新一期Day1-3

Enlist

If someone enlists or is enlisted, they join the army, navy, marines, or air force.使入伍;入伍

•  He enlisted in the 82nd Airborne 20 years ago.

他20年前加入了第82空降师。

If you enlist the help of someone, you persuade them to help or support you in doing something.赢得

•  I had to cut down a tree and enlist the help of seven neighbours to get it out of the garden!

我不得不砍了一棵树，然后找了7位邻居帮忙把它从院子里弄出去。

Session

Asession of a particular activity is a period of that activity.一场(活动)

A session is a meeting of a court, legislature, or other official group.开庭;会议

• After two late night sessions, the Security Council has failed to reach agreement.

开过两次深夜会议之后，安理会仍未能达成协议。

A session is a period during which the meetings of a court, legislature, or other official group are regularly held.开庭期;会期

• From September until December, Congress remained in session.

9月到12月国会一直处在开会期。

Feasible

If something is feasible, it can be done, made, or achieved.可行的

•  She questioned whether it was feasible to stimulate investment in these regions.

她质问在这些地区刺激投资是否可行。

feasibilit可行性

•  The committee will study the feasibility of setting up a national computer network.

委员会将研究建立一个国家计算机网络的可行性

Clip

A clip is a small device, usually made of metal or plastic, that is specially shaped for holding things together.夹子;回形针

•  She took the clip out of her hair.

她从头发里取出发夹。

A clip from a film or a radio or television programme is a short piece of it that is broadcast separately. (电影、广播、电视节目的)片断

•  ...an historical film clip of Lenin speaking.

…一段列宁讲话的历史电影片断。

When you clip things together or when things clip together, you fasten them together using a clip or clips.用夹子夹住;夹紧

•  He clipped his safety belt to a fitting on the deck.

他把安全带扣在甲板的一个固定拴上。

If you clip something, you cut small pieces from it, especially in order to shape it.修剪

•  I saw an old man out clipping his hedge.

我看见一个老人正在外面修剪他的树篱。

If you clip something out of a newspaper or magazine, you cut it out. (从报纸、杂志上)剪下

•  Kids in his neighbourhood clipped his picture from the newspaper and carried it around.

他的街区里的孩子们从报纸上剪下他的照片，随身携带。

If something clips something else, it hits it accidentally at an angle before moving off in a different direction.意外碰撞(使改变方向)

•  The truck clipped the rear of a tanker and then crashed into a second truck.

卡车意外地撞上了燃料车的尾部，然后又撞上了另一辆卡车。

Restive

If you arerestive, you are impatient, bored, or dissatisfied.不耐烦的;感到厌烦的;不满的

•  The audience grew restive.

观众变得不耐烦了。

Restiveness

•  There were signs of restiveness among the younger members.

这些年轻成员们流露出了不满的情绪。

按下按钮（歌曲名，Hit The Button）

点击按钮

Liven up

If a place or eventlivens up, or if something livens it up, it becomes more interesting and exciting.变得更有生气;使…更有生气

If peopleliven up, or if something livens them up, they become more cheerful and energetic. (人)更有生气

Butter up

to flatter谄媚,对…说好话；恭维，阿谀奉承

Manipulative

If you describe someone as manipulative, you disapprove of them because they skilfully force or persuade people to act in the way that they want.操纵别人的

•  He described Mr. Long as cold, calculating, and manipulative.

他把朗先生描述为冷漠、有心计和善于操纵别人。

Fiend

If you describe someone as afiend, you mean that they are extremely wicked or cruel.恶魔

•  A tearful husband repeated calls for help in catching the fiend who battered his wife.

泪流满面的丈夫再三呼吁协助抓住殴打他妻子的那个恶棍。

Fiend can be used after a noun to refer to a person who is very interested in the thing mentioned, and enjoys having a lot of it or doing it often.对...有嗜好的人;着魔者

•  ...if you're a heavy coffee drinker or a tea fiend.

...假如你喝很多咖啡或者嗜茶。

Specify

If youspecify something, you give information about what is required or should happen in a certain situation.明确要求

•  They specified a spacious entrance hall.

他们明确要求门厅要宽敞。

If you specify what should happen or be done, you explain it in an exact and detailed way.具体说明

•  Each recipe specifies the size of egg to be used.

每种食谱都具体说明了所用鸡蛋的大小。

Promptly

If you do somethingpromptly, you do it immediately.立即

•  Sister Francesca entered the chapel, took her seat, and promptly fell asleep.

弗朗西丝卡修女走进小教堂，就了座，很快就睡着了。

If you do something promptly at a particular time, you do it at exactly that time.准点地

•  Promptly at a quarter past seven, we left the hotel.

我们在7：15准点离开了旅馆。

Rattle on

轻快地说；喋喋不休地说；唠叨个不停：

Our headmaster rattled on for at least two hours at the opening ceremony.

我们的校长在开学典礼上唠唠叨叨地讲了至少两个小时。

连续敲打…；劈里啪啦地打在…上：

Hailstone are rattling on the window-panes.

冰雹劈里啪啦地敲打着窗玻璃。

Scorching

Scorching or scorching hot weather or temperatures are very hot indeed.酷热的

•  That race was run in scorching weather.

那次赛跑是在酷热的天气里进行的。

Cut to the chase提到关键问题，转入(或切入)正题