词汇积累——英语熟词生义汇总(一)
1. about 熟义:prep. 关于
生义:prep.&adv. 到处=(美)around
We spent the whole afternoon walking about the town.
2. absent 熟义:adj. 缺席的
生义:adj. 茫然的,心不在焉的
He looked at me in an absent way.
3. abuse 熟义:v. 滥用;谩骂
生义:v. 虐待
She is quite a successful career woman, but actually she’s much abused at home.
4. accept 熟义:接受
生义:vt.&vi. ① 同意(接受别人的观点,看法)
Tom accepted her explanation.
生义:② 认可,领受,认为
I accept that the aircraft has no choice but to crash into the sea.
5. accommodate 熟义:v. 住宿,留宿
生义:vt 容纳
This hotel can accommodate more than 500 guests.
生义:v. 顺应,适应(新情况)
I have to accommodate to the new schedule.
6. ache 熟义:v.&n. 疼痛
生义:v. 渴望
He was aching for home.7. act 熟义:vi. 行动
生义:vi. 起作用
It takes a couple of minutes for the drug to act.
8. acknowledge 熟义:vt. 承认,道谢
生义:vt. 对……打招呼,理会
He acknowledged me by lifting his hat.
9. across 熟义: prep. 越过
生义:prep. 与……交叉,与……成十字
The two roads cut across each other.
10. advance 熟义:v.&n. 前进,推进
生义:n. 预付(款)
She asked me for an advance on her salary.
生义:n. 增加
Share prices showed significant advances today.
11. add 熟义:v. 加
生义:vt. 接着说,又说;补充说
“They don’t know.” he added.
12. address 熟义:n. 地址 v. 写地址
生义:vt. ① 称呼
The president should be addressed as “Mr President.”
生义:vt. ② 直接向……说
She turned to address the man on her left.
生义:vt. ③ 向……发表演说
He is going to address the meeting in a minute.
13. admit 熟义:vt. 承认生义:vt. 允许进入
The servant opened the door and admitted me (in to the house).
生义:vt. 允许加入,接纳
Drake was admitted into the club in 1997.
14. against 熟义:反对,违背
生义:prep. 衬着,迎着,靠着
The picture looks good against the white wall.
15. age 熟义:n. 年龄
生义:v. 使变老
Worry aged him rapidly.
16. agree with 熟义:vi.&vt. 同意
生义:vi. 与……一致
Your story agrees with what I heard.
生义:vi. 协调,适合
Long plane trips don’t agree with me.
17. air 熟义:n. 空气
生义:v. 抒发;倾诉;传播
Don’t air your troubles too often.
生义:n. 样子,神态,气氛
There was a comfortable air about her room.
18. alive 熟义:adj. 活着的
生义:adj. 充满(活的或动的东西)
The street is alive with people.
19. alone 熟义:adv. 单独地,一个人地生义:adv. 仅仅,只有
She alone was able to answer the question.
20. amount 熟义:n. 量
生义:v. 达到,共计
The cost amounted to $2,000.
生义:v. 相当于
What you have said amounts to a refusal.
21. announce 熟义:vt. 宣布
生义:vt. 显示,预告
Warm sunshine announces the coming of spring.
22. appreciate 熟义:v. 欣赏,感激,感谢
生义:v. 意识到 = realize
I appreciate that I may be wrong.
We appreciate the danger ahead.
23. arrival 熟义:n. 到达
生义:n. 到达者,抵达物
All stood up to welcome the new arrival.
24. at all 熟义:(常与not连用,构成not at all)不用谢,一点也不
生义:真的,确实(用于加强陈述语气或疑问语气)
This is the first time that I have ever been abroad at all.
25. arm 熟义:n. 手臂
生义:n. (pl) 武器 v. 武装
Lay down your arms or we’ll fire!26. attend 熟义:出席
生义:vt.&vi. 看护,治疗
If you go out, who’ll attend to the baby?
The nurse attended to him day and night.
27. arrange 熟义:v. 整理,布置
生义:v. 安排,筹备
I’ve arranged with the neighbours about feeding the cat while we are away.
28. arrest 熟义:vt. 逮捕
生义:vt. 阻止,中止
The new medicine arrested the spread of the disease.
生义:vt. 吸引(注意)
An unusual noise arrested his attention.
29. assume 熟义:vt. 假定,以为
生义:vt. 担任
He will assume the directorship of the project.
30. absolute 熟义:adj. 完全的,绝对的
生义:adj. 肯定的,无疑的,明确的
The police have absolute proof that he was the murderer.
31. accompany 熟义:vt. 陪伴,伴奏
生义:v. 伴随,与……同时发生
Strong winds accompanied the heavy rain.
32. account for 熟义:占……比例
生义:解释,说明His illness accounts for his absence.
