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第九层次第一个释义 arrangement  
1 Arrangements are plans and preparations which you make so that something will happen or be possible.
2   An arrangement is an agreement that you make with someone to do something.

3 An arrangement of things, for example flowers or furniture, is a group of them displayed in a particular way.

4 If someone makes an arrangement of a piece of music, they change it so that it is suitable for particular voices or instruments, or for a particular performance.
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instrument  
1 An instrument is a tool or device that is used to do a particular task, especially a scientific task.
2 A musical instrument is an object such as a piano, guitar, or flute, which you play in order to produce music.
3 An instrument is a device that is used for making measurements of something such as speed, height, or sound, for example on a ship or plane or in a car.
4 Something that is an instrument for achieving a particular aim is used by people to achieve that aim.
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scientific  
1 Scientific is used to describe things that relate to science or to a particular science.
  2 If you do something in a scientific way, you do it carefully and thoroughly, using experiments or tests.
= methodically
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flute  
A flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. You play it by blowing over a hole near one end while holding it sideways to your mouth.
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measurement  
1 A measurement is a result, usually expressed in numbers, that you obtain by measuring something.
2 Measurement of something is the process of measuring it in order to obtain a result expressed in numbers.
3 The measurement of the quality, value, or effect of something is the activity of deciding how great it is.
4 Your measurements are the size of your waist, chest, hips, and other parts of your body, which you need to know when you are buying clothes.
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sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-6-8 20:03:10←



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 01:18|

science  
1 Science is the study of the nature and behaviour of natural things and the knowledge that we obtain about them.
2 A science is a particular branch of science such as physics, chemistry, or biology.
3 A science is the study of some aspect of human behaviour, for example sociology or anthropology.
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obtain  
1 To obtain something means to get it or achieve it.
2 If a situation obtains, it exists.
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existent  
You can describe something as existent when it exists.
= existing
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branch  
1 The branches of a tree are the parts that grow out from its trunk and have leaves, flowers, or fruit growing on them.
2 A branch of a business or other organization is one of the offices, shops, or groups which belong to it and which are located in different places.
3 A branch of an organization such as the government or the police force is a department that has a particular function.
  4 A branch of a subject is a part or type of it.
  5 A branch of your family is a group of its members who are descended from one particular person.
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trunk  
1 The trunk of a tree is the large main stem from which the branches grow.
2 A trunk is a large, strong case or box used for storing things or for taking on a journey.
3 An elephant's trunk is its very long nose that it uses to lift food and water to its mouth.
4 The trunk of a car is a covered space at the back or front in which you put luggage or other things.
5 Trunks are shorts that a man wears when he goes swimming.
= swimming trunks
6 Your trunk is the central part of your body, from your neck to your waist.
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journey  
1 When you make a journey, you travel from one place to another.
  2 You can refer to a person's experience of changing or developing from one state of mind to another as a journey.
  3 If you journey somewhere, you travel there. = travel
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luggage  
Luggage is the suitcases and bags that you take with you when travel.
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suitcase  
A suitcase is a box or bag with a handle and a hard frame in which you carry your clothes when you are travelling.
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handle  
1 A handle is a small round object or a lever that is attached to a door and is used for opening and closing it.

