1、quarter,This clock strikes the quarters. 這座鐘每15分鐘敲一次。 I pay my rent by the quarter. 我按季度付租金。,communication,We are in radio communication with the plane. 我們用無線電與飛機(jī)保持聯(lián)系。 We are in regular communication by letter. 我們定期通信聯(lián)系。 communication systems/links/technology 通訊系統(tǒng)/線路/技術(shù),communication,There was littl

2、e real communication between the father and the daughter. 這對(duì)父女之間很少有真正的交流。 communication skills 交際能力 a from the leader of the party 來自政黨領(lǐng)袖的信息,communicative,communicative adj. 健談的，樂意提供信息的，語言交際能力的 communicator n.交際/流者 communicate v. with sb.,bend: v. (bent, bent),Bend your legs when you pick up somethi

3、ng heavy. 拿重物時(shí)要屈膝。 The old lady was nearly 90 and was bent with age. 那位老婦人年近90，背都駝了。 Slowly bent from the waist and bring your head down to you knees. 慢慢彎下腰，把頭低垂到膝部。,bend,She was bending over her desk writing a letter. 她正伏案寫信。 Lie flat and let your knees bend. 平躺屈膝。 She bent the wire into the shape

4、of a square. 她把鐵絲折成正方形。,bend,The knife is bent out of shape. 這把刀已經(jīng)彎曲變型了。 The road bent sharply to the right. 路向右急轉(zhuǎn)彎。 bend your mind /efforts to sth. (formal) 致力/專心于某事 bend the truth 歪/扭曲事實(shí),bend,on bended knee(s) 下跪（請(qǐng)求）央求，苦苦哀求 bend sb. to sth. 迫使，說服 round the bend/twist 瘋狂 Shes gone completely . 她完全瘋

5、了。 n.(路，河流)拐彎，彎道：a sharp bend in the road 道路的急拐彎 bendy adj. 易彎曲的，易折的，多彎道的,out of order,The communication system was completely because of the earthquake. 由于地震，通訊系統(tǒng)完全癱瘓了。 Your photos will be ready an hour. 你的照片一小時(shí)內(nèi)就會(huì)好。,vast,The soldiers struggled for several days to put out the vast forest fire. 士兵們花

6、了幾天的時(shí)間才撲滅了森林大火。 a crowd一大群人 a amount of information 大量信息 At dusk bats appear in numbers. 蝙蝠于傍晚時(shí)大批出現(xiàn)。 vastness n. vastly adv. 很； 非常,calm,He found a calm hotel room and started to write the music for the film. 他在旅館找了間安靜的房間，開始為那部電影作曲。 Keep calm there is no need to panic. 要冷靜，沒什么可驚慌的。 The wind broke the

7、 calm of the lake water. 風(fēng)吹破了平靜的湖水。,calm,She calmed the litter boy by giving him some candies. 她給了那個(gè)小男孩一些糖果，讓他安靜下來。 They tried to calm down the angry man . 他們?cè)噲D使那個(gè)發(fā)怒的人冷靜下來 The crying child soon calmed down. 哭鬧的孩子不一會(huì)兒就安靜下來了。,blow upon: （blew, blown）,The wind is blowing hard upon the window. 大風(fēng)猛烈地吹在窗戶

8、上。 blow up 爆炸/發(fā) The bomb blew up. A storm is blowing up. 狂風(fēng)大作。,blow,blow sth. up 炸毀 blow up (at sb.) (對(duì)某人）發(fā)火，動(dòng)怒 blower n. 吹風(fēng)機(jī) blow-hard n. 吹牛大王,rise; raise,I rose from my seat. 我從座位上站了起來. We raised the ship from the seabed . 我們把那條船從海底撈了起來.,ruin,The old house where he was born has fallen into ruin. 他

9、出生的那棟老房子已經(jīng)破舊不堪了。 The divorce led to his . 離婚使他一無所有/一貧如洗。 Gambling was his . 賭博毀了他。,ruin,The storm ruined the crops. 暴風(fēng)雨毀掉了莊稼。 The bad weather ed our trip. 惡劣天氣破壞了我們的旅行。 My new shoes got ed in the mud. 的新鞋被泥漿給糟蹋了。,in ruins,Years of fighting have left the area . 經(jīng)年的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)使這個(gè)地區(qū)滿目瘡痍。 The scandal left his re

