collect
| 词义
| ① to bring things together from different people or places收集，采集［近gather］；收藏［+sth (from sb/sth)］
② to go somewhere in order to take sb/sth away领取，收走，接走
③ to ask people to give you money for a particular purpose募捐，募集［+(sth) (for sth)］；收（账）
④ to receive sth, to win sth赢得，获得
⑤ to come together in one place to form a larger group（人）聚集，汇集［近gather, accumulate, congregate］
⑥ to gradually increase in amount in a place; to gradually obtain more and more of sth in a place(使)聚积，积累，增加［近accumulate］
⑦ (of a telephone call) paid for by the person who receives the call由受话人付费的
|
collection
| 词义
| ① a group of objects（often with the same sort）or people（常指同类的）收集物，收藏品；一批物品；一群人
② a group of poems, stories or pieces of music published together as one book or disc（诗歌，音乐，故事等的）作品集
③ a range of new clothes or items for the home that are designed, made and offered for sale, often for a particular season（常为季节性推出的)系列时装（或家用品）
④ an act of taking sth away from a place or bringing things together into one place取走；聚集；聚积；收集
⑤ an act of collecting money to help a charity or during a church service; the money collected (为慈善机构或做礼拜时的)募捐，募集；募集的钱
|
例句
| There is the so-called big deal, where institutional subscribers pay for access to a collection of online journal titles through site-licensing agreements.第一种是所谓的“一揽子捆绑销售”，机构订户通过许可协议付费阅读一系列电子期刊。（2008阅读Text 2）
|
diligent
| 词义
| showing care and effort (in what one does); careful and thorough勤勉的，刻苦的；坚持不懈的［近 industrious］
|
elect
| 词义
| ① to choose sb to do a particular job by voting for them选举，推选
［+sb (to sth), +sb (as) sth］
② to choose to do sth选择，决定（做某事） ［+(to do)］
③ 当选而尚未就职的，候任的［用于名词后］
|
elegant
| 词义
| ① (of people or their behavior) graceful and attractive（人或行为）文雅的，优美的［近graceful］
② (of clothes, places and things) attractive and designed well漂亮雅致的，精美的 ［近delicate, fine, exquisite］
③ (of a plan or an idea) clever but simple简练的，简明的
|
例句
| People are absorbed into “a culture of consumption” launched by the 19th-century department stores that offered vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere.人们沉迷于一种由19世纪的百货商店掀起的“消费文化”中。这些商店在高雅的环境中供应琳琅满目的商品。（2006阅读Text 1）
|
eligible
| 词义
| ① qualified for or worthy of being chosen合格的，有资格的
［+(for sth), +(to do sth)］ ［近qualified］
② desirable for marriage (作为婚姻对象)理想的，合意的
|
intellectual
| 词义
| ① connected with or using a persons ability to think in a logical way and understand things 智力的；脑力的；理智的［近mental］
② (of a person) well educated and enjoying activities in which you have to think seriously about things（人）智力发达的，有才智的
|
例句
| The idea that some groups of people may be more intelligent than others is one of those hypotheses that dare not speak its name.人类某些族群的比其他族群更聪明，这种观点仍然是一种不敢冠之以名的假设理论。(2008知识运用)
|
lecture
| 词义
| ①（通常指大学里的）讲座，演讲［+(to sb) (on/about sth)］
② a long angry talk that sb gives to a person or a group of people（冗长的）教训，训斥
③（尤指在大学里）开讲座，讲课［+(in/on/about sth)］
④（尤指恼人地）指责，训斥，告诫［+sb (about/on sth)］
|
例句
| My wife and I lectured about this looming danger twenty years ago. What was less visible then, however, were the new, positive forces that work against the digital divide. 20年前我和我妻子就曾就当时这种逼近的危险做过演讲。然而，一些新的抵制数字鸿沟的积极因素在当时并不如现在这样明显。（2001阅读Text 2）
|
legend
| 词义
| ① 传说，传奇故事；（尤指某领域中的）传奇式人物
② the explanation of a map or a diagram in a book; a piece of writing on a sign, a label, a coin, etc（地图或图表的）说明，图例；（标志、徽记、硬币等物品上的）镌刻文字，铭文
|
recollect
| 词义
| ［不用于进行时］ to remember sth, esp. by deliberately trying to remember（尤指努力地）记起；想起 ［近recall］
|
select
| 词义
| ① to choose sb/sth carefully from a group of people or things挑选，选择，选拔［+sb/sth (as/for/from sth)］
② carefully chosen as the best out of a larger group of people or things精选的，优等的［近excellent, elite］
③ (of a society, club, place, etc) used by people who have a lot of money or a high social position 有钱、有社会地位的人使用的［近exclusive］
|
|
allege
| 词义
| to state sth as a fact but without giving proof(未提出证据而)断言，指称，声称［+sth, +that, be +ed to do］
|
例句
| Hearing allegations of cruelty to animals in research settings, many are perplexed that anyone would deliberately harm an animal.当人们听到研究中残忍地对待动物的指控时，许多人都不明白为什么有人会故意伤害动物。（2003阅读Text 2）
|
delegate
| 词义
| ① a person who is chosen or elected to represent the views of a group of people and vote and make decisions for them（会议）代表
②［常用被动］to choose sb to do sth选派（某人做某事） ［+sb to do］
③ to give part of your job, power or authority to sb in a lower position than you把（工作、权利等）委托（给下级），授（权） ［+(sth) (to sb)］
|
legacy
| 词义
| ① money or property received from sb after they die or sth handed down from an ancestor遗产［比较inheritage（历史、文化等）遗产］
② a situation that exists as a result of things that happened at an earlier time遗留问题，后遗症
|
legal
| 词义
| 法律的；合法的
|
例句
| Over the past century, all kinds of unfairness and discrimination have been condemned or made illegal.在过去的一个世纪里，各种各样的不平等和歧视已经受到人们的谴责或被视为违法。（2004阅读Text 2）
|
legislation
| 词义
| ① a law or set of laws passed by a parliament法规，法律
② the process of making and passing laws制定法律，立法
|
例句
| That may change fast: lots of proposed data-security legislation is now doing the rounds in Washington, D.C. 这种情况很快就会改变：华盛顿的议员们正在逐步对许多有关数据安全的法规进行审议。（2007阅读Text 4）
|
legitimate
| 词义
| ①acceptable or allowed according to the law法律认可的，合法的［近legal］
② fair, correct, or reasonable according to accepted standards of behavior（按照公认的行为准则）正当合理的［近valid］
|
例句
| ...as long as a doctor prescribes a drug for a legitimate medical purpose, the doctor has done nothing illegal even if the patient uses the drug to hasten death.只要医生开药是出于合理的医疗目的，那么即使病人因为服用该药而加速死亡，医生的行为也没有违法。（2002阅读Text 4）
|
收藏
点赞!
反对!