20230523单词汇总

mun·dane adj. /mʌnˈdeɪn/

( often disapproving) not interesting or exciting 单调的；平凡的

SYN ref="javascript:;">dull ordinary

· • a mundane task/job 平凡的任务╱职业

· • I lead a pretty mundane existence. 我过着相当平淡的生活。

· • On a more mundane level, can we talk about the timetable for next week? 说点儿实际的吧，我们能谈谈下周的时间安排吗？

· subside /səbˈsaɪd/

o 1.V-I If a feeling or noise subsides, it becomes less strong or loud. 减弱

• The pain had subsided during the night.
那疼痛在晚间已减轻了。

o 2.V-I If fighting subsides, it becomes less intense or general. 平息

• Violence has subsided following two days of riots.
暴力在两天的暴乱之后已经平息了。

o 3.V-I If the ground or a building is subsiding, it is very slowly sinking to a lower level. 下陷

• Does that mean the whole house is subsiding?
那意味着整栋房子正在下陷吗？

o 4.V-I If a level of water, especially flood water, subsides, it goes down. (尤指洪水的水位) 回落

• Local officials say the flood waters have subsided.
当地官员们说洪水已经退了。

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

inter·lude n. /ˈɪntəluːd/

1.a period of time between two events during which sth different happens （两事件之间的）间歇；插入事件

•a romantic interlude (= a short romantic relationship) 短暂的恋爱

•Apart from a brief interlude of peace, the war lasted nine years. 除了一段短暂的和平，那场战争持续了九年。

2.a short period of time between the parts of a play, film/movie, etc. （戏剧、电影等的）幕间休息

•There will now be a short interlude. 现在有一段短时间的幕间休息。

3.a short piece of music or a talk, etc. that fills this period of time 幕间乐曲（或节目、表演）；插曲

•a musical interlude 幕间音乐插曲

· draw on

o PHRASAL VERB If you draw on or draw upon something such as your skill or experience, you make use of it in order to do something. 利用

• He drew on his experience as a yachtsman to make a documentary programme.
他利用当过游艇驾驶员的经历来制作纪录片。

· fortuitous /fɔːˈtjuːɪtəs/

o ADJ You can describe something as fortuitous if it happens, by chance, to be very successful or pleasant. 幸运的

• Their success is the result of a fortuitous combination of circumstances.
他们的成功是地利之果。

· 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