n. 噪音,嘈雜聲,喧鬧聲,聲音,聲響,雜音;vt. 謠傳,哄傳,傳說;vi. 發出聲音,大聲議論;
[例句] There was too much noise in the room and he needed peace...
[例句] The noise of bombs and guns was incessant...
adj. 狹隘的,狹窄的,(種類或數目)有限的,仔細的,精確的;vt. 限制,限定,(使)變窄,變得更窄,收縮;n. 海峽,狹路,隘路,狹窄的水道;vi. 變窄;
[例句] ...through the town's narrow streets...
[例句] She had long, narrow feet.
pron. 沒有人,沒有一人,沒有一個,沒有一部分,沒有一點;adv. 根本不,無法,絕不;
[例句] She did none of the maintenance on the vehicle itself...
[例句] None of us knew how to treat her.
n. 螺母,螺帽,堅果,堅果果仁,難對付的人,[樂]弓根;v. 采堅果,拾堅果;
[例句] Nuts and seeds are good sources of vitamin E.
[例句] If you want to repair the wheels you just undo the four nuts.
n. 網,(電視與計算機)網絡,網狀物,廣播網;vt.& vi. 將…連接成網絡,建立工作關系;vt. 把(地方節目)編排到廣播網(或電視網)聯播,使(全國)聯播,(如)用網覆蓋,廣泛分布;vi. 溝通,互助;
[例句] ...Strasbourg, with its rambling network of medieval streets...
[例句] The uterus is supplied with a rich network of blood vessels and nerves.
vi. 點頭,打瞌睡,上下擺動,變得粗心大意;vt. 點頭示意,使彎曲,使屈服,點頭答應;n. 點頭,點頭同意,打瞌睡,打盹,粗心大意;
[例句] 'Are you okay?' I asked. She nodded and smiled...
[例句] David said nothing, but simply nodded, as if understanding perfectly...
adj. 本國的,土著的,天生的,天真的,純樸的;n. 當地人,土著人,當地產的動(植)物;
[例句] It was his first visit to his native country since 1948...
[例句] Mother Teresa visited her native Albania.
vt. 疏忽,忽略,遺漏,疏于照顧;n. 玩忽,被忽略的狀態,怠慢;
[例句] The woman denied that she had neglected her child...
[例句] Feed plants and they grow, neglect them and they suffer.
adv. 任何地方都不,無處,毫無結果;n. 無處,任何地方,無名之地;adj. 不存在的,毫無結果的,不知名的;
[例句] Nowhere is language a more serious issue than in Hawaii...
[例句] This kind of forest exists nowhere else in the world...
n. 北方,北部,(美國南北戰爭時與南方作戰的)北部各州,北方發達國家(尤指歐洲和北美各國);adj. 北方的,北部的,朝北的,(風,光線)來自北方的;adv. 在北方,自北地,向北方;
[例句] In the north the ground becomes very cold as the winter snow and ice covers the ground...
[例句] Birds usually migrate from north to south.
adj. 指定的;v. 確定( name的過去式和過去分詞 ),決定,給…取名,說出…的名字;
[例句] 'What's his name?'—'Peter.'...
[例句] I don't even know if Sullivan's his real name...
adv. 不,[用以表示否定、否認、拒絕、禁止等]不是,幾乎不,未必,沒有[用于否定后面的詞或短語];
[例句] The sanctions are not working the way they were intended...
[例句] I was not in Britain at the time...
n. 夜,晚上,(舉行盛事的)夜晚;
[例句] He didn't sleep a wink all night...
[例句] The fighting began in the late afternoon and continued all night...
n. 護士,看護,奶媽,保姆,阿媽,保育員,保護人,培養者,養成所,發祥地,[植]保護樹,[蟲]保護蟲,保育蟲,[動]世代交替的無性期的個體;vt.& vi. 護理,照料,喂,吃奶;vt. 培育,懷抱,摟抱,調治;
[例句] She had spent 29 years as a nurse...
[例句] Patients were dying because of an acute shortage of nurses.
adj. 中立的,(化學中)中性的,暗淡的,不帶電的;n. (汽車或其他機器的)空擋位置,中立人士,中立國,素凈色;
[例句] Let's meet on neutral territory...
[例句] Those who had decided to remain neutral in the struggle now found themselves required to take sides.
n. 針,針狀物,刺激性言
[例句] She took the needle off the record and turned the lights out.
[例句] She kept looking at the dial on the boiler. The needle had reached 250 degrees.
n. 新聞,消息,(可當作新聞內容的)人,物;
[例句] We waited and waited for news of him...
[例句] They still haven't had any news about when they'll be able to go home...
adv. 從不,從來沒有,一點也不,決不,不會…吧,沒有,不曾;
[例句] I have never lost the weight I put on in my teens...
[例句] Never had he been so free of worry...
adj. (兩者)都不的;pron. 兩者都不;adv. 兩個都不,既不…也不;conj. 也不,既不;
[例句] Professor Hisamatsu spoke neither English nor German...
[例句] The play is neither as funny nor as disturbing as Tabori thinks it is.
adj. 骯臟的,下流的,令人討厭的,惡劣的,艱險的,嚴重的;n. 令人不愉快的事物;
[例句] ...an extremely nasty murder...
[例句] This divorce could turn nasty.