sunyuting1-英语举例2-105

ndividual
adjective
1   personal, characteristic, distinctive, exclusive, idiosyncratic, own, particular,

peculiar, singular, special, specific, unique

noun
2   person, being, character, creature, soul, unit

2.industry  
1 industry
Industry is the work and processes involved in collecting raw materials, and

making them into products in factories.
  British industry suffers through insufficient investment in research.
  ...in countries where industry is developing rapidly.
N-UNCOUNT

2 industry   industries
A particular industry consists of all the people and activities involved in making a

particular product or providing a particular service.
  ...the motor vehicle and textile industries.
  ...the Scottish tourist industry.
N-COUNT: oft n N

3 industry   industries
If you refer to a social or political activity as an industry, you are criticizing it

because you think it involves a lot of people in unnecessary or useless work.
  Some Afro-Caribbeans are rejecting the whole race relations industry.
  The multibillion-dollar fitness industry rakes in fat profits from our hunger to

look good.
N-COUNT: usu sing, the supp N disapproval

4 industry
Industry is the fact of working very hard. (FORMAL)
  No one doubted his ability, his industry or his integrity.
N-UNCOUNT

industry
T
noun
1   business, commerce, manufacturing, production, trade
2   effort, activity, application, diligence, labour, tirelessness, toil, zeal
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3.commercial  
1 commercial
Commercial means involving or relating to the buying and selling of goods.
  Docklands in its heyday was a major centre of industrial and commercial

activity.
  Attacks were reported on police, vehicles and commercial premises.
ADJ: usu ADJ n

2 commercial
Commercial organizations and activities are concerned with making money or

profits, rather than, for example, with scientific research or providing a public service.
  British Rail has indeed become more commercial over the past decade.
  Conservationists in Chile are concerned over the effect of commercial

exploitation of forests.
  Whether the project will be a commercial success is still uncertain.
ADJ-GRADED

?commercially
  British Aerospace reckon that the plane will be commercially viable if 400 can

be sold.
  Insulin is produced commercially from animals.
  Designers are becoming more commercially minded.
ADV-GRADED: usu ADV adj, ADV with v, also ADV with cl


sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-28 8:05:07←



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:2004-12-24 01:30|

3 commercial
A commercial product is made to be sold to the public.
  They are the leading manufacturer in both defence and commercial products.
ADJ: ADJ n

?commercially
  It was the first commercially available machine to employ artificial intelligence.
ADV: usu ADV adj, also ADV with v

4 commercial
A commercial vehicle is a vehicle used for carrying goods, or passengers who pay.
  Commercial vehicles, coaches and lorries are required by law to be fitted with

tachographs.
  ...the fastest crossing of the Atlantic by a commercial passenger vessel.
ADJ: usu ADJ n

5 commercial
Commercial television and radio are paid for by the broadcasting of

advertisements, rather than by the government.
  ...Classic FM, the first national commercial radio station.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
* public
6 commercial
Commercial is used to describe something such as a film or a type of music that it

is intended to be popular with the public, and is not very original or of high quality.
  There''s a feeling among a lot of people that music has become too commercial.
ADJ-GRADED

7 commercial   commercials
A commercial is an advertisement that is broadcast on television or radio.
  The government has launched a campaign of television commercials and

leaflets.
N-COUNT
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commercial
adjective
1   mercantile, trading
2   materialistic, mercenary, profit-making
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4.relationship  
1 relationship   relationships
The relationship between two people or groups is the way in which they feel and

behave towards each other.
  The Chinese President has said that China will maintain its traditional friendly

relationship with Bangladesh.
  Money problems place great stress on close family relationships.
N-COUNT: with supp

2 relationship   relationships
A relationship is a close friendship between two people, especially one involving

romantic or sexual feelings.
  We had been together for two years, but both of us felt the relationship wasn''t

really going anywhere.
N-COUNT

3 relationship   relationships
The relationship between two things is the way in which they are connected.
  A number of small-scale studies have already indicated that there is a

relationship between diet and cancer.
  ...an analysis of market mechanisms and their relationship to state capitalism

and political freedom.
N-COUNT: N between/to/of n

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relationship
noun
1   association, affinity, bond, connection, kinship, rapport
2   affair, liaison
3   connection, correlation, link, parallel, similarity, tie-up
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relation - relative - relationship
These words are used to refer to people or to connections between people.

`relation'' and `relative''
Your relations or relatives are the members of your family.
  I said that I was a relation of her first husband.
  His wife had to visit some of her relatives.

The relations between people or groups are the contacts between them and the

way they behave towards each other.
  This fear was causing East-West relations to deteriorate.
  The unions should have close relations with management.

