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1、WORDSWEEK7avaricious /vrs/1.ADJ An avaricious person is very greedy for money or possessions. 贪婪的表不满例：He sacrificed his own career so that his avaricious brother could succeed.他牺牲了自己的事业，其目的是让他贪婪的弟弟成功。skeleton /skltn/ CET4 TEM41.N-COUNT Your skeleton is the framework of bones in your body. 骨骼例：.a hum

2、an skeleton.人体骨骼。2.ADJ A skeleton staff is the smallest number of staff necessary in order to run an organization or service. 最起码的 (员工)例：Only a skeleton staff remains to show anyone interested around the site.只有极少数的员工留下来带领感兴趣的人参观场地。3.N-COUNT The skeleton of something such as a building or a plan is

3、its basic framework. (楼房或计划的) 构架; 框架例：The town of Rudbar had ceased to exist, with only skeletons of buildings remaining.鲁德巴尔城已不存在，只剩一些建筑骨架。villain /vln/ CET6+ TEM41.N-COUNT A villain is someone who deliberately harms other people or breaks the law in order to get what he or she wants. 恶棍例：I left th

4、e room, feeling like a villain and a murderer.我离开了那个房间，感觉自己就像一个恶棍，一个杀人犯。2.N-COUNT The villain in a novel, movie, or play is the main bad character. (小说、电影、戏剧中的) 反面主角例：He also played a villain opposite Sylvester Stallone in Demolition Man (1992).他在1992年的影片超级战警中扮演了一个与西尔维斯特史泰龙敌对的反面主角。sin /sn/ CET4 (sin

5、ning,sinned,sins)义项 sin读作san。1.N-VAR Sin or a sin is an action or type of behaviour which is believed to break the laws of God. 罪过; 罪孽例：The Vaticans teaching on abortion is clear: it is a sin.梵蒂冈有关坠胎的教义是清楚的：这是个罪过。2.V-I If you sin, you do something that is believed to break the laws of God. 犯戒律例：The

6、Spanish Inquisition charged him with sinning against God and man.西班牙宗教法庭指控他违背了上帝和人类的律法。3.N-COUNT 罪人 sinner例：I was shown that I am a sinner, that I needed to repent of my sins.我被证明是个罪人，需要为我的罪孽忏悔。4.N-COUNT A sin is any action or behaviour that people disapprove of or consider morally wrong. 违背道德原则的行为例

7、：.the sin of arrogant hard-heartedness.狂妄冷酷的恶行。5.ABBREVIATION for sine sine的缩写ingratitude /nrttjud/1.N-UNCOUNT Ingratitude is a lack of gratitude for something that has been done for you. 不知感恩例：.the ingratitude of people toward their military forces in peacetime.在和平时期人们对他们军队好处的忽视。guilty /lt/ CET4 TE

8、M4 (guiltier,guiltiest)1.ADJ If you feel guilty, you feel unhappy because you think that you have done something wrong or have failed to do something which you should have done. 内疚的例：I feel so guilty, leaving all this to you.把所有这一切都留给了你，我觉得很内疚。2.ADV 内疚地 guiltily例：He glanced guiltily over his shoulde

9、r.他内疚地向后瞥了一眼。3.ADJ Guilty is used of an action or fact that you feel guilty about. 罪恶的例：Many may be keeping it a guilty secret.许多人可能将它作为一个罪恶的秘密保守着。4.guilty conscience see conscience5.ADJ If someone is guilty of a crime or offence, they have committed that crime or offence. 犯罪的例：They were found guilt

10、y of murder.他们被判犯有谋杀罪。6.ADJ If someone is guilty of doing something wrong, they have done that thing. 有过失的例：He claimed Mr. Brooke had been guilty of a gross error of judgment.他声称布鲁克先生犯有“判决上的重大过失”。straightway /stretwe/1.ADV at once 一下子地witness /wtns/ CET4 TEM4 (witnessing,witnessed,witnesses)1.N-COUN

