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Resolution 1. A resolution is a formal decision taken at a meeting by means of a vote.在会议上投票产生的决定。如:He replied that the UN had passed two major resolutions calling for a complete withdrawal. 2. If you make a resolution, you decide to try very hard to do something.下定决心要做一件事。如:They made a resolution to lose all the weight gained during the Christmas period. 3. Resolution is determination to do something or not do something.做一件事或者不做一件事的决定。 `I think I'll try a hypnotist,' I said with sudden resolution. 4. The resolution of a problem or difficulty is the final solving of it. (FORMAL)对一个难题的彻底解决。如:...the successful resolution of a dispute involving UN inspectors in Baghdad. 5. The resolution of an image is how clear the image is. (TECHNICAL)分辨率 如: Now this machine gives us such high resolution that we can see very small specks of calcium. |
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Travel v. 1. If you travel, you go from one place to another, often to a place that is far away. travel指人从一个地方到另一个地方,通常两地相隔较远。如:Students often travel hundreds of miles to get here...这个意义也可以直接作为名词使用,如:He detested air travel. 2. If you travel the world, the country, or the area, you go to many different places in the world or in a particular country or area.可以指去很多国家或者地区旅行 3. When light or sound from one place reaches another, you say that it travels to the other place.表示声或者光的运动,用travel 4. When news becomes known by people in different places, you can say that it travels to them.当新闻在不同的地方传开时,也可以用travel 5. If you travel light, you travel without taking much luggage. travel light是指轻装旅行,行李不多 |
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pile n. 1. A pile of things is a mass of them that is high in the middle and has sloping sides. 用来形容一堆东西(尤其指中间高,两边低,边上呈斜面装)...a pile of sand... 2. A pile of things is a quantity of things that have been put neatly somewhere so that each thing is on top of the one below. 用来形容一堆整齐叠放好的东西,如:The clothes were folded in a neat pile. 3. If you talk about a pile of something or piles of something, you mean a large amount of it. (INFORMAL) 用来形容有很多这样东西(非正式说法)...a whole pile of disasters. v. 4. If you pile things somewhere, you put them there so that they form a pile. 堆。把东西放成一堆。He was piling clothes into the suitcase... 5. If a group of people pile into or out of a vehicle, they all get into it or out of it in a disorganized way. 当一群人pile into 或者pile out of 一个交通工具的时候,就表明这些人上下(车)比较没有秩序。 词组,pile up 1. If you pile up work, problems, or losses or if they pile up, you get more and more of them. 表示工作,学习,问题等越来越多。Problems were piling up at work... 2. If you pile up a quantity of things or if they pile up, they gradually form a pile. 如果你pile up大量的东西,表示他们慢慢的形成堆状。如:Mail was still piling up at the office. |
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absolute adj. 1. Absolute means total and complete. 表示全部。完整,完全的。如:A sick person needs absolute confidence and trust in a doctor. 2. You use absolute to emphasize something that you are saying. 用absolute来强调你说的话。如:I think it's absolute nonsense. 3. Absolute is used to say that something is definite and will not change even if circumstances change. 表示某事非常肯定,即使条件改变了也不会改变。They had given an absolute assurance that it would be kept secret. |
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sacrifice v. 1. If you sacrifice something that is valuable or important, you give it up, usually to obtain something else for yourself or for other people. 当你sacrifice了A,是你为了得到B(可以是为自己也可以是为了他人)而放弃了A。 如:She sacrificed family life to her career... 2. To sacrifice an animal or person means to kill them in a special religious ceremony as an offering to a god. 当你sacrifice动物,指在宗教仪式上杀死动物把动物供奉给神灵。如:The priest sacrificed a chicken... n. 以上两个意义都可以作为名词。 如:She made many sacrifices to get Anita a good education...... animal sacrifices to the gods. |
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straightforward adj. 1. If you describe something as straightforward, you approve of it because it is easy to do or understand. 当你用straightforward来描述某件事,你因为这件事容易做或者容易懂而认可它。简单的说,就是用来形容某件事清楚易懂。 如:The question seemed straightforward enough. 2. If you describe a person or their behaviour as straightforward, you approve of them because they are honest and direct, and do not try to hide their feelings. 如果你说某个人或者某人的行为straightforward,你认可它因为他们诚实,不隐藏自己的感情。 如:She is very blunt, very straightforward and very honest... |
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combine v. 1. If you combine two or more things or if they combine, they exist together. 当你说几个个东西combine的时候,可以表示这几者共存 如:The Church has something to say on how to combine freedom with responsibility... 2. If you combine two or more things or if they combine, they join together to make a single thing. 当你说几个个东西combine的时候,表示他们结合在一起,成为一个整体 如:Combine the flour with 3 tablespoons water to make a paste... 3. If someone or something combines two qualities or features, they have both those qualities or features at the same time. 当你说一个人或者一个东西combines两个不同的特性,表示他们同时具有这两种特性。 如:Their system seems to combine the two ideals of strong government and proportional representation. 4. If someone combines two activities, they do them both at the same time. 当说一个人combine两个活动,表示这个人同时做这两件事。 如:He will combine the two jobs over the next three years. 5. If two or more groups or organizations combine or if someone combines them, they join to form a single group or organization. = amalgamate 如果两个或多个组织combine,他们合并成为一个组织。 如:Different states or groups can combine to enlarge their markets. |