33. aggressive 熟义:adj. 好斗的,侵略的
生义:adj. 进取的,志在必得的
If he wants to succeed, he has to be aggressive.
34. alike 熟义:adj.&adv. 相像,十分相似
生义:adv. 同样地,两者都
Good management benefits employers and employees alike.
35. allergic 熟义:adj. 过敏的
生义:adj. 对……十分厌恶
I am allergic to those who could not give help.
36. allow 熟义:v. 允许
生义:vt. 使可能
This diet allows you one glass of wine a day.
37. ample 熟义:adj. 足够的,丰裕的
生义:adj. 广泛的
That you stay abroad will give you ample chances to learn a new language.
38. aspect 熟义:n. 方面
生义:n. 面貌,外表,样子,外观
a man with an impressive aspect
39. available 熟义:adj. 可得到的,可找到的
生义:(人)有空的
The worthy professor is now available.
40. advise 熟义:vt. 建议
生义:vt. 通知Please advise us of the arrival of the goods.
41.balance 熟义:n.&v. 平衡
生义:n. 余额
I must check my bank balance.
生义:v. 权衡
The school aims to balance the amount of time spent on arts and science subjects.
42.back 熟义:n. 背部 adv. 背后的
生义:vt. 支持
Many of his friends backed his plan.
43.badly 熟义:adv. 坏
生义:adv. 迫切
The boy badly wants a new bike.
44.bar 熟义:棒,条;酒吧
生义:n. 障碍
Poor health may be a bar to success in life.
45.become 熟义:v. 变得,变成
生义:vt. 适于,适合
Her new hat certainly becomes her.
46.before 熟义:prep. 以前
生义:conj. 才;就
It was some time before I realized the truth.
47.behaviour 熟义:n. 举止,行为
生义:n. 性能,特点
The behaviour of this computer is moderately good.48.blank 熟义:adj. 空白的 n. 空白
生义:adj. 没表情的,不理解的,没兴趣的
The stranger responded to my greeting with a blank look.
生义:n. (记忆中的)空白,遗忘
I can’t think where I’ve left my umbrella; my mind’s a complete blank.
49.blue 熟义:adj. 蓝色的 n. 蓝色
生义:adj. 忧伤的
His songs always make me feel blue.
50.beside 熟义:prep. 在……旁边
生义:prep. 与……相比
Beside your earlier work, this piece seems rather disappointing.
51.build 熟义:v. 建设
生义:n. 身材,体形
The athlete has a solid build.
52.bare 熟义:adj. 裸露的
生义:vt. 向某人袒露心声
He likes to bare his heart/soul with his close friends.
53.bear 熟义:vt. 忍受,容忍
生义:v. 显示,带有
He was badly wounded in the war and still bears the scars.
54.bitter 熟义:adj. 苦的;痛苦的生义:adj. 强烈的
Why was she so bitter against Mr. Smith?
55.blanket 熟义:n. 毯子
生义:vt. 以厚层覆
The whole village was blanketed with heavy snow.
56.break down 熟义:(机器等)坏了
生义:失败,突然停止
All our plans broke down.
57.bring 熟义:v. 带来
生义:v. 引起
The revolution brought many changes.
58.build up 熟义:建立,增强……体质
生义:增高,加强
The noise is building up until she could not stand it.
59.burst 熟义:v. 使爆炸,破裂
生义:v. 突然爆发
The storm burst and we all got wet.
60.bond 熟义:v. 使牢固结合 n. 纽带
生义:v. 增强(与某人的)信任关系;建立(与某人的)互信关系
Mothers who are depressed sometimes fail to bond with their children.
61.burning 熟义:adj. 炽热的
生义:adj. 重大迫切的
It is a burning issue.62.can 熟义:能
生义:n. 罐头 vt.做成罐头
Mother cans fruit.
63.capital 熟义: n. 首都,首府;资本
生义:adj. 极严重的,根本的
Our capital task at the moment is to persuade her to calm down.
64.cause 熟义:n. 起因,v. 引起
生义:n. 事业
The UN has done a lot for the cause of world peace.
65.celebrate 熟义: vt. 庆祝
生义:vt. 称颂,赞扬
He celebrated her for her courage.
66.chance 熟义:机会
生义:n. 可能性
There is a chance that I will see him.
生义:v. 碰巧
We chanced to be out when she called.
67.check 熟义:vt. 检查
生义:vt. 阻止,制止
We should check the spread of the disease.
68.choice 熟义:n. 选择
生义:adj. 斟酌得当的
Some of his remarks are really choice.
69.civil 熟义:adj. 公民的,国内的生义:adj. 有礼貌的,彬彬有礼的
He is a civil person.
70.class 熟义:n. 班级
生义:n. 阶级,阶层,等级
It is no doubt that the professional classes do a much bett