aggressive
| 词义
| ① angry, and behaving in a threatening way; ready to attack 好斗的,挑衅性的 [近hostile, warlike]
② behaving in a very determined and forceful way in order to succeed 有进取心的,雄心勃勃的 [近ambitious]
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例句
| Now it is a social policy: the most important and aggressive promoter of gambling in America is the government. 现在赌博却成为一种社会政策:在美国,对赌博最重要、最积极的推动者就是政府。(2006阅读Part B)
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congress
| 词义
| ① a formal meeting of representatives of different groups, countries etc, to discuss ideas, give information etc 代表大会
② the group of people chosen or elected to make the laws in a country (美国或其他一些国家的)国会(立法机关);议会
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例句
| ...Congress should help to begin fashioning conservation measures……国会就应当开始帮助制定保护措施(2005阅读Text 2)
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grade
| 词义
| ① the quality of a particular product or material (产品、材料等的)等级,品质
② a level of ability or rank that sb has in an organization(职务、工资等的)级别
③a particular year of school course in the American school system(美国学制)年级
④a mark given in an exam or for a piece of school work 成绩(等级),分数
⑤ to arrange people or things in groups according to their ability, quality, size etc分级,分等,分类 [+sth/sb(by/according to sth),+sth(as sth),+sth+a.]
⑥ to give a mark to a student, an examination paper, or to a piece of their school work给……评分,给……分数 [+sth,+sth/sb sth]
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例句
| The worker who gets a promotion, the student whose grades improve, the foreigner who learns a new language... 工人得到升迁、学生成绩提高和外国人学会了一门新的语言……(1995阅读Text 2)
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gradual
| 词义
| happening, developing or changing slowly over a long period of time逐渐的,逐步的,渐进的
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例句
| ... he sees the gradual disappearance of “whom”, for example, to be natural and no more regrettable than the loss of the case-endings of Old English.他认为“whom”一词的逐渐消失是自然的,并不比古英语中词格尾缀的消失更让人惋惜。(2005阅读Text 4)
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graduate
| 词义
| ① a person who has completed their school studies, esp. a university degree course 毕业生;(尤指完成学士学位课程的)大学毕业生[+in sth]
② to obtain a degree, esp. a first degree, from a college or university; to complete a course in education 获得(尤指学士)学位;(大学或中学)毕业 [+in sth, +from...]
③ to give a degree or diploma to sb 授予(某人)学位或毕业文凭 [+sb from sth]
④ to start doing sth more difficult or important than what you were doing before 逐渐进展、上升等 [+from sth to sth]
⑤ studying or done for a masters or a doctorate degree after receiving the first degree 研究生的,攻读硕士(或博士)学位的
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ingredient
| 词义
| ① one of the things from which sth is made 成分,(尤指烹饪)原料
② a quality one needs to achieve sth (完成某事的)要素,因素
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例句
| ...which investors now view as a necessary ingredient to a sustained boom现在投资者却把(它)看作持续繁荣必不可少的一个因素(2004阅读Text3)
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progress
| 词义
| ① the process of improving or developing, or of getting nearer to achieving or completing sth 进步,进展,进程 [+of/on/towards sth] [近advance, gain, improvement]
② movement forwards or towards a place 前进,行进
③ to develop over a period of time and become sth better or more complete 进步,改进,进展 [近advance, proceed]
④ to move forward or to go forward in time; to continue to happen or develop 行进;(时间上)推移;(活动等)继续进行或发展
⑤ to move on from doing one thing to doing another (从做一件事)转向(做另一件事) [+to sth]
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例句
| ...there is a real possibility that an uninformed citizenry will extinguish the precious embers of medical progress. ……不明真相的公众真的有可能扑灭医学进步的宝贵火种。(2003 Text 2)
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progressive
| 词义
| ① in favour of new ideas, modern methods, and change 进步的,先进的 [近advanced]
② happening or developing steadily 稳步发展的,逐步的 [近ongoing, increasing]
③ a person with modern ideas who wants to change things 进步人士,改革派
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segregate
| 词义
| ① to keep one thing separate from another (使)分开,隔开 [+sth from sth] [近set apart]
