20230818 单词学习
20230818 单词学习
crumble
/ˈkrʌmbəl/ |CET6 TEM4 crumblingcrumbledcrumbles V-T/V-I If something crumbles, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces. 碎裂; 弄碎
• Under the pressure, the flint crumbled into fragments. 在压力作用下，燧石裂成了碎片。 2.V-I If an old building or piece of land is crumbling, parts of it keep breaking off. 崩塌 • The high- and low-rise apartment blocks built in the 1960s are crumbling. 建于20世纪60年代的高、低层公寓楼正摇摇欲坠。 3.PHRASAL VERB Crumble away means the same as . 崩塌 • Much of the coastline is crumbling away. 多处海岸线正在垮塌。 4.V-I If something such as a system, relationship, or hope crumbles, it comes to an end. (制度、关系或希望) 崩溃 • Their economy crumbled under the weight of United Nations sanctions. 在联合国制裁的重压之下，他们的经济崩溃了。 5.PHRASAL VERB Crumble away means the same as . (制度、关系或希望) 崩溃 • Opposition more or less crumbled away. 反对党差不多崩溃了。
sustenance
/ˈsʌstənəns/ |TEM8 N-UNCOUNT Sustenance is food or drink which a person, animal, or plant needs to remain alive and healthy. 食物 • The state provided a basic quantity of food for daily sustenance, but little else. 国家提供基本的日常食物供应，仅此而已。
grazing
/ˈɡreɪzɪŋ/ N-UNCOUNT Grazing or grazing land is land on which animals graze. 牧场 • He had nearly a thousand acres of grazing and arable land. 他拥有近千亩的牧场和可耕地。
toil
/tɔɪl/ |CET6+ TEM4 1.V-T/V-I When people toil, they work very hard doing unpleasant or tiring tasks. 辛苦工作 • People who toiled in dim, dank factories were too exhausted to enjoy their family life. 在阴暗潮湿的工厂里苦作的人们精疲力竭了，无法享受家庭生活。 • Workers toiled long hours. 工人们长时间辛苦工作。 2.PHRASAL VERB Toil away means the same as . 辛苦工作 • He doesn't spend every minute toiling away at his desk. 他并非每分钟都在伏案辛苦地工作。 3.N hard or exhausting work 辛苦的工作 4.N a net or snare 网 • the toils of fortune had ensnared him
larger-than-life
ADJ exceptionally striking or colourful 非常引人注目的; 非常丰富多彩的 commonplace /ˈkɒmənˌpleɪs/ |CET6 TEM4 ADJ If something is commonplace, it happens often or is often found, and is therefore not surprising. 常见的 • Inter-racial marriages have become commonplace. 不同种族间的通婚已经变得很常见。
domesticate
/dəˈmɛstɪˌkeɪt/ |TEM8 V-T When people domesticate wild animals or plants, they bring them under control and use them to produce food or as pets. 驯养; 引种驯化 • We domesticated the dog to help us with hunting. 我们驯养狗来帮助我们打猎。
