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tease v. 1.To tease someone means to laugh at them or make jokes about them in order to embarrass, annoy, or upset them. tease一个人表示为了让对方恼怒,生气或者尴尬而故意取笑。 He told her how the boys in East Poldown had set on him, teasing him... 【tease这个意思也可以作为名词】 n. 2.If you refer to someone as a tease, you mean that they like laughing at people or making jokes about them. 说一个人是tease,则表示他经常开别人玩笑 My brother's such a tease... |
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metro n. 1.The metro is the underground railway system in some cities, for example in Paris. metro在某些城市指地铁系统。(例如巴黎) 【岚君几天前刚刚和身边的人探讨过Metro作为地铁这种用法的常见性。在多伦多,地铁被称为 subway,而metro则是这边一个二十四小时超市的名称。岚君去年去南京玩的时候看到南京的地铁写着metro觉得有些怪异,因为metro在法语里到的确是地铁的意思,但是在英语中,相对比较不常见。记得岚君在波士顿的时候,地铁似乎是被叫做the T 的,不过这个说法应该只是在波士顿通用。英国方面,就岚君看的为数不多的英剧来看,地铁在伦敦会被称为tube,具体情形还等希希来纠正吧~】 【希希补充:在英国地铁确实是叫tube,subway是地下通道的意思,然后这边也有一份报纸,叫做 Metro。咳咳,英式英语,美式英语,各种坑爹啊。。。】 【岚君又来了:其实我们这边公交系统提供的免费报纸也叫metro,不过其实里面的文章都是从别的报纸那边弄来的,然后广告一大堆。】 相关词汇: metropolitan & metropolis metropolis是名词,指主要城市,首都,首府城市。metropolitan是形容词,表示大都市的。 PS: 纽约有个metropolitan museum相当的不错~o(∩_∩)o 大家造句依旧可以用metro作为地铁的例子来造句。各种对地铁的吐槽都可以上哦~! |
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unfair adj. 1.An unfair action or situation is not right or fair. unfair表示情形或者某个行动不正确 不公正 She was awarded £5,000 in compensation for unfair dismissal... 2.An unfair system or situation does not give equal treatment or equal opportunities to everyone involved. 一个unfair的系统或者情形一般指机会或者待遇不平均分配。 The American plane makers continue to accuse Airbus of unfair competition... |
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integration n. 1.the combining of two or more things so that they work together effectively 指两个或多个东西的集合, the integration of data from other surveys 2. when people become part of a group or society and are accepted by them 指一个人成为一个小团体中的一员的动作 The family unit is supported by its integration into a wider social network. 3.the process of getting people of different races to live and work together instead of separately 指让不同种族的人共同生活合作的过程 problems of racial integration |
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regret v. 1. If you regret something that you have done, you wish that you had not done it. regret sth. 指你希望你没有做那件事 I simply gave in to him, and I've regretted it ever since... 2. You can say that you regret something as a polite way of saying that you are sorry about it. You use expressions such as I regret to say or I regret to inform you to show that you are sorry about something. I regret sth 是一种礼貌的说法表示你很对此遗憾 `I very much regret the injuries he sustained,' he said... n. 3.Regret is a feeling of sadness or disappointment, which is caused by something that has happened or something that you have done or not done. regret指对一件你做了或者没有做的事情感到难过,失望 Lillee said he had no regrets about retiring. |
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unresponsive adj. 1. An unresponsive person does not react or pay enough attention to something, for example to an urgent situation or to people's needs. (FORMAL) unresponsive用来形容一个人不够集中注意或者不作出反应。 He was totally unresponsive to the pressing social and economic needs of the majority of the population. 2. If a person or their body is unresponsive, they do not react physically in a normal way, or do not make any movements. (FORMAL) unresponsive也可表示一个人身体上的反应不正常,或者完全不动。(动作迟钝) I found her in a coma, totally unresponsive. |
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invoke v. 1. If you invoke a law, you state that you are taking a particular action because that law allows or tells you to. invoke 援引一项法律条款,表示你依据法律采取的一种特定行为 The judge invoked an international law that protects refugees. 2. If you invoke something such as a principle, a saying, or a famous person, you refer to them in order to support your argument. 你引用一条原则,或者名人名言等来支撑论据时,可以用invoke这个动词来表示。 He invoked memories of Britain's near-disastrous disarmament in the 1930s... 3.If something such as a piece of music invokes a feeling or an image, it causes someone to have the feeling or to see the image. invoke也可以表示让人想起。 The music invoked the wide open spaces of the prairies. |