20230328单词汇总

onset n.   /ˈɒnset/  

[ sing.] the beginning of sth, especially sth unpleasant 开端，发生，肇始（尤指不快的事件）

• • the onset of disease/old age/winter 疾病的发作；老年的开始；冬天的来临

 

· ill-defined

o ADJ If you describe something as ill-defined, you mean that its exact nature or extent is not as clear as it should be or could be. 不清晰的; 不明确的

•  ...staff with ill-defined responsiblities. ...员工的职责划分不够清晰。

locus n.   /ˈləʊkəs/  

( pl. loci/ˈləʊsaɪ/  )

or

( formal ) ( technical 术语) the exact place where sth happens or which is thought to be the centre of sth （某事发生的）确切地点；（被视为某物的）中心，核心

 

· improvise /ˈɪmprəˌvaɪz/  

o 1.V-T/V-I If you improvise, you make or do something using whatever you have or without having planned it in advance. 临时拼凑

•  You need a wok with a steaming rack for this; if you don't have one, improvise. 你需要一口带有蒸笼的锅，如果没有就临时凑合一下。

•  The vet had improvised a harness. 兽医临时凑成了一套马具。

o 2.V-T/V-I When performers improvise, they invent music or words as they play, sing, or speak. 即兴演奏; 即席演说

•  I asked her what the piece was and she said, "Oh, I'm just improvising." 我问她那首乐曲是什么，她说，“哦，我只是即兴演奏。”

•  Uncle Richard read a chapter from the Bible and improvised a prayer. 理查德叔叔吟诵了《圣经》中的一个章节，然后即兴说了一段祷告。

 

ir·rep·ar·able adj.   /ɪˈrepərəbl/  

( of a loss, injury, etc. 损失、伤害等 ) too bad or too serious to repair or put right 无法弥补的；不能修复的；不可恢复的

• • to cause irreparable damage/harm to your health 对健康造成不可弥补的损害

• • Her death is an irreparable loss. 她的死是一种无法挽回的损失。

 

· avail /əˈveɪl/  

o 1.PHRASE If you do something to no avail or to little avail, what you do fails to achieve what you want. 徒劳

•  His efforts were to no avail. 他的努力是徒劳的。

o 2.V-T If you avail yourself of an offer or an opportunity, you accept the offer or make use of the opportunity. 利用

•  Guests should feel at liberty to avail themselves of your facilities. 客人们应可以随意使用你们的设施。

de·mar·ca·tion n.   /ˌdiːmɑːˈkeɪʃn/  

[ UC] a border or line that separates two things, such as types of work, groups of people or areas of land （工种、人、土地等的）划分，区分，界线

• • It was hard to draw clear lines of      demarcation between work and leisure. 在工作和闲暇之间很难划出明确的界限。

• • social demarcations 社会阶层的划分

strong·hold n.   /ˈstrɒŋhəʊld/  

1.an area in which there is a lot of support for a particular belief or group of people, especially a political party 有广泛支持的地方；势力强大的地方

•a Republican stronghold/a stronghold of Republicanism 共和党势力强大的地区

2.a castle or a place that is strongly built and difficult to attack 堡垒；要塞；据点

3.an area where there are a large number of a particular type of animal （某种动物的）主要栖息地

•This valley is one of the last strongholds of the Siberian tiger. 这条山谷是西伯利亚虎最后的几个主要栖息地之一。