sunyuting1-英语举例2-105

20.present 1 existing or happening now  
1 present
You use present to describe things and people that exist now, rather than those

that existed in the past or those that may exist in the future.
  He has brought much of the present crisis on himself.
  ...the government''s present economic difficulties...
  It has been skilfully renovated by the present owners.
  No statement can be made at the present time.
ADJ: ADJ n
= current
2 present
The present is the period of time that we are in now and the things that are

happening now.
  ...his struggle to reconcile the past with the present.
  ...continuing right up to the present...
  Then her thoughts would switch to the present.
N-SING: the N

3 present
In grammar, the present tenses of a verb are the ones that are used to talk about

things that happen regularly or situations that exist at this time. The simple present tense

uses the base form or the `s'' form of a verb, as in `I play tennis twice a week'' and `He

works in a bank''.
ADJ: ADJ n

4 present
A situation that exists at present exists now, although it may change.
  There is no way at present of predicting which individuals will develop the

disease.
  At present children under 14 are not permitted in bars.
PHR: PHR with cl/group
= at the moment
5 present
The present day is the period of history that we are in now.
  ...Western European art from the period of Giotto to the present day.
  ...monastic music of the present day.
PHR: prep PHR
= today
6 present
Something that exists or will be done for the present exists now or will continue

for a while, although the situation may change later.
  The ministers had expressed the unanimous view that sanctions should remain

in place for the present.
PHR: PHR with cl
= for the time being
7 present
If you say `There''s no time like the present'', you are suggesting to someone that

they should do something now, not later.
  Don''t wait until New Year to resolve to organise your life. There''s no time like

the present.
PHR

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present 2 being somewhere  
1 present
If someone is present at an event, they are there.
  The president was not present at the meeting.
  Nearly 85 per cent of men are present at the birth of their children.
  The whole family was present.
ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ at n
* absent
2 present
If something, especially a substance or disease, is present in something else, it

exists within that thing.
  This special form of vitamin D is naturally present in breast milk.
  One theory is that the infection has been present in humans for a very long

time.
  If the gene is present, a human embryo will go on to develop as a male.
ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ in n
* absent
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D3
present 3 gift  
  present   presents
A present is something that you give to someone, for example at Christmas or

when you visit them.
  The carpet was a wedding present from the Prime Minister.
  I bought a birthday present for my mother.
  This book would make a great Christmas present.
N-COUNT
= gift
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present 4 verb uses  
1 present   presents   presenting   presented
If you present someone with something such as a prize or document, or if you

present it to them, you formally give it to them.
  The mayor presented him with a gold medal at an official city reception.
  Prince Michael of Kent presented the prizes.
  The group intended to present this petition to the parliament.
VB

?presentation
  Then came the presentation of the awards by the Queen Mother.
N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n

2 present   presents   presenting   presented
If something presents a difficulty, challenge, or opportunity, it causes it or

provides it.
  This presents a problem for many financial consumers.
  The future is going to be one that presents many challenges.
  This summer school presents an opportunity to experience all aspects of

dance.
  Public policy on the family presents liberals with a dilemma.
VB

3 present   presents   presenting   presented
If an opportunity or problem presents itself, it occurs, often when you do not

expect it.
  Their colleagues insulted them whenever the opportunity presented itself.
  A further obstacle has presented itself, however.
VB

4 present   presents   presenting   presented
When you present information, you give it to people in a formal way.
  We spend the time collating and presenting the information in a variety of chart

forms.
  We presented three options to the unions for discussion.
  In effect, Parsons presents us with a beguilingly simple outline of social

evolution.
VB

?presentation   presentations
  ...in his first presentation of the theory to the Berlin Academy.
  ...a fair presentation of the facts to a jury...
  No amount of slick presentation can disguise the gap between what the

government promised and what it has delivered.
N-VAR: oft N of n

5 present   presents   presenting   presented
If you present someone or something in a particular way, you describe them in

that way.
  The government has presented these changes as major reforms.
  The British like to present themselves as a nation of dog-lovers.
  In Europe, Aga Khan III presented himself in a completely different light.
VB

6 present   presents   presenting   presented
The way you present yourself is the way you speak and act when meeting new

people.
  ...all those tricks which would help him to present himself in a more confident

way in public.
VB

7 present   presents   presenting   presented
If someone or something presents a particular appearance or image, that is how

they appear or try to appear.
  The small group of onlookers presented a pathetic sight.
  But some feel in presenting a more professional image the party risks losing its

radical edge and its individuality.
  ...presenting a calm and dignified face to the world at large.
VB

8 present   presents   presenting   presented
If you present yourself somewhere, you officially arrive there, for example for an

appointment.
  She was told to present herself at the Town Hall at 11.30 for the induction

ceremony.
  We presented ourselves to the authorities promptly.
VB

9 present   presents   presenting   presented
If someone presents a programme on television or radio, they introduce each item

in it. (mainly BRIT; in AM usually use host or introduce)
  She presents a monthly magazine programme on the BBC.
VB