2 A handle is the part of an object such as a tool, bag, or cup that you hold in order to be able to pick up and use the object.
3 If you say that someone can handle a problem or situation, you mean that they have the ability to deal with it successfully.
= cope with
4 If you talk about the way that someone handles a problem or situation, you mention whether or not they are successful in achieving the result they want.
5 handle   handles   handling   handled
6 When you handle something such as a weapon, vehicle, or animal, you use it or control it, especially by using your hands.
7 If something such as a vehicle handles well, it is easy to use or control.
  8 When you handle something, you hold it or move it with your hands.
  9 If you have a handle on a subject or problem, you have a way of approaching it that helps you to understand it or deal with it.
10 If you fly off the handle, you suddenly and completely lose your temper.
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attached  
1 If you are attached to someone or something, you like them very much.
2 If someone is attached to an organization or group of people, they are working with them, often only for a short time.
3 If one organization or institution is attached to a larger organization, it is part of that organization and is controlled and run by it.
= linked with
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approach  
1 When you approach something, you get closer to it.
= advance
2 An approach to a place is a road, path, or other route that leads to it.
  3 If you approach someone about something, you speak to them about it for the first time, often making an offer or request.
  4 When you approach a task, problem, or situation in a particular way, you deal with it or think about it in that way.
= tackle
5 Your approach to a task, problem, or situation is the way you   deal with it or think about it.
  6 As a future time or event approaches, it gradually gets nearer as time passes.
  7 As you approach a future time or event, time passes so that you get gradually nearer to it.
8 If something approaches a particular level or state, it almost reaches that level or state.
= come close to


sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-6-8 20:31:27←



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 01:16|

gradually  
If something changes or is done gradually, it changes or is done in small stages over a long period of time, rather than suddenly.
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temper  
1 If you refer to someone's temper or say that they have a temper, you mean that they become angry very easily.
2 Your temper is the way you are feeling at a particular time. If you are in a good temper, you feel cheerful. If you are in a bad temper, you feel angry and impatient.
= mood
3 To temper something means to make it less extreme. = in a rage
5 If you lose your temper, you become so angry that you shout at someone or show in some other way that you are no longer in control of yourself.
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cheerful  
1 Someone who is cheerful is happy and shows this in their behaviour.
= cheery
  2 Something that is cheerful is pleasant and makes you feel happy.
3 If you describe someone's attitude as cheerful, you mean they are not worried about something, and you think that they should be.
= optimistic
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impatient  
1 If you are impatient, you are annoyed because you have to wait too long for something.
2 If you are impatient, you are easily irritated by things.
3 If you are impatient to do something or impatient for something to happen, you are eager to do it or for it to happen and do not want to wait.
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irritate  
1 If something irritates you, it keeps annoying you.
= annoy
2 If something irritates a part of your body, it causes it to itch or become sore.
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itch  
1 When a part of your body itches, you have an unpleasant feeling on your skin that makes you want to scratch.
2 If you are itching to do something, you are very eager or impatient to do it. = be dying
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skin  
1 Your skin is the natural covering of your body.

2 An animal skin is skin which has been removed from a dead animal. Skins are used to make things such as coats and rugs.
= pelt
3 The skin of a fruit or vegetable is its outer layer or covering.

4 If a skin forms on the surface of a liquid, a thin, fairly solid layer forms on it.

5 If you skin a dead animal, you remove its skin.

6 If something makes you jump out of your skin, it surprises or shocks you very much.

7 If you try to save your own skin or save your skin, you try to save yourself from something dangerous or unpleasant.
  8 If you do something by the skin of your teeth, you just manage to do it.

9 If you say that someone has a thick skin, you mean that they are able to listen to criticism about themselves without becoming offended.
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coat  
1 A coat is a piece of clothing with long sleeves which you wear over your other clothes when you go outside.

2 An animal's coat is the fur or hair on its body.

3 If you coat something with a substance or in a substance, you cover it with a thin layer of the substance.

4 A coat of paint or varnish is a thin layer of it on a surface.
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varnish  
1 Varnish is an oily liquid which is painted onto wood or other material to give it a hard, clear, shiny surface.

2 The varnish on an object is the hard, clear, shiny surface that it has when it has been painted with varnish.

3 varnish   varnishes   varnishing   varnished
If you varnish something, you paint it with varnish.
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oily  
1 Something that is oily is covered with oil or contains oil.

2 oily   oilier   oiliest
Oily means looking, feeling, tasting, or smelling like oil.

3 If you describe someone as oily, you dislike them because you think they are too polite or say exaggeratedly nice things, and are insincere.
= smarmy, unctuous


sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-6-8 21:02:37←



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:2004-12-22 01:15|

exaggerated  
Something that is exaggerated is or seems larger, better, worse, or more important than it actually needs to be.

