20230420单词汇总

ditch /dɪtʃ/

· 1.N-COUNT A ditch is a long narrow channel cut into the ground at the side of a road or field. 道沟; 沟渠

• Both vehicles ended up in a ditch.
两辆车都掉进了沟里。

· 2.V-T If you ditch something that you have or are responsible for, you abandon it or get rid of it, because you no longer want it. 丢弃

• I decided to ditch the sofa bed.
我决定把沙发床扔掉。

· 3.V-T If someone ditches someone, they end a relationship with that person. 抛弃

• I can't bring myself to ditch him and start again.
我不能说服自己抛弃他，又重新开始。

· 4.V-T/V-I If a pilot ditches an aircraft or if it ditches, the pilot makes an emergency landing. (飞机) 紧急迫降

• One American pilot was forced to ditch his jet in the Gulf.
一个美国飞行员被迫在海湾紧急迫降其喷气式飞机。

· 5.V-T If someone ditches school or work, they decide not to go to school or work, although they are supposed to go there. 逃学; 旷工

• What do you say we ditch school and go to the mall?
我们逃学去商场，你觉得怎样？

jet·ti·son v. /ˈdʒetɪsn/

[ VN]1.to throw sth out of a moving plane or ship to make it lighter （为减轻重量而从行驶的飞机或船上）扔弃，丢弃，投弃

•to jettison fuel 投弃燃料

2.to get rid of sth/sb that you no longer need or want 摆脱；除掉；处理掉

SYN discard

•He was jettisoned as team coach after the defeat. 他因这次失败被撤销了运动队教练职务。

3.to reject an idea, belief, plan, etc. that you no longer think is useful or likely to be successful 放弃，拒绝接受（想法、信念、计划等）

SYN abandon

· set back

o 1.PHRASAL VERB If something sets you back or sets back a project or plan, it causes a delay. 延误; 推迟

• It has set us back in so many respects that I'm not sure how long it will take for us to catch up.
我们在很多方面都被延误了，不知道需要多久才能赶上。

o 2.PHRASAL VERB If something sets you back a certain amount of money, it costs you that much money. 使花费

• A bottle of imported beer will set you back $7.
一瓶进口啤酒将花费你$7。

o 3.→see also setback

· factor in

o PHRASAL VERB If you factor a particular cost or element into a calculation you are making, or if you factor it in, you include it. 将…因素包括进来

• You'd better consider this and factor this into your decision making.
你最好考虑这一因素并在决策时将其包括进来。

cata·pult /ˈkætəpʌlt/

1.( BrE ) ( NAmE also sling·shot ) a stick shaped like a Y with a rubber band attached to it, used by children for shooting stones 弹弓

2.a weapon used in the past to throw heavy stones （旧时的）石弩，弩炮

3.a machine used for sending planes up into the air from a ship 弹射器（用以从舰船上弹射飞机升空）

· monolithic /ˌmɒnəˈlɪθɪk/

o 1.ADJ If you refer to an organization or system as monolithic, you are critical of it because it is very large and very slow to change, and does not seem to have different parts with different characters. 大一统的

• ...an authoritarian and monolithic system.
…大一统的独裁体制。

o 2.ADJ If you describe something such as a building as monolithic, you do not like it because it is very large and plain with no character. 巨大而平庸的

• ...a huge monolithic concrete building.
…一座巨大而平庸的混凝土建筑。