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应用举例9

9.compound
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1 compound   compounds
A compound is an enclosed area of land that is used for a particular purpose.
  Police fired on them as they fled into the embassy compound.
  ...a military compound.
N-COUNT
= enclosure
2 compound   compounds
In chemistry, a compound is a substance that consists of two or more elements.
  Organic compounds contain carbon in their molecules.
N-COUNT

3 compound   compounds
If something is a compound of different things, it consists of those things. (FORMAL)
  Honey is basically a compound of water, two types of sugar, vitamins and enzymes.
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu N of n
= mixture
4 compound
Compound is used to indicate that something consists of two or more parts or things.
  ...a tall shrub with shiny compound leaves.
  ...the compound microscope.
ADJ: ADJ n
= composite * simple
5 compound
In grammar, a compound noun, adjective, or verb is one that is made up of two or more words, for example `fire engine'', `bottle-green'', and `force-feed''.
ADJ: ADJ n

6 compound
In grammar, a compound sentence is one that is made up of two or more main clauses. Compare complex.
ADJ: ADJ n

7 compound   compounds   compounding   compounded
To compound a problem, difficulty, or mistake means to make it worse by adding to it. (FORMAL)
  Additional bloodshed and loss of life will only compound the tragedy.
  The problem is compounded by the medical system here.
VB
= add to
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compound
noun
1   combination, alloy, amalgam, blend, composite, fusion, medley, mixture, synthesis

verb
2   combine, amalgamate, blend, intermingle, mix, synthesize, unite
3   intensify, add to, aggravate, augment, complicate, exacerbate, heighten, magnify, worsen

adjective
4   complex, composite, intricate, multiple



sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-29 18:28:05←



我喜欢千万法，我用压码和右脑给千万别学英语一个杠杆，撬起零基础到达自由王国；压码只有一个指标：通过滞后提高速度，速度就是质量,给它注入一个加速器，就会产生一个个奇迹.
[楼 主] | Posted:2004-12-22 07:51|

PRIVATE的同一词rivate
adjective
1   exclusive, individual, intimate, own, personal, reserved, special
2   secret, clandestine, confidential, covert, hush-hush (informal), off the record, unofficial
3   secluded, isolated, secret, separate, sequestered, solitary
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1.exclusive  
1 exclusive
If you describe something as exclusive, you mean that it is limited to people who have a lot of money or who belong to a high social class, and is therefore not available to everyone.
  He is already a member of Britain''s most exclusive club.
  The City was criticised for being too exclusive and uncompetitive.
ADJ-GRADED

?exclusiveness
  ...a rising middle class, which objected to the exclusiveness of the traditional elite.
N-UNCOUNT

?exclusivity
  While residents enjoy the exclusivity of their homes, they take more pride in their advanced degrees and ambitious jobs.
N-UNCOUNT: oft the N of n

2 exclusive
Something that is exclusive is used or owned by only one person or group, and not shared with anyone else.
  Our group will have exclusive use of a 60-foot boat.
  Many of their cheeses are exclusive to our stores in Britain.
ADJ: oft ADJ to n

?exclusivity
  Only 250 are to be sold in Europe, so exclusivity is guaranteed.
N-UNCOUNT

3 exclusive
If a newspaper, magazine, or broadcasting organization describes one of its reports as exclusive, they mean that it is a special report which does not appear in any other publication or on any other channel.
  He told the magazine in an exclusive interview: `All my problems stem from drink''.
ADJ: usu ADJ n

+ exclusive   exclusives
An exclusive is an exclusive article or report.
  Some papers thought they had an exclusive.
N-COUNT

4 exclusive
If a company states that its prices, goods, or services are exclusive of something, that thing is not included in the stated price, although it usually still has to be paid for.
  All charges for service are exclusive of value added tax.
  Skiing weekends cost s58 (exclusive of travel and accommodation).
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ of n
* inclusive
5 exclusive
If two things are mutually exclusive, they are separate and very different from each other, so that it is impossible for them to exist or happen together.
  They both have learnt that ambition and successful fatherhood can be mutually exclusive.
PHR: v-link PHR

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exclusive
adjective
1   sole, absolute, complete, entire, full, total, undivided, whole
2   limited, confined, peculiar, restricted, unique
3   select, chic, cliquish, fashionable, posh (informal, chiefly Brit.), restricted, snobbish, up-market