11、T A witness to an event such as an accident or crime is a person who saw it. 目击者例：Witnesses to the crash say they saw an explosion just before the disaster.这起坠机事故的目击者说, 在灾难发生之前他们看到了爆炸。2.V-T If you witness something, you see it happen. 目击例：Anyone who witnessed the attack should call the police.任何目睹了那

12、场攻击的人都应该报警。3.N-COUNT A witness is someone who appears in a court of law to say what they know about a crime or other event. 证人例：In the next three or four days, eleven witnesses will be called to testify.在随后的三四天里，11名证人将传唤来作证。4.N-COUNT A witness is someone who writes their name on a document that you

13、have signed, to confirm that it really is your signature. 连署人例：The codicil must first be signed and dated by you in the presence of two witnesses.该遗嘱附件必须首先由你当着两个连署人的面签名并写上日期。5.V-T If someone witnesses your signature on a document, they write their name after it, to confirm that it really is your sig

14、nature. 连署例：Ask a friend, (not your spouse), to witness your signature.请一位朋友（不可以是你的配偶），来连署你的签名。6.V-T If you say that a place, period of time, or person witnessed a particular event or change, you mean that it happened in that place, during that period of time, or while that person was alive. 见证例：Ind

15、ia has witnessed many political changes in recent years.印度近些年见证了许多政治变革。genteel /dntil/ TEM81.ADJ A genteel person is respectable and well-mannered, and comes or seems to come from a high social class. 有教养的例：It was a place to which genteel families came in search of health and quiet.这是一个上流社会家庭寻找健康和宁静

16、的场所。2.ADJ A genteel place or area is quiet and traditional, but may also be old-fashioned and dull. 安宁而古朴的例：.the genteel towns of Winchester and Chichester.安宁而古朴的温切斯特和奇切斯特城。cove /kv/ 1.N-COUNT/N-IN-NAMES A cove is a part of a coast where the land curves inward so that the sea is partly enclosed. 小海湾

17、例：The house is situated on a hillside overlooking Fairview Cove.这座房子位于山坡上，俯瞰费尔维尤海湾。2.N-COUNT/N-IN-NAMES a fellow; chap 家伙; 小伙子snooze /snuz/ (snoozing,snoozed,snoozes)1.N-COUNT A snooze is a short, light sleep, especially during the day. (尤指在白天的) 小睡例：I lay down on the bed with my shoes off to have a

18、snooze.我脱了鞋，躺在床上打个盹儿。2.V-I If you snooze, you sleep lightly for a short period of time. 打盹例：Mark snoozed in front of the television.马克在电视机前打起盹儿来。pal /pl/ TEM81.N-COUNT Your pals are your friends. 朋友例：They talked like old pals.他们像老朋友一样交谈。strew /stru/ TEM8 (strewing,strewed,strewn,strews)1.V-T To stre

19、w things somewhere, or to strew a place with things, means to scatter them there. 散播; 往.上撒.例：The racoons knock over the rubbish bins in search of food, and strew the contents all over the ground.浣熊为了找吃的弄翻了垃圾箱，垃圾撒的到处都是。An elderly woman was strewing the floor with chalk so that the dancing shoes would

20、 not slip.一位老妇人正在往地板上撒滑石粉以防止舞鞋打滑。By the end, bodies were strewn all round the building.最后，大楼四周遍布着死尸。squeal /skwil/ TEM8 (squealing,squealed,squeals)1.V-I If someone or something squeals, they make a long, high-pitched sound. 发出长而尖的声音例：Jennifer squealed with delight and hugged me.珍尼弗高兴地尖叫着，拥抱了我。2.N-C

21、OUNT Squeal is also a noun. 长而尖的声音例：At that moment there was a squeal of brakes and the angry blowing of a car horn.那一刻响起了一阵刺耳的刹车声和汽车喇叭愤怒的鸣笛声。staunch /stnt/ TEM4 (stauncher,staunchest)1.ADJ A staunch supporter or believer is very loyal to a person, organization, or set of beliefs, and supports them

