MBA联考共享笔记——重点词汇
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MBA2002联考共享笔记——重点词汇
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He aba ndoned his wife and went away with all their mon ey.
他抛弃了妻子还带走了两人所有的钱。
同义辩析:abandon desert forsake quit
都含有“放弃”、“遗弃”的意思。
aba ndon强调“完全、永远地遗弃” ,尤其是指遗弃以前感兴趣或负有责任的人或物,如:
She aba ndoned her child.
她遗弃了她的孩子。
desert强调“违背誓言、命令、责任、义务等”,如:
The soldier deserted his country and helped the en emy.
那个士兵叛国助敌。
forsake指“遗弃某人以前所爱的人或物”,强调“断绝情感上的依恋”,如:
She pleaded with her husband not to forsake her. 她恳求丈夫不要抛弃她。
quit强调“突然或不意地弃去”,常指“停止”,如:
She quitted her job.
她放弃了自己的工作。
abateme nt n.减(免)税,打折扣,冲销
aboard adv.在船(飞机、车)上,上船(飞机、车)
prep.在(船、飞机、车)上,上(船、飞机、车)absent adj.不在的,缺席的,缺少的,心不在焉的,vt.缺席He is abse nt on bus in ess.
他因事缺席。
He is abse nt from Hong Kong.
他不在香港。
He looked at me in an abse nt way.
他茫然地望着我。
absorb vt.吸收;吸引…的注意;吞并;兼
并
This job absorbs all of my time.
这件工作占有了我的全部时间。
be absorbed by被…吞并,为…所吸收
absorb sb.'s attention 吸引某人注意
be absorbed in全神贯注在...,一心从事,热
衷于
accent n.重音,口音,重音符
He speaks with a strong souther n acce nt.
他说话带有很浓的南方口音。
She told me her story in broke n acce nt.
她泣不成声地告诉我她的经历。
accept vt.接受;承认;认可;承兑(票据)accept the situation 听天由命
accept an office 承担一个职务
accept a note承兑票据
an ticipated accepta nee提前支付的承兑汇票bank [banker's] acceptanee 银行承兑(票据)bla nk accepta nee 不记名承兑票据
bla nket accepta nee 全部接收
clear acceptanee 无条件承兑,单纯承兑
accommodati on n.住宿,膳宿;通融;贷款;(车,船,飞机等的)预定铺位,(眼睛等的)适应性调节
as a matter of accommodatio n
为...便利计
book accommodati on at a hotel
向旅馆预定房间
This hospital has accommodation(s) for 400 patie nts.
这个医院有400个床位。
It's a great accommodation to me.
这对我很方便。
accou nt a.叙述,说明;帐目,帐户
vi.说明,解释(原因等)
on acco unt of 因为;由于
acou nt for 解释;说明:
accou nting n.会计,会计学;借贷对照表
accuse vt.控告,谴责,非难
accuse sb. of ...指控某人...
The police accused him of murder.
警方指控他谋杀。
accustomed adj.通常的,习惯的,unaccustomed adj.不习惯的,不平常的,奇怪的
I am un accustomed to public show.
我不习惯抛头露面。
acquire vt.获得,学得(知识等),养成(习惯等)acquire knwledge of 求得...的知识
Some people go back for their education to acquire ano ther degree or diploma to impress the society.
有些人回到学校去接受教育,是想再取得一个学位或一张文凭,以增强自己在社会上的地位。
actuals n.现货
acute a.敏锐的;剧烈的;厉害的acutely adv.尖锐地;剧烈地
She still has very acute hearing,though she is eighty years old.
尽管她已经八十岁了,但她的听觉仍然很灵敏。
同义辩析:acute kee n sharp
意思都含“锐利的”(包括它的引伸义)意思。
用于物时,sharp指“尖或刃”,如:
a sharp point锐利的尖。
keen 一般指“刃”,如:
a kee n edge 锋刃。
acute只用于学术语中,如:
an acute an gle 锐角。
用于人时,sharp表示“有洞察力的,精明的,机警的”,着重“狡猾” “不易受骗”,如:You won't catch him. He's very sharp. 你骗不了他,他精明极了。
keen表示人的“锐敏”、“聪明”、“善于思索”,如:
He's a keen mind.
