Vocabulary Lists:
- tabloid
- celebrity
- appeal
- dip
- nagging
- lingering
- inherently
- polarize
- mutual
- affinity
tabloid | Tabloid newspapers love to dig up scandal. 通俗小报都热衷于刨丑闻。 Royal gossip is a staple of the tabloid press. 围绕王室成员的飞短流长是小报的主要内容。 | |
tabloid newspaper 小报型报纸通俗小报小报 | a newspaper with small pages (usually half the size of those in larger papers) 小报(版面通常比大报小一半) ( sometimes disapproving ) a newspaper of this size with short articles and a lot of pictures and stories about famous people, often thought of as less serious than other newspapers 通俗小报(文短图多,内容多为名人逸事,常被视为不太严肃) | |
celebrity | She dislikes the loss of privacy that attends TV celebrity. 她不喜欢成为电视名人后随之失去个人隐私。 He achieved celebrity as a sports commentator. 他作为一名体育评论员而享誉四方。 | |
( also informal also celeb ) [ C ] a famous person 名人;名流 [ U ] the state of being famous SYN fame 名望;名誉;著名 | ||
appeal | This morning's appeal was held in camera. 今天上午的上诉是不对外公开的。 My appeal proved futile. 我的呼吁白费了。 The prospect of living in a city holds little appeal for me. 将要住在城市里对我没有什么吸引力。 | |
[ CU ] ~ (against sth) a formal request to a court or to sb in authority for a judgement or a decision to be changed 上诉;申诉 [ U ] a quality that makes sb/sth attractive or interesting 吸引力;感染力;魅力 [ CU ] ~ (to sb) (for sth)~ to sb to do sth an urgent and deeply felt request for money, help or information, especially one made by a charity or by the police (尤指慈善机构或警方的)呼吁,吁请,恳求 [ C ] ~ to sth an indirect suggestion that any good, fair or reasonable person would act in a particular way 启发;打动 | ||
dip | A brief dip into history serves to confirm this view. 随便翻阅一下历史就足以证实这种观点。 She reached out to dip her brush in some black paint. 她伸手把她的画笔蘸上一些黑色的颜料。 | |
dip into your ˈpocket ( informal ) to spend some of your own money on sth 花钱;掏腰包 dip a ˈtoe in/into sth dip a ˈtoe in/into the water ( informal ) to start doing sth very carefully to see if it will be successful or not 涉足试试;试做 | [ VN ] ~ sth (into sth)~ sth (in) to put sth quickly into a liquid and take it out again 蘸;浸 [ usually + adv./prep. ] to go downwards or to a lower level; to make sth do this (使)下降,下沉 [ VN ] ( BrE ) if you dip your headlights when driving a car at night, you make the light from them point down so that other drivers do not have the light in their eyes 把(汽车前灯的)远光调为近光 | |
nagging | Stop nagging—I'll do it as soon as I can. 别唠叨了—我会尽快做的。 | |
a nagging pain/doubt 难以消除的疼痛╱怀疑 | complaining 唠叨的;抱怨的;诉苦的 continuing for a long time and difficult to cure or remove 纠缠不休的;难以摆脱的 | |
lingering | All their songs have a lingering potency. 他们所有的歌曲都有挥之不去的影响力。 Some people were lingering round the hall long after the concert had ended. 音乐会结束后很长时间, 有些人还在大厅里盘旋。 | |
slow to end or disappear 拖延的;缠绵的;缓慢消失的;迟迟不去的 | ||
inherently | Man is not inherently violent. 人类并非生来就暴力。 | |
adv. 内在地;固有地;天性地 | ||
polarize | Missile deployment did much to further polarize opinion. 导弹的部署进一步地加剧了意见的分化。 It will be another big incident to polarize the public. 这将是让公众情绪走向极端的另一起重大事件。 | |
to separate or make people separate into two groups with completely opposite opinions (使)两极化,截然对立 [ VN ] ( physics 物 ) to give polarity to sth 使(物体)极化 | ||
mutual | Our relationship was based on mutual dependence. 我们的关系建立在相互依存的基础上。 Mutual trust is the bedrock of a relationship. 相互信任是建立关系的基础。 Leagues are commonly made for mutual defense. 结成联盟往往是为了共同防御。 | |
mutual respect 相互尊重互相尊重尊重包容相互尊敬 Mutual Affection 情分相爱相互影响 | used to describe feelings that two or more people have for each other equally, or actions that affect two or more people equally 相互的;彼此的 [ only before noun ] shared by two or more people 共有的;共同的 | |
affinity | There is a close affinity between Italian and Spanish. 意大利语和西班牙语关系密切。 Sam was born in the country and had a deep affinity with nature. 萨姆在乡下出生,特别喜爱大自然。 | |
[ sing. ] ~ (for/with sb/sth)~ (between A and B) a strong feeling that you understand sb/sth and like them or it 喜好;喜爱 [ UC ] ~ (with sb/sth)~ (between A and B) a close relationship between two people or things that have similar qualities, structures or features 密切的关系;类同 |