2017.10.24
1.bald
①ADJ Someone who is bald has little or no hair on the top of their head. 秃顶的
• The man's bald head was beaded with sweat.
这位男子的秃头上满是汗珠。
②N-UNCOUNT 秃顶
• He wears a cap to cover a spot of baldness.
他戴一顶帽子来遮住一小块秃顶。
③ADJ If a tyre is bald, its surface has worn down and it is no longer safe to use. (轮胎表面) 磨平的
④ADJ A bald statement is in plain language and contains no extra explanation or information. (陈述等) 直白的
• The bald truth is he's just not happy.
明摆着的事实是他就是不高兴。
⑤ADV (陈述等) 直白地
• "The leaders are outdated," he stated baldly. "They don't relate to young people."
“领导们落伍了。”他直白地说，“他们不理解年轻人。”
2.blunder
①N-COUNT A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake. 愚蠢错误
• I think he made a tactical blunder by announcing it so far ahead of time.
我认为他如此提早宣布消息是犯了战术上的错误。
②V-I If you blunder, you make a stupid or careless mistake. 犯愚蠢错误
• No doubt I had blundered again.
不用说我又犯了个蠢错。
③V-I If you blunder into a dangerous or difficult situation, you get involved in it by mistake. 误入 (危险境地或困境)
• People wanted to know how they had blundered into war, and how to avoid it in the future.
人们想弄清他们怎么会错误地卷入战争，将来如何才能避免这样的事。
④V-I If you blunder somewhere, you move there in a clumsy and careless way. 跌跌撞撞地走
• He had blundered into the table, upsetting the flowers.
他撞上了桌子，打翻了花。
3.brighten
①V-I If someone brightens or their face brightens, they suddenly look happier. 变得开心; 面露喜色
• Seeing him, she seemed to brighten a little.
看见他她似乎高兴点了。
②PHRASAL VERB Brighten up means the same as . 变得开心; 面露喜色
• He brightened up a bit.
他微露喜色。
③V-I If your eyes brighten, you suddenly look interested or excited. (眼睛) 变亮
• His eyes brightened and he laughed.
他眼睛一亮,笑了起来。
④V-T If someone or something brightens a place, they make it more colourful and attractive. 使增辉
• Tubs planted with flowers brightened the area outside the door.
盆里种上了花给门外的那块地增辉了。
⑤PHRASAL VERB Brighten up means the same as . 使增辉
• David spotted the pink silk lampshade in a shop and thought it would brighten up the room.
大卫在一家商店发现了这个粉色的丝绸灯罩,他想它会使房间生辉。
⑥V-T/V-I If someone or something brightens a situation or the situation brightens, it becomes more pleasant, enjoyable, or favourable. 改善; 转好
• That does not do much to brighten the prospects of kids in the city.
那并没怎么改善城里孩子们的前途。
⑦V-T/V-I When a light brightens a place or when a place brightens, it becomes brighter or lighter. 照亮; 变亮
• The sky above the ridge of mountains brightened.
山脊上方的天空变亮了。
⑧V-I If the weather brightens, it becomes less cloudy or rainy, and the sun starts to shine. (天气) 放晴
• By early afternoon the weather had brightened.
午后不久,天气已经放晴了。
4.capsule
①N-COUNT A capsule is a very small tube containing powdered or liquid medicine, which you swallow. (装药的) 胶囊
• ...cod liver oil capsules.
…鳕鱼鱼肝油胶囊。
②N-COUNT A capsule is a small container with a drug or other substance inside it, which is used for medical or scientific purposes. (用于医学或科学目的的) 小容器
• They first implanted capsules into the animals' brains.
他们先将胶囊植入那些动物的大脑。
③N-COUNT A space capsule is the part of a spacecraft in which people travel, and which often separates from the main rocket. 太空舱
• A Russian space capsule is currently orbiting the Earth.
一个俄罗斯太空舱目前正环绕地球飞行。
④N-COUNT A time capsule is a container into which people put typical everyday objects from their lives. The container is buried so that people in the future can dig it up, and find out about what life was like in the past. 时光宝盒 (指装入日常用品后埋于地下，有待后来人挖掘以便了解过去的盒子)
• Twenty-five years ago they filled a time capsule and buried it.