他头脑灵敏。
acute侧重指“人观察事物的深刻性以及分辨问题的细致性。
”如:
He has give n an acute an alysis of the situati on. 他对形势做了深刻的分析。
adapt vt.使适应,改编
adapt for 使适合于;为…改编[改写]adapt from 根据…改写[改编]
adapt on eself to使自己适应或习惯于某事adapt sth. to 使某事物适应或适合
The movie was adapted from a no vel. 这部电影是由小说改编的。
(adopt vt.采用,收养
The resoluti on was adopted by a vote of 180 in favour to 10 aga inst it.
决议案以一百八十票对十票获得通过。
One refers to an adopted child but to adoptive parents.表示adopted (被收养的)孩子而不是adoptive (有收养关系的)父母)
admi nistratio n n.管理,经营;行政机关;
政府
admire v.赞美,钦佩,羡慕
We all admired her for the way she saved the children from the fire.
她把孩子们从大火中救出来,我们都钦佩不已。
Everybody admires him for his fine sense of humour.
人人都钦佩他那绝妙的幽默感。
admit v.容许,承认,接纳
This ticket admits two people to the football match.
这张票可供两人入场看足球赛。
He admitted his crime.
他招认了罪行。
The rules and regulations admit of no other expla nati on.
这些规章制度不容许有其他解释。
(admit of容许有;有…可能;容有…的余地)同义辩析:admit ack no wledge confess
意都含“承认”的意思。
admit通常指因外界压力、良心或判断而承认某事的存在或真实性,含“不情愿”之意,如:I admit that she is right.
我承认她是对的。
acknowledge指“公开承认”,常用于过去隐瞒或否认之事,如:
With so much evide nee aga inst him he had to ack no wledge his error.
在这么多的证据面前,他不得不承认错误。
confess着重承认自己的过错或罪恶,因此有“忏悔”、“坦白”的含意,如:
He has con fessed his crime.
他承认了自己的罪行(含坦白之意)。
adulterati on n掺假;劣等货,假货,次品
adva nee vi.前进,推进,取得进展
n.前进,进展;预付款
in adva nee 预先
You must pay for the book in adva nee.
你必须预先付书的钱。
adva nee of 在…之前
advertise v.为...做广告
affect vt.影响,(使)感动
He was deeply affected by my words.
他听了我的话很受感动。
同义辩析:affect effect in flue nee
作为动词,都含“影响”的意思。
affect指“产生的影响之大足以引起反应”,着重“影响”的动作,有时含有“对...产生不利影响”的意思,如:
This article will affect my thi nki ng.
这篇文章将会影响我的思想。
effect指“实现”、“达成”,着重“造成”一种特殊的效果,如:
This book effected a cha nge in my opinion.
这本书使我的看法起了变化。
in flue nee指“通过说服、举例等对行动、思想、性格等产生不易觉察到的,潜移默化的影响”,如:
In flue need by a high-school biology teacher,he took up the study of medici ne.
在一位中学生物教师的影响下,他从事医学研究。
(affect,in flue nee,touch,impress,sway,move
这组动词的一般含义为使人或能作出反应
的物产生或受到影响。
)
affiliate n.附属公司;联营公司
affix n.附件,附录
vi.附贴,盖(章),签署
affix a stamp to the en velope
在信封上贴邮票
afford vt.提供,给予,供应得起,花得起时间The tran sact ion afforded him a good profit.
这笔买卖使他赚了一大笔。
If we could afford it,we'd like to go abroad for our holidays.
如果出得起旅费,我们想到国外去度假。
aftermarket n.后继市场;零件市场
aged adj.年老的,…岁的,老年人特有的
My daughter is aged 7 years.
我女儿7岁。
The sick and the aged need our help.
病人和老人需要我们帮助。
age ncy n.代理处,机构
age nt n.代理人,代理商
aggregate a总的,累积的
~GNP国民生产总值
agreeme nt n.—致,同意;协议,合同agree on [up on]
对…达成协议;对…取得一致意见
agree to sth.
