Bronze - Level 13
2018-11-27
🗝 average
BrE /‘ævərɪdʒ/
NAmE /‘ævərɪdʒ/
adjective
- typical or normal 典型的；正常的
- 40 hours is a fairly average working week for most people.
对大多数人来说，一周工作 40 小时是相当正常的。
- 40 hours is a fairly average working week for most people.
🗝 clear
BrE /klɪə(r)/
NAmE /klɪr/
verb
➡ REMOVE STH/SB 移动某物；使某人离去
- [transitive] ~ sth to make people leave a place 使人离开
- After the bomb warning, police cleared the streets.
接到有炸弹的警告后，警察疏散了街上的行人。
- After the bomb warning, police cleared the streets.
➡ NOT BE BLOCKED 不受阻碍
- [intransitive] to move freely again; to no longer be blocked 恢复通畅；不再受阻
- The traffic took a long time to clear after the accident.
事故后很久交通才恢复通畅。
- The traffic took a long time to clear after the accident.
🗝 clearly
BrE /‘klɪəli/
NAmE /‘klɪrli/
adverb
- used to emphasize that what you are saying is obvious and true 明显地；显然地
- Clearly, this will cost a lot more than we realized.
显而易见，这将比我们以前了解到地花费要多得多。
- Clearly, this will cost a lot more than we realized.
🗝 eye
BrE /aɪ/
NAmE /aɪ/
noun
💡 IDIOMS
- keep an eye on sb/sth
- to take care of sb/sth and make sure that they are not harmed, damaged, etc. 照看；留神；留意
- We’ve asked the neighbours to keep an eye on the house for us while we are away.
我们已请邻居在我们外出时帮我们照看一下房子。
- We’ve asked the neighbours to keep an eye on the house for us while we are away.
- to take care of sb/sth and make sure that they are not harmed, damaged, etc. 照看；留神；留意
🗝 labour
(especially US labor)
BrE /‘leɪbə(r)/
NAmE /‘leɪbər/
noun
➡ WORK 劳动
- [uncountable] work, especially physical work 劳动；（尤指）体力劳动
- The price will include the labour and materials.
此价格中包含人工费和材料费。
- The price will include the labour and materials.
🗝 likely
BrE /‘laɪkli/
NAmE /‘laɪkli/
adjective
- probable or expected 可能的；预料的；有希望的
- ~ (to do sth)
- Tickets are likely to be expensive.
入场券可能很贵。 - It’s more than likely that the thieves don’t know how much it is worth.
盗贼很可能不知道此物的价值。
🗝 performance
BrE /pə’fɔːməns/
NAmE /pər’fɔːrməns/
noun
- [countable] the way a person performs in a play, concert, etc. 艺术上的表现；演技
- She gave the greatest performance of her career.
她做了演艺生涯中最精彩的表演。
- She gave the greatest performance of her career.
🗝 prepared
BrE /prɪ’peəd/
NAmE /prɪ’perd/
adjective
- done, made, written, etc. in advance 事先做好（或写好等）的
- The police officer read out a prepared statement.
那个警察宣读了一份事先写好的声明。
- The police officer read out a prepared statement.
🗝 press
BrE /pres/
NAmE /pres/
noun
➡ NEWSPAPERS 报章
- (often the Press) [singular + singular or plural verb] newspapers and magazines 报章杂志；报刊；平面媒体
- The story was reported in the press and on television.
这件事已在报刊和电视上报道了。
- The story was reported in the press and on television.
verb
➡ PUSH/SQUEEZE 推；挤
- [transitive, intransitive] to push or squeeze part of a device, etc. in order to make it work 按，压（使启动）
(+adv./prep.)- She pressed down hard on the gas pedal.
她用力踩下油门踏板。
- She pressed down hard on the gas pedal.
🗝 serious
BrE /‘sɪəriəs/
NAmE /‘sɪrɪəs/
adjective
➡ NEEDING THOUGHT 需思考
- needing to be thought about carefully; not only for pleasure 需认真思考的；严肃的
- It’s time to give serious consideration to this matter.
