20230320单词汇总

ob·ses·sion n.   /əbˈseʃn/  

1.[ U] the state in which a person's mind is completely filled with thoughts of one particular thing or person in a way that is not normal 痴迷；着魔；困扰

•Her fear of flying is bordering on obsession. 她怕乘飞机几乎到了不可救药的地步。

•The media's obsession with the young prince continues. 新闻媒体继续对小王子进行连篇累牍的报道。

2.[ C] a person or thing that sb thinks about too much 使人痴迷的人（或物）

•Fitness has become an obsession with him. 他迷上了健身。

· empirical /ɛmˈpɪrɪkəl/  

o 1.ADJ Empirical evidence or study relies on practical experience rather than theories. 实证的

•  There is no empirical evidence to support his thesis. 没有实证根据来支持他的论点。

o 2.ADV 实证地

•  They approached this part of their task empirically. 他们实证地处理这部分任务。

· fully-fledged  

o ADJ Fully-fledged means complete or fully developed. 彻底的; 充分发展的

•  Hungary is to have a fully-fledged Stock Exchange from today. 匈牙利从今天起将拥有一个成熟的证券交易所。

 

· invigorate /ɪnˈvɪɡəˌreɪt/

o 1.V-T If something invigorates you, it makes you feel more energetic. 鼓舞; 增加活力

•  Take a deep breath in to invigorate you. 深吸一口气，抖擞你的精神。

o 2.ADJ undefined

•  She seemed invigorated, full of life and energy. 她看来生气勃勃，满怀生命力和精力。

o 3.V-T To invigorate a situation or a process means to make it more efficient or more effective. 刺激; 激励

•  ...the promise that they would invigorate the economy. ...他们会刺激经济的保证。

emeri·tus adj.   /iˈmerɪtəs/  

used with a title to show that a person, usually a university teacher, keeps the title as an honour, although he or she has stopped working （常指大学教师）退休后保留头衔的，荣誉退休的

· • the Emeritus Professor of Biology 荣誉退休的生物学教授

HELP In NAmE the form Emerita /i"merIt@/ is used for women: 在北美英语中Emerita用于女性：Professor Emerita Mary Judd

· sabotage /ˈsæbəˌtɑːʒ/  

o 1.V-T If a machine, railway line, or bridge is sabotaged, it is deliberately damaged or destroyed, for example, in a war or as a protest. 蓄意破坏

•  The main pipeline supplying water was sabotaged by rebels. 主供水管道被叛乱分子故意破坏了。

o 2.N-UNCOUNT Sabotage is also a noun. 蓄意的破坏

•  The bombing was a spectacular act of sabotage. 这次爆炸是一次惊人的蓄意破坏行为。

o 3.V-T If someone sabotages a plan or a meeting, they deliberately prevent it from being successful. 阻挠

•  He accused the opposition of doing everything they could to sabotage the election. 他指责反对派正在竭尽全力阻挠选举的进行。

· demoralizing /dɪˈmɒrəˌlaɪzɪŋ/

o ADJ If something is demoralizing, it makes you lose so much confidence in what you are doing that you want to give up. 使人泄气的

•  Losing their star player was another demoralizing blow for the team. 对球队来说，失去一名主力球员是又一个挫伤锐气的打击。

cul·min·ate v.   /ˈkʌlmɪneɪt/  

[ V] ~ (in/with sth) ( formal ) to end with a particular result, or at a particular point （以某种结果）告终；（在某一点）结束

• • a gun battle which      culminated in the death of two police officers 一场造成两名警察死亡的枪战

• • Months of hard work      culminated in success. 几个月的艰辛工作终于取得了成功。

• • Their summer tour      will culminate at a spectacular concert in London. 在伦敦举行的一场精彩的音乐会将为他们的夏季巡回演出画上句号。