同意某事
agree to differ
同意各自保留不同意见
agree with
同意…的意见;与…一致;对…适合
alie nati on n.转让,让渡
alie nee n.受让人
allocation n.拨款;分配
alms [a:mz] n.救济金;捐款alone adj.单独的,孤独的,独自的
adv.独自地,[用在名词或代词之后]
只有,唯有,仅仅
He went home alone.
他独自一人回家去了。
(lonely adj.孤独的,寂寞的,偏僻的,人迹
罕至的
"The man wan ted to fly to Rockall,a Ion ely isla nd in the Atla ntic Ocea n."
岛。
amateur n.业余爱好者,业余艺术家adj.业余的,(来自拉丁语amator情人)be amazed at (by) 对…大为惊奇
be amazed to see [hear,find]
看到[听到,发现]...感到吃惊
Visitors were amazed at the achievements in the car manu facture of the city duri ng the past decade.
参观者对这城市过去十年中汽车制造工业的成就感到惊奇。
同义辩析:amaze astonish surprise
都含有“使...惊异”的意思,而且它们都是
一般以事物或他人作主语,以本人作宾语;以本人作主语时用被动形式。
amaze强调“使惊异,困惑”间或还有“惊叹,佩服”的意思,是意义很强的词,如:
We were amazed at the ingenuity with which they solved their difficulties.
他们在解决困难中所表现的智慧使我们惊叹[佩服]。
astonish表示“使人大吃一惊”、“几乎无法使人相信”,但没有“惊叹”的意思,如:
I was astonished at his rudeness.
他的粗野使我大吃一惊。
surprise语气较上述两词弱,只表示“出乎意外地惊异”,如:
We were surprised at finding the house empty. 我们惊讶地发现房子是空的。
a.m. abbr 上午,午前(ante meridiem):
ame ndme nt n.修正;赔款
amortization n.摊销;摊还;分期偿付
amou nt n.数量,数额,总数
v.(与to连用)共计,等于
in amount 总之,结局;总计
n ever [not] amount to anything —事无成
Their traveling expenses amount to seven hun dred dollars.
他们的旅费共达700美元。
Your words amount to a refusal.
这个人要飞往洛卡尔--大西洋上的一个孤
你的话等于回绝了。
amaze vt.使吃惊
assessme nt n评估;确定金额
application n.请求,申请;应用
apply vt.请求,申请;应用;适用
apply to 适用于,应用于,
apply for 申请;请求,接洽
apply on eself to 致力于,集中精力做某事appraisal n.评价;估价,鉴定
appreciate v.欣赏;领会;评价;感激;增值
Do you appreciate good wine?
你会鉴赏好酒吗?
We appreciate your efforts for the developme nt of the compa ny.
我们感激你对公司发展所作的努力。
appreciati on n.鉴赏;升值,增值
appropriate n.拨出(款项等);占用;挪用The gover nment appropriated a large sum of money for buildi ng schools.
政府拨出一大笔钱修建学校。
to appropriate public funds
挪用公款
The minister was found to have appropriated gover nment mon ey. 部长被发现曾盗用公款。
assessor n估计财产的人;确定税款的人
asset n.(单项)财产;(pl.)资产
~account资产帐户
~s in come资产收益
~s settlement资产决算
assign v指派,指定;(与to连用)分配,过户;转让
The two governments assigned a day for the next n egotiati on.
两国政府确定了下一轮谈判的日期。
The mon itor was assig ned to take no tes for the meeti ng.
班长被分派作会议记录。
assignment n.分配,指派;(分配的)任务; (布置的)作业;转让
assistant n.助手,助教
adj.辅助的,助理的,副的
assista nt man ager 副经理
assistant professor助教授(低于副教授高于讲师)
annuity n.年金;养老金arbitrage n.套禾套汇
arbitrage of exchange 多角套汇
arrear n.[常用复]欠款
arrears of work 该完而未完的工作
arrears of rent拖欠的房租
arrestme nt n.财产扣押,扣留
article n.文章;条款;物件,商品;冠词
assemble vt.集合,聚集,装配
vi.集合
All the people assembled at Mary's house. 所有的人都聚集在玛丽的屋子里。
associate vt.联想
vi.交往,结交
n.合作人,同事
adj.副的
What do you associate with such a heavy snow?这样一场大雪你有什么联想?