`relationship''
You can talk in a similar way about the relationship between two people or groups.
  The old relationship between the friends was quickly re-established.
  Pakistan''s relationship with India has changed dramatically.

A relationship is also a close friendship between two people, especially one

involving sexual or romantic feelings.
  Do you feel you are trapped by your relationship and would like to break away?
  When the relationship ended two months ago, he said he wanted to die.


sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-28 8:10:39←



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:2004-12-24 01:29|

5.rather  
1 rather
You use rather than when you are contrasting two things or situations. Rather

than introduces the thing or situation that is not true or that you do not want.
  The problem was psychological rather than physiological.
  Sedge is similar in appearance to grass but has a solid rather than a hollow

stem.
  The dark star in Nova Muscae 1991 is a black hole rather than a neutron star.
  When I''m going out in the evening I use the bike if I can rather than the car.
PHR-PREP

+ rather
Also a conjunction.
  Rather than break her appointment and disappoint me, Katie again took the

car.
  She made students think for themselves, rather than telling them what to think.
  I suggest that rather than the show season starting in June, it should be

brought forward to April or May.
  Most of these will be fleeing cold and hunger, rather than fighting.
  She prefers to stay in detention rather than be released and go into exile.
PHR-CONJ-SUBORD

2 rather
You use rather when you are correcting something that you have just said,

especially when you are describing a particular situation after saying what it is not.
  Twenty million years ago, Idaho was not the arid place it is now. Rather, it was

warm and damp, populated by dense primordial forest.
  But there must be no talk of final victory; rather, the long, hard slog to a

solution.
  The process is not a circle but rather a spiral.
  He explained what the Crux is, or rather, what it was.
ADV: ADV with cl/group

3 rather
If you say that you would rather do something or you''d rather do it, you mean that

you would prefer to do it. If you say that you would rather not do something, you mean that

you do not want to do it.
  If it''s all the same to you, I''d rather work at home.
  Which programme would you rather appear on?.
  Kids would rather play than study.
  I have no information one way or the other, but I would rather he do it than not

do it.
  I would rather Lionel took it on.
  Sorry. I''d rather not talk about it.
  Would you like that? Don''t hesitate to say no if you''d rather not.
PHR-MODAL

4 rather
You use rather to indicate that something is true to a fairly great extent,

especially when you are talking about something unpleasant or undesirable.
  I grew up in rather unusual circumstances.
  It had made some rather bad mistakes which I thought should be corrected.
  He had had an excellent dinner at a rather good local hotel.
  The first speaker began to talk, very fast and rather loudly.
  We got along rather well.
  I''m afraid it''s rather a long story.
  The reality is rather more complex.
  As you can see, he did rather better for himself than I did.
  ...a figure rather too good to be true...
  The fruit is rather like a sweet chestnut.
  Robbie was there with his family, keeping rather in the background.
ADV: ADV adj/adv, ADV a n, ADV compar, ADV too adj/adv, ADV prep

5 rather
You use rather before verbs that introduce your thoughts and feelings, in order to

express your opinion politely, especially when a different opinion has been expressed.
  I rather think he was telling the truth.
  I rather like the decorative effect.
ADV: ADV before v

6 rather
People sometimes say rather to express agreement or acceptance. (BRIT, mainly

FORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED)
  `Well, he did have a sort of family connection with it, didn''t he.''n`Oh yes.

Rather.''
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rather
adverb
1   to some extent, a little, fairly, moderately, quite, relatively, somewhat, to some

degree
2   preferably, more readily, more willingly, sooner
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rather
used as adverb of degree
Rather means `to a small extent''. However, it is often used without any real

meaning, but simply to soften the effect of the word or expression that follows it. For

example, if someone asks you to do something, you might say `I''m rather busy''. You mean

that you are busy, but rather makes your reply seem more polite.
  I''m rather puzzled by this question.
  He did it rather badly.
  He looked rather pathetic standing in the rain outside.

Rather usually goes in front of an adjective or an adverb, but it can also be used

in front of a singular noun group.
  I''m in rather a hurry.
  He was rather a silent young man.

Note that you can say either `He was rather a silent young man'' or `He was a

rather silent young man''. Rather a is more common.

You can use rather in front of `like'' when you are using `like'' as a preposition.
  This animal looks and behaves rather like a squirrel.
  The food, rather like that provided by motorway cafes, has become a bit of a

joke.

You can also use rather in front of verbs such as `think'' and `hope''.
  I rather think it was three hundred and fifty pounds.
  I rather hoped that one day you would get married.

