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appoint把某人指派到一个地方,动词1“任命,委任”,例:We must appoint a new teacher at once to the mountain school.我们必须新的老师去山村小学。2“约定,指定”,例:They appointed a place to exchange stamps.他们约定一个地方交换邮票。
其名词为appointment 1“任命,委任”2“约定,指定”,短语make an appointment with sb. 与某人约会,call off the appointment取消约会
point
作名词1“尖,尖端”,如the point of a nail钉子尖,2“点,小数点”,如three point four 3.4,3“分数,得分”4“要点,论点,观点”,例:You have missed the whole point of the novel你已经忽略了这部小说的要点
作动词1(at,to)“指,指向”2“表明”
短语come to the point说要点,on the point of即将……的时候,point out指出
词根punct表示点
punctual“正点的,准时的,严守时刻的”,例:She is always punctual but her friend is always late.她总是非常守时,而她的朋友总是迟到。
punch动词“打孔”(短语打卡上班下班用punch in / out),如punch a hole in the door to fix up the lock在门上打孔以装锁
disclose动词“揭示,泄露”,例:The president disclosed a fact that he was put into prison wrongly 20 years ago.董事长透露20年前他曾含冤入狱。
close
作动词1“关,闭”2“结束,了结”,如close a deal中止一场交易
作名词“结束,了结”,如at the close of the meeting在会议结束的时候(这里的close相当于end)
作形容词1(to)“近的,接近的”,如an airport close to town一个非常靠近城镇的机场,短语be close to someplace离某个地方很近,2“关闭着的”3“严密的,紧密的”,例:We keep a close watch on the prisoner.我们严密地看守着这个囚犯。
作副词“接近地,紧密地”,如come close to me向我这边靠近
enclose动词1“围住,圈起”,如enclose the pasture把牧场围起来,2“封入”,例:Enclosed with the application letter is my resume.随申请信附有我的简历。3“附件”,如several enclosures in my envelope信封里有几个附件,作名词“圈起”,例:opposed to the enclosure of common land反对把公共土地圈为私有。其名词为enclosure“围住,圈起,封入,附件”
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disguise名、动“假装,伪装”,形象化记忆gui(鬼)se(色),色鬼都不希望被别人看穿,所以要伪装起来,例:He escaped by disguising himself as a civilian.他把自己伪装成平民逃跑了。短语in disguise虚伪的
disorder名词1“混乱,杂乱”2“骚乱”3“失调,疾病”
order作名词1“命令”2“次序,顺序”3“秩序,治安,正常状态,整齐”4“定购,定货单”,作动词“制,定制,订购”,短语in order秩序井然,in order that以便,为了,例:He left early in order that he should arrive on time.他很早就离开了以便能够准时到达。out of order失去控制,失调
orderly作形容词“整齐的,有秩序的,有条理的”,如an orderly room一个整齐的房间,an orderly mind有条理的头脑,an orderly football crowd守秩序的足球观众
词根ordin=order顺序
coordinate一起遵守顺序,动词“协调”,如to coordinate with movements in swimming游泳时使动作协调,例:Our efforts need to be further coordinated for higher efficiency.为了获得更高的效率,我们的工作需要协调。
subordinate按顺序应该摆在下面,作形容词1(to)“次要的,从属的”,例:All the other issues are subordinate to this one.所有其他问题都从属于这个问题。2“下级的”,如subordinate officer下级官员,作动词“使从属”,例:He subordinated his wishes to the general good of the group.他把自己的愿望从属于组织的利益。
display名、动“陈列,展览,显示”,短语on display 在展出
play
动词1“玩,游戏”,如play a joke on sb.跟某人开了一个玩笑,2“演奏”,如play a guitar演奏吉他,3“扮演”,如play the boss扮演老板
名词1“游戏,比赛”2“剧本,戏剧”3“活动,作用”
短语fair play公平地竞争,play with对…不认真考虑,对…轻率地对待,例:She's been playing with the idea of starting her own business.她一直没有认真考虑过自己创业的问题。
playground“运动场,游戏场”
player名词1“选手”2“演员,演奏者”
disregard作动词“不管,不顾”,例:She completely disregarded our objection.她全然不顾我们的反对。作名词“不管,不顾”,例:The government has shown a total disregard for the needs of the poor.政府对穷人的需求采取了完全漠视的态度。
guard作名词“哨兵,警卫”,作动词“守卫,保卫”,例:The dog guarded the house.狗在守护着房子。
bodyguard“保镖,警卫人员”
safeguard作动词“维护,保护,捍卫”,例:This agreement will safeguard the newspaper from government's interference.这个协议保护报纸免受政府的干涉。作名词“安全装置,安全措施”,例:The law contains new safeguards to protect consumers who use cars.这个法律包含一些新的安全措施以保护那些使用购买二手车的消费者。
regard动词1(as)“把…看作为,把…认为”,例:You can't regard him as a friend but a business associate.你不能把他看作朋友,他只是生意上的合伙人。2“考虑,注视”,作名词(复数)“敬重,敬意,问候”,例:Give my regards to your parents.代我向你的父母问好。
短语with / in regard to对于,就…而论,例:I have nothing to say with regard to your complaints.对于你的抱怨我无话可说。
regarding介词“关于”,例:I wrote a letter to my wife regarding my daughter's exam.我写信告诉我太太关于女儿考试的情况。
regardless 1“不留心地,不注意的”2(of)“不管”,例:He says what he thinks regardless of all of people's feelings.他想怎么说就怎么说,根本不管其他人的情绪。