20230527单词汇总

· subscribe /səbˈskraɪb/

o 1.V-I If you subscribe to an opinion or belief, you are one of a number of people who have this opinion or belief. 持有 (意见或信仰)

• I've personally never subscribed to the view that either sex is superior to the other.
我个人从未持有过一种性别比另一种性别优越的观点。

o 2.V-I If you subscribe to a magazine or a newspaper, you pay to receive copies of it regularly. 订阅

• My main reason for subscribing to New Scientist is to keep abreast of advances in science.
我订阅《新科学家》的主要原因是要跟上科学的进步。

o 3.V-I If you subscribe to an online newsgroup or service, you send a message saying that you wish to receive it or belong to it. 申请加入 (在线新闻组); 申请 (在线服务)

• Usenet is a collection of discussion groups, known as newsgroups, to which anybody can subscribe.
新闻组网络是由称为新闻组的讨论组组成，任何人都能申请加入。

o 4.V-I If you subscribe for shares in a company, you apply to buy shares in that company. 申购 (股份)

• Employees subscribed for far more shares than were available.
雇员们申购了远比实际数额还多的股份。

de·cipher v. /dɪˈsaɪfə(r)/

[ VN] to succeed in finding the meaning of sth that is difficult to read or understand 破译，辨认（难认、难解的东西）

• • to decipher a code 破译密码

• • Can anyone decipher his handwriting? 有谁能辨认他的字迹？

——see also indecipherable

· struggle /ˈstrʌɡəl/

o 1.V-T/V-I If you struggle to do something, you try hard to do it, even though other people or things may be making it difficult for you to succeed. 努力; 斗争

• They had to struggle against all kinds of adversity.
他们不得不同各种困境斗争。

o 2.N-VAR A struggle is a long and difficult attempt to achieve something such as freedom or political rights. 努力; 斗争

• Life became a struggle for survival.
生活变成了一场争取生存的斗争。

• ...a young boy's struggle to support his poverty-stricken family.
…一个年轻男孩为支撑自己贫穷的家庭所做的努力。

o 3.V-I If you struggle when you are being held, you twist, kick, and move violently in order to get free. 挣扎

• I struggled, but he was a tall man, well built.
我挣扎了，但他是一个高个子男人，很强壮。

o 4.V-RECIP If two people struggle with each other, they fight. 扭打

• She screamed at him to "stop it" as they struggled on the ground.
他们在地上扭打时，她冲他尖叫着“住手”。

o 5.N-COUNT Struggle is also a noun. 扭打

• He died in a struggle with prison officers less than two months after coming to Britain.
他来英国不到两个月就死于一次与狱警们的扭打。

o 6.V-T/V-I If you struggle to move yourself or to move a heavy object, you try to do it, but it is difficult. 艰难地移动

• I could see the young boy struggling to free himself.
我能看见这个小男孩正使劲挣脱他自己。

o 7.V-T/V-I If a person or organization is struggling, they are likely to fail in what they are doing, even though they might be trying very hard. 在困境中挣扎; 竭力维持

• The company is struggling to find buyers for its new product.
这个公司正竭力为它的新产品寻找买主。

• One in five young adults was struggling with everyday mathematics.
每5个年轻人中就有1个做日常的数学计算很费劲。

o 8.N-SING An action or activity that is a struggle is very difficult to do. 很费劲的事

• Losing weight was a terrible struggle.
减肥是件很费劲的事。

inter·play n. /ˈɪntəpleɪ/

[ Using.]

~ (of/between A and B) ( formal ) the way in which two or more things or people affect each other SYN interaction 相互影响（或作用）

· • the interplay between politics and the environment 政治与环境的相互影响

· • the subtle interplay of colours 色彩的相互掩映

craft /krɑːft/

[ VN] [ usually passive] to make sth using special skills, especially with your hands （尤指用手工）精心制作

• •All the furniture is crafted from natural materials. 所有的家具均采用天然材料精心制作而成。

• •a carefully crafted speech 精心准备的讲话