20230429单词汇总

· informant /ɪnˈfɔːmənt/

o 1. N-COUNT An informant is someone who gives another person a piece of information. 信息提供者

• On the basis of data furnished by her informants, Mead concluded that adolescents in Samoa had complete sexual freedom.
米德根据信息提供者所给的资料，得到的结论是萨摩亚的青少年有完全的性自由。

o 2. N-COUNT An informant is the same as an . 告密者

kin n. /kɪn/ [ pl.]

or

( old-fashioned) ( formal ) your family or your relatives （统称）家属，亲属，亲戚

——compare ="javascript:;">kindred n. (1)

——see also next of kin

IDM see kith

· émigré /ˈɛmɪˌɡreɪ/

o N-COUNT An émigré is someone who has left their own country and lives in a different country for political reasons. (由于政治原因移居外国的)流亡者

• Several hundred Bosnian refugees and émigrés demonstrated outside the main entrance.
数百位波斯尼亚难民和政治流亡者在主入口外示威。

· defy /dɪˈfaɪ/

o 1.V-T If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way. 违抗

• This was the first (and last) time that I dared to defy my mother.
这是我第一次（也是最后一次）胆敢违抗我母亲。

o 2.V-T If you defy someone to do something, you challenge them to do it when you think that they will be unable to do it or too frightened to do it. 向…挑战; 惹

• I defy you to come up with one major accomplishment of the current president.
我倒要看看你能否举出现任董事长的一件主要成绩。

o 3.V-T If something defies description or understanding, it is so strange, extreme, or surprising that it is almost impossible to understand or explain. 使不可能 (理解或解释)

• It's a devastating and barbaric act that defies all comprehension.
这是毁灭性的野蛮行径，完全没有方法可理解。

· defy /dɪˈfaɪ/

o 1.V-T If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way. 违抗

• This was the first (and last) time that I dared to defy my mother.
这是我第一次（也是最后一次）胆敢违抗我母亲。

o 2.V-T If you defy someone to do something, you challenge them to do it when you think that they will be unable to do it or too frightened to do it. 向…挑战; 惹

• I defy you to come up with one major accomplishment of the current president.
我倒要看看你能否举出现任董事长的一件主要成绩。

o 3.V-T If something defies description or understanding, it is so strange, extreme, or surprising that it is almost impossible to understand or explain. 使不可能 (理解或解释)

• It's a devastating and barbaric act that defies all comprehension.
这是毁灭性的野蛮行径，完全没有方法可理解。

lurk /lɜːk/ [ V]

1.[ usually + adv./prep.] to wait somewhere secretly, especially because you are going to do sth bad or illegal （尤指为做不正当的事而）埋伏，潜伏

SYN skulk

•Why are you lurking around outside my house? 你在我房子外面鬼鬼祟祟的，想干什么？

•A crocodile was lurking just below the surface. 有条鳄鱼就潜伏在水面下。

2.when sth unpleasant or dangerous lurks , it is present but not in an obvious way 潜在；隐藏着

•At night, danger lurks in these streets. 夜晚这些街上隐藏着危险。

3.( computing 计) to read a discussion in a chat room , etc. on the Internet, without taking part in it yourself “潜水”，隐身（在聊天室等阅读在线讨论但自己不参与其中）