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insincere  
If you say that someone is insincere, you are being critical of them because they say things they do not really mean, usually pleasant, admiring, or encouraging things.
* sincere, genuine
* sincerity
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admiring  
An admiring expression shows that you like or respect someone or something.
= appreciative
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encourage  
1 If you encourage someone, you give them confidence, for example by letting them know that what they are doing is good and telling them that they should continue to do it.

2 If someone is encouraged by something that happens, it gives them hope or confidence.

3 If you encourage someone to do something, you try to persuade them to do it, for example by telling them that it would be a pleasant thing to do, or by trying to make it easier for them to do it. You can also encourage an activity.

4 If something encourages a particular activity or state, it causes it to happen or increase.
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persuade  
1 If you persuade someone to do something, you cause them to do it by giving them good reasons for doing it.

2 If something persuades someone to take a particular course of action, it causes them to take that course of action because it is a good reason for doing so.

3 If you persuade someone that something is true, you say things that eventually make them believe that it is true.

= convince
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eventually  
1 Eventually means in the end, especially after a lot of delays, problems, or arguments.
= finally
2 Eventually means at the end of a situation or process or as the final result of it.
= ultimately
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sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-6-8 21:45:41←



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 01:14|

confidence  
1 If you have confidence in someone, you feel that you can trust them.
= faith
2 If you have confidence, you feel sure about your abilities, qualities, or ideas.
= self-assurance
3 If you can say something with confidence, you feel certain it is correct.

4 If you take someone into your confidence, you tell them a secret.
= confide in
5 A confidence is a secret that you tell someone.
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increase  
1 increase   increases   increasing   increased
If something increases or you increase it, it becomes greater in number, level, or amount.
* decrease
2 increase   increases
If there is an increase in the number, level, or amount of something, it becomes greater.
= rise * decrease
3 If something is on the increase, it is happening more often or becoming greater in number or intensity.
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intensity
intense  
1 Intense is used to describe something that is very great or extreme in strength or degree.
= extreme
  2 If you describe an activity as intense, you mean that it is very serious and concentrated, and often involves doing a great deal in a short time.

3 If you describe the way someone looks at you as intense, you mean that they look at you very directly and seem to know what you are thinking or feeling.
= forceful

4 If you describe a person as intense, you mean that they appear to concentrate very hard on everything that they do, and they feel and show their emotions in a very extreme way.
= impassioned
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concentrated  
1 A concentrated liquid has been increased in strength by having water removed from it.
* diluted
2 A concentrated activity is directed with great intensity in one place.
= concerted * half-hearted
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encouraging  
Something that is encouraging gives people hope or confidence.
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paint  
1 Paint is a coloured liquid that you put onto a surface with a brush in order to protect the surface or to make it look nice, or that you use to produce a picture.
  2 On a wall or object, the paint is the covering of dried paint on it.

3 If you paint a wall or an object, you cover it with paint.

4 If you paint something or paint a picture of it, you produce a picture of it using paint.

5 When you paint a design or message on a surface, you put it on the surface using paint.

6 If a woman paints her lips or nails, she puts a coloured cosmetic on them.
7   If you paint a grim or vivid picture of something, you give a description of it that is grim or vivid.
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sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-6-8 22:03:53←



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 01:13|

第九层次第一个释义 arrangement 返回练习 15

surface  
1 The surface of something is the flat top part of it or the outside of it.

2 A work surface is a flat area, for example the top of a table, desk, or kitchen cupboard, on which you can work.

3 When you refer to the surface of a situation, you are talking about what can be seen easily rather than what is hidden or not immediately obvious.
  4 Surface is used to describe the parts of the armed forces which travel by ship or by land rather than underwater or in the air.