Note that several words and expressions can be used to say that something is the

case to a smaller or greater extent. For graded lists, see section on degree in entry at

Adverbials and section on submodifiers in entry at Adverbs.

used as an emphasizer
Rather has a different meaning when you use it in front of words such as `good''

and `well''. If you say that something is rather good, you are emphasizing that it is good.
  There''s a teashop near here that does rather good toasted muffins.
  The company thought I did rather well.

`would rather''
If you say that you would rather do something, you mean that you would prefer to

do it.
  I''ll order tea. Or perhaps you would rather have coffee.
  `What was all that about?''---`I''m sorry, I''d rather not say.''

Note that in sentences like these you use an infinitive without `to'' after would

rather.

You can also use would rather followed by a clause to say that you would prefer

something to happen or be done. In the clause you use the simple past tense.
  Would you rather she came to see me?
  `May I go on?''---`I''d rather you didn''t.''

`rather than''
Rather than is used like a conjunction to link words or expressions of the same

type. You use rather than when you have said what is the case and you want to compare it

with what is not the case.
  I have used familiar English names rather than scientific Latin ones.
  It made him frightened rather than angry.
  He had been compelled to spend most of the time talking to Mrs Harlowe rather

than to her daughter.
  Gambling was a way of redistributing wealth rather than acquiring it.

correcting a mistake
You can also use rather when you are correcting a mistake you have made, or

when you think of a more appropriate word than the one you have just used.
  Suddenly there stood before him, or rather above him, a gigantic woman.
  One picture speaks volumes. Or rather lies volumes.


sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-28 8:13:38←



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:2004-12-24 01:28|

6.attend  
1 attend   attends   attending   attended
If you attend a meeting or other event, you are present at it.
  Thousands of people attended the funeral.
  The meeting will be attended by finance ministers from many countries.
  We want the maximum number of people to attend to help us cover our costs.
VB

2 attend   attends   attending   attended
If you attend an institution such as a school, college, or church, you go there

regularly.
  They attended college together at the University of Pennsylvania.
VB

3 attend   attends   attending   attended
If you attend to something, you deal with it. If you attend to someone who is hurt

or injured, you care for them.
  The staff will helpfully attend to your needs.
  There are more pressing matters to be attended to today.
  The main thing is to attend to the injured.
VB

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attend
verb
1   be present, appear, frequent, go to, haunt, put in an appearance, show oneself,

turn up, visit
2   look after, care for, mind, minister to, nurse, take care of, tend
3   pay attention, hear, heed, listen, mark, note, observe, pay heed
4 attend to
  apply oneself to, concentrate on, devote oneself to, get to work on, look after,

occupy oneself with, see to, take care of
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sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-28 8:14:43←



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:2004-12-24 01:27|

7.discussion  
1 discussion   discussions
If something is under discussion, it is still being talked about and a final decision

has not yet been reached.
  There was a lot of discussion about the wording of the report.
  Council members are due to have informal discussions later on today.
  The whole question of school curriculum is up for discussion.
  The plan may well be over-ambitious, and is clearly open to discussion.
  `The proposals are still under discussion,'' she said.
PHR: v-link PHR

2 discussion   discussions
A discussion of a subject is a piece of writing or a lecture in which someone talks

about it in detail.
  For a discussion of biology and sexual politics, see chapter 4.
N-COUNT: usu N of n

3 discussion
A discussion document or paper is one that contains information and usually

proposals for people to discuss.
ADJ: ADJ n

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discussion
noun
    talk, analysis, argument, conference, consultation, conversation, debate,

deliberation, dialogue, discourse
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discussion
If you have a discussion with someone, you have a serious conversation with

them.
  My next discussion with him took place a year later.
  After the lecture there was a discussion.

You say that you have a discussion about something or a discussion on something.
  I had been involved in discussions about this with Ted and Frank.
  We''re having a discussion on leisure activities.

`argument''
You do not use discussion to refer to a disagreement between people, especially

one that results in them shouting angrily at each other. This kind of disagreement is usually

called an argument.
  He and David had been drawn into a ferocious argument.
  I said no, and we got into a big argument over it.

