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surgery n. 1. Surgery is medical treatment in which someone's body is cut open so that a doctor can repair, remove, or replace a diseased or damaged part. 指修复,抑制,切除身体受伤部位的手术。 His father has just recovered from heart surgery... 2. A surgery is the room or house where a doctor or dentist works. (BRIT; in AM, use doctor's office, dentist's office) 手术室 Bill was in the doctor's surgery demanding to know what was wrong with him. |
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anticipate v. 1.If you anticipate an event, you realize in advance that it may happen and you are prepared for it. 提前知道某事会发生并且做了准备。 At the time we couldn't have anticipated the result of our campaigning... 2. If you anticipate a question, request, or need, you do what is necessary or required before the question, request, or need occurs. 为一个问题,要求做准备。 What Jeff did was to anticipate my next question... |
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available adj. 1.If something you want or need is available, you can find it or obtain it. available 形容物,表示能找到并得到这个物品。 Since 1978, the amount of money available to buy books has fallen by 17%... 2. Someone who is available is not busy and is therefore free to talk to you or to do a particular task. 形容人,表示人有空,不急。 Mr Leach is on holiday and was not available for comment. 【available这个用法相当的常见。包括想知道对方最近安排,可以ask for availability。】 |
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interfere 1.If you say that someone interferes in a situation, you mean they get involved in it although it does not concern them and their involvement is not wanted. 指某人介入某个他不需要介入/与他无关的事情。 I wish everyone would stop interfering and just leave me alone... 2. Something that interferes with a situation, activity, or process has a damaging effect on it. interfere也表示破坏某个活动或者过程。 Smoking and drinking interfere with your body's ability to process oxygen. |
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handy adj. 1.Something that is handy is useful. 有用的。 Credit cards can be handy-they mean you do not have to carry large sums of cash. 2. A thing or place that is handy is nearby and therefore easy to get or reach. 表示容易够到、到达。 It would be good to have a pencil and paper handy... |
surgery 的主语一般是人,可以改为,he will need surgery或surgery is needed.