5 If someone or something under water surfaces, they come up to the surface of the water.

6 When something such as a piece of news, a feeling, or a problem surfaces, it becomes known or becomes obvious.
= emerge
7 When someone surfaces, they appear after not being seen for some time, for example because they have been asleep. = emerge
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cupboard  
1 A cupboard is a piece of furniture that has one or two doors, usually contains shelves, and is used to store things. In British English, cupboard refers to all kinds of furniture like this. In American English, the word closet is usually used instead to refer to larger pieces of furniture.
  2 A cupboard is a very small room that is used to store things, especially one without windows.
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obvious  
1 If something is obvious, it is easy to see or understand.
= clear
2 something that someone says as obvious, you are being critical of it because you think it is unnecessary or shows lack of imagination.

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imagination  
1 Your imagination is the ability that you have to form pictures or ideas in your mind of things that are new and exciting, or things that you have not experienced.

2 Your imagination is the part of your mind which allows you to form pictures or ideas of things that do not necessarily exist in real life.
= mind's eye
3 If you say that someone or something captured your imagination, you mean that you thought they were interesting or exciting when you saw them or heard them for the first time.
= fascinate
4 If you say that something stretches your imagination, you mean that it is good because it makes you think about things that you had not thought about before.
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stretch  
1 Something that stretches over an area or distance covers or exists in the whole of that area or distance.
= extend
2 A stretch of road, water, or land is a length or area of it.
  3 When you stretch, you put your arms or legs out straight and tighten your muscles.
4 A stretch of time is a period of time.
= spell
5 If an event or activity stretches or is stretched into a further period of time, it continues into that period, which is later than expected.
= continue
6 If something stretches from one time to another, it begins at the first time and ends at the second, which is longer than expected.
= last
7 If a group of things stretch from one type of thing to another, the group includes a wide range of things.
= range
8 When something soft or elastic stretches or is stretched, it becomes longer or bigger as well as thinner, usually because it is pulled.
  9 Stretch fabric is soft and elastic and stretches easily.
  10 If you stretch an amount of something or if it stretches, you make it last longer than it usually would by being careful and not wasting any of it.
11 If your resources can stretch to something, you can just afford to do it.

12 If something stretches your money or resources, it uses them up so you have hardly enough for your needs.

  13 If you say that a job or task stretches you, you mean that you like it because it makes you work hard and use all your energy and skills so that you do not become bored or achieve less than you should.
= push
14 If you are at full stretch, your arm is straight and extended as far as possible, usually because you are trying to reach something that is almost too far away.

15 If you are at full stretch, you are using the maximum amount of effort or energy.
  16 If you say that something is not true or possible by any stretch of the imagination, you are emphasizing that it is completely untrue or absolutely impossible.

17 If you stretch your legs, you go for a short walk, usually after you have been sitting down for a long time.
18 If you stretch a point, you describe something in a way which is not accurate, although it may be partly true.


sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-6-8 22:35:06←



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 01:12|

第九层次第一个释义 arrangement 返回练习 16

elastic  
1 Elastic is a rubber material that stretches when you pull it and returns to its original size and shape when you let it go. Elastic is often used in clothes to make them fit tightly, for example round the waist.

2 Something that is elastic is able to stretch easily and then return to its original size and shape.
= stretchy
3 If ideas, plans, or policies are elastic, they are able to change to suit new circumstances or conditions as they occur.
= adaptable
4 An elastic is a rubber band.
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resource  
1 The resources of an organization or person are the materials, money, and other things that they have and can use in order to function properly.

2 A country's resources are the things that it has and can use to increase its wealth, such as coal, oil, or land.
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untrue  
If a statement or idea is untrue, it is false and not based on facts.
* true
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false  
1 If something is false, it is incorrect, untrue, or mistaken.
* true, genuine
= wrongly
  2 You use false to describe objects which are artificial but which are intended to look like the real thing or to be used instead of the real thing.
= artificial * real
3 If you describe a person or their behaviour as false, you are criticizing them for being insincere or for hiding their real feelings.
* genuine
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underwater  
1 Something that exists or happens underwater exists or happens below the surface of the sea, a river, or a lake.