8.gathering  
1 gathering   gatherings
A gathering is a group of people meeting together for a particular purpose.
  ...the twenty-second annual gathering of the South Pacific Forum.
N-COUNT

2 gathering
If there is gathering darkness, the light is gradually decreasing, usually because it

is nearly night.
  The lighthouse beam was quite distinct in the gathering dusk.
ADJ: ADJ n

  See also gather.
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gathering
noun
    assembly, company, conclave, congress, convention, crowd, group, meeting

sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-28 8:16:40←



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:2004-12-24 01:26|

9.concerned  
  concerned
If you are concerned to do something, you want to do it because you think it is

important.
  We were very concerned to keep the staff informed about what we were doing.
ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ to-inf

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concern  
1 concern
Concern is worry about a situation.
  The European Community has expressed concern about reports of political

violence in Africa.
  The move follows growing public concern over the spread of the disease.
  As the militants gather, there is concern that the protest might again run out

of control.
  There is no cause for concern.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N prep, N that

2 concern   concerns   concerned
If something concerns you, it worries you.
  The growing number of people seeking refuge in Thailand is beginning to

concern Western aid agencies.
  It concerned her that Bess was developing a crush on Max.
VB: no cont

?concerned
  I''ve been concerned about you lately.
  We''re naturally concerned for our daughter''s safety.
  We are deeply concerned that terrorists appear to be targeting roads.
  ...a phone call from a concerned neighbor.
ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ about/for n, ADJ that

3 concern   concerns
A concern is a fact or situation that worries you.
  His concern was that people would know that he was responsible.
  Unemployment was the electorate''s main concern.
N-COUNT: usu with poss
= worry
4 concern   concerns
Someone''s concern with something is their feeling that it is important.
  ...a story that illustrates how dangerous excessive concern with safety can be.
N-VAR: oft N with n

5 concern   concerns
Someone''s concerns are the things that they consider to be important.
  Feminism must address issues beyond the concerns of middle-class whites.
N-COUNT: usu with poss

6 concern   concerns
Concern for someone is a feeling that you want them to be happy, safe, and well.

If you do something out of concern for someone, you do it because you want them to be

happy, safe, and well.
  Without her care and concern, he had no chance at all.
  He had only gone along out of concern for his two grandsons.
N-VAR: oft poss N

7 concern   concerns   concerning   concerned
If you concern yourself with something, you give it attention because you think

that it is important.
  I didn''t concern myself with politics.
  He would concern himself solely with the plight of the hostages.
VB

?concerned
  The agency is more concerned with making arty ads than understanding its

clients'' businesses.
ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ with n

8 concern   concerns   concerned
If something such as a book or a piece of information concerns a particular

subject, it is about that subject.
  The bulk of the book concerns Sandy''s two middle-aged children.
  Chapter 2 concerns itself with the methodological difficulties.
VB: no cont
= be about
?concerned
  Randolph''s work was exclusively concerned with the effects of pollution on

health.
ADJ: v-link ADJ with n

9 concern   concerns   concerned
If a situation, event, or activity concerns you, it affects or involves you.
  It was just a little unfinished business from my past, and it doesn''t concern you

at all.
VB: no cont

?concerned
  It''s a very stressful situation for everyone concerned.
  I believe he was concerned in all those matters you mention.
ADJ: n ADJ, v-link ADJ in/with n

10 concern
If a situation or problem is your concern, it is something that you have a duty or

responsibility to be involved with.
  The technical aspects were the concern of the Army.
  I would be glad to get rid of them myself. But that is not our concern.
N-SING: with poss
= affair, business
11 concern   concerns
You can refer to a company or business as a concern, usually when you are

describing what type of company or business it is. (FORMAL)
  If not a large concern, Queensbury Nursery was at least a successful one.
N-COUNT: oft supp N

12 concern
You can say `as far as I''m concerned'' to indicate that you are giving your own

opinion.
  As far as I''m concerned the officials incited the fight.
PHR: PHR with cl

13 concern
You can say as far as something is concerned to indicate the subject that you are

talking about.
  As far as starting a family is concerned, the trend is for women having their

children later in life.
PHR: PHR with cl

14 concern
If a company is a going concern, it is actually doing business, rather than having

stopped trading or not yet having started trading.
  The receivers will always prefer to sell a business as a going concern.
PHR: N inflects, oft as PHR, v-link PHR

15 concern
If something is of concern to someone, they find it worrying and unsatisfactory.
  Any injury to a child is a cause of great concern to us.
  The survey''s findings are a matter of great concern.
PHR: oft PHR to n

