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calendar n. 1. A calendar is a chart or device which displays the date and the day of the week, and often the whole of a particular year divided up into months, weeks, and days. calendar表示用来表示日期,周几的表格,通常有月 周 日这几种划分方法。 There was a calendar on the wall above, with large squares around the dates. 2. A calendar is a particular system for dividing time into periods such as years, months, and weeks, often starting from a particular point in history. calendar也指划分时间的方法。(某种历法) The Christian calendar was originally based on the Julian calendar of the Romans. 3. You can use calendar to refer to a series or list of events and activities which take place on particular dates, and which are important for a particular organization, community, or person. calendar也可以表示一系列在某些日子会发生的对某些组织或者人重要的事情 It is one of the British sporting calendar's most prestigious events... |
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opponent n. 1.A politician's opponents are other politicians who belong to a different party or who have different aims or policies. 一个政治家的opponent,指和他处于对立阵营,党派的人或者政治意见不和的人。 ...Mr Kennedy's opponent in the leadership contest... 2. In a sporting contest, your opponent is the person who is playing against you. 体育赛事中,opponent指同场竞技的其他人。 Norris twice knocked down his opponent in the early rounds of the fight... 3. The opponents of an idea or policy do not agree with it and do not want it to be carried out. opponent还指不赞同某个想法或者政策的人 ...opponents of the spread of nuclear weapons... |
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confident adj. 1. If you are confident about something, you are certain that it will happen in the way you want it to. confident about sth.指你确信事情会按照你预想的方式发生。 I am confident that everything will come out right in time... 2. If a person or their manner is confident, they feel sure about their own abilities, qualities, or ideas. 说人或者人的举止confident指这人很肯定他自己的能力 品质想法 In time he became more confident and relaxed... 3. If you are confident that something is true, you are sure that it is true. A confident statement is one that the speaker is sure is true. be confident that something is true表示确定某事是真的。 a confident statement表示说话者确信是所说的是事实。 She is confident that everybody is on her side... |
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endure v. 1.If you endure a painful or difficult situation, you experience it and do not avoid it or give up, usually because you cannot. endure一个痛苦或者困难的情形,指你经历这个情形,通常因为你无法避免或者放弃而没有放弃。 The company endured heavy financial losses. 2. If something endures, it continues to exist without any loss in quality or importance. something endures表示该物在没有损害质量和重要性的情况下延续了下来。 Somehow the language endures and continues to survive. |
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注意:invisibility用法有限,请用invisible造句。 invisible adj. 1.If you describe something as invisible, you mean that it cannot be seen, for example because it is transparent, hidden, or very small. invisible表示看不见的东西,通常由于体积小,透明等原因。 The lines were so finely etched as to be invisible from a distance... 2. If you say that you feel invisible, you are complaining that you are being ignored by other people. If you say that a particular problem or situation is invisible, you are complaining that it is not being considered or dealt with. 如果说你感觉自己invisible,表示你觉得别人都忽视了你。如果说一个问题是invisible,指这个问题没有被注意到并考虑。 The problems of the poor are largely invisible. |
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objective n. 1.Your objective is what you are trying to achieve. 指试图打成的目标 Our main objective was the recovery of the child safe and well... 2. If someone is objective, they base their opinions on facts rather than on their personal feelings. 客观,指某人的观点是基于事实而非他们本人的感情。 I believe that a journalist should be completely objective... |
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conquer v. 1.If one country or group of people conquers another, they take complete control of their land. 如果一个国家或者一群人conquer了别人,指他们完全掌控了对方的土地 During 1936, Mussolini conquered Abyssinia... 2. If you conquer something such as a problem, you succeed in ending it or dealing with it successfully. conquer一个问题,通常指成功的解决了问题。 He has never conquered his addiction to smoking. |