2 Underwater devices are specially made so that they can work in water.
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nail  
1 A nail is a thin piece of metal with one pointed end and one flat end. You hit the flat end with a hammer in order to push the nail into something such as a wall.
2 nail   nails   nailing   nailed
If you nail something somewhere, you fix it there using one or more nails.

3 Your nails are the thin hard parts that grow at the ends of your fingers and toes.
  4 To nail someone means to catch them and prove that they have been breaking the law. = nab
5 If you say that someone is as hard as nails or hard as nails, you mean that they are extremely tough and aggressive, either physically or in their attitude towards other people or other situations.

6 If you say that someone has hit the nail on the head, you think they are exactly right about something.
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vivid  
1 If you describe memories and descriptions as vivid, you mean that they are very clear and detailed.
2 Something that is vivid is very bright in colour.


sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-6-8 22:57:39←



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:2004-12-22 01:10|

shiny  
shiny   shinier   shiniest
Shiny things are bright and reflect light.
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bright  
1 A bright colour is strong and noticeable, and not dark.

2 A bright light, object, or place is shining strongly or is full of light.

3 If you describe someone as bright, you mean that they are quick at learning things.
= clever
4 A bright idea is clever and original.
= brilliant
5 If someone looks or sounds bright, they look or sound cheerful and lively.
= cheerful, lively

6 If the future is bright, it is likely to be pleasant or successful.
= promising * gloomy
7 The brights on a car or other vehicle are the headlights when they are switched on fully.
8 If you look on the bright side, you try to be cheerful about a bad situation by thinking of some advantages that could result from it, or thinking that it is not as bad as it could have been.
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headlight  
  A vehicle's headlights are the large powerful lights at the front.
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switch  
1 A switch is a small control for an electrical device which you use to turn the device on or off.

2 If you switch to something different, for example to a different system, task, or subject of conversation, you change to it from what you were doing or saying before.
3 If you switch your attention from one thing to another or if your attention switches, you stop paying attention to the first thing and start paying attention to the second.

4 If you switch two things, you replace one with the other.
= swap
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rug  
1 A rug is a piece of thick material that you put on a floor. It is like a carpet but covers a smaller area.

2 A rug is a small blanket which you use to cover your shoulders or your knees to keep them warm.
3 If someone pulls the rug from under a person or thing or pulls the rug from under someone's feet, they stop giving their help or support.
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fruit  
1 Fruit or a fruit is something which grows on a tree or bush and which contains seeds or a stone covered by a substance that you can eat.

2 If a plant fruits, it produces fruit.

3 The fruits or the fruit of someone's work or activity are the good things that result from it.

4 If the effort that you put into something or a particular way of doing something bears fruit, it is successful and produces good results.

5 The first fruits or the first fruit of a project or activity are its earliest results or profits.


sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-6-8 23:10:14←



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 01:07|

第九层次第一个释义 arrangement 返回练习 18

eager  
1 If you are eager to do or have something, you want to do or have it very much.
= keen

2 If you look or sound eager, you look or sound as if you expect something interesting or enjoyable to happen.
= impatient
= enthusiasm
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frame  
1 The frame of a picture or mirror is the wood, metal, or plastic that is fitted around it, especially when it is displayed or hung on a wall.
  2 The frame of an object such as a building, chair, or window is the arrangement of wooden, metal, or plastic bars between which other material is fitted, and which give the object its strength and shape.

3 The frames of a pair of glasses are all the metal or plastic parts of it, but not the lenses.

4 You can refer to someone's body as their frame, especially when you are describing the general shape of their body.
5 A frame of cinema film is one of the many separate photographs that it consists of.
  6 A frame building is one in which pieces of wood form the most important part of the structure, rather than bricks or stone.
7 When a picture or photograph is framed, it is put in a frame.
  8 If an object is framed by a particular thing, it is surrounded by that thing in a way that makes the object more striking or attractive to look at.

9 If someone frames something such as a set of rules, a plan, or a system, they create and develop it. = put together
10 If someone frames something in a particular style or kind of language, they express it in that way.