16 concern
If something is of concern to you, it is important to you.
  How they are paid should be of little concern to the bank as long as they are

paid.
PHR: oft PHR to n

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concerned
adjective
1   involved, active, implicated, interested, mixed up, privy to
2   worried, anxious, bothered, distressed, disturbed, troubled, uneasy, upset
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concern
noun
1   worry, anxiety, apprehension, burden, care, disquiet, distress
2   importance, bearing, interest, relevance
3   business, affair, interest, job, responsibility, task
4   business, company, corporation, enterprise, establishment, firm, organization

verb
5   worry, bother, disquiet, distress, disturb, make anxious, perturb, trouble
6   be relevant to, affect, apply to, bear on, interest, involve, pertain to, regard,

touch

10.represent  
1 represent   represents   representing   represented
If someone such as a lawyer or a politician represents a person or group of

people, they act on behalf of that person or group.
  ...the politicians we elect to represent us...
  The offer has yet to be accepted by the lawyers representing the victims.
VB

2 represent   represents   representing   represented
If you represent a person or group at an official event, you go there on their

behalf.
  The general secretary may represent the president at official ceremonies.
VB

3 represent   represents   representing   represented
If you represent your country or town in a competition or sports event, you take

part in it on behalf of the country or town where you live.
  My only aim is to represent Britain at the Olympics.
VB

4 represent   represented
If a group of people or things is well represented in a particular activity or in a

particular place, a lot of them can be found there.
  Women are already well represented in the area of TV drama.
  In New Mexico all kinds of cuisines are represented.
V-PASSIVE

5 represent   represents   representing   represented
If you say that something represents a change, achievement, or victory, you mean

that it is a change, achievement, or victory. (WRITTEN or FORMAL)
  The pieces on view are not grouped around any one theme, but rather

represent superb examples from various periods.
  These developments represented a major change in the established order.
V-LINK
= amount to, constitute
6 represent   represents   represented
If a sign or symbol represents something, it is accepted as meaning that thing.
  ...a black dot in the middle of the circle is supposed to represent the source of

the radiation.
VB: no cont
= stand for, symbolize
7 represent   represents   represented
To represent an idea or quality means to be a symbol or an expression of that

idea or quality.
  We believe you represent everything British racing needs.
VB: no cont, no passive
= embody
8 represent   represents   representing   represented
If you represent a person or thing as a particular thing, you describe them as

being that thing.
  The popular press tends to represent him as an environmental guru.
VB
= depict, portray
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represent
verb
1   stand for, act for, betoken, mean, serve as, speak for, symbolize
2   symbolize, embody, epitomize, exemplify, personify, typify
3   portray, denote, depict, describe, illustrate, outline, picture, show
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sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-28 8:17:55←



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:2004-12-24 01:25|

11.disturbed  
1 disturbed
A disturbed person is very upset emotionally, and often needs special care or

treatment.
  ...working with severely emotionally disturbed children...
  The murderer was apparently mentally disturbed.
ADJ-GRADED

2 disturbed
You can say that someone is disturbed when they are very worried or anxious.
  Doctors were disturbed that less than 30 percent of the patients were women.
  I was disturbed to hear that the selection committee originally decided not to

send a British team to this year''s Championships.
ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ that, ADJ to-inf
= troubled
3 disturbed
If you describe a situation or period of time as disturbed, you mean that it is

unhappy and full of problems.
  ...these disturbed times.
  ...women from disturbed backgrounds.
ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n
= troubled
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disturb  
1 disturb   disturbs   disturbing   disturbed
If you disturb someone, you interrupt what they are doing and upset them.
  Did you sleep well? I didn''t want to disturb you. You looked so peaceful.
  Find a quiet, warm, comfortable room where you won''t be disturbed.
VB
= interrupt
2 disturb   disturbs   disturbing   disturbed
If something disturbs you, it makes you feel upset or worried.
  I dream about him, dreams so vivid that they disturb me for days.
  He had been disturbed by the news of the attack on Hector Coyne.
VB
= worry
3 disturb   disturbs   disturbing   disturbed
If something is disturbed, its position or shape is changed.
  He''d placed his notes in the brown envelope. They hadn''t been disturbed.
  The old woman put her arm gently around Mona''s shoulders, taking care not to

disturb the costume.
VB

4 disturb   disturbs   disturbing   disturbed
If something disturbs a situation or atmosphere, it spoils it or causes trouble.
  Neither Baker nor Levy seemed eager to disturb the cordial atmosphere by

discussing more sensitive issues..
  What could possibly disturb such tranquility?
VB

5 disturb
If someone is accused of disturbing the peace, they are accused of behaving in a

noisy and offensive way in public. (LEGAL)
PHR: V inflects

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disturbed
adjective
1   unbalanced, disordered, maladjusted, neurotic, troubled, upset
2   worried, anxious, apprehensive, bothered, concerned, nervous, troubled,

uneasy, upset
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disturb
verb
1   interrupt, bother, butt in on, disrupt, interfere with, intrude on, pester
2   upset, alarm, distress, fluster, harass, perturb, trouble, unnerve, unsettle,

worry
3   muddle, disarrange, disorder
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disturb - disturbed
`disturb''
If you disturb someone, you interrupt what they are doing and cause them

inconvenience.
  If she''s asleep, don''t disturb her.
  Sorry to disturb you, but can I use your telephone?

