精编熟词生义（一）

（本系列词汇转载自公众号CATTI考试资料与资讯微博考友@哪里来的小剑客）

1.black

①very dirty; covered with dirt.

很脏的；布满污垢的:

chimneys black with smoke

②full of anger or hatred

愤怒的；仇恨的:

She shot her a black look.

③without hope; very depressing

无希望的；令人沮丧的:

The future looks pretty black.

④(literary) evil or immoral

邪恶的；不道德的:

black deeds / lies

2.pure

①complete and total

完全的；纯粹的:

They met by pure chance.

②[only before noun] concerned within creasing knowledge of the subject rather than with using knowledge impractical ways

纯理论的；非应用的:

technology as opposed to pure science subjects

3.lazy

①(disapproving) showing a lack of effort or care

没下工夫的；粗枝大叶的；马虎的:

a lazy piece of work

②(literary) moving slowly

行进缓慢的；慢吞吞的

the lazy river

4.front

①the front [sing.] (BrE) the road or area of land along the edge of the sea, a lake or a river.

海滨；湖畔；河边；沿海(或湖、河)道路:

Couples walked hand in hand along the front.

②a particular area of activity

活动领域；阵线:

Progress has been made on all fronts.

③[sing.] behaviour that is not genuine, donein order to hide your true feelings or opinions

表面；外表:

It's not always easy to put on a brave front for the family.

④ [C, usually sing.] ~ (for sth) a person or an organization that is used to hide an illegal or secret activity

非法(或秘密)活动掩护者:

The travel company is just afront for drug trafficking.

⑤Front [sing.] used in the names of some political organizations

(用于政治组织的名称)阵线:

the Animal Liberation Front

⑥[C] the line where a mass of cold air meetsa mass of warm air

(冷暖空气团接触的)锋:

a cold / warm front

5.preserve

①an activity, a job, an interest, etc. that is thought to be suitable for one particular person or group of people

(某人或群体活动、工作等的)专门领域:

Football is no longer the preserve of men.

②[C, usually pl., U] a type of jam made by boiling fruit with a large amount of sugar

果酱

③[C, usually pl., U] (especially BrE) a type of pickle made by cooking vegetables with salt or vinegar

腌菜；泡菜

④an area of private land or water wher eanimals and fish are kept for people to hunt

私人渔猎场(或保留地)

6.place

①[VN] (usually used in negative sentences通常用于否定句) to recognize sb / sth and be able to identify them / it

认出；辨认；识别:

I've seen her before but I just can't place her.

②[VN] ~ sb (in sth) | ~ sb (with sb / sth) to find a suitable home, job, etc. for sb

安置家庭(或工作等):

The children were placed withfoster parents.

③used to describe a person, a team or ahorse, etc. finishing in a particular position in a race

排名；获名次

He was placed fifth in last Saturday's race.

7.issue

①(law 律) children of your own

子女；后嗣:

He died without issue.

8.shout

①[verb](AustralE, NZE) to buy drinks or food for sb in a bar, restaurant, etc.

(在酒吧、餐厅等)请人喝饮料(或吃东西):

I'll shout—whatare you drinking?

②[noun](BrE, informal) a person's turn tobuy drinks

轮到某人请客(喝饮料):

What are you drinking? It's my shout.

9.miserable

①[only before noun] (disapproving) (of a person 人) always unhappy, bad-tempered andunfriendly

乖戾的；脾气严峻【SYN】 grumpy :

He was a miserable old devil.

②too small in quantity

太少的；少得可怜的【SYN】 paltry :

How can anyone live on such amiserable wage?

10.knot

①a small group of people standing closetogether

一小群人

②a tight, hard feeling in the stomach,throat, etc. caused by nerves, anger, etc.

(由紧张、恼怒等引起的胃、喉等的)痉挛,郁结,哽咽,哽塞:

My stomach was in knots.

③a unit for measuring the speed of boats andaircraft; one nautical mile per hour

节(船和飞行器的速度计量单位,每小时一海里)

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