精编熟词生义（一）
（本系列词汇转载自公众号CATTI考试资料与资讯微博考友@哪里来的小剑客）
1.black
①very dirty; covered with dirt.
很脏的；布满污垢的:
chimneys black with smoke
②full of anger or hatred
愤怒的；仇恨的:
She shot her a black look.
③without hope; very depressing
无希望的；令人沮丧的:
The future looks pretty black.
④(literary) evil or immoral
邪恶的；不道德的:
black deeds / lies
2.pure
①complete and total
完全的；纯粹的:
They met by pure chance.
②[only before noun] concerned within creasing knowledge of the subject rather than with using knowledge impractical ways
纯理论的；非应用的:
technology as opposed to pure science subjects
3.lazy
①(disapproving) showing a lack of effort or care
没下工夫的；粗枝大叶的；马虎的:
a lazy piece of work
②(literary) moving slowly
行进缓慢的；慢吞吞的
the lazy river
4.front
①the front [sing.] (BrE) the road or area of land along the edge of the sea, a lake or a river.
海滨；湖畔；河边；沿海(或湖、河)道路:
Couples walked hand in hand along the front.
②a particular area of activity
活动领域；阵线:
Progress has been made on all fronts.
③[sing.] behaviour that is not genuine, donein order to hide your true feelings or opinions
表面；外表:
It's not always easy to put on a brave front for the family.
④ [C, usually sing.] ~ (for sth) a person or an organization that is used to hide an illegal or secret activity
非法(或秘密)活动掩护者:
The travel company is just afront for drug trafficking.
⑤Front [sing.] used in the names of some political organizations
(用于政治组织的名称)阵线:
the Animal Liberation Front
⑥[C] the line where a mass of cold air meetsa mass of warm air
(冷暖空气团接触的)锋:
a cold / warm front
5.preserve
①an activity, a job, an interest, etc. that is thought to be suitable for one particular person or group of people
(某人或群体活动、工作等的)专门领域:
Football is no longer the preserve of men.
②[C, usually pl., U] a type of jam made by boiling fruit with a large amount of sugar
果酱
③[C, usually pl., U] (especially BrE) a type of pickle made by cooking vegetables with salt or vinegar
腌菜；泡菜
④an area of private land or water wher eanimals and fish are kept for people to hunt
私人渔猎场(或保留地)
6.place
①[VN] (usually used in negative sentences通常用于否定句) to recognize sb / sth and be able to identify them / it
认出；辨认；识别:
I've seen her before but I just can't place her.
②[VN] ~ sb (in sth) | ~ sb (with sb / sth) to find a suitable home, job, etc. for sb
安置家庭(或工作等):
The children were placed withfoster parents.
③used to describe a person, a team or ahorse, etc. finishing in a particular position in a race
排名；获名次
He was placed fifth in last Saturday's race.
7.issue
①(law 律) children of your own
子女；后嗣:
He died without issue.
8.shout
①[verb](AustralE, NZE) to buy drinks or food for sb in a bar, restaurant, etc.
(在酒吧、餐厅等)请人喝饮料(或吃东西):
I'll shout—whatare you drinking?
②[noun](BrE, informal) a person's turn tobuy drinks
轮到某人请客(喝饮料):
What are you drinking? It's my shout.
9.miserable
①[only before noun] (disapproving) (of a person 人) always unhappy, bad-tempered andunfriendly
乖戾的；脾气严峻【SYN】 grumpy :
He was a miserable old devil.
②too small in quantity
太少的；少得可怜的【SYN】 paltry :
How can anyone live on such amiserable wage?
10.knot
①a small group of people standing closetogether
一小群人
②a tight, hard feeling in the stomach,throat, etc. caused by nerves, anger, etc.
(由紧张、恼怒等引起的胃、喉等的)痉挛,郁结,哽咽,哽塞:
My stomach was in knots.
③a unit for measuring the speed of boats andaircraft; one nautical mile per hour
节(船和飞行器的速度计量单位,每小时一海里)
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