`disturbed''
The adjective disturbed usually has a different meaning. If someone is disturbed,

they are very upset emotionally and need special care or treatment.
  ...emotionally disturbed youngsters.

12.describe  
1 describe   describes   describing   described
If you describe a person, object, event, or situation, you say what they are like or

what happened.
  We asked her to describe what kind of things she did in her spare time.
  She broke down describing how she was arrested for refusing a breath test.
  She read a poem by Carver which describes their life together.
  The myth of Narcissus is described in Ovid''s work.
  Just before his death he described seeing their son in a beautiful garden.
VB

2 describe   describes   describing   described
If a person describes someone or something as a particular thing, he or she

believes that they are that thing and says so.
  He described it as an extraordinarily tangled and complicated tale.
  One of them was a man described by police as a leading terrorist.
  Andrew describes her as a large, bony and masculine woman.
  Even his closest allies describe him as forceful, aggressive and determined.
  The President has described the meeting as marking a new stage between the

military super-powers.
VB

3 describe   describes   describing   described
If something describes a particular shape, it forms that shape or makes a

movement that follows the line of that shape. (FORMAL)
  His pass described a perfect arc through the leaden sky.
VB: no passive

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describe
verb
1   relate, depict, explain, express, narrate, portray, recount, report, tell
2   trace, delineate, draw, mark out, outline
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describe
The verb describe can be used either with a direct object or with a `wh''-clause.

used with a direct object
When you describe someone or something, you say what they are like.
  Can you describe your son?
  Next he described a drive on a Saturday afternoon.

You can use describe with a direct object and an indirect object. The direct

object goes first.
  He described the murderer in detail to Detective Lieutenant Lipes.
  She described the feeling to me.

used with a `wh''-clause
Describe can be used in front of various kinds of `wh''-clause.
  The man described what he had seen.
  He described how he escaped from prison.

You can use describe with an indirect object and a `wh''-clause. The indirect

object goes first.
  I can''t describe to you what it was like.
  I found it difficult to describe to him what had happened in Patricia''s house.

WARNING
When you use describe with an indirect object, you must put `to'' in front of the

indirect object. You do not say, for example, `I can''t describe you what it was like''.

sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-28 8:19:08←



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:2004-12-24 01:24|

13.quiet  
1 quiet   quieter   quietest
Someone or something that is quiet makes only a small amount of noise.
  Tania kept the children reasonably quiet and contented.
  A quiet murmur passed through the classroom.
  The airlines have invested enormous sums in new, quieter aircraft.
ADJ-GRADED
* noisy
?quietly
  `This is goodbye, isn''t it?'' she said quietly.
  He closed the door quietly.
ADV-GRADED: ADV with v

?quietness
  ...the smoothness and quietness of the flight.
N-UNCOUNT

2 quiet   quieter   quietest
If a place is quiet, there is very little noise there.
  She was received in a small, quiet office.
  The street was unnaturally quiet.
ADJ-GRADED
* noisy
?quietness
  I miss the quietness of the countryside.
N-UNCOUNT

3 quiet   quieter   quietest
If a place, situation, or time is quiet, there is no excitement, activity, or trouble.
  ...a quiet rural backwater...
  It is very quiet without him.
  While he wanted Los Angeles and partying, she wanted a quiet life.
  The city is now relatively quiet but there''s palpable anger as people cope with

shortages.
ADJ-GRADED

?quietly
  His most prized time, though, will be spent quietly on his farm in Karklaaf,

Durban.
ADV-GRADED: ADV with v

?quietness
  I do very much appreciate the quietness and privacy here.
N-UNCOUNT

4 quiet
Quiet is silence.
  He called for quiet and announced that the next song was in our honor.
  Jeremy wants some peace and quiet before his big match.
N-UNCOUNT

5 quiet   quieter   quietest
If you are quiet, you are not saying anything.
  I told them to be quiet and go to sleep.
  I just went quiet, embarrassed, and couldn''t answer.
  They were both quiet for a while. Then Charlie said: `I must go.''.
  Then a voice called out, `Quiet, everybody, please!''
ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ
= silent
?quietly
  Amy stood quietly in the doorway watching him.
ADV: ADV with v