We associate China with the Greet Wall.
我们想起中国,就联想到长城。
associate editor[美]副主编
associate judge 陪审法官
ast onish vt.使惊讶
be asto ni shed at sth对某事感到惊讶
assistantship n.(大学)研究生奖学金(该研究生同时为assista nt)
burnt dow n.
当我听到那所医院被烧毁时,我大为惊讶。
He was astonished at what he found.
他发现的情况使他十分惊讶。
attach vt.缚上,系上,贴上
v.配属,隶属于
attach to加入,参加,加于…之上
Pro. Smith was attached to the medical college as a guest professor for two years.
史密斯教授在医学院当了两年的客座教授。
No blame attaches to him for the accident.
这个事故他没有受到责备。
attempt vt.尝试,企图(常与to连用)
n.努力,尝试,企图(常与at, on, to 连
用)
An astronaut will attempt to leave the statio nary spaceship and the n retur n to it.
一名宇航员将试着离开停着的宇宙飞船,然后再回到里面去。
She made an attempt to cook the dinner.
她试着做这顿饭。
attract vt.吸引,弓I起(兴趣、注意等);诱惑She was attracted by the novel advertiseme nt. 她被这新颖的广告吸引住了。
Flowers attract many bees.
鲜花招引来许多蜜蜂。
attorney n.代理人,被委托人
auction n./vt.扌白卖
auction sth. off 把某物拍卖掉
auditing n.审计;查帐;决算
avail n.效益;营业收入
without avail 无效
average n.平均,平均数,一般水平
a.平均的,中等的,平常的
v.平均为
on (an) average 通常;按平均
We average 8 hours' work a day.
我们每天平均工作八小时。
avoid vt.避免,消除
I crossed the street to avoid meeting him, but he saw me and came running towards me.
我横穿马路以便避开他,但他看到了我并朝
我跑过来。
To avoid con fusi on,the teams wore differe nt colours.
为避免混淆,两队分穿不同颜色的衣服。
award n.奖,奖品vt.授予,判给
awardee n.受奖者
awarder n.授奖者
He was awarded a gold cup in ack no wledgme nt of his creative achieveme nts for the developme nt of the compa ny.
公司奖给他一个金杯,以感谢他为公司发展所作出的创造性成就。
aware adj.知道的,明白的,意识到的
be aware of 知道,意识到
become aware of 发觉,注意至U
We were quite aware (of) how you would resp ond to our terms.
我们十分清楚你们对我们提出的条件肯定会有什么反应。
同义辩析:aware con scious sen sible
都含有“意识到的”意思。
aware侧重“感官所意识到的外界事物”,Everybody is aware of the importanee of the Four Moder ni zati ons.
每个人都意识到了四化的重要性。
con scious侧重“心理感知”,如:
He is con scious of a sense of quilt.
他感到内疚。
sensible指"可用感官察觉到的(较复杂或抽象
的事物的)”,如:
I was sen sible of her sole mn grief.
我知道她很悲哀。
awful adj.可怕的,威严的,<口>极度的,糟糕的
had an awful day at the office.
在办公室里度过了糟糕的一天
ax(e) n.斧,(经费的)大削减vt.削减
It is said that another 350 jobs were axed by the compa ny yesterday
据说该公司昨天又裁员三百五十名。
B
bail [beil] n.保释金;保释;保释人
V保释(与out连用)
bail a person out 保释出某人
The man was bailed out for $500.
此人是用五百美元保释出来的。
bala nee vt.使平衡,使收支平衡
n.天平;平衡;结存,差额ballooning n.股票上涨;非法操纵价格
ban n./vt.禁止,禁令,取缔
bank n.银行;岸,堤
ban ker n.银行家
banking n.银行业;银行学
ban krupt n.破产者
vt.使破产
a.破产的
go ban krupt 破产
play the bankrupt破产,不能偿还债务
His wife's extravaga nee soon ban krupted him. 他妻子的奢侈生活很快就使他破产了。
ban kruptey n.破产
barga inn.交易;便宜货
barter n.物物交换,以货易货,实物交易bear v 忍受;承担;生育;结(果实)
bear on 涉及;关于(=bear upon) What he says bears no relation to the the problem un der diseussi on.