10 present   presents   presenting   presented
When someone presents something such as a production of a play or an exhibition,

they organize it.
  The Lyric Theatre is presenting a new production of `Over the Bridge''.
VB

11 present   presents   presenting   presented
If you present someone to someone else, often an important person, you formally

introduce them.
  Fox stepped forward, welcomed him in Malay, and presented him to Jack.
  Allow me to present my wife''s cousin, Mr Zachary Colenso.
VB
= introduce
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present
adjective
1   here, at hand, near, nearby, ready, there
2   current, contemporary, existent, existing, immediate, present-day

noun
3 the present
  now, here and now, the present moment, the time being, today
4 at present
  just now, at the moment, now, right now
5 for the present
  for now, for the moment, for the time being, in the meantime, temporarily
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T2
present
noun
1   gift, boon, donation, endowment, grant, gratuity, hand-out, offering, prezzie (

informal)

verb
2   introduce, acquaint with, make known
3   put on, display, exhibit, give, show, stage
4   give, award, bestow, confer, grant, hand out, hand over
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present
used as an adjective
You use present in front of a noun to indicate that you are talking about

something which exists now, rather than about something in the past or future.
  Economic planning cannot succeed in present conditions.
  The present system has many failings.

You also use present in front of a noun to indicate that you are talking about the

person who has a job, role, or title now, rather than someone who had it in the past or will

have it in the future.
  The present chairperson is a woman.
  The author has the full support of the present Lord Montgomery.

When present is used after `be'', it has a different meaning. If someone is present

at an event, they are there.
  He had been present at the dance.
  I was once present at a meeting in the Ministry of Education.

Note that you do not use any preposition except `at'' in sentences like these.

If it is clear what event you are talking about, you can just say that someone is

present.
  The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Westminster were present.

You can also use present with this meaning immediately after a noun.
  There was a photographer present.
  I had more to lose than any other person present.

used as a count noun
Present is also used as a count noun. A present is something that someone gives

you, for example on your birthday. You say that it is a present from them.
  On the mantelpiece was a blue and gold cup, a present from Gertrude.

Note that you do not use any preposition except `from'' in a sentence like this.

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5.7 The present
In situations where you are discussing an existing state of affairs, you use a verb

which is in the present tense. Usually, the verb tense is sufficient to indicate that you are

referring to the present. You normally only use an adjunct of time for emphasis, or to refer

to something which is unrelated to the present moment.

sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-28 8:26:14←



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[楼 主] | Posted:2004-12-24 01:19|

21.rank  
1 rank   ranks
Someone''s rank is the position or grade that they have in an organization.
  He eventually rose to the rank of captain.
  The former head of counter-intelligence had been stripped of his rank and

privileges.
  ...officers of equivalent rank in the other branches.
N-VAR: with supp

2 rank   ranks
Someone''s rank is the social class, especially the high social class, that they

belong to. (FORMAL)
  Each rank of the peerage was represented.
  He must be treated as a hostage of high rank, not as a common prisoner.
N-VAR: usu with supp

3 rank   ranks   ranking   ranked
If an official organization ranks someone or something 1st, 5th, or 50th, for

example, they calculate that the person or thing has that position on a scale.
  The report ranks the UK 20th out of 22 advanced nations.
  He was at the time ranked 10th in the world and had a regular place in the

Swedish Davis Cup team.
  The United States ranks 20th in its infant mortality rate.
  ...the only British woman to be ranked in the top 50 of the women''s world

rankings...
  Mr Short does not even rank in the world''s top ten.
V-ERG

4 rank   ranks   ranking   ranked
If you say that someone or something ranks high or low on a scale, you are saying

how good or important you think they are.
  His prices rank high among those of other contemporary photographers.
  Investors ranked South Korea high among Asian nations.
  St Petersburg''s night life ranks as more exciting than the capital''s.
  18 per cent of women ranked sex as very important in their lives.
  The Ritz-Carlton in Aspen has to rank as one of the most extraordinary hotels

I have ever been to.
  Since the 1930s, cancer has always been ranked as the disease people are

most concerned about.
V-ERG

5 rank   ranks   ranking   ranked
If you say that someone or something ranks with a group of famous people or

things, you mean that they are extremely good and should be included in that group.
  ...a performance of heroic calibre that must rank with the most memorable in

international rugby...
  As a novel, Nineteen Eighty-four hardly ranks with the greats.
VB

6 rank   ranks
The ranks of a group or organization are the people who belong to it.
  There were some misgivings within the ranks of the media too.
  The General Assembly welcomed five new members to its ranks.
  ...the growing ranks of companies building personal computers.
N-PLURAL: with supp

