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只看该作者 310 发表于: 2009-09-06
decorate          
    1    decorate   decorates   decorating   decorated  
    If you decorate something, you make it more attractive by adding things to it.
        He decorated his room with pictures of all his favorite sports figures.
        Simply collect shells and then experiment by using them to decorate boxes, trays, mirrors or even pots.
    VB  
    
    2    decorate   decorates   decorating   decorated  
    If you decorate a room or the inside of a building, you put new paint or wallpaper on the walls and ceiling, and paint the woodwork.
        When they came to decorate the rear bedroom, it was Jemma who had the final say.
        The boys are planning to decorate when they get the time.
        I  had the flat decorated quickly so that Philippa could move in.
        ...a small, badly decorated office.
    VB  
    
    ?decorating  
        I did a lot of the decorating myself.
    N-UNCOUNT  
    
    ?decoration  
        From start to finish, the renovation process and decoration took four months.
    N-UNCOUNT  
    
    3    decorate   decorates   decorating   decorated  
    If something decorates a place or an object, it makes it look more attractive. (WRITTEN)
        Constable posters decorate the walls.
    VB  
    = adorn  
    4    decorate   decorates   decorating   decorated  
    If someone is decorated, they are given a medal or other honour as an official reward for something that they have done.
        Kramar was decorated for his services to the Communist Party.
    VB: usu passive  
    
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process          
    1    process   processes  
    A process is a series of actions which are carried out in order to achieve a particular result.
        There was total agreement to start the peace process as soon as possible.
        They decided to spread the building process over three years.
        The best way to proceed is by a process of elimination.
    N-COUNT: oft supp N, N of n  
    
    2    process   processes  
    A process is a series of things which happen naturally and result in a biological or chemical change.
        It occurs in elderly men, apparently as part of the ageing process.
        The regularity with which this occurs suggests that the process is genetically determined.
    N-COUNT  
    
    3    process   processes   processing   processed  
    When raw materials or foods are processed, they are prepared in factories before they are used or sold.
        ...fish which are processed by the best methods: from freezing to canning and smoking...
        The material will be processed into plastic pellets.
        ...diets high in refined and processed foods.
    VB  
    
    +    process   processes  
    Also a noun.
        ...the cost of re-engineering the production process.
    N-COUNT  
    
    ?processing  
        America sent cotton to England for processing.
        ...nuclear fuel processing plant.
    N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp  
    
    4    process   processes   processing   processed  
    When people process information, they put it through a system or into a computer in order to deal with it.
        ...facilities to process the data, and the right to publish the results...
        The information gathered by the telescopes will be processed by computers.
    VB  
    
    ?processing  
        ...data processing...
        The advances in communications altered the nature of information processing.
    N-UNCOUNT: supp N  
    
        See also word processing.
    5    process   processes   processing   processed  
    When people are processed by officials, their case is dealt with in stages and they pass from one stage of the process to the next.
        Patients took more than two hours to be processed through the department.
    VB: usu passive  
    
    6    process  
    If you are in the process of doing something, you have started to do it and are still doing it.
        The administration is in the process of drawing up a peace plan.
        Her novel is in the process of being turned into a television series.
    PHR: V inflects, usu v-link PHR  
    
    7    process  
    If you are doing something and you do something else in the process, you do the second thing as part of doing the first thing.
        He finished ahead of the Spaniard, and in the process picked up his first time trial win as a pro.
        You have to let us struggle for ourselves, even if we must die in the process.
    PHR: PHR with cl  
    
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只看该作者 312 发表于: 2009-09-06
deliberate          
    1    deliberate  
    If you do something that is deliberate, you planned or decided to do it beforehand, and so it happens on purpose rather than by chance.
        It has a deliberate policy to introduce world art to Britain.
        Witnesses say the firing was deliberate and sustained.
    ADJ-GRADED  
    = intentional  
    ?deliberately  
        It looks as if the blaze was started deliberately.
        Mr Christopher's answer was deliberately vague.
    ADV-GRADED: ADV with v, ADV adj  
    
    2    deliberate  
    If a movement or action is deliberate, it is done slowly and carefully.
        His movements were gentle and deliberate.
        ...stepping with deliberate slowness up the steep paths.
    ADJ-GRADED  
    = measured  
    ?deliberately  
        The Japanese have acted calmly and deliberately.
    ADV-GRADED: ADV after v  
    