他所说的与正在讨论的问题毫无关系。
bear in mi nd 牢记在心
You must bear in mind that your pare nts hope to depe nd on you to become a good doctor.
你要记住你的父母指望你成为一名好医生。
bear n.熊;空头
bearer n持票(指支票、票据、汇票等)人;带信人,持信人
a.(持票人)可转让的;开给持票人的bearer cheque不记名支票
bend v弯曲,专心于,屈服
n.弯曲
The stream bends to the west.
这条小河折向西流。
It is possible to bend n ature to huma n will? 有可能让大自然服从人类的意志吗?
He bent his mind to the job. 他专心于他的工作。
"F w will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events ” Robert F. Kennedy)
“几乎没有人伟大到足以改变历史本身,但我们每个人都可以改变事情的一小部分”
(罗伯特F.肯尼迪)
beneficiary n.受益人
bid v.投标;出价,报价
Bids for buildi ng the bridge were in vited.
应邀参加建造那座桥梁的投标。
bidder n.(拍卖时的)出价人,报价人;投标人bill n.帐单,清单;钞票;票据
binder n.临时契约;装订工
blankn ote n.空白支票
board n.木板;伙食;董事会
vt.上飞机(或船、车)
draw ing board 制图板
chess board 棋盘
Each student has to pay $100 a month for board and lodging.( board and lodging.膳宿)每个学生每月需付一百美元的膳宿费。
The board of the directors unanim ously agreed that Mr White was the best can didate for the job.( a board of trustees; a board of directors. 理事会;董事会)董事会一致同意怀特先
生是干这项工作的最佳候选人。
He boarded the bus.他上了公共汽车。
bond n.契约;债券;联结;监禁
bon ded n.有担保的,保税的;抵押的
bonus n.额外津贴;奖金;红利
book ing n.订货;未交订货;记帐
boom a.高涨;繁荣,兴旺
borrow v.借,借入
borrowing n.借款,贷款
bottle neck n.瓶颈;妨碍生产的卡脖子环节
brains n.智力,脑髓the brai ns —组聪明人
Some of the best brains in the province are here toni ght.
今晚我们省内的一些智囊人物云集在这里。
brainstorm vi.动脑筋,出主意,想办法,献计献策
brain storm a more perma nent soluti on to a problem
群策群力设法找到一个长期有效的解决办
brand n.商标,牌子
vt.打烙印…于
break v.打破;损坏;破坏;中断;(物价等)暴跌;倒闭
n.(课间或工间)休息时间;破产;倒闭
break-even n.保本的,不亏不盈的,得失相当的,收支相抵的
The point, especially the level of sales of a good or service, at which the return on investment is exactly equal to the amount in vested.
盈亏平衡点尤指在出售货物或服务的水平上,投资的收益与投资的数量恰好相等的一占
八、、-
Also called: break-eve n point
breeze n微风;和风;柔风
broke a.破产的
broken a.破了的,破碎的
broker n.经纪人(One that acts as an age nt for others, as in n egotiat ing con tracts, purchases, or sales in return for a fee or commissi on.)
brokerage n.经纪人(或中间人)业务;付给经纪人的手续费,佣金,回扣
broom n.扫帚, brow n.眉毛,额,
bubbl e
n.高风险投资;泡;水泡
budg
et
n.预算
bulb n球状物;电灯泡
the bulb of the eye 眼球
the bulb of an electric lamp 电灯泡
bulk-cheap n.薄利多销
bull n.公牛;粗壮的人;买空
bull-bear n.多头空头
bullish a.股票行情看涨的;物价上涨的a bullish market 看涨的行情
We are bullish for 1989.