到了认真考虑这一问题的时候了。
- It’s time to give serious consideration to this matter.
🗝 show
BrE /ʃəʊ/
NAmE /ʃoʊ/
noun
➡ ENTERTAINMENT 娱乐
- [countable] a programme on television or the radio （电视或广播）节目
- to host a show
主持节目
- to host a show
verb
➡ MAKE CLEAR 表明
- [transitive] to make sth clear; to prove sth 表明；证明
~ (that)- The figures clearly show that her claims are false.
这些数字清楚地表明，她的说法是错误的。
- The figures clearly show that her claims are false.
➡ TEACH 教
- [transitive] to help sb to do sth by letting them watch you do it or by explaining it （通过示范）教，解说；演示
~ sth to sb- She showed the technique to her students.
她向学生演示了那个技巧。
- She showed the technique to her students.
🗝 sound
BrE /saʊnd/
NAmE /saʊnd/
verb
➡ GIVE IMPRESSION 给以印象
- linking verb to give a particular impression when heard or read about 听起来好像；让人听着好像
- + adj.
- His explanation sounds reasonable to me.
他的解释我听着有道理。 - ~ like sb/sth
- You sounded just like your father when you said that.
你说这话，听着跟你父亲一模一样。
🗝 start
BrE /stɑːt/
NAmE /stɑːrt/
verb
➡ DOING STH 做事
- [transitive, intransitive] to begin doing or using sth 开始，动手（做或使用）
~ sth- I start work at nine.
我每天九点开始工作。
- I start work at nine.
💡 PHRASAL VERBS
- start off
- to begin happening; to begin doing sth 进行（或开展）起来
- The discussion started off mildly enough.
讨论颇为温和地开展起来。
- The discussion started off mildly enough.
- to begin happening; to begin doing sth 进行（或开展）起来
🗝 stop
BrE /stɒp/
NAmE /stɑːp/
noun
➡ ACT OF STOPPING 停止；阻止
- an act of stopping or stopping sth; the state of being stopped 停止；终止；停留；阻止
- She brought the car to a stop.
她停住汽车。
- She brought the car to a stop.
🗝 television
BrE /ˈtelɪvɪʒn/
NAmE /ˈtelɪvɪʒn/
noun (abbreviation TV)
- (also BrE, informal telly) [uncountable] the programmes broadcast on television 电视节目；电视
- We don’t do much in the evenings except watch television.
我们在晚上除了看电视不怎么干别的事。
- We don’t do much in the evenings except watch television.
🗝 third
BrE /θɜːd/
NAmE /θɜːrd/
noun
- each of three equal parts of sth 三分之一
🗝 unlikely
BrE /ʌn’laɪkli/
NAmE /ʌn’laɪkli/
adjective
- not likely to happen; not probable 不大可能发生
- The project seemed unlikely to succeed.
这个项目似乎难以成功。
- The project seemed unlikely to succeed.
🗝 way
BrE /weɪ/
NAmE /weɪ/
noun
➡ DISTANCE/TIME 距离；时间
- [singular] (also NAmE, informal ways) a distance or period of time between two points （两点之间）距离，时间段
- September was a long way off.
那时离九月份还有很长一段时间。
- September was a long way off.
💡 IDIOMS
- in the/sb’s way
- stopping sb from moving or doing sth 妨碍；挡着…的路
- You’ll have to move—you’re in my way.
你得挪一挪，你挡了我的路。
- You’ll have to move—you’re in my way.
- stopping sb from moving or doing sth 妨碍；挡着…的路
🗝 western
BrE /‘westən/
NAmE /‘westərn/
adjective
- (usually Western) connected with the west part of the world, especially Europe and N America 西方的；西方国家的；（尤指）欧美的
- Western art
西方艺术
- Western art
🗝 wife
BrE /waɪf/
NAmE /waɪf/
noun
- the woman that a man is married to; a married woman 妻子；太太；夫人；已婚妇女
- She’s his second wife.
她是他的第二个妻子。 - an increase in the number of working wives
已婚职业妇女人数地增加。
- She’s his second wife.