7 rank   ranks
The ranks are the ordinary members of an organization, especially of the armed

forces.
  Top military leaders say there have been reports of demoralization in the

ranks.
  Most store managers have worked their way up through the ranks.
N-PLURAL: the N, oft prep N

8 rank   ranks
A rank of people or things is a row of them.
  Ranks of police in riot gear stood nervously by.
  She continued to smile at the ranks of cameras on their doorstep.
N-COUNT: usu N of n
= row
9 rank   ranks
A taxi rank is a place on a city street where taxis park when they are available

for hire. (mainly BRIT; in AM use stand)
  The man led the way to the taxi rank.
  He walked towards the first taxi on the rank.
N-COUNT

10 rank
You can use rank to emphasize a bad or undesirable quality that exists in an

extreme form. (FORMAL)
  He called it `rank hypocrisy'' that the government was now promoting equal

rights.
ADJ: ADJ n emphasis
= sheer
11 rank
You can describe something as rank when it has a strong and unpleasant smell. (

OLD-FASHIONED, WRITTEN)
  The kitchen was rank with the smell of drying uniforms.
  ...the rank smell of unwashed clothes.
ADJ

12 rank
If you say that a member of a group or organization breaks ranks, you mean that

they disobey the instructions of their group or organization.
  `Even the President''s staunchest supporters have some issues where they

simply must break ranks,'' says Senator Lott.
  Britain appears unlikely to break ranks with other members of the European

Union.
PHR: V inflects

13 rank
If you say that the members of a group close ranks, you mean that they are

supporting each other only because their group is being criticized.
  Conservative MPs intend to put aside their differences over Europe and close

ranks behind the Prime Minister.
  Institutions tend to close ranks when a member has been accused of

misconduct.
PHR: V inflects

14 rank
If you experience something, usually something bad, that other people have

experienced, you can say that you have joined their ranks.
  Last month, 370,000 Americans joined the ranks of the unemployed.
  Many have now joined Amnesty''s growing ranks of prisoners of conscience.
PHR: V inflects

15 rank
If one of the people in a competition is described as a rank outsider, they are

considered to have very little chance of winning.
  The rank outsiders, Cameroon, beat the defending champions, Argentina, by one

goal to nil.
PHR: N inflects emphasis

16 rank
If you say that someone in authority pulls rank, you mean that they unfairly force

other people to do what they want because of their higher rank or position.
  The Captain pulled rank and made his sergeant row the entire way.
PHR: V inflects disapproval

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rank
noun
1   status, caste, class, degree, division, grade, level, order, position, sort, type
2   row, column, file, group, line, range, series, tier

verb
3   arrange, align, array, dispose, line up, order, sort
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rank
adjective
1   absolute, arrant, blatant, complete, downright, flagrant, gross, sheer, thorough,

total, utter
2   foul, bad, disgusting, noisome, noxious, offensive, rancid, revolting, stinking
3   abundant, dense, lush, luxuriant, profuse


sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-28 8:27:27←



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[楼 主] | Posted:2004-12-24 01:15|

应用举例14

简单的单词释义:
1.control  
1 control
If something is under your control, you have the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
  The restructuring involves Mr Ronson giving up control of the company.
  The first aim of his government would be to establish control over the republic''s territory.
  Nobody knows who is in control of the club.
  In the West, people feel more in control of their own lives.
  All the newspapers were taken under government control.
PHR: PHR after v, v-link PHR

2 control
If you have control of something or someone, you are able to make them do what you want them to do.
  He lost control of his car.
  Some teachers have more control over pupils than their parents have.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N of/over n

3 control
If you show control, you prevent yourself behaving in an angry or emotional way.
  He had a terrible temper, and sometimes he would completely lose control.
  He was working hard to keep control of himself.
N-UNCOUNT

4 control   controls   controlling   controlled
The people who control an organization or place have the power to take all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
  He now controls the largest retail development empire in southern California.
  Almost all of the countries in Latin America were controlled by dictators.
  Minebea ended up selling its controlling interest in both firms.
VB

?-controlled
  AGA Gas is Swedish-controlled.
  ...the state-controlled media.
COMB in ADJ

5 control   controls   controlling   controlled
To control a piece of equipment, process, or system means to make it work in the way that you want it to work.
  ...a computerised system to control the gates...
  Scientists would soon be able to manipulate human genes to control the ageing process.
  ...the controlled production of energy from sugar by a cell.
VB

?-controlled
  ...computer-controlled traffic lights.
COMB in ADJ

6 control   controls   controlling   controlled
When a government controls prices, wages, or the activity of a particular group, it uses its power to restrict them.
  The federal government tried to control rising health-care costs.
  ...measures to control illegal mining.
VB

+ control
Also a noun.
  Control of inflation remains the government''s absolute priority.
N-UNCOUNT: with supp