25年前，他们装满一个时光宝盒并把它埋了起来。
⑤N-COUNT a dry fruit that liberates its seeds by splitting, as in the violet, or through pores, as in the poppy 蒴果
5.carefree
ADJ A carefree person or period of time doesn't have or involve any problems, worries, or responsibilities. 无忧无虑的
• Chantal remembered carefree summers at the beach.
香岱儿想起了在海滩上的那些无忧无虑的夏日。
5.chronic
①ADJ A chronic illness or disability lasts for a very long time. Compare . 慢性的; 长期的
• ...chronic back pain.
…长期背痛。
②ADV 慢性地; 长期地
• Most of them were chronically ill.
他们中大部分人都有慢性病。
③ADJ You can describe someone's bad habits or behaviour as chronic when they have behaved like that for a long time and do not seem to be able to stop themselves. 积习难改的
• ...a chronic worrier.
…一个老是发愁的人。
④ADJ A chronic situation or problem is very severe and unpleasant. 严重的
• One cause of the artist's suicide seems to have been chronic poverty.
那位艺术家自杀的原因之一好像是极度贫困。
⑤ADV 严重地
• Research and technology are said to be chronically underfunded.
据说研究和技术资金严重不足。
6.circulation
①N-COUNT The circulation of a newspaper or magazine is the number of copies that are sold each time it is produced. 发行量
• The Daily News once had the highest circulation of any daily in the country.
《每日新闻报》一度在该国所有日报中拥有最高发行量。
②N-UNCOUNT Your circulation is the movement of blood through your body. 血液循环
• Anyone with heart, lung, or circulation problems should seek medical advice before flying.
任何有心、肺或血液循环问题的人都应该在飞行前寻求医生建议。
③PHRASE If something such as money is in circulation, it is being used by the public. If something is out of circulation or has been withdrawn from circulation, it is no longer available for use by the public. 流通/停止流通
• The supply of money in circulation was drastically reduced overnight.
一夜之间流通货币的供应就急剧减少了。
• ...a society like America, with perhaps 180 million guns in circulation.
…像美国这样的社会里，可能有1.8亿支枪在流通之中。
7.clearing
N-COUNT A clearing is a small area in a forest where there are no trees or bushes. 林中空地
• A helicopter landed in a clearing in the dense jungle.
一架直升机在茂密丛林中的一片空地着陆了
8.collaboration
①N-VAR Collaboration is the act of working together to produce a piece of work, especially a book or some research. (尤指著书或进行研究时的) 合作
• There is substantial collaboration with neighbouring departments.
相邻的几个院系进行了通力合作。
• ...scientific collaborations.
…科学协作。
②N-COUNT A collaboration is a piece of work that has been produced as the result of people or groups working together. 合作成果
• He was also a writer of beautiful stories, some of which are collaborations with his fiancée.
他也撰写优美的故事，有些是和他的未婚妻合作的成果。
③N-UNCOUNT Collaboration is the act of helping an enemy who is occupying your country during a war. 通敌行为
• ...rumours of his collaboration with the occupying forces during the war.
…关于他在战争期间与占领军勾结的谣传。
9.collide
①V-RECIP If two or more moving people or objects collide, they crash into one another. If a moving person or object collides with a person or object that is not moving, they crash into them. 碰撞
• Two trains collided head-on in Ohio early this morning.
两辆列车今天早晨在俄亥俄州迎头相撞。
• Racing up the stairs, he almost collided with Daisy.
他冲上楼梯，几乎与戴西相撞。
②V-RECIP If the aims, opinions, or interests of one person or group collide with those of another person or group, they are very different from each other and are therefore opposed. (目标、观点或利益等) 相抵触; 相冲突
• The aims of the negotiators in New York again seem likely to collide with the aims of the warriors in the field.
纽约谈判者的目标看起来可能再次与战场上勇士们的目标相冲突。
10.commemorate
①V-T To commemorate an important event or person means to remember them by means of a special action, ceremony, or specially created object. 纪念
• One room contained a gallery of paintings commemorating great moments in baseball history.
有一间房间里有一个画廊，陈列着纪念棒球史上伟大时刻的绘画作品。
②N-VAR 纪念
• ...a march in commemoration of Malcolm X.
…一次为纪念马尔科姆·艾克斯而举行的游行。