我们对1989年表示乐观。
bunch n.串,束v.捆成一束a bunch of flowers 一束花a bunch of keys 一串钥匙a bunch of n ewspapers 一捆报纸 a bunch of sheep 一群羊
bundle n.捆,束,包
a bun die of magazi nes —捆杂志a bundle of old clothes 一包旧衣服
bush n灌木;矮树
a clump of bushes 一片灌木林
bus in ess n商业,生意;事务
butter n.黄油,牛油
vt.涂黄油于…上
spread butter on bread
把黄油涂在面包上
butter up谄媚,夸耀极度地赞美或奉承: You're always buttering up the boss. 你总是拍老板的马屁
by-bus in ess n 副业,兼职
(by-表示“次要的,附带的”之义)
by-law n.公司章程;细则,附则
by-product 副产品
C
cabbage n洋白菜,卷心菜
cabin n.小屋,船舱
a four-berth cabin四个铺位的船舱airtight cabin 气密舱,密圭寸舱
cab in et n.(有抽屉或格子的)橱柜,< 美> 内阁a medicine cabinet 药架a Cabinet Minister 内阁部长
cadre n.干咅B
cafe n.咖啡馆,小餐馆
cage n笼子;鸟笼
call a loan.讨还借债
He called out to the children and threw the ball back to the bank.
他大声招呼着那些小孩,并把球抛回到岸上。
注意:call at的宾语通常为house,office等之类的名词,或不用at,不跟宾语。
call on 的宾语通常为表示人的名词或代词。
call in
表示顺路到某处或某家。
He called at every . house in the street once a mon th.
这条街的每一户人家他每月都要访问一次.
I called on him. yesterday,but he could not help us.
我昨天去拜访他了,但他帮不了我们的忙.
After cross ing the equator,the capta in called in at a port to have a new rudder fitted.
过了赤道之后,船长顺路停靠了一个港口,以便装上一个新舵。
同义辩析:call sum mon in vite者E含“召
唤”、“邀请”的意思。
call系常用词,意思是“叫唤某人”,“请... 来”,如:
He called the waiter over.
他召唤侍者过来。
summon属正式用语,指“来自权威人士的召集或传唤”,尤指用于正式的集会或职务方面,如:The judge sum moned me to give evide nee.
法官传我(出庭)作证。
invite指“有礼貌地邀请”,如:
We in vited her to our dinner party.
我们邀请她赴宴。
canal n.运河,沟渠
the Suez C-苏伊士运河
the C-Zo ne 巴拿马运河区
The can als take water to the rice fields.
水渠把水送到稻田里。
the alime ntary canal of the huma n body.
人体内的消化管道。
can dle n.蜡烛
can vasser n挨户推销商品的推销员
canvass vi.拉选票(for),游说
canvass a district for votes
为争取选票在选举区举行游说
He canvassed the papers, hunting for notices of jobs.
他仔细查阅报纸,寻找招工广告。
capacity n.容量;能力;生产量
capital n.首都;资本;大写字母
a.主要的,基本的;资本的
capitation n.人头税;按人头收费;按人计算
cargo n.货物,船货
carpenter n.木匠(Carpenter n.卡彭特(姓氏))
carriage n.马车;(铁路)客车车厢;运输,运费
cart n.大车,手推车
vt用车运送,强行带走,辛苦地搬运
The police carted the prisoners off to prison.
警察将囚犯押往监牢。
He had to cart his books to the library at the end of the term.
学期终了时,他不得不将书辛辛苦苦地送到图书馆去。
carve v.雕亥U,
He carved the figure of a woma n from a piece of wood.他用一块木头雕了一个女人像。
The talented artist carved an interesting decorati on from this piece of tree root.
天才的艺术家把这块树根雕成一件有趣的装饰品。
cash n现金,现款
v.兑现,付现
Can you cash this postal order for me now? 你现在能帮我兑现这张邮政汇票吗?
casher n.出纟纳员
castle n.城堡
In this old castle you can see cannons from the 17th cen tury.