7 control   controls   controlling   controlled
If you control yourself, or if you control your feelings, voice, or expression, you make yourself behave calmly even though you are feeling angry, excited, or upset.
  Jo was advised to learn to control herself.
  I just couldn''t control my temper.
VB
= restrain
?controlled
  Her manner was quiet and very controlled.
ADJ-GRADED
= restrained
8 control   controls   controlling   controlled
To control something dangerous means to prevent it from becoming worse or from spreading.
  ...the need to control environmental pollution...
  One of the biggest tasks will be to control the spread of malaria.
VB

9 control   controls
If someone is at the controls of a machine or other piece of equipment, they are operating it.
  I practised operating the controls.
  ...the control box.
  He died of a heart attack while at the controls of the plane.
PHR

10 control   controls
Controls are the methods that a government uses to restrict increases, for example in prices, wages, or weapons.
  Critics question whether price controls would do any good.
  Their talks are expected to focus on arms control.
  They have very strict gun control in Sweden.
N-VAR

11 control   controls
The word control is used to refer to a place where your documents or luggage are officially checked when you enter a foreign country.
  He went straight through Passport Control without incident.
  ...an agreement to abolish border controls.
N-VAR: n N

12 control
If something is out of control, no-one has any power over it.
  The fire is burning out of control.
  I''m dealing with customers all the time who have let their debts get out of control.
PHR: usu v PHR, v-link PHR

13 control
If something harmful is under control, it is being dealt with successfully and is unlikely to cause any more harm.
  The situation is under control.
  If the current violence is to be brought under control, the government needs to act.
PHR: v-link PHR, PHR after v

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control
noun
1   power, authority, charge, command, guidance, management, oversight, supervision, supremacy
2   restraint, brake, check, curb, limitation, regulation

verb
3   have power over, administer, command, direct, govern, handle, have charge of, manage, manipulate, supervise
4   restrain, check, constrain, contain, curb, hold back, limit, repress, subdue
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control
Control can be used as a verb or a noun.

used as a verb
If someone controls something such as a country or an organization, they have the power to take all the important decisions about the way it is run.
  The Australian administration at that time controlled the island.
  His family had controlled the Times for more than a century.

Note that when control is used as a verb, it is not followed by a preposition.

used as a noun
Control is also used as a noun to refer to the power that someone has in a country or organization. You say that someone has control of a country or organization, or control over it.
  They bought control of a building company and a glass factory.
  Political control over colonies also proved useful.

another meaning
Control is used in the names of the parts of an airport, sea terminal, or border crossing where your documents and luggage are officially checked to make sure that they are in order.
  ...passport and customs controls.

However, you do not use control as a verb to mean `check'' or `inspect''. You do not say, for example, `My luggage was controlled''. You say `My luggage was checked'' or `My luggage was inspected''.
  He offered me a cigar while the baggage was being checked.
  The guard took his ID card and inspected it.


sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-28 8:30:31←



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[楼 主] | Posted:2004-12-24 01:14|

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.


sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-28 8:31:42←



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.

应用举例16

person  
1 person   persons
A person is a man, woman, or child.
  At least one person died and several others were injured.
  Everyone knows he''s the only person who can do the job.
  My great-grandfather was a person of some importance here.
  The amount of sleep we need varies from person to person.
  They were both lovely, friendly people.
  At least fifty four people have been killed and a further fifty are missing.
N-COUNT The usual word for `more than one person'' is people. The form persons is used as the plural in formal or legal language

2 person   persons
Persons is used as the plural of person in formal, legal, and technical writing.
  ...removal of the right of accused persons to remain silent...
  Persons who wish to adopt a child may contact their local social services department.
  ...persons with neck problems.
N-PLURAL The usual word for `more than one person'' is people. The form persons is used as the plural in formal or legal language

3 person   persons
If you talk about someone as a person, you are considering them from the point of view of their real nature.
  I''ve a lot of time for him as a person now.
  Robin didn''t feel good about herself as a person.
N-COUNT The usual word for `more than one person'' is people. The form persons is used as the plural in formal or legal language

4 person   persons
If someone says, for example,`I''m an outdoor person'' or `I''m not a coffee person'', they are saying whether or not they like that particular activity or thing. (mainly SPOKEN)
  I am not a country person at all. I prefer the cities.
N-COUNT: a supp N The usual word for `more than one person'' is people. The form persons is used as the plural in formal or legal language

5 person
If you do something in person, you do it yourself rather than letting someone else do it for you.
  You must collect the mail in person and take along some form of identification.
  She went to New York to receive the award in person.
PHR: PHR after v The usual word for `more than one person'' is people. The form persons is used as the plural in formal or legal language