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2.individual  
1 individual
Individual means relating to one person or thing, rather than to a large group.
  ...waiting for the group to decide rather than making individual decisions...
  Aid to individual countries would be linked to progress towards democracy.
  Divide the vegetables among four individual dishes.
ADJ: ADJ n

?individually
  ...cheeses which come in individually wrapped segments...
  There are 96 pieces and they are worth, individually and collectively, a lot of money.
ADV: usu ADV with v, ADV adj, also ADV with cl

2 individual   individuals
An individual is a person.
  ...anonymous individuals who are doing good things within our community.
  ...the rights and responsibilities of the individual...
  A child''s awareness of being an individual grows in stages during the pre-school years.
N-COUNT

3 individual
If you describe someone or something as individual, you mean that you admire them because they are very unusual and do not try to imitate other people or things.
  It was really all part of her very individual personality.
  The language is highly individual.
ADJ-GRADED approval

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sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-29 18:34:22←



我喜欢千万法，我用压码和右脑给千万别学英语一个杠杆，撬起零基础到达自由王国；压码只有一个指标：通过滞后提高速度，速度就是质量,给它注入一个加速器，就会产生一个个奇迹.
[楼 主] | Posted:2004-12-22 07:49|

intimate  
1 intimate
If you have an intimate friendship with someone, you know them very well and like them a lot.
  I discussed with my intimate friends whether I would immediately have a baby.
ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n

+ intimate   intimates
An intimate is an intimate friend. (FORMAL)
  They are to have an autumn wedding, an intimate of the couple confides.
N-COUNT: usu with poss

?intimately
  He did not feel he had got to know them intimately.
ADV-GRADED: ADV after v, ADV -ed

2 intimate
If two people are in an intimate relationship, they are involved with each other in a loving or sexual way.
  I just won''t discuss my intimate relationships.
  ...their intimate moments with their boyfriends.
ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n

?intimately
  You have to be willing to get to know yourself and your partner intimately.
ADV-GRADED: ADV after v

3 intimate
An intimate conversation or detail, for example, is very personal and private.
  He wrote about the intimate details of his family life.
  I hate to interrupt your intimate conversation but we do have an assignment to discuss.
ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n
= private
?intimately
  It was the first time they had attempted to talk intimately.
ADV-GRADED: ADV after v

4 intimate
If you use intimate to describe an occasion or the atmosphere of a place, you like it because it is quiet and pleasant, and seems suitable for close conversations between friends.
  ...an intimate candlelit dinner for two.
ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n approval

5 intimate
An intimate connection between ideas or organizations, for example, is a very strong link between them.
  ...an intimate connection between madness and wisdom...
  France has kept the most intimate links with its former African territories.
ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n

?intimately
  Property and equities are intimately connected in Hong Kong.
ADV-GRADED: ADV after v

6 intimate
An intimate knowledge of something is a deep and detailed knowledge of it.
  He surprised me with his intimate knowledge of Kierkegaard and Schopenhauer.
ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n
= thorough
?intimately
  ...a golden age of musicians whose work she knew intimately.
ADV-GRADED: usu ADV after v

7 intimate   intimates   intimating   intimated
If you intimate something, you say it in an indirect way. (FORMAL)
  He went on to intimate that he was indeed contemplating a shake-up of the company.
  He had intimated to the French and Russians his readiness to come to a settlement.
VB
= hint
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intimate
adjective
1   close, bosom, confidential, dear, near, thick (informal)
2   personal, confidential, private, secret
3   detailed, deep, exhaustive, first-hand, immediate, in-depth, profound, thorough
4   snug, comfy (informal), cosy, friendly, warm

noun
5   friend, close friend, confidant or confidante, (constant) companion, crony
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intimate
verb
1   suggest, hint, imply, indicate, insinuate
2   announce, communicate, declare, make known, state
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sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-29 18:37:16←



我喜欢千万法，我用压码和右脑给千万别学英语一个杠杆，撬起零基础到达自由王国；压码只有一个指标：通过滞后提高速度，速度就是质量,给它注入一个加速器，就会产生一个个奇迹.
[楼 主] | Posted:2004-12-22 07:48|

own  
1 own
You use own to indicate that something belongs to a particular person or thing.
  My wife decided I should have my own shop.
  ...another group of patients who were taught to change their own dressings...
  Why can''t I live a normal life in my own country?.
  He could no longer trust his own judgement.
  His office had its own private entrance.
ADJ: poss ADJ

+ own
Also a pronoun.
  He saw the Major''s face a few inches from his own.
PRON: poss PRON

