
        I suggested to Mike that we go out for a meal with his colleagues.
        No one has suggested how this might occur.
        `Could he be suffering from amnesia?' I suggested.
        So instead I suggested taking her out to dinner for a change.
    VB  
    
    2    suggest   suggests   suggesting   suggested  
    If you suggest the name of a person or place, you recommend them to someone.
        Could you suggest someone to advise me how to do this?.
        They can suggest where to buy one.
    VB  
    
    3    suggest   suggests   suggesting   suggested  
    If you suggest that something is the case, you say something which you believe is the case.
        I'm not suggesting that is what is happening.
        It is wrong to suggest that there are easy alternatives.
        Their success is conditional, I suggest, on this restriction.
    VB  
    
    4    suggest   suggests   suggesting   suggested  
    If one thing suggests another, it implies it or makes you think that it might be the case.
        Earlier reports suggested that a meeting would take place on Sunday.
        Its hairy body suggests a mammal.
    VB  
    
    5    suggest   suggests   suggesting   suggested  
    If one thing suggests another, it brings it to your mind through an association of ideas.
        This onomatopoeic word suggests to me the sound a mousetrap makes when it snaps shut.
    VB  
    
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imply          
    1    imply   implies   implying   implied  
    If you imply that something is the case, you say something which indicates that it is the case in an indirect way.
        `Are you implying that I have something to do with those attacks?' she asked coldly.
        She felt undermined by the implied criticism.
    VB  
    = suggest, hint  
    2    imply   implies   implying   implied  
    If an event or situation implies that something is the case, it makes you think it likely that it is the case.
        Exports in June rose 1.5%,  implying that the economy  was stronger than many investors had realized.
        He stressed that the meeting in no way implies a resumption of contacts with the terrorists.
    VB  
    = suggest  
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bring          
    1    bring   brings   bringing   brought  
    If you bring someone or something with you when you come to a place, they come with you or you have them with you.
        Remember to bring an apron or an old shirt to protect your clothes.
        Come to my party and bring a girl with you.
        Someone went upstairs and brought down a huge kettle.
        My father brought home a book for me.
    VB  
    
    2    bring   brings   bringing   brought  
    If you bring something somewhere, you move it there.
        Reaching into her pocket, she brought out a cigarette.
        Her mother brought her hands up to her face.
    VB  
    
    3    bring   brings   bringing   brought  
    If you bring something that someone wants or needs, you get it for them or carry it to them.
        He went and poured a brandy for Dena and brought it to her.
        The stewardess kindly brought me a blanket.
    VB  
    
    4    bring   brings   bringing   brought  
    To bring something or someone to a place or position means to cause them to come to the place or move into that position.
        I told you about what brought me here.
        The shock of her husband's arrival brought her to her feet.
        Edna Leitch survived a gas blast which brought her home crashing down on top of her.
    VB  
    
    5    bring   brings   bringing   brought  
    If you bring something new to a place or group of people, you introduce it to that place or cause those people to hear or know about it.
        ...a brave reporter who had risked death to bring the story to the world.
        ...the drive to bring art to the public.
    VB  
    
    6    bring   brings   bringing   brought  
    To bring someone or something into a particular state or condition means to cause them to be in that state or condition.
        He brought the car to a stop in front of the square.
        His work as a historian brought him into conflict with the political establishment.
        The incident brings the total of people killed to fifteen.
        They have brought down income taxes.
    VB  
    
    7    bring   brings   bringing   brought  
    If something brings a particular feeling, situation, or quality, it makes people experience it or have it.
        He called on the United States to play a more effective role in bringing peace to the region.
        Kinkel said the attacks had brought disgrace on Germany.
        Banks have brought trouble on themselves by lending rashly.
        He brought to the job not just considerable experience but passionate enthusiasm.
        Her three children brought her joy.
    VB  
    
    8    bring   brings   bringing   brought  
    If a period of time brings a particular thing, it happens during that time.
        For Sandro, the new year brought disaster.
        We don't know what the future will bring.
    VB  
    
    9    bring   brings   bringing   brought  
    If you bring a legal action against someone or bring them to trial, you officially accuse them of doing something illegal.
        He campaigned relentlessly to bring charges of corruption against former members of the government.
        The ship's captain and crew may be brought to trial and even sent to prison.
    VB  
    
    10    bring   brings   bringing   brought  
    If a television or radio programme is brought to you by an organization, they make it, broadcast it, or pay for it to be made or broadcast. (mainly BRIT; in AM usually use sponsor)
        You're listening to Science in Action, brought to you by the BBC World Service.
        We'll be bringing you all the details of the day's events.
    VB  
    
    11    bring   brings   bringing   brought  
    When you are talking, you can say that something brings you to a particular point in order to indicate that you have now reached that point and are going to talk about a new subject.
        Which brings me to a delicate matter I should like to raise.
        And that brings us to the end of this special report from Germany.
    VB  
    
    12    bring   brings   bringing   brought  
    If you cannot bring yourself to do something, you cannot do it because you find it too painful, embarrassing, or disgusting.
        It is all very tragic and I am afraid I just cannot bring myself to talk about it at the moment.
    VB: with brd-neg  
    = bear  
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embarrassing          
    1    embarrassing  
    Something that is embarrassing makes you feel shy or ashamed.
        That was an embarrassing situation for me.
        Men find it embarrassing to be honest.
    ADJ-GRADED  
    = uncomfortable, awkward  
    ?embarrassingly  
        The lyrics of the song are embarrassingly banal.
        Stephens had beaten him embarrassingly easily.
    ADV-GRADED: usu ADV adj/adv  
    
    2    embarrassing  
    Something that is embarrassing to a politician or a political party causes problems for them.
        He has put the Bonn government in an embarrassing position.
        The speech was deeply embarrassing to Cabinet ministers.
    ADJ-GRADED: oft ADJ to n  
    
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shy          
    1    shy   shyer   shyest  
    A shy person is nervous and uncomfortable in the company of other people.
        She was a shy, quiet-spoken girl.
        She was a shy and retiring person off-stage.
        He is painfully shy of women.
    ADJ-GRADED  
    
    ?shyly  
        The children smiled shyly.
    ADV-GRADED: usu ADV with v  
    
    ?shyness  
        Eventually he overcame his shyness.
    N-UNCOUNT  
    
    2    shy   shyer   shyest  
    If you are shy of doing something, you are unwilling to do it because you are afraid of what might happen.
        You should not be shy of having your say in the running of the school.
    ADJ-GRADED: oft ADJ of -ing  
    
    3    shy   shies   shying   shied  
    When a horse shies, it moves away suddenly, because something has frightened it.
        Llewelyn's stallion shied as the wind sent sparks flying.
    VB  
    
    4    shy  
    You say `once bitten, twice shy' when you want to indicate that someone will not do something a second time because they had a bad experience the first time they did it.
    PHR  
    
    5    shy  
    If you fight shy of something, you try very hard to avoid it.
        It is no use fighting shy of publicity and then complaining when sponsors pass us by.
        Until now television had fought shy of covering by-elections.
    PHR: V inflects  
    
    6    shy  
    A number or amount that is just shy of another number or amount is just under it.
        ...a high-school dropout rate just shy of 53%...
        He died two days shy of his 95th birthday.
    PHR-PREP  
    = short of  
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