6 person
If you meet, hear, or see someone in person, you are in the same place as them, rather than, for example, speaking to them on the telephone, writing to them, or seeing them on television.
  It was the first time she had seen him in person.
  ...a trip to Hollywood to meet his favorite actor in person...
  She wanted to hear him sing in person.
PHR: PHR after v The usual word for `more than one person'' is people. The form persons is used as the plural in formal or legal language

7 person   persons
Your person is your body. (FORMAL)
  The suspect had refused to give any details of his identity and had carried no documents on his person.
N-COUNT: poss N The usual word for `more than one person'' is people. The form persons is used as the plural in formal or legal language

8 person
You can use in the person of when mentioning the name of someone you have just referred to in a more general or indirect way. (WRITTEN)
  We had a knowledgeable guide in the person of George Adams.
PHR: PHR n The usual word for `more than one person'' is people. The form persons is used as the plural in formal or legal language

9 person   persons
In grammar, we use the term first person when referring to `I'' and `we'', second person when referring to `you'', and third person when referring to `he'', `she'', `it'', `they'', and all other noun groups. Person is also used like this when referring to the verb forms that go with these pronouns and noun groups.
N-COUNT: usu supp N The usual word for `more than one person'' is people. The form persons is used as the plural in formal or legal language

  See also first person, second person, third person.
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2 in person
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`people''
People is a plural noun. You use a plural form of a verb after it.

People is most commonly used to refer to a particular group of men and women.
  There were 120 people at the lecture.
  We''ll talk to the people concerned and see how they feel.

People can also be used to refer to a group of men, women, and children.
  ...the Great Fire of Chicago, when 250 people were killed.

You often use people to refer to all the men, women, and children of a particular country, tribe, or race.
  The American people were antagonistic to his regime.

`peoples''
When you are referring to the men, women, and children of several countries, tribes, or races, you can use the plural form peoples.
  Mediterranean peoples gesticulate more freely than northern Europeans.

another use of `people''
People can also be used to say that something is generally done.
  People have an enduring tendency to protect what they have.
  She could not resist being unkind to people.

Note that there are several ways of saying that something is generally done. For more information, see entry at one.

`person''
Person is a count noun. A person is an individual man, woman, or child.
  There was far too much meat for one person.
  They think you are a suitable person to join the church.

The usual plural of `person'' is people, but in formal English persons is sometimes used.
  The bomb exploded killing 111 person.
sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-28 8:34:48←



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.

service  
1 service   services
A service is something that the public needs, such as transport, communications facilities, hospitals, or energy supplies, which is provided in a planned and organized way by the government or an official body.
  Britain still boasts the cheapest postal service.
  We have started a campaign for better nursery and school services.
  The authorities have said they will attempt to maintain essential services.
N-COUNT: usu with supp For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form

2 service   services
You can sometimes refer to an organization or private company as a particular service when it provides something for the public or acts on behalf of the government.
  All these changes follow months of negotiations between the BBC and the Foreign Office, which provides the money for the World Service.
  ...Careers Advisory Services.
N-COUNT: oft in names For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form

3 service   services
If an organization or company provides a particular service, they can do a particular job or a type of work for you.
  The kitchen maintains a twenty-four hour service and can be contacted via Reception.
  The larger firm was capable of providing a better range of services.
N-COUNT For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form

4 service   services
Services are activities such as tourism, banking, and selling things which are part of a country''s economy, but are not concerned with producing or manufacturing goods.
  Mining rose by 9.1%, manufacturing by 9.4% and services by 4.3%.
  ...the doctrine that a highly developed service sector was the sign of a modern economy.
N-PLURAL For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form

5 service
The level or standard of service provided by an organization or company is the amount or quality of the work it can do for you.
  Taking risks is the only way employees can provide effective and efficient customer service.
  The current level of service will be maintained except that the evening `Network Express'' trains will be withdrawn.
N-UNCOUNT For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form

6 service   services
A bus or train service is a route or regular journey that is part of a transport system.
  A bus service operates between Bolton and Salford.
N-COUNT: usu n N For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form

7 service   services
Your services are the things that you do or the skills that you use in your job, which other people find useful and are usually willing to pay you for.
  I have obtained the services of a top photographer to take our pictures.
  The performers have all offered their services free of charge.
N-PLURAL: with poss For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form

8 service
If you refer to someone''s service or services to a particular organization or activity, you mean that they have done a lot of work for it or spent a lot of their time on it.
  You''ve given a lifetime of service to athletics.
  More than half his long service in parliament has been as a cabinet minister.
  ...the two policemen, who have a total of 31 years'' service between them...
  He was awarded the OBE in 1990 for services to fashion.
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl, oft N to n For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form

9 service   services
The Services are the army, the navy, and the air force.
  In June 1945, Britain still had forty-five per cent of its workforce in the Services and munitions industries.
N-COUNT: usu pl For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form

