(单词翻译:单击)
essence
本质,实质
Senior citizen discounts are the essence of the very thing older Americans are fighting against—discrimination by age.
老年人优惠价是年老的美国人斗争的本质——年龄歧视 。
extravagant
奢侈的;浪费的;过度的
When asked to use three words to describe society's rich, the top responses were "extravagant", "greedy" and "corrupt".
当被问及用三个词形容社会财富的时候,排在前面的三个词是“浪费的”,“贪婪的”和“腐败的” 。
flush
发红,脸红
The child's cheeks were flushed with fever.
那个孩子发烧了,脸颊通红 。
funding
提供资金
Even Hilton Hotels has shown interest in the space tourism industry and the possibility of building or co-funding a space hotel.
甚至希尔顿酒店也对太空旅游业,以及建筑的可能性和合资太空酒店表现出兴趣 。
granted
算是如此,但是
Granted, some amount of delusion is probably part of the human condition.
当然,一定量的错觉很可能是人类状态的一部分 。
haunt
萦绕于……
He was haunted by memories of his unhappy childhood well into his adult life.
我对于童年到成人的记忆在脑海中挥之不去 。
initiate
开始
The concept of a "non-smoking" Olympics, initiated in 1988, has been put into practice since the 1992 Barcelona Games.
无烟奥运的概念起始于1988年,在1992的巴塞罗那奥运会上付诸实践 。
intrinsic
本质的,固有的
The intrinsic value of a coin is the value of the metal it is made of.
一枚硬币的内在价值是制造它的金属的价值 。
intuition
直觉
Nobody told me where to find you. It was sheer intuition.
没有人告诉我在哪儿能找到你 。这完全凭直觉 。
irritate
激怒
The boy's foolish question irritated his mother.
男孩愚蠢的问题激怒了他的妈妈 。
manifest
证明,表明
She manifested little interest in her studies.
她显示出对学业没有多大的兴趣 。
mingle
混合;交往
Security men mingled with the crowd.
保安混杂在人群中 。
obscure
模糊的;晦涩的;昏暗的
I received a letter of complaint from them; but the letters of the sign were made obscure by rain.
我收到一封投诉信;但字迹被雨弄模糊了 。
paradox
悖论,自相矛盾的人或事
"More haste, less speed" is a paradox.
“欲速则不达”是一个悖论 。
privacy
隐私;秘密
With seven people squashed in one house, you don't get much privacy.
七个人挤在一个房间,你是不可能有隐私的 。
radiate
辐射;传播
The sun radiates both light and heat.
太阳发出光和热 。
refrain
节制,克制
You must be able to refrain yourself in some matters in order to accomplish others.
为了实现目标,你应该能够在某些方面克制自己 。
supervisor
监督人
The supervisor didn't have time so far to go into it at length, but he gave us an idea about his plan.
主管还没来得及详尽地说明,但他向我们透露了该计划的总体构想 。
surgical
外科的
The doctors and nurses had surgical masks on.
医生和护士都戴着外科手术用口罩 。