11 If someone frames an innocent person, they make other people think that that person is guilty of a crime, by lying or inventing evidence.
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mirror  
1 A mirror is a flat piece of glass which reflects light, so that when you look at it you can see yourself reflected in it.

2 If something mirrors something else, it has similar features to it, and therefore seems like a copy or representation of it.
= reflect
3 If you see something reflected in water, you can say that the water mirrors it. = reflect
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reflect  
1 If something reflects an attitude or situation, it shows that the attitude or situation exists or it shows what it is like.
= show
2 When light, heat or other rays reflect off a surface or when a surface reflects them, they are sent back from the surface and do not pass through it.

3 When something is reflected in a mirror or in water, you can see its image in the mirror or in the water.

4 When you reflect, you think deeply about something.
We should all give ourselves time to reflect.

5 You can use reflect to indicate that a particular thought occurs to someone.

6 If an action or situation reflects in a particular way on someone or something, it gives people a good or bad impression of them.
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representation  
1 If a group or person has representation in a parliament or on a committee, someone in the parliament or on the committee supports them and makes decisions on their behalf.

2 You can describe a picture, model, or statue of a person or thing as a representation of them.

3 If you make representations to a government or other official group, you make formal complaints or requests to them.
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parliament  
1 The parliament of some countries, for example Britain, is the group of people who make or change its laws, and decide what policies the country should follow.
  2 A particular parliament is a particular period of time in which a parliament is doing its work, between two elections or between two periods of holiday.
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sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-6-8 23:24:46←



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 01:03|

descended  
1 A person who is descended from someone who lived a long time ago is directly related to them.
She used to tell us that she was descended from some Scottish Lord but we thought she was bragging.
2 An animal that is descended from another sort of animal has developed from the original sort.
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descend  
1 If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level. = go down * rise
2 When a mood or atmosphere descends on a place or on the people there, it affects them by spreading among them. = fall
3 If a large group of people arrive to see you, especially if their visit is unexpected or causes you a lot of work, you can say that they have descended on you.
= invade
4 When night, dusk, or darkness descends, it starts to get dark. = fall
5 If you say that someone descends to behaviour which you consider unacceptable, you are expressing your disapproval of the fact that they do it.
= stoop, sink
6 When you want to emphasize that the situation that someone is entering is very bad, you can say that they are descending into that situation.
= fall, slide
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staircase  
A staircase is a set of stairs inside a building.
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atmosphere  
1 A planet's atmosphere is the layer of air or other gases around it.

2 The atmosphere of a place is the air that you breathe there.
  3 The atmosphere of a place is the general impression that you get of it.

4 If a place or an event has atmosphere, it is interesting.
= ambience
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impression  
1 Your impression of a person or thing is what you think they are like, usually after having seen or heard them. Your impression of a situation is what you think is going on.
= feeling
2 If someone gives you a particular impression, they cause you to believe that something is the case, often when it is not.

3 An impression is an amusing imitation of someone's behaviour or way of talking, usually someone well-known.
= impersonation
4 An impression of an object is a mark or outline that it has left after being pressed hard onto a surface.

5 If someone or something makes an impression, they have a strong effect on people or a situation.

6 If you are under the impression that something is the case, you believe that it is the case, usually when it is not actually the case.
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physics  
Physics is the scientific study of forces such as heat, light, sound, pressure, gravity, and electricity, and the way that they affect objects.
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chemistry  
1 Chemistry is the scientific study of the structure of substances and of the way that they react with other substances.

2 The chemistry of an organism or a material is the chemical substances that make it up and the chemical reactions that go on inside it.

3 If you say that there is chemistry between two people, you mean that is obvious they are attracted to each other or like each other very much.
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biology  
1 Biology is the science which is concerned with the study of living things.

2 The biology of a living thing is the way in which its body or cells behave.
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sociology  
Sociology is the study of society or of the way society is organized.
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anthropology  
Anthropology is the scientific study of people, society, and culture.


sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-6-8 23:42:15



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[楼 主] | Posted:2004-12-22 01:00|