2 own
You use own to indicate that something is used by, or is characteristic of, only one person, thing, or group.
  Jennifer insisted on her own room.
  I let her tell me about it in her own way.
  Each nation has its own peculiarities when it comes to doing business.
ADJ: poss ADJ

+ own
Also a pronoun.
  This young lady has a sense of style that is very much her own.
PRON: poss PRON

3 own
You use own to indicate that someone does something without any help from other people.
  They enjoy making their own decisions.
  Tony also built his own house from his own plans.
  He''ll have to make his own arrangements.
ADJ: poss ADJ

+ own
Also a pronoun.
  There''s no career structure, you have to create your own.
PRON: poss PRON

4 own   owns   owning   owned
If you own something, it is your property.
  His father owns a local pub.
  At least three British golf courses are now owned by the Japanese.
VB

5 own
If you have something you can call your own, it belongs only to you, rather than being controlled by or shared with someone else.
  They don''t yet have a country to call their own.
  I would like a place I could call my own.
PHR

6 own
If someone or something comes into their own, they become very successful or start to perform very well because the circumstances are right.
  The goalkeeper came into his own with a series of brilliant saves.
  This is when geraniums and petunias come into their own.
PHR: V inflects

7 own
If you get your own back on someone, you have your revenge on them because of something bad that they have done to you. (mainly BRIT, INFORMAL)
  Renshaw reveals 20 bizarre ways in which women have got their own back on former loved ones.
PHR: V inflects, oft PHR on n

8 own
If you make something your own, you become involved in it in such a way that people think of it as being related only to you or belonging only to you, rather than to anyone else.
  Here again is the song that Pavarotti has made his own.
PHR: V inflects

9 own
If you say that someone has a particular thing of their own, you mean that that thing belongs or relates to them, rather than to other people.
  You see, we have a problem of our own.
  He set out in search of ideas for starting a company of his own.
PHR: n PHR

10 own
If someone or something has a particular quality or characteristic of their own, that quality or characteristic is especially theirs, rather than being shared by other things or people of that type.
  Groups have a personality of their own.
  The cries of the seagulls gave this part of the harbour a fascinating character all of its own.
PHR: n PHR

11 own
When you are on your own, you are alone.
  He lives on his own.
  I told him how scared I was of being on my own.
  I need some time on my own.
PHR: PHR after v, v-link PHR
= alone
12 own
If you do something on your own, you do it without any help from other people.
  I work best on my own.
  ...the jobs your child can do on her own.
PHR: PHR after v
= by yourself
13 own
If you say that someone does something as if they own the place or like they own the place, you are critical of them because they do it in a very arrogant way.
  He struts around town like he owns the place.
PHR: V inflects, PHR after v disapproval

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own
adjective
1   personal, individual, particular, private

pronoun
2 hold one''s own
  compete, keep going, keep one''s end up, keep one''s head above water
3 on one''s own
  alone, by oneself, independently, singly, unaided, unassisted, under one''s own steam

verb
4   possess, be in possession of, enjoy, have, hold, keep, retain
5   acknowledge, admit, allow, concede, confess, grant, recognize
6 own up
  confess, admit, come clean, make a clean breast, tell the truth
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own
If you want to emphasize that something belongs or relates to a particular person or thing, you use own after a possessive.
  I took no notice till I heard my own name mentioned.
  These people have total confidence in their own ability.
  How far it also influenced the King''s own beliefs, we cannot now be certain.
  Now the nuclear industry''s own experts support these claims.

`own'' with a number
If you are also using a number, you put the number after own. You say, for example, `She had given the same advice to her own three children''. You do not say `She had given the same advice to her three own children''.
  She was younger than my own two daughters.

`of your own''
You do not use own after `an''. You do not say, for example, `I''ve got an own place''. You say `I''ve got my own place'' or `I''ve got a place of my own''.
  By this time Laura had got her own radio.
  She says we cannot have our own key to the apartment.
  The university has a varied social and cultural life of its own.
  I''m thinking of starting a production unit of my own.
  ...people who have no bank accounts of their own.

emphasizing `own''
You can use `very'' in front of own for emphasis.
  ...the aptly-named Inside Out, the prison''s very own pop group.
  Accountants have a language of their very own.

`own'' without a noun
You can use own without a noun after it, when it is clear what you are talking about. However, there must always be a possessive in front of it.
  ...people whose principles and values they had thought were the same as their own.
  I refused to clean the cell unless I was given clothes other than my own to wear.

