Vocabulary Lists:
- spin
- virally
- unremitting
- herald
- vague
- accountability
- empathetic
- fret
- drag
- frenzy
- cranky
spin | The boat started to spin around in the water. 那条船开始在水里打转。 If only I could spin the photo around, then I could get a good look at it and make a sound judgement. 只要我能够旋转照片,我就可以好好观察它然后做出一个合理的结论。 Her resignation put her colleagues in a spin. 她的辞职令同事们摸不着头脑。 | |
spin ˈoff (from sth)ˌspin sth←→ˈoff (from sth)to happen or to produce sth as a new or unexpected result of sth that already exists 脱胎(于某事物);(从某事物)派生,衍生;随之而产生 | ~ (sth) (round/around) to turn round and round quickly; to make sth do this (使)快速旋转 ~ (round/around) to turn round quickly once; to make sb do this (使)急转身,猛转回头,急转弯 V-I If your head is spinning, you feel unsteady or confused, for example because you are drunk, ill, or excited. 眩晕 | |
virally | She forwarded thee-mail widely, and the announcement spread virally. 她将邮件大范围的转发,这个宣传迅速传播开来。 The website spread virally, and soon he had thousands of leads. 网站迅速传播开来,很快他就收到了几千条线索。 | |
病毒地 | ||
unremitting | I was sent to boarding school, where I spent six years of unremitting misery. 我被送到寄宿学校去,在那里度过了无尽痛苦的六年。 | |
ADJ Something that is unremitting continues without stopping or becoming less intense. 不停的; 不减的 | ||
herald | These talks could herald a new era of peace. 这些谈判可能预示着新的和平时代的来临。 The budget will herald deep cuts, but will not make them. 这个财政预算将宣布新的开支削减,但却无法实现。 | |
to be a sign that sth is going to happen 是(某事)的前兆;预示 ~ sb/sth (as sth) [ often passive ] to say in public that sb/sth is good or important 宣布(好或重要) | ||
vague | to have a vague impression/memory/recollection of sth 对某事印象╱记忆模糊 The description was pretty vague. 这项描述是相当含糊的。 He was accused of being deliberately vague. 他被指责为故意含糊其辞。 | |
not clear in a person's mind (思想上)不清楚的,含糊的,不明确的,模糊的 ~ (about sth) not having or giving enough information or details about sth 不具体的;不详细的;粗略的 ( of a person's behaviour 人的行为 ) suggesting a lack of clear thought or attention 茫然的;糊涂的;心不在焉的 not having a clear shape 不清楚的;模糊的;朦胧的 | ||
accountability | Good management in the police cannot be divorced from accountability. 警政的良好管理离不开问责制。 | |
n. 有义务;有责任;可说明性 | ||
empathetic | Because we have an empathetic connection with them that we don't have with strangers. 因为我们与朋友之间同感关联,比起陌生人,要紧密的多。 | |
ADJ Someone who is empathetic has the ability to share another person's feelings or emotions as if they were their own. 体恤别人感受的; 感同身受的 | ||
fret | Her baby starts to fret as soon as she goes out of the room. 她一走出房间,婴儿就躁动起来。 As she spoke we could see that she was in a fret. 她讲话时,我们看得出她很烦躁。 | |
~ (about/over sth) ( especially BrE ) to be worried or unhappy and not able to relax 苦恼;烦躁;焦虑不安 | ||
drag | He was barely able to drag his poisoned leg behind him. 他勉强拖着中了毒的腿向前走。 The sack is too heavy to lift—you'll have to drag it. 这麻袋太重了,提不起来。你得拖着走。 Let's not drag out this discussion; we need to reach a decision. 别让这场讨论拖得太久,我们得作个决定。 | |
[ VNusually + adv./prep. ] to pull sb/sth along with effort and difficulty (使劲而吃力地)拖,拉,拽,扯 [ + adv./prep. ] to move yourself slowly and with effort 缓慢而费力地移动(或行进) [ VN + adv./prep. ] to persuade sb to come or go somewhere they do not really want to come or go to 生拉硬拽;劝(人)勉强来(或去) [ V ] ( of time or an event 时间或活动 ) to pass very slowly 过得很慢;拖沓地进行 to move, or make sth move, partly touching the ground (使)在地上拖着移动 | ||
frenzy | The speaker worked the crowd up into a frenzy. 演讲者把听众的情绪煽动得疯狂起来。 | |
N-VAR Frenzy or a frenzy is great excitement or wild behaviour that often results from losing control of your feelings. 疯狂 | ||
cranky | Vegetarianism has shed its cranky image. 素食主义已经摆脱了其古怪的形象。 The kids were getting tired and a little cranky. 孩子们越来越累,脾气也有些变坏了。 | |
ADJ If someone is cranky, they are bad-tempered and complain a lot. 脾气不好且爱抱怨的 ADJ If you describe ideas or ways of behaving as cranky, you disapprove of them because you think they are strange. (想法或行为方式)古怪的 |