6 quiet
If you refer, for example, to someone''s quiet confidence or quiet despair, you

mean that they do not say much about the way they are feeling.
  He has a quiet confidence in his ability.
  All through his life he has shown a quiet determination to get things done.
ADJ: ADJ n

?quietly
  Nigel Deering, the publisher, is quietly confident about the magazine''s chances.
ADV: ADV adj

7 quiet
You describe activities as quiet when they happen in secret or in such a way that

people do not notice them.
  The Swedes had sought his freedom through quiet diplomacy.
  Then it was back to the house for a quiet celebration.
  Can I have a quiet word with you, son?
ADJ: ADJ n
= discreet
?quietly
  I slipped away quietly.
  The goal of shifting freight from road to rail has been quietly abandoned.
  Lee''s body was flown to the US, where he was quietly buried in Seattle.
ADV: usu ADV with v, also ADV adj

8 quiet   quieter   quietest
A quiet person behaves in a calm way and is not easily made angry or upset.
  He''s a nice quiet man.
ADJ-GRADED
= placid
9 quiet   quieter   quietest
You describe colours or clothes as quiet when they are not bright or not very

noticeable.
  They dress in quiet colors so as not to call attention to themselves.
ADJ-GRADED
= muted
10 quiet   quiets   quieting   quieted
If someone or something quiets or if you quiet them, they become less noisy, less

active, or silent. (mainly AM; in BRIT usually use quieten)
  The wind dropped and the sea quieted.
  Estela started to say something but a gesture from her husband quieted her at

once.
V-ERG

11 quiet   quiets   quieting   quieted
To quiet fears or complaints means to persuade people that there is no good

reason for them. (mainly AM; in BRIT usually use quieten)
  Supporters of the Constitution had to quiet fears that aristocrats plotted to

steal the fruits of the Revolution.
VB

12 quiet
If someone does not go quietly, they do not leave a particular job or a place

without complaining or resisting.
  She''s not going to go quietly.
PHR: V inflects

13 quiet
If you keep quiet about something or keep something quiet, you do not say

anything about it.
  I told her to keep quiet about it.
  I think I found it easier than Nell to keep our engagement quiet.
PHR: V inflects

14 quiet
If something is done on the quiet, it is done secretly or in such a way that people

do not notice it.
  She''d promised to give him driving lessons, on the quiet, when no one could

see.
PHR: PHR after v
= secretly
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quiet
adjective
1   silent, hushed, inaudible, low, noiseless, peaceful, soft, soundless
2   calm, mild, peaceful, placid, restful, serene, smooth, tranquil
3   undisturbed, isolated, private, secluded, sequestered, unfrequented
4   reserved, gentle, meek, mild, retiring, sedate, shy

noun
5   peace, calmness, ease, quietness, repose, rest, serenity, silence, stillness,

tranquillity
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quiet
Quiet is an adjective. Someone or something that is quiet makes only a small

amount of noise.
  Bal said in a quiet voice, `I have resigned.''
  The music had gone very quiet.

If a place is quiet, there is very little noise there.
  It was very quiet there; you could just hear the wind moving in the trees.

`quite''
Do not confuse quiet   with quite   . You use quite to indicate that something is

the case to a fairly great extent.

14.reveal  
1 reveal   reveals   revealing   revealed
To reveal something means to make people aware of it.
  She has refused to reveal the whereabouts of her daughter.
  A survey of the British diet has revealed that a growing number of people are

overweight.
  After the fire, it was revealed that North Carolina officials had never inspected

the factory.
  No test will reveal how much of the drug was taken.
VB

2 reveal   reveals   revealing   revealed
If you reveal something that has been out of sight, you uncover it so that people

can see it.
  In the principal room, a grey carpet was removed to reveal the original pine

floor.
VB
= show
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reveal
verb
1   make known, announce, disclose, divulge, give away, impart, let out, let slip,

make public, proclaim, tell
2   show, display, exhibit, manifest, uncover, unearth, unmask, unveil
sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-28 8:20:37←



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:2004-12-24 01:22|

15.nature  
1 nature
Nature is all the animals, plants, and other things in the world that are not made

by people, and all the events and processes that are not caused by people.
  The most amazing thing about nature is its infinite variety.
  ...grasses that grow wild in nature.
  ...the ecological balance of nature.
N-UNCOUNT

  See also Mother Nature.
2 nature
The nature of something is its basic quality or character.
  Mr Sharp would not comment on the nature of the issues being investigated.
  ...the ambitious nature of the programme...
  The protests had been non-political by nature.
  The rise of a major power is both economic and military in nature.
N-SING: with supp, oft n N, also by/in N