`on your own''
If you are on your own, you are alone.
  She lived on her own.

If you do something on your own, you do it without any help from anyone else.
  We can''t solve this problem on our own.

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sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-29 18:41:40←


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我喜欢千万法，我用压码和右脑给千万别学英语一个杠杆，撬起零基础到达自由王国；压码只有一个指标：通过滞后提高速度，速度就是质量,给它注入一个加速器，就会产生一个个奇迹.
[楼 主] | Posted:2004-12-22 07:47|

personal  

D
1 personal
A personal opinion, quality, or thing belongs or relates to one particular person rather than to other people.
  He learned this lesson the hard waymfrom his own personal experience.
  That''s my personal opinion.
  ...books, furniture, and other personal belongings...
  Refugees also complain that soldiers steal food and personal property from them and demand bribes in exchange for food or shelter.
  The President arrived, followed by his personal bodyguard.
  ...an estimated personal fortune of almost seventy million dollars.
ADJ: ADJ n

2 personal
If you give something your personal care or attention, you deal with it yourself rather than letting someone else deal with it.
  ...a business that requires a great deal of personal contact.
  ...a personal letter from the President''s secretary...
  People do not mind paying a bit extra for the personal touch.
ADJ: usu ADJ n

3 personal
Personal matters relate to your feelings, relationships, and health.
  ...teaching young people about marriage and personal relationships...
  You never allow personal problems to affect your performance.
  We sacrifice our personal lives to our work.
  Mr Knight said that he had resigned for personal reasons.
ADJ

4 personal
Personal comments refer to someone''s appearance or character in an offensive way.
  Newspapers resorted to personal abuse.
  Myra was attacking something I''d written, and her attack got a little personal.
ADJ-GRADED

5 personal
Personal care involves looking after your body and appearance.
  ...the new breed of men who take as much time and trouble over personal hygiene as the women in their lives.
ADJ: ADJ n

6 personal
A personal relationship is one that is not connected with your job or public life.
  He was a great and valued personal friend whom I''ve known for many many years.
  What began as a professional relationship became a personal one pretty quickly, despite us coming from very different backgrounds.
ADJ

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personal
adjective
1   private, exclusive, individual, intimate, own, particular, peculiar, special
2   offensive, derogatory, disparaging, insulting, nasty
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personal - personnel
`personal''
Personal   is an adjective. You use it to say that something belongs or relates to a particular person.
  This is my personal opinion.
  ...a cheque drawn on his personal bank account.

`personnel''
Personnel   is a noun. The personnel of a company or organization are the people who work for it.
  We''ve advertised for extra security personnel.
  ...accommodation for the unmarried personnel.

Personnel is a plural noun. You do not talk about `personnels'' or `a personnel''.

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personal  
1 personal
A personal opinion, quality, or thing belongs or relates to one particular person rather than to other people.
  He learned this lesson the hard waymfrom his own personal experience.
  That''s my personal opinion.
  ...books, furniture, and other personal belongings...
  Refugees also complain that soldiers steal food and personal property from them and demand bribes in exchange for food or shelter.
  The President arrived, followed by his personal bodyguard.
  ...an estimated personal fortune of almost seventy million dollars.
ADJ: ADJ n

2 personal
If you give something your personal care or attention, you deal with it yourself rather than letting someone else deal with it.
  ...a business that requires a great deal of personal contact.
  ...a personal letter from the President''s secretary...
  People do not mind paying a bit extra for the personal touch.
ADJ: usu ADJ n

3 personal
Personal matters relate to your feelings, relationships, and health.
  ...teaching young people about marriage and personal relationships...
  You never allow personal problems to affect your performance.
  We sacrifice our personal lives to our work.
  Mr Knight said that he had resigned for personal reasons.
ADJ

4 personal
Personal comments refer to someone''s appearance or character in an offensive way.
  Newspapers resorted to personal abuse.
  Myra was attacking something I''d written, and her attack got a little personal.
ADJ-GRADED

5 personal
Personal care involves looking after your body and appearance.
  ...the new breed of men who take as much time and trouble over personal hygiene as the women in their lives.
ADJ: ADJ n

6 personal
A personal relationship is one that is not connected with your job or public life.
  He was a great and valued personal friend whom I''ve known for many many years.
  What began as a professional relationship became a personal one pretty quickly, despite us coming from very different backgrounds.
ADJ

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personal
adjective
1   private, exclusive, individual, intimate, own, particular, peculiar, special
2   offensive, derogatory, disparaging, insulting, nasty
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personal - personnel
`personal''
Personal   is an adjective. You use it to say that something belongs or relates to a particular person.
  This is my personal opinion.
  ...a cheque drawn on his personal bank account.

