刘毅5000词汇_不熟词汇整理_lesson_15 and part_1

一、
allot
① (VERB) 分配;分派;划拨
allotment
② (N-COUNT) 分配物；份额；拨款
① (N-COUNT) （英国城镇里租给个人种菜用的）小块园地

allocate
① (VERB) 分配；分派；划拨

distribute
① (VERB) 分发;分配;分送
If you distribute things, you hand them or deliver them to a number of people.

distribution
① (N-UNCOUNT) 分发;分派;分送
② (N-VAR) 分配;分布
	● ...a more equitable distribution of wealth.  
	更公平合理的财富分配
	● One of the side effects may be to change the geographical distribution of parasitic diseases such as malaria.  
	其中的一个意外后果可能是改变诸如疟疾之类的寄生虫引发的疾病的地理分布。
二、
scout  [skaʊt]
① (N-COUNT) 侦察员
② (VERB) (在某地)搜索,寻找
③ n. 童子军
the Scouts [复数]  童子军
a scout troop
童子军中队

二、
The banners of many countries fly outside of the headquaters of the United Nations.
fly  	(VERB) 飞舞;（旗）飘荡;

三、
headquaters  	(N-SING-COLL) 总部;总公司

四、
cliff	(N-COUNT) (尤指靠海的)悬崖，峭壁

五、
bluff  [blʌf]
A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it.
① (N-VAR) 欺骗；误导；吓唬；虚张声势
	● The letter was a bluff...  
	这封信不过是吓唬人罢了。
② (VERB) 欺骗；误导；吓唬；虚张声势	
	● In each case the hijackers bluffed the crew using fake grenades...  
	每一个案例中，劫机者都用了假手榴弹吓唬机组人员。
③ (N-COUNT) （尤指河边或海边的）悬崖，峭壁，陡岸 
A bluff is a steep cliff or bank, especially by a river or the sea.	
	● ...a high bluff over the Congaree River.
	康加里河边高耸的峭壁
④ (ADJ-GRADED) 坦率的；坦白的；直言的
	● He comes across as a man with a bluff exterior who, beyond that, is difficult to get to know...  
	他给人感觉是一个直来直去的人，但内心却让人捉摸不透。

六、
slope		
(N-COUNT) 山坡
(N-COUNT) 斜坡
(VERB) 倾斜
(N-COUNT) 斜度;坡度
	a slope of ten degrees
	一段坡度为 10° 的斜坡
	
七、
clay	
(N-MASS) 黏土;陶土

八、
precipice [ˈpresəpɪs]
① (N-COUNT) 悬崖；峭壁 A precipice is a very steep cliff on a mountain.
② (N-COUNT) 险境；危局；绝境
If you say that someone is on the edge of a precipice, you mean that they are in a dangerous situation in which they are extremely close to disaster or failure.
	● The King now stands on the brink of a political precipice.  
	国王现在处于政治上岌岌可危的境地

九、
crook [krʊk] 
① (N-COUNT) 骗子;罪犯
② (N-COUNT) (肘或膝盖的)内侧
③ (VERB) 弯曲(手臂或手指)
④(PHRASE) 想方设法;不择手段 do something by hook or by crook

十、
curve
① (N-COUNT) 曲线;弧线
② (V-ERG) (使)弯曲;(使)呈曲线形
③ (VERB) 沿曲线运动

十一、
hook  [hʊk]
① (N-COUNT) 钩;吊钩;挂钩
② (V-ERG) （用钩）吊住，挂住，固定
③ (VERB) （用手臂、腿或脚）钩住，绕住
④ (VERB) 钓（鱼） hook a fish

十二、
afterwards
① (ADV) （某个事件或已提及的时间）之后
	● Shortly afterwards, police arrested four suspects...  
	之后不久，警方逮捕了4名嫌犯。