10 service
Service is the work done by people or equipment in the army, navy, or air force, for example during a war.
  The regiment was recruited from the Highlands specifically for service in India.
  ...an aircraft carrier that saw service in World War II.
N-UNCOUNT For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form

11 service
When you receive service in a restaurant, hotel, or shop, an employee asks you what you want or gives you what you have ordered.
  A five-course meal including coffee, service and VAT is s30.
  ...clean stores with respectful service and fair prices.
N-UNCOUNT For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form

12 service   services
A service is a religious ceremony that takes place in a church.
  After the hour-long service, his body was taken to a cemetery in the south of the city.
  ...the church in which the President was attending morning service.
N-COUNT: also no det For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form

13 service   services
A dinner service or a tea service is a complete set of plates, cups, saucers, and other pieces of china.
  ...a 60-piece dinner service.
N-COUNT: usu n N For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form

14 service   services
A services is a place beside a motorway where you can buy petrol and other things, or have a meal. (BRIT; in AM use rest area)
  They had to pull up, possibly go to a motorway services or somewhere like that.
  We have repeatedly told planners that services are vital on a motorway like the M40.
N-COUNT For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form
= service station
15 service   services
In tennis, badminton, and some other sports, when it is your service, it is your turn to serve.
  She conceded just three points on her service during the first set.
N-COUNT: oft with poss For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form

16 service
Service is used to describe the parts of a building or structure that are used by the staff who clean, repair, or look after it, and are not usually used by the public.
  He wheeled the trolley down the corridor and disappeared with it into the service lift.
  ...the bigger tunnels, which run either side of the service tunnel.
ADJ: ADJ n For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form

17 service
If someone is in service, they are working as a servant.
  If a young woman did not have a dowry, she went into domestic service.
N-UNCOUNT: oft in/into N For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form

18 service   services   servicing   serviced
If you have a vehicle or machine serviced, you arrange for someone to examine, adjust, and clean it so that it will keep working efficiently and safely.
  ...if you had had your car serviced at the local garage...
  Make sure that all gas fires and central heating boilers are serviced annually.
VB For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form

+ service   services
Also a noun.
  The car needs a service.
  The company sends a service engineer to fix the disk drive before it fails.
N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N n For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form

19 service   services   servicing   serviced
If a country or organization services its debts, it pays the interest on them.
  Almost a quarter of the country''s export earnings go to service a foreign debt of $29 billion.
VB For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form

20 service   services   servicing   serviced
If someone or something services an organization, a project, or a group of people, they provide it with the things that it needs in order to function properly or effectively.
  There are now 400 staff at headquarters, servicing our regional and overseas work.
  Fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas will service our needs for some considerable time to come.
VB For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form

21 service
To be at the service of a person or organization means to be available to help or be used by that person or organization.
  The intellectual and moral potential of the world''s culture must be put at the service of politics.
PHR: PHR n, usu PHR after v For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form

22 service
You can use `at your service'' after your name as a formal way of introducing yourself to someone and saying that you are willing to help them in any way you can.
  She bowed dramatically. `Anastasia Krupnik, at your service,'' she said.
CONVENTION For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form formulae

23 service
If you do someone a service, you do something that helps or benefits them.
  You are doing me a great service, and I''m very grateful to you.
  `You don''t feel that you''ve betrayed your country?''n`Not at all, I think I''ve done a service to my country.''
PHR: V inflects For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form

24 service
If a piece of equipment or type of vehicle is in service, it is being used or is able to be used. If it is out of service, it is not being used, usually because it is not working properly.
  Cuts in funding have meant that equipment has been kept in service long after it should have been replaced.
  In 1882, London''s first electric tram cars went into service.
  Some two hundred obsolete warships and submarines have been taken out of service during the past five years.
PHR: usu PHR after v, v-link PHR For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form

25 service
If someone or something is of service to you, they help you or are useful to you.
  That is, after all, the primary reason we livemto be of service to others.
PHR: v-link PHR, oft PHR to n For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form

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1   help, assistance, avail, benefit, use, usefulness
2   work, business, duty, employment, labour, office
3   overhaul, check, maintenance
4   ceremony, observance, rite, worship

verb
5   overhaul, check, fine tune, go over, maintain, tune (up)

sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-28 8:37:16←



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.

organization  
1 organization   organizations
An organization is an official group of people, for example a political party, a business, a charity, or a club.
  Most of these specialized schools are provided by voluntary organizations.
  ...a report by the International Labour Organisation.
N-COUNT: oft in names (BRIT) also organisation

2 organization
The organization of an event or activity involves making all the necessary arrangements for it.
  ...the exceptional attention to detail that goes into the organisation of this event...
  Several projects have been delayed by poor organisation.
N-UNCOUNT (BRIT) also organisation

3 organization
The organization of something is the way in which its different parts are arranged or relate to each other.
  I am aware that the organization of the book leaves something to be desired.
N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n (BRIT) also organisation