`personnel''
Personnel   is a noun. The personnel of a company or organization are the people who work for it.
  We''ve advertised for extra security personnel.
  ...accommodation for the unmarried personnel.

Personnel is a plural noun. You do not talk about `personnels'' or `a personnel''.

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sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-29 18:46:33←



我喜欢千万法，我用压码和右脑给千万别学英语一个杠杆，撬起零基础到达自由王国；压码只有一个指标：通过滞后提高速度，速度就是质量,给它注入一个加速器，就会产生一个个奇迹.
[楼 主] | Posted:2004-12-22 07:46|

reserved  

D
1 reserved
Someone who is reserved keeps their feelings hidden.
  He was unemotional, quite quiet, and reserved.
  Even though I''m quite a reserved person, I like meeting people.
ADJ-GRADED
= aloof
2 reserved
A table in a restaurant or a seat in a theatre that is reserved is being kept for someone rather than given or sold to anyone else.
  Seats, or sometimes entire tables, were reserved.
ADJ

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reserve  
1 reserve   reserves   reserving   reserved
If something is reserved for a particular person or purpose, it is kept specially for that person or purpose.
  A double room with a balcony overlooking the sea had been reserved for him.
  In the United States lanes are reserved for cars with more than one occupant.
VB: usu passive
= set aside
2 reserve   reserves   reserving   reserved
If you reserve something such as a table, ticket, or magazine, you arrange for it to be kept specially for you, rather than sold or given to someone else.
  I''ll reserve a table for five.
  Demand will be huge, so ask your newsagent to reserve your copy today.
VB

3 reserve   reserves
A reserve is a supply of something that is available for use when it is needed.
  The Gulf has 65 per cent of the world''s oil reserves.
  A friend can be a reserve of help in times of trouble.
N-COUNT: usu with supp

4 reserve   reserves
In sports, a reserve is someone who is available to play as part of a team if one of the members is ill or cannot play. (mainly BRIT; in AM use substitute)
  He ended up as a reserve, but still qualified for a team gold medal.
N-COUNT
= substitute
5 reserve   reserves
A nature reserve is an area of land where the animals, birds, and plants are officially protected.
  Marine biologists are calling for Cardigan Bay to be created a marine nature reserve to protect the dolphins.
N-COUNT: usu supp N

6 reserve
If someone shows reserve, they keep their feelings hidden.
  The subject is one which must be discussed with reserve.
  I do hope that you''ll overcome your reserve and let me know.
N-UNCOUNT

7 reserve
If you have something in reserve, you have it available for use when it is needed.
  He poked around the top of his cupboard for the bottle of whisky that he kept in reserve.
  There were patrol cars on the streets and riot police standing by in reserve.
PHR: PHR after v

8 reserve   reserves
A military reserve is a group of soldiers who are ready to join a military operation if they are needed.
N-COUNT


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T1
reserved
adjective
1   uncommunicative, restrained, reticent, retiring, secretive, shy, silent, standoffish, taciturn, undemonstrative
2   set aside, booked, engaged, held, kept, restricted, retained, spoken for, taken

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T2
reserve
verb
1   keep, hoard, hold, put by, retain, save, set aside, stockpile, store
2   book, engage, prearrange, secure

noun
3   store, cache, fund, hoard, reservoir, savings, stock, supply
4   reservation, park, preserve, sanctuary, tract
5   shyness, constraint, reservation, restraint, reticence, secretiveness, silence, taciturnity

adjective
6   substitute, auxiliary, extra, fall-back, secondary, spare

sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-29 19:04:24←



我喜欢千万法，我用压码和右脑给千万别学英语一个杠杆，撬起零基础到达自由王国；压码只有一个指标：通过滞后提高速度，速度就是质量,给它注入一个加速器，就会产生一个个奇迹.
[楼 主] | Posted:2004-12-22 07:44|

special  
1 special
Someone or something that is special is better or more important than other people or things.
  You''re very special to me, darling.
  There are strong arguments for holidays at Easter and Christmas because these are special occasions.
  Just to see him was something special.
  My special guest will be comedian Ben Elton.
ADJ-GRADED
* ordinary
2 special
Special means different from normal.
  In special cases, a husband can deduct the travel expenses of his wife who accompanies him on a business trip.
  So you didn''t notice anything special about him?.
  There is nothing worse than trying to relax and eat a special meal only to find clouds of cigarette smoke drifting over you.
  ...`Little Scarlet'' strawberry jam, made from a special variety of strawberry.
ADJ: ADJ n
* normal
3 special
You use special to describe someone who is officially appointed or who has a particular position specially created for them.
  Due to his wife''s illness, he returned to the State Department as special adviser to the President.
  Frank Deford is a special correspondent for Newsweek magazine.
ADJ: ADJ n