22、strongly. 坚定的例：Hes a staunch supporter of controls on government spending.他是政府开支控制的坚定支持者。2.ADV 坚定地 staunchly例：He was staunchly opposed to a public confession.他坚决反对公开认错。3.ADJ solid or substantial in construction 坚固的; 牢固的ache /ek/ CET4 TEM4 (aching,ached,aches)1.V-I If you ache or a part of your body

23、aches, you feel a steady, fairly strong pain. 疼痛例：The glands in her neck were swollen, her head was throbbing and she ached all over.她脖子里的淋巴腺肿了，头一跳一跳地作痛而且全身疼痛。My leg is giving me much less pain but still aches when I sit down.我的腿疼痛减轻了许多，但是当我坐下时还是会疼。2.N-COUNT An ache is a steady, fairly strong pain i

24、n a part of your body. 疼痛例：You feel nausea and aches in your muscles.你觉得恶心而且肌肉疼痛。3.PHRASE You can use aches and pains to refer in a general way to any minor pains that you feel in your body. (泛指不严重的) 疼痛例：It seems to ease all the aches and pains of a hectic and tiring day.它似乎可以减轻繁忙疲劳的一天带来的所有疼痛。4.see

25、also headache , heartache , stomach achebandage /bndd/ CET4 TEM4 (bandaging,bandaged,bandages)1.N-COUNT A bandage is a long strip of cloth that is wrapped around a wounded part of someones body to protect or support it. 绷带例：We put some ointment and a bandage on his knee.我们在他的膝盖上涂了些药膏，还缠了一条绷带。2.V-T I

26、f you bandage a wound or part of someones body, you tie a bandage around it. 用绷带包扎例：Apply a dressing to the wound and bandage it.在伤口上敷上敷料并用绷带包扎起来。3.PHRASAL VERB Bandage up means the same as . 用绷带包扎例：I bandaged the leg up and gave her aspirin for the pain.我用绷带把她的腿包扎起来，又给她阿斯匹林镇痛。remedy /rmd/ CET4 TEM4

27、 (remedying,remedied,remedies)1.N-COUNT A remedy is a successful way of dealing with a problem. 解决办法例：The remedy lies in the hands of the government.解决办法就在政府手中。2.N-COUNT A remedy is something that is intended to cure you when you are ill or in pain. 治疗; 疗法; 药品例：There are many different kinds of natu

28、ral remedies to help overcome winter infections.很多不同种类的天然药物有助于克服冬季传染病。3.V-T If you remedy something that is wrong or harmful, you correct it or improve it. 补救; 纠正; 改善例：A great deal has been done internally to remedy the situation.内部已经采取了很多措施来挽救局面。wither /w/ CET6+ TEM4 (withering,withered,withers)1.V

29、-I If someone or something withers, they become very weak. 变虚弱例：When he went into retirement, he visibly withered.到了退休年龄时，他明显变得虚弱了。2.PHRASAL VERB Wither away means the same as . 变虚弱例：To see my body literally wither away before my eyes was exasperating.看着我的身体在自己的眼前日渐虚弱真是让人恼火。3.V-I If a flower or plan

30、t withers, it dries up and dies. (花朵或植物) 枯萎例：The flowers in Isabels room had withered.伊莎贝尔房间里的花朵已经枯萎了。stark /stk/ CET6+ TEM8 (starker,starkest)1.ADJ Stark choices or statements are harsh and unpleasant. 严酷的例：Companies face a stark choice if they want to stay competitive.各公司要想保持竞争力就要面临一个严酷的选择。2.ADV 严

31、酷地 starkly例：That issue is presented starkly and brutally by Bob Graham and David Cairns.那个问题被鲍勃格雷厄姆和戴维凯恩斯冷酷无情地提了出来。3.ADJ If two things are in stark contrast to one another, they are very different from each other in a way that is very obvious. (对比) 鲜明的例：.secret cooperation between London and Washington that was in stark contrast to official policy.伦敦和华盛顿之间的与官方政策明显相悖的秘密合作。4.ADV 鲜明地 starkly例：Anguss child-like paintings contrast starkly with his