10、putation . 這件丑聞使他身敗名裂。,mass,There were masses of people at the market today. 今天集市上人山人海。 Ive masses of work to do. 我有大量工作要去做。 a mass of hot air 一團(tuán)熱空氣 the masses 群眾, 民眾 the law of conservation of mass 質(zhì)量守恒定律,mass,be a mass of 遍體是.; 充滿了. in mass 全部, 全體; 整個(gè)地 in the mass 總體上, 總的說來 the (great) mass of 大多數(shù)

11、, 大部分 Be careful, you are massing my hair. 小心，你弄亂我的頭發(fā)了。,in fear,He listened to the footsteps of the guards in fear. 他恐懼地聽著衛(wèi)兵們的腳步聲。 We begged him to let the children go free. 我們求他放了孩子們。 There are people begging for food in the streets of London. 在倫敦街頭有人乞討食物。,advance,I saw advancing flames out of that

12、 building. 我看到火苗從那幢樓里竄出來。 They had d 20 miles by nightfall. 夜幕降臨時(shí)他們已推進(jìn)了20英里。,advance,Shes not really concerned about this issue-shes just trying to advance her own interest. 她不是真的關(guān)心這個(gè)問題，她只是想為自己多謀取一些利益。 This article s a new theory. 這篇文章提出了一個(gè)新的理論。 The date of departure/the trial has been d by one week

13、. 出發(fā)/審判日期提前了一周。,advance,We live in an age of rapid technological . 我們生活在技術(shù)迅猛發(fā)展的時(shí)代。 recent s in medical science 醫(yī)學(xué)的最新發(fā)展,towering,There are many towering buildings in New York. 紐約有許多高聳入云的大樓。 v. over/above sb/sth. 高于；超過；勝過（能力，品德，名聲等） She s over other dancers of her generation. 她遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過同時(shí)代的舞蹈演員。,in order,C

14、hairs were arranged in order. 椅子擺得整整齊齊。 Wood, coal and oil are different kinds of fuel. 木頭，煤炭和石油是不同類型的燃料。 Higher salaries helped to inflation. 工資提高刺激通貨膨脹。,sweep,The disease swept the country within weeks. 這種病在幾個(gè)星期內(nèi)蔓延到全國(guó)。 I am going to sweep the leaves off the path. 我正準(zhǔn)備清掃小路上的樹葉。,district；area,The La

15、ke District in northern England is a tourist attraction. 英格蘭北部的湖區(qū)是一個(gè)游覽勝地。 I find the people in this area very friendly. 我發(fā)現(xiàn)這一帶的人很友好。,desert,She was ed by her husband. 她被丈夫遺棄了。 They deserted the old house and left for another city. 他們離開了老房子，去了另一座城市。 They walked along the silent deserted street of the

16、 city. 他們走在城里空寂無人的街道上。 The office was quite deserted. 這個(gè)辦公室里沒有人。,desert,deserter n. 逃兵，開小差的人 desert island 荒無人煙的熱帶島嶼 deserts n. sbs (just) 應(yīng)得的懲罰，報(bào)應(yīng) desert n. 沙漠；荒原 desert boots 沙漠靴,in charge of,Id like to speak to the person in charge of your company. 我想跟你們公司的負(fù)責(zé)人談?wù)劇?all but The party was over when w

17、e arrived. It was all but impossible to read his writing. 他的筆跡幾乎無法辨認(rèn)。,trap,They tried to save the children trapped by the fire. 他們?cè)O(shè)法就出被火困住的孩子。 He didnt want to be trapped by marriage. 他不愿受婚姻的束縛。 I trapped my coat in the car door. 我的外套被車門夾住了。,trap sb. into doing sth./sth.,He felt he had been ped into accepting the items of the contract. 他覺得自己是中了圈套才接受合同條款的。 n. (捕捉動(dòng)物的)陷阱；夾；捕捉器；圈套；困難 trapper n. 捕殺動(dòng)物者 trap door 通風(fēng)門，活動(dòng)天窗,peak,The peaks in the distance are covered by snow all the year. 遠(yuǎn)處的山頂常年被白雪覆蓋。 In the early evening demand for electricity is at its peak. 傍晚的時(shí)候用電量最高。 Traffic reaches its betw