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noun
1   group, association, body, company, confederation, corporation, institution, outfit (informal), syndicate
2   management, construction, coordination, direction, organizing, planning, running, structuring
3   arrangement, chemistry, composition, format, make-up, pattern, structure, unity

sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-28 8:38:33



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:2004-12-24 01:09|

official  
1 official
Official means approved by the government or by someone in authority.
  According to the official figures, over one thousand people died during the revolution.
  An official announcement is expected in the next few days.
  A report in the official police newspaper gave no reason for the move.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
* unofficial
?officially
  The election results have still not been officially announced.
  The nine-year civil war is officially over.
ADV: usu ADV -ed, also ADV group, ADV after v

2 official
Official activities are carried out by a person in authority as part of their job.
  The President is in Brazil for an official two-day visit.
ADJ: ADJ n
* private
3 official
Official things are used by a person in authority as part of their job.
  ...the official residence of the Head of State.
ADJ: ADJ n

4 official
If you describe someone''s explanation or reason for something as the official explanation, you are suggesting that it is probably not true, but is used because the real explanation is embarrassing.
  The official explanation for the cancellation of the party conference is that there are no premises available.
  The official reason given for the President''s absence was sickness.
ADJ: ADJ n
* actual, real
?officially
  Officially, the guard was to protect us. In fact, they were there to report on our movements.
ADV: ADV with cl/group

5 official   officials
An official is a person who holds a position of authority in an organization.
  A senior UN official hopes to visit Baghdad this month.
N-COUNT: oft n N

6 official   officials
An official at a sports event is a referee, umpire, or other person who checks that the players follow the rules.
N-COUNT

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adjective
1   authorized, accredited, authentic, certified, formal, legitimate, licensed, proper, sanctioned

noun
2   officer, agent, bureaucrat, executive, functionary, office bearer, representative
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`officer''
An officer is a person who has a position of authority in the armed forces.
  ...a retired army officer.

Officer is also used in the name of some people''s jobs.
  He was arrested and charged with assaulting a police officer.
  Suddenly the press officer came out and announced the result.

`official''
An official is a person who holds a position of authority in an organization, especially a government department or a trade union.
  At present, the development effort is mainly carried on by government officials.
  He brought an action against the union officials who had insisted on his dismissal.

`office worker''
You do not use officer or official to refer to someone who works in an office. A person like this is called an office worker.
  Office workers have been found to make more mistakes when distracted by traffic noise.


sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-28 8:39:49←



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 01:08|

state  
1 state   states
You can refer to countries as states, particularly when you are discussing politics.
  Mexico is a secular state and does not have diplomatic relations with the Vatican.
  ...students who have participated in exchanges with other member states of the European Community.
N-COUNT

2 state   states
Some large countries such as the USA are divided into smaller areas called states.
  Leaders of the Southern states are meeting in Louisville.
N-COUNT

3 state
The USA is sometimes referred to as the States. (INFORMAL)
N-PROPER: the N

4 state
You can refer to the government of a country as the state.
  The state does not collect enough revenue to cover its expenditure.
  Eastern Europe shows that worker-owned factories can be as inefficient as state-owned ones.
N-SING: the N

5 state
State industries or organizations are financed and organized by the government rather than private companies.
  ...reform of the state social-security system.
ADJ: ADJ n

  See state school.
6 state
A state occasion is a formal one involving the head of a country.
  The president of Czechoslovakia is in Washington on a state visit.
ADJ: ADJ n

7 state   states
When you talk about the state of someone or something, you are referring to the condition they are in or what they are like at a particular time.
  For the first few months after Daniel died, I was in a state of clinical depression.
  When we moved here the walls and ceiling were in an awful state.
  Look at the state of my car!
N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp

8 state   states   stating   stated
If you state something, you say or write it in a formal or definite way.
  Clearly state your address and telephone number.
  The police report stated that he was arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife.
  `Our relationship is totally platonic,'' she stated.
  Buyers who do not apply within the stated period can lose their deposits.
VB
= declare
9 state
If you say that someone is not in a fit state to do something, you mean that they are too upset or ill to do it.
  When you left our place, you weren''t in a fit state to drive.
PHR: V inflects, PHR to-inf

10 state
If you are in a state or if you get into a state, you are very upset or nervous about something.
  I was in a terrible state because nobody could understand why I had this illness.
  People will work themselves up into a state about anything.
PHR: v-link PHR

11 state
If the dead body of an important person lies in state, it is publicly displayed for a few days before it is buried.
PHR: V inflects

