20230321单词汇总

· brainchild /ˈbreɪnˌtʃaɪld/  

o N-SING Someone's brainchild is an idea or invention that they have thought up or created. 智慧结晶

•  The record was the brainchild of rock star Bob Geldof. 这张唱片是摇滚明星鲍勃·格尔多夫的智慧结晶。

 

pro·hibi·tive adj.   /prəˈhɪbətɪv/  NAmE also /proʊˈh‑/

1.( of a price or a cost 价格或费用 ) so high that it prevents people from buying sth or doing sth 高昂得令人难以承受的；贵得买不起的

SYN exorbitant

•prohibitive costs 难以承受的费用

•The price of property in the city is prohibitive. 城市的房地产价格令人望而却步。

2.preventing people from doing sth by law （以法令）禁止的

•prohibitive legislation 禁律

DERIVATIVES 派生词

pro·hibi·tive·ly adv

· •Car insurance can be prohibitively expensive for young drivers. 汽车保险费有时高得让年轻开车人承受不起。

 

de·plor·able adj.   /dɪˈplɔːrəbl/  

( formal ) very bad and unacceptable, often in a way that shocks people 糟透的；令人震惊的；令人愤慨的

SYN appalling

· • a deplorable incident 令人愤慨的事件

· • They were living in the most deplorable conditions. 他们生活在最糟糕的环境里。

· • The acting was deplorable. 那演技糟透了。

DERIVATIVES 派生词

de·plor·ably /‑əbli/    /‑əbli/  adv

· •They behaved deplorably. 他们的表现糟透了。

· •deplorably high/low/bad 高╱低╱糟得令人吃惊

 

· roundabout /ˈraʊndəˌbaʊt/  

o 1.ADJ If you go somewhere by a roundabout route, you do not go there by the shortest and quickest route. 迂回的

•  He left today on a roundabout route for Jordan and is also due soon in Egypt. 他今天绕道前往约旦，也将很快到达埃及。

o 2.ADJ If you do or say something in a roundabout way, you do not do or say it in a simple, clear, and direct way. 拐弯抹角的

•  We made a little fuss in a roundabout way. 我们拐弯抹角地发了点牢骚。

o 3.N-COUNT A roundabout is a circular structure in the road at a place where several roads meet. You drive around it until you come to the road that you want. (交通) 环岛

o 4.N-COUNT A roundabout at an amusement park is a large, circular mechanical device with seats, often in the shape of animals or cars, on which children sit and go around and around. (游乐园的) 旋转木马

o 5.N-COUNT A roundabout in a park or school play area is a circular platform that children sit or stand on. People push the platform to make it spin around. (公园、学校的) 转椅

· stint /stɪnt/  

o 1.N-COUNT A stint is a period of time which you spend doing a particular job or activity or working in a particular place. 一段时间

•  He is returning to this country after a five-year stint in Hong Kong. 他在香港呆了5年后就要返回这个国家了。

o 2.N any of various small sandpipers of the chiefly northern genus Calidris (or Erolia), such as C. minuta (little stint) 滨鹬属鸟

o 3.V to be frugal or miserly towards (someone) with (something) 吝惜

· smoulder /ˈsməʊldə/

o 1.V-I If something smoulders, it burns slowly, producing smoke but not flames. 闷烧

•  The wreckage was still smouldering several hours after the crash. 残骸在坠机数小时后还在闷烧着。

o 2.V-I If a feeling such as anger or hatred smoulders inside you, you continue to feel it but do not show it. (愤怒或仇恨等情感) 郁积

•  ...the guilt that had so long smouldered in her heart. …她心里郁积已久的愧疚。

o 3.V-I If you say that someone smoulders, you mean that they are sexually attractive, usually in a mysterious or very intense way. (神秘或强烈的性吸引而产生的) 放电

•  He was good-looking, with dark eyes which could smoulder with just the right intimation of passion. 他长得很帅，黑色的眼睛只要遇到恰当的激情暗示就会放电。