3 nature
Someone''s nature is their character, which they show by the way they behave.
  Jeya feels that her ambitious nature made her unsuitable for an arranged

marriage.
  She trusted people. That was her nature.
  He was by nature affectionate.
N-SING: with poss, also by N

  See also human nature.
4 nature
If you say that something is against nature, you think that it is unnatural.
  All these activities are against nature.
PHR: v-link PHR
= unnatural
5 nature
If you want to get back to nature, you want to return to a simpler way of living.
  She was very anxious to get away from cities and back to nature.
PHR: PHR after v

6 nature
If you say that something has a particular characteristic by its nature or by its

very nature, you mean that things of that type always have that characteristic.
  Peacekeeping, by its nature, makes pre-planning difficult.
  One could argue that smoking, by its very nature, is addictive.
PHR: N inflects, PHR with cl

7 nature
Some people talk about a call of nature when referring politely to the need to go

to the toilet.
  I''m afraid I have to answer a call of nature.
PHR: PHR after v politeness

8 nature
If you say that something is in the nature of things, you mean that you would

expect it to happen in the circumstances mentioned.
  Of course, in the nature of things, and with a lot of drinking going on, people

failed to notice.
  Many have already died, and in the nature of things many more will die.
PHR: PHR with cl

9 nature
If you say that one thing is in the nature of another, you mean that it is like the

other thing.
  There is movement towards, I think, something in the nature of a pluralistic

system.
  It was in the nature of a debate rather than an argument.
PHR: PHR n, usu v-link PHR, pron-indef PHR

10 nature
If a way of behaving is second nature to you, you do it almost without thinking

because it is easy for you or obvious to you.
  Planning ahead had always come as second nature to her.
  It''s not easy at first, but it soon becomes second nature.
PHR: v-link PHR, oft PHR to n

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nature
noun
1   creation, cosmos, earth, environment, universe, world
2   make-up, character, complexion, constitution, essence
3   kind, category, description, sort, species, style, type, variety
4   temperament, disposition, humour, mood, outlook, temper


16.genital  
1 genital   genitals
Someone''s genitals are their external sexual organs.
N-PLURAL

2 genital
Genital means relating to a person''s external sexual organs.
  Wear loose clothing in the genital area.
ADJ: ADJ n

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17.payment  
1 payment   payments
A payment is an amount of money that is paid to someone, or the act of paying

this money.
  Thousands of its customers are in arrears with loans and mortgage payments.
  The fund will make payments of just over s1 billion next year.
N-COUNT: oft n N, N to/of/on n

2 payment
Payment is the act of paying money to someone or of being paid.
  He had sought to obtain payment of a sum which he had claimed was owed to

him.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N of/for n

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payment
noun
1   paying, discharge, remittance, settlement
2   remittance, advance, deposit, instalment, premium
3   wage, fee, hire, remuneration, reward
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sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-28 8:22:40←



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:2004-12-24 01:21|

18.ordinary  
1 ordinary
Ordinary people or things are normal and not special or different in any way.
  I strongly suspect that most ordinary people would agree with me.
  It has 25 calories less than ordinary ice cream.
  It was just an ordinary weekend for us.
ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n
= normal * unusual
2 ordinary
If you describe someone or something as ordinary, you mean they are not special

or interesting in any way and may be rather dull.
  I''m just a very ordinary, boring normal guy.
  Your life since then must have seemed very ordinary.
  ...very ordinary, if very well made, drinking glasses, lamps and tableware.
ADJ-GRADED

3 ordinary
Something that is out of the ordinary is unusual or different.
  The boy''s knowledge was out of the ordinary.
  I''ve noticed nothing out of the ordinary.
PHR: usu v-link PHR
= unusual
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ordinary
adjective
1   usual, common, conventional, everyday, normal, regular, routine, standard,

stock, typical
2   commonplace, banal, humble, humdrum, modest, mundane, plain, run-of-the-

mill, unremarkable, workaday
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19.marine  
1 marine   marines
A marine is a member of an armed force, for example the US Marine Corps or the

Royal Marines, who is specially trained for military duties at sea as well as on land.
N-COUNT

2 marine
Marine is used to describe things relating to the sea or to the animals and plants

that live in the sea.
  ...breeding grounds for marine life.
  ...research in marine biology.
ADJ: ADJ n

3 marine
Marine is used to describe things relating to ships and their movement at sea.
  ...a solicitor specialising in marine law.
  ...marine insurance claims.
ADJ: ADJ n
= maritime
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adjective
    nautical, maritime, naval, seafaring, seagoing


sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-28 8:25:22←



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:2004-12-24 01:20|