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1   condition, circumstances, position, predicament, shape, situation
2   frame of mind, attitude, humour, mood, spirits
3   country, commonwealth, federation, government, kingdom, land, nation, republic, territory
4   ceremony, display, glory, grandeur, majesty, pomp, splendour, style

verb
5   express, affirm, articulate, assert, declare, expound, present, say, specify, utter, voice

sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-28 8:41:10←



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:2004-12-24 01:06|

acting  
1 acting
Acting is the activity or profession of performing in plays or films.
  Saffron Burrows returned to London to pursue her acting career after four years of modelling.
N-UNCOUNT

2 acting
You use acting before the title of a job to indicate that someone is doing that job temporarily.
  The new acting President has a reputation of being someone who is independent.
ADJ: ADJ n

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1 act   acts   acting   acted
When you act, you do something for a particular purpose.
  The deaths occurred when police acted to stop widespread looting and vandalism.
  I have no reason to doubt that the bank acted properly in the best interests of the depositors.
VB

2 act   acts   acting   acted
If you act on advice or information, you do what has been advised or suggested.
  A patient will usually listen to the doctor''s advice and act on it.
VB

3 act   acts   acting   acted
If someone acts in a particular way, they behave in that way.
  ...a gang of youths who were acting suspiciously...
  He acted as if he hadn''t heard any of it.
  Open wounds act like a magnet to flies in hot weather.
VB
= behave
4 act   acts   acting   acted
If someone or something acts as a particular thing, they have that role or function.
  Among his other duties, he acted both as the ship''s surgeon and as chaplain for the men.
  ...the Cunard Princess, which acted as a support ship for American forces.
VB

5 act   acts   acting   acted
If someone acts in a particular way, they pretend to be something that they are not.
  Chris acted astonished as he examined the note.
  Kenworthy had tried not to act the policeman.
VB

6 act   acts   acting   acted
When professionals such as lawyers act for you, or act on your behalf, they are employed by you to deal with a particular matter.
  Daniel Webster acted for Boston traders while still practicing in New Hampshire.
  Because we travelled so much, Sam and I asked a broker to act on our behalf.
VB

7 act   acts   acting   acted
If a force or substance acts on someone or something, it has a certain effect on them.
  He''s taking a dangerous drug: it acts very fast on the central nervous system.
  A hypnotist can act upon the unconscious mind directly.
VB

8 act   acts   acting   acted
If you act, or act a part in a play or film, you have a part in it.
  She confessed to her parents her desire to act.
  Roberto introduced Ingrid to Helen, whose husband was acting in Roberto''s films.
VB

9 act   acts
An act is a single thing that someone does. (FORMAL)
  Language interpretation is the whole point of the act of reading.
  My insurance excludes acts of sabotage and damage done by weapons of war.
N-COUNT: oft N of n

10 act
If you say that someone''s behaviour is an act, you mean that it does not express their real feelings.
  There were moments when I wondered: did she do this on purpose, was it all just a game, an act?.
  His anger was real. It wasn''t an act.
N-SING
= pretence
11 act   acts
An Act is a law passed by the government.
  ...an Act of Parliament.
N-COUNT

12 act   acts
An act in a play, opera, or ballet is one of the main parts into which it is divided.
  Act II contained one of the funniest scenes I have ever witnessed.
N-COUNT: oft N num

13 act   acts
An act in a show is a short performance which is one of several in the show.
  This year numerous bands are playing, as well as comedy acts.
N-COUNT

14 act
If you catch someone in the act, you discover them doing something wrong or committing a crime.
  The men were caught in the act of digging up buried explosives.
PHR: V inflects

15 act
If someone who has been behaving badly cleans up their act, they start to behave in a more acceptable or responsible way. (INFORMAL)
  The nation''s advertisers need to clean up their act.
PHR: V inflects

16 act
If you get in on the act, you take part in or take advantage of something that was started by someone else. (INFORMAL)
  In the 1970s Kodak, anxious to get in on the act, launched its own instant camera.
PHR: V inflects

17 act
You say that someone was in the act of doing something to indicate what they were doing when they were seen or interrupted.
  Ken was in the act of paying his bill when Neil came up behind him.
PHR: v-link PHR -ing

18 act
If you get your act together, you organize your life or your affairs so that you are able to achieve what you want or to deal with something effectively. (INFORMAL)
  The Government should get its act together.
  We have to get our act togethermwe have to organize ourselves.
PHR: V inflects

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noun
1   performance, characterization, impersonation, performing, playing, portrayal, stagecraft, theatre

adjective
2   temporary, interim, pro tem, provisional, substitute, surrogate
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act
noun
1   deed, accomplishment, achievement, action, exploit, feat, performance, undertaking
2   law, bill, decree, edict, enactment, measure, ordinance, resolution, statute
3   performance, routine, show, sketch, turn
4   pretence, affectation, attitude, front, performance, pose, posture, show

verb
5   do, carry out, enact, execute, function, operate, perform, take effect, work
6   perform, act out, impersonate, mimic, play, play or take the part of, portray, represent

sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-28 8:42:32←



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 01:05|