② to separate one group of people from others, esp. because they are of a different race, sex or religion (尤指因种族、性别、宗教不同而)隔离 [+sb from sb] [反integrate]
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upgrade
| 词义
| ① to improve the condition of sth in order to make it better提高(服务、设施等的)档次,升级 [近enhance, elevate]
② to give a promotion to or assign to a higher position提升,提拔 [+sb (to sth)] [近promote]
③ to give sb a better seat on a plane, room in a hotel etc 提高(飞机乘客、旅馆住客等的)待遇,优待 [+sb (to sth)]
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undergraduate
| 词义
| a student who is doing a university course for a first degree(尚未取得学位的)本科生
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例句
| However, only in recent years has it become a feature of undergraduate programs in Canadian universities. 然而,只是在最近几年里它才成为加拿大大学本科专业的一个特色。(2007 翻译)
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diagram
| 词义
| a drawing or plan that shows exactly where sth is, what sth looks like or how sth works图解,图表,示意图
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graph
| 词义
| 图表,曲线图
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graphic
| 词义
| ①
connected with or including drawing, printing, or designing (尤指在生产书刊杂志中)绘画的,设计的,印刷的 (graphic design 平面设计)
② very clear and full of details, esp. about sth unpleasant (尤指描述令人不快的事物)形象的,逼真的
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photograph
| 词义
| ①(又作photo)照片,相片
② to take a photograph of sb/sth 拍照,照相
[+sb/sth,+sb/sth+a.,+sb/sth doing sth]
③ to look or not look attractive in photographs 上/不上相,上/不上镜
[+well/badly etc]
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programme/
program
| 词义
| ①an important plan, esp. one organized by a government or large organization (尤指政府或大型机构的)重大计划,方案
② (电视或广播的)节目;节目单,演出说明书;(演出、活动)程序
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a set of planned activities in education or training, with a specific purpose (教育或训练安排好的)课程,大纲
④[也作program] (计算机)程序,编码指令
⑤ to plan for sth to happen, esp. as part of a series of planned events 计划,安排 [+sth for sth]
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to make sb/sth behave or think in a particular way because of the influence of a society, group, or situation 使按某种方式行事或思考,训练 [+sb/sth to do sth]
⑦ to set a machine to operate in a particular way 预调,设置(机器使之按某种方式运作) [+sth to do sth, +sth]
⑧ (也作program) 为(计算机)编写程序 [+sth to do sth, +(sth)]
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例句
| ...the federal government must support job training programs, raise the minimum wage,……联邦政府必须支持就业培训方案、提高最低工资 (2006 知识运用)
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telegraph
| 词义
| ① a method of sending message using radio or electrical signals 电报(通信方式)
②a piece of equipment that receives or sends messages in this way 电报机
③ to send a message by telegraph 发电报,用电报发送(电文)
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to make it clear to people what you are going to do (常指无意中)流露(思想),暴露(动机)
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aggravate
| 词义
| ① to make a bad situation worse 使加重,使恶化 [近worsen]
② to annoy sb, esp. deliberately (尤指故意地)惹恼,激怒 [近irritate]
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grave
| 词义
| ①a place in the ground where a dead person is buried 坟墓,墓穴[近tomb]
② [常用the ~] death 死亡,去世
③ (of people) serious in manner, as if sth sad, important or worrying has just happened (人)严肃的;表情沉重的 [近serious, severe, solemn]
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very serious and worrying 严重的,令人担忧的[近significant, urgent]
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gravity
| 词义
| ① 重力,(地球)引力
② an extreme serious way of behaving, speaking etc(举止、言谈、表情等的)严肃,庄重[近solemnity]
③ extreme importance and a cause for worry(局势的)严重性 [近seriousness]
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grief
| 词义
| ① extreme sadness, esp. when sb dies; sth that causes great sadness (尤指因人去世而产生的)极度悲伤;伤心事,不幸 [+over/at sth] [近melancholy]
② problems and worry 担心,忧虑
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grieve
| 词义
| to feel extremely sad, esp. when sb has dead (尤指因某人的去世而)悲痛,伤心[+for/over sb/sth,+sth, it ~s sb that/to do sth] [近sorrow, mourn]
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