在这座古老的城堡里你可以看到十七世纪的火炮。
(mansion n.大厦,官氐B,
palace n.宫,宫殿
chateau pl. chateaus, chateaux①[法](法国封建时代的)城堡②(乡下)邸宅,大别墅)
cattle n牛(总称)
be kittle cattle to shoe 难以对付的人
ceiling n.天花板;最高限额
certificate n.证书;单据
change v改变;兑换;更换
n.改变;零钱
change hands 易手,(买卖)转手
If it costs 25 cents and you give her an American dollar you should get 75 cents change. 如果这件东西值二十五分,而你给他一美元,应找回七十五分的零钱。
charge v控告;索价;充电
n.收费;费用;指控;充电
chart n图;图表;(pl)流行音乐排行榜
check vt.检查,核对;制止
n•检查,核对;支票,饭馆的帐单
check in签到;报到;办理住宿手续
check out付帐离开旅馆
A sudden change of wind checked the forest fire.
风向突然一转,森林大火就被遏制了。
cheek n脸颊;面颊
Her cheeks became red after she ran up the stairs to the six floor.
她奔上楼梯到了七楼,两颊涨得通红。
cheque (美:check) n.支票a cheque for 100 dollars
一白美兀支票
chess n.国际象棋
have a game of chess 下一盘象棋
chess tourn ame nt 象棋比赛
play (at) chess 下象棋
chore n.家务杂
事,烦锁之事;困难的(或不
合意的)工作
It's such a chore to do the shopp ing every
day!
每天上街买东西真烦人!
Christian n.基督徒,信徒
circulate v.循环;流通;流传
circulation n.循环;流传;流通;报刊等的
发行量
claim vt.声称;要求;索赔
n要求;主张,断言
Did you claim on the in sura nee after your car accide nt?
你的车子出事之后,要求领保险金了吗?
Fishermen and sailors sometimes claim to have see n mon sters in the sea.
渔夫和水手有时声称看到过海里的妖怪。
They made a claim for higher pay.
他提出更高报酬的要求。
clause n.(合同)条款
cliff n.悬崖,绝壁
The mountain eer broke a leg while climbi ng a cliff and was hospitalized for a mon th. "登山运动员在攀登悬崖峭壁时摔断了一条腿,住院治疗了一个月。
”
client n.委托人;顾客
clinic n.门诊部,临床
His clinic is near the newly-built railway statio n.
他的诊所在新建的火车站附近。
closed a.关闭的;停止营业的
closedow n n.停业;倒闭
C.O.D (=cash on delivery)n.货到付款
coarse adj.粗糙的,粗俗的
coarse cloth 粗织的布
coarse talk 粗鲁的谈话
同义辩析:coarse gross vulgar
都含“粗鲁的”、“不雅的”意思。
coarse指“言语、举止等粗鲁的或不雅的”,
女口:Don't use coarse words before a lady. 在
妇女前不要讲粗鲁的话。
gross指“粗野的”、“下流的”,女口:
a revolt in gly gross expletive 下流得令人作
呕的一个虚词。
vulgar指“粗俗的”、“卑下的”、“庸俗的”,表示说话者对述及者的态度或意见,女口:He is a man of vulgar taste.
他是个有低级趣味的人。
fire cock消火栓
discharge cock 排水旋塞drain cock
排气阀[旋塞];放水旋塞[龙头]
draw-off cock
放出开关,放水旋塞[龙头]
coin n.硬币
vt.创造,杜撰(新词、新语等)
coin one's brains 动脑筋挣钱
coin new silver dollars 铸造新银元
collapse v./n.倒塌;崩溃;(价格)暴跌;倒闭,破产
The un expected rain storm caused the collapse of the roof.
突然来临的暴风雨把屋顶刮塌了。
If you work too hard, your health may collapse.
如果你工作太累的话,你可能病倒。
collect v.收集;领取;收税,收帐
collective adj.集体的n.集体
collective action 集体行动
collective goods集体财产,公共设施
class collective 班集体
collection n.收集;募捐;收藏品;收款,收帐
column n.圆柱,柱壮物,专栏,纵队
comb n.梳子,vi.梳(发),
commerce n.商业;贸易commenee v.开始,着手
comme nee on 着手
commenee with 从…开始
We comme nee buildi ng on March 18th.