4 special
Special institutions are for people who have serious physical or mental problems.
  Police are still searching for a convicted rapist, who escaped from Broadmoor special hospital yesterday.
ADJ: ADJ n

5 special
You use special to describe something that relates to one particular person, group, or place.
  Every anxious person will have his or her own special problems or fears.
  ...it requires a very special brand of courage to fight dictators.
ADJ: ADJ n
= unique
6 special   specials
A special is a product, programme, or meal which is not normally available, or which is made for a particular purpose.
  ...complaints about the BBC''s Hallowe''en special, `Ghostwatch''...
  Grocery stores have to offer enough specials to bring people into the store.
  ...talk shows and news specials.
N-COUNT

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special
adjective
1   exceptional, extraordinary, important, memorable, significant, uncommon, unique, unusual
2   particular, appropriate, distinctive, individual, precise, specific

sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-29 19:17:19←



我喜欢千万法，我用压码和右脑给千万别学英语一个杠杆，撬起零基础到达自由王国；压码只有一个指标：通过滞后提高速度，速度就是质量,给它注入一个加速器，就会产生一个个奇迹.
[楼 主] | Posted:2004-12-22 07:40|

clandestine  
  clandestine
Something that is clandestine is hidden or kept secret, often because it is illegal. (FORMAL)
  ...their clandestine meetings.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
= secret
?clandestinely
  He left the country clandestinely.
ADV: ADV with v

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clandestine
adjective
    secret, cloak-and-dagger, concealed, covert, furtive, private, stealthy, surreptitious, underground

sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-29 19:29:48←



我喜欢千万法，我用压码和右脑给千万别学英语一个杠杆，撬起零基础到达自由王国；压码只有一个指标：通过滞后提高速度，速度就是质量,给它注入一个加速器，就会产生一个个奇迹.
[楼 主] | Posted:2004-12-22 07:39|

confidential  
1 confidential
Information that is confidential is meant to be kept secret or private.
  She accused them of leaking confidential information about her private life.
  We''ll take good care and keep what you''ve told us strictly confidential, Mr. Lane.
ADJ-GRADED
* public
?confidentially
  People can phone in the knowledge that any information they give will be treated confidentially.
ADV-GRADED: ADV with v
= privately
confidentiality
  ...the confidentiality of the client-solicitor relationship.
N-UNCOUNT

2 confidential
If you talk to someone in a confidential way, you talk to them quietly because what you are saying is secret or private.
  `Look,'' he said in a confidential tone, `I want you to know that me and Joey are cops.''.
  His face suddenly turned solemn, his voice confidential.
ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n

confidentially
  Nash hadn''t raised his voice, still spoke rather softly, confidentially.
ADV-GRADED: ADV after v

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confidential
adjective
    secret, classified, hush-hush (informal), intimate, off the record, private, privy

sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-29 19:32:25←


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我喜欢千万法，我用压码和右脑给千万别学英语一个杠杆，撬起零基础到达自由王国；压码只有一个指标：通过滞后提高速度，速度就是质量,给它注入一个加速器，就会产生一个个奇迹.
[楼 主] | Posted:2004-12-22 07:37|

covert  
1 covert
Covert activities or situations are secret or hidden. (FORMAL)
  They have been supplying covert military aid to the rebels.
  The depth of covert racism in my own profession frightens me.
ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n
* overt
covertly
  They covertly observed Lauren, who was sitting between Ned and Algie at a nearby table.
ADV-GRADED: usu ADV with v
* overtly
2 covert   coverts
A covert is a group of small trees or bushes very close to each other where small animals or game birds can hide.
N-COUNT

sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-29 19:35:25←



我喜欢千万法，我用压码和右脑给千万别学英语一个杠杆，撬起零基础到达自由王国；压码只有一个指标：通过滞后提高速度，速度就是质量,给它注入一个加速器，就会产生一个个奇迹.
[楼 主] | Posted:2004-12-22 07:36|