20230411单词汇总

level /ˈlɛvəl/

· 1.N-COUNT A level is a point on a scale, for example, a scale of amount, quality, or difficulty. 水平

• If you don't know your cholesterol level, it's a good idea to have it checked.
如果你不知道自己的胆固醇水平，最好去查一下。

• We do have the lowest level of inflation for some years.
我们几年来的确保持最低水平的通货膨胀。

· 2.N-SING The level of a river, lake, or ocean or the level of liquid in a container is the height of its surface. 水位

• The water level of the Mississippi River is already 6.5 feet below normal.
密西西比河的水位已经比正常水位低6.5英尺。

· 3.→see also sea level

· 4.N-SING If something is at a particular level, it is at that height. 水平高度

• Liz sank down until the water came up to her chin and the bubbles were at eye level.
莉兹下沉直到水漫到她的下巴，泡沫到了她眼睛的高度。

· 5.N-COUNT A level of a building is one of its different storeys, which is situated above or below other storeys. 层

• Thurlow and Brown's rooms were on the second level, to the rear of the building.
瑟洛和布朗的房间都在大楼背面的第二层。

· 6.N-COUNT undefined

→ spirit level

· 7.ADJ If one thing is level with another thing, it is at the same height as it. 与…等高的

• He leaned over the counter so his face was almost level with the boy's.
他俯在柜台上，这样他的脸几乎和那男孩的脸一样高。

· 8.ADJ When something is level, it is completely flat with no part higher than any other. 平坦的

• The floor was level, but the ceiling sloped toward his head.
地面平平坦坦，但是天花板向他的头部倾斜。

· 9.ADV If you draw level with someone or something, you get closer to them until you are by their side. 接近

• Just before we drew level with the gates, he slipped out of the jeep and disappeared.
就在我们快接近大门口时，他溜出吉普车不见了。

· 10.ADJ Level is also an adjective. 接近的

• He waited until they were level with the door before he pivoted around sharply and punched Graham hard.
他等他们接近门口时才一个急转身用拳头猛揍格雷厄姆。

· 11.V-T If someone or something such as a violent storm levels a building or area of land, they destroy it completely or make it completely flat. 夷平

• The storm was the most powerful to hit Hawaii this century. It levelled sugar plantations and destroyed homes.
这是本世纪袭击夏威夷最猛烈的暴风雨。它夷平了甘蔗种植园，也摧毁了家园。

· 12.V-T If an accusation or criticism is levelled at someone, they are accused of doing wrong or they are criticized for something they have done. (指责或批评) 针对

• Allegations of corruption were levelled at him and his family.
对腐败的指控是针对他和他的家人的。

· scout /skaʊt/

o 1.N-COUNT A scout is someone who is sent to an area of countryside to find out the position of an enemy army. 侦察员

• They set off, two men out in front as scouts, two behind in case of any attack from the rear.
他们出发了，两人在前作为侦察员，两人殿后以防后方攻击。

o 2.N-COUNT a person employed by a club to seek new players (俱乐部寻找新成员时雇佣的)星探

o 3.

N-COUNT the act or an instance of scouting 侦察

o 4.V-T/V-I If you scout somewhere for something, you go through that area searching for it. 搜寻

• I wouldn't have time to scout the area for junk.
我不会有时间在那个地区找废物。

• A team of four was sent to scout for a nuclear test site.
一个四人小组被派去寻找核试验基地。

o 5.V-I to act as a scout for a sports club 物色(运动员)

· deforest /diːˈfɒrɪst/

o 1.V-T If an area is deforested, all the trees there are cut down or destroyed. 砍伐森林

• ...the 400,000 square kilometres of the Amazon basin that have already been deforested.
…已被砍伐的亚马逊河流域40万平方公里的森林。

o 2.N-UNCOUNT 森林砍伐

• One percent of Brazil's total forest cover is being lost every year to deforestation.
由于滥伐，巴西的森林总覆盖面积正在每年减少百分之一。