十三、
vacant   [ˈveɪkənt]
① (ADJ) 未使用的;未被占用的;空的
② (ADJ) (工作或职位）空缺的
③ (ADJ-GRADED) （神情）茫然的;失神的

vacancy
① (N-COUNT) （工作或职位的）空缺
② (N-COUNT) （旅馆里待租的）空房

十四、
interval
① (N-COUNT) (事件、日期之间的)间隔
An interval between two events or dates is the period of time between them.
	● The ferry service has restarted after an interval of 12 years...  
	时隔12年之后，轮渡服务又重新开通了。
② (N-COUNT) 幕间休息;中场休息 
An interval during a film, concert, show, or game is a short break between two of the parts.	
	● During the interval, wine was served...  
	幕间休息时有葡萄酒供应。

十五、
stock
① (N-COUNT) 股票;证券
② (N-UNCOUNT) (公司的)股本，股份
③ (VERB) (商店)存(货)，储备
④ (N-UNCOUNT) (商店的)全部存货，库存	
⑥ (N-COUNT) 贮存;储备

十六、
hoard [hɔ:d]
① (VERB) 贮藏;囤积
② (N-COUNT) 贮藏物;隐藏物;收藏物
A hoard is a store of things that you have saved and that are valuable or important to you or you do not want other people to have.
	● The case involves a hoard of silver and jewels valued at up to $40m.  
	此案涉及密藏的一批价值高达4,000万美元的银子和珠宝。

十七、	
pile
① (N-COUNT) （上窄下宽的）堆
	● ...a pile of sand...  
	一堆沙子
② (N-COUNT) （一个压着一个摆放整齐的）叠，摞
	● ...a pile of boxes...  
	一叠盒子
③ (VERB) 堆放；堆积；叠架

十八、
swamp  [swɒmp]
① (N-VAR) 沼泽(地)
② (VERB) 淹没;浸没	
If something swamps a place or object, it fills it with water.
③ (VERB) 使不堪承受;使疲于应对;使应接不暇 If you are swamped by things or people, you have more of them than you can deal with.
	● He is swamped with work...  
	他工作忙得不可开交。

十九、
groan	[ɡrəʊn] 
① (VERB) 呻吟；叹息
② (VERB) 不高兴地低声说；咕哝
③ (VERB) 抱怨；发牢骚
	● His parents were beginning to groan about the price of college tuition.  
	他的父母开始抱怨大学的学费太贵
④ n.  呻吟，叹息; 呻吟般的声音;

二十、
sorrow
① (N-UNCOUNT) 悲哀;伤心;悔恨;惋惜 
Sorrow is a feeling of deep sadness or regret.
	● It was a time of great sorrow...  
	这是一个非常悲伤的时刻。
	● Words cannot express my sorrow.  
	言语无法表达我的哀伤

二十一、
sermon  [ˈsɜːmən]
① (N-COUNT) 布道;讲道；说教

二十二、
preach	  [priːtʃ]
① (VERB) 讲道；布道；传教
② (VERB) 宣传；鼓吹
③ (VERB) 说教；唠叨；不胜其烦地劝诫

二十三、
suppress  [səˈpres]
① (VERB) 镇压;制止;压制
If someone in authority suppresses an activity, they prevent it from continuing, by using force or making it illegal.

suppression  [səˈpreʃn] 
[不可数名词] the act of suppressing sth 镇压；压制；抑制

二十四、
subdue  [səbˈdju:]
① (VERB) 制服;征服;控制 
If soldiers or the police subdue a group of people, they defeat them or bring them under control by using force.
② (VERB) 抑制，压制，克制(感情)

二十五、
scarce
① (ADJ-GRADED) 缺乏的;不足的;供不应求的
	● Food was scarce and expensive...  
	食物供不应求，而且价格昂贵。
② adv. (literary) only just; almost not 勉强；刚；几乎不；简直不
	I can scarce remember him.
	我几乎想不起他了
	
scarcely	
① (ADV-BRD-NEG) 刚刚;才;勉强
② (ADV-BRD-NEG) 几乎不;简直不
	● He could scarcely breathe...  
	他几乎喘不过气来。
	● I scarcely knew him...  
	我几乎不认识他。
	● It can scarcely be coincidence...  
	它不太可能是巧合。