我们于三月十八日开工。
commercial a.商业的,商务性的
n.商业广告
The aim of the repetitions of the same commercial on television is nothing but to brain wash con sumers in to compulsive son sumpti on.
电视上反复地播放同一个广告的目的无非是想宣传得使消费者非用不可。
commission n.委员会;佣金;手续费;授权;代办;委托
Un ited Nati ons Commissi on-on Intern ati onal
Trade Law联合国国际贸易法律委员会
commissi on age nt代理人,经纪人
commissi on house 证券经纪公司[交易所] Some salesmen in big shops receive a commissi on of 10 % on everythi ng they sell, as well as a salary.
大商店有些店员不仅有薪金,而且还可抽
取所售货物百分之十的佣金。
commodity n.商品;日用品
compe nsate v.赔偿,补偿
compe nsati on n.报酬,赔偿金
compete vi.竞争,比赛
competition n.竞争(with , in),
比赛(in),对抗(against, with) compete with other coun tries for world market 与其它国家竞争国际市场
compete in a race
参加赛跑
compete with [against] sb. for sth.
与某人竞争而获得某物
The young tennis player has often competed against famous players, but so far he has always bee n beate n.
那位年轻的网球运动员常与著名球员对抗比赛,可是到目前为止,他总是输的。
competitor n.竞争者
compass n罗盘,指南针,[pl.]圆规
complain vi.抱怨,申诉
vt.抱怨,控诉[常与that从句连用]
They complained about the food.
他们抱怨这糟糕的食物。
The boy complained of a pain in his stomach.
这孩子说他肚子痛。
They compla ined that the wages were too low.
他们抱怨工资过低。
complaint n.抱怨,诉苦;申诉
complex a.复杂的,综合的
n.综合企业,综合体
The new sports complex has everything n eeded for many differe nt activities.
新建的综合体育馆能为多种活动提供所需要的设施。
同义辩析:complex, complicated, in tricate
这几个形容词的一般含义是“复杂的”。
complex指组成某种机器的零件、构成某件事的因素或构成数学题的元素不仅很多,而
且相互的关系或相互的作用也令人眼花缭乱,只有学识深的人或具有专门知识的人才能处理。
the complex mecha nism of a watch
手表的复杂结构
the complex moder n world 复杂的现代世界Justice is part of the complex mach inery of the law.正义是复杂的法律机器的一部分。
complicated 具有complex 的一切意义,但更强调复杂得难以解释或理解。
一道算式题可能非常complex,但未必确实complicated ;而一道complicated 算式一般总是complex 的。
The old view of Galileo was delightfully un complicated.
过去对伽利略的看法并不复杂(指不深奥),
这是令人欣然的。
The apparatus thus described, however, records only the horizontal component of the wave moveme nt.
然而,仪器的如此描画只记录下波的运动的水平组成部分,但是事实上波的运动要复杂得多(指不易解释)。
intricate通常指交织在一起的众多因素,而且很难理出头绪来。
The child was perplexed by the intricate plot of the story.
这孩子被那头绪纷繁的故事弄得迷惑不解。
complicated adj.复杂的,难解的
composition n组成;构成,作文,乐曲
I have no idea who decided the compositi on of the committee?
我不知道委员会的成员是由谁选定的。
comprehensive adj.全面的,广泛的,详尽的a comprehensive knowledge 渊博的知识a comprehensive mind 宽大的心胸
The state gover nment gave a very comprehe nsive expla nati on of its pla ns for the developme nt of electro nic in dustry.
州政府对电子工业发展的规划作了详尽的解释。
compress vt.压缩
compress two mon ths' work into one
将两个月的工作并在一个月做
concern vt.涉及;关心;挂念
n.关系;关心,担忧;公司,商号,企业,康采恩(垄断组织)
as concerns 关于
as (so) far as...be concerned
关于;至于;就…而言
be concerned about 关心
a going concern开着的商店;发展中的事业joint stock concern 股份公司paying concern有收益的企业
That does n't concern me.
那与我无关。
We are all concerned for [about] her safety. 我们大家都担心着她的安全。
concrete adj.具体的,有形的。