    3    deliberate   deliberates   deliberating   deliberated  
    If you deliberate, you think about something carefully, especially before making a very important decision.
        She deliberated over the decision for a good few years before she finally made up her mind.
        The six-person jury deliberated about two hours before returning with the verdict.
        The Court of Criminal Appeals  has been deliberating his case for almost two weeks.
    VB  
    = ponder  
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beforehand          
        beforehand  
    If you do something beforehand, you do it earlier than a particular event.
        How could she tell beforehand that I was going to go out?.
        Saunas can be hazardous if misused. Avoid a big meal beforehand.
    ADV: usu ADV after v, also ADV with cl  
    
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carving          
    1    carving   carvings  
    A carving is an object or a design that has been cut out of a material such as stone or wood.
        ...a wood carving of a human hand.
    N-COUNT: oft n N  
    
    2    carving  
    Carving is the art of carving objects, or of carving designs or writing on objects.
        I found wood carving satisfying and painting fun.
    N-UNCOUNT: usu n N  
    
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sculpture          
    1    sculpture   sculptures  
    A sculpture is a work of art that is produced by carving or shaping stone, wood, clay, or other materials.
        ...stone sculptures of figures and animals.
        ...a collection of 20th-century art and sculpture.
    N-VAR  
    
    2    sculpture  
    Sculpture is the art of creating sculptures.
        Both studied sculpture.
    N-UNCOUNT  
    
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clay          
    1    clay   clays  
    Clay is a kind of earth that is soft when it is wet and hard when it is dry. Clay is shaped and baked to make things such as pots and bricks.
        ...the heavy clay soils of Cambridgeshire...
        As the wheel turned, the potter shaped and squeezed the lump of clay into a graceful shape.
        ...a little clay pot.
    N-MASS: oft N n  
    
    2    clay  
    In tennis, matches played on clay are played on courts whose surface is covered with finely crushed stones or brick.
        Most tennis is played on hard courts, but a substantial amount is played on clay.
        Agassi was equally impressive in beating Frana, a clay court specialist.
    N-UNCOUNT: oft on N, N n  
    
    3    clay  
    If you say that a person who is respected or admired has feet of clay or has clay feet, you mean that they have serious faults which you or other people did not know about before. (FORMAL)
        When those idols are found to have feet of clay, the pain of disenchantment can be profound.
    PHR  
    
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只看该作者 317 发表于: 2009-09-06
create          
    1    create   creates   creating   created  
    To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
        We set business free to create more jobs in Britain.
        She could create a fight out of anything.
        The lights create such a glare it's next to impossible to see anything behind them.
        Criticizing  will only destroy a relationship and create feelings of failure.
    VB  
    = produce  * destroy  
    ?creation  
        These businesses stimulate the creation of local jobs.
        The creation of large parks and forests  is of lower priority than some twenty years ago.
    N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n  
    
    2    create   creates   creating   created  
    When someone creates a new product or process, they invent it or design it.
        It is really great for a radio producer to create a show like this.
        He's creating a whole new language of painting.
    VB  
    = invent  
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exhibition          
    1    exhibition   exhibitions  
    An exhibition is a public event at which pictures, sculptures, or other objects of interest are displayed, for example at a museum or art gallery.
        ...an exhibition of expressionist art.
        ...an exhibition on the natural history of the area.
    N-COUNT  
    
    2    exhibition  
    An exhibition of a particular skilful activity is a display or example of it that people notice or admire.
        He responded in champion's style by treating the fans to an exhibition of power and speed.
    N-SING: N of n  
    = show of  
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gallery          
    1    gallery   galleries  
    A gallery is a place that has permanent exhibitions of works of art in it.
        ...an art gallery.
        ...the National Gallery.
    N-COUNT: oft in names after n  
    
    2    gallery   galleries  
    A gallery is a privately owned building or room where people can look at and buy works of art.
        The painting is in the gallery upstairs.
    N-COUNT  
    
    3    gallery   galleries  
    A gallery is an area high above the ground at the back or at the sides of a large room or hall.
        A crowd already filled the gallery.
    N-COUNT  
    
    4    gallery   galleries  
    If you play to the gallery, you do something in public in a way which you hope will impress people.
        They had been forced to find cheap tickets in the gallery.
        ...but I must tell you that in my opinion you're both now playing to the gallery.
    PHR: V inflects  
    
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