1.alternate
①V-RECIP When you alternate two things, you keep using one then the other. When one thing alternates with another, the first regularly occurs after the other. 交替
?? Her aggressive moods alternated with gentle or more cooperative states.
她的挑釁情緒與溫和或更為合作的情緒互相交替。
?? Now you just alternate layers of that mixture and eggplant.
現(xiàn)在你只用把那種混合物與茄子一層層交疊起來。
②ADJ Alternate actions, events, or processes regularly occur after each other. 交替的
?? They were streaked with alternate bands of colour.
他們都帶有色彩交替相間的條紋。
③ADV 交替地
?? He could alternately bully and charm people.
他能時而欺負(fù)人，時而吸引人。
④ADJ If something happens on alternate days, it happens on one day, then happens on every second day after that. In the same way, something can happen in alternate weeks, years, or other periods of time. 間隔的
?? Lesley had agreed to Jim going skiing in alternate years.
萊斯麗已經(jīng)同意了吉姆隔年去滑雪。
⑤ADJ You use alternate to describe a plan, idea, or system which is different from the one already in operation and can be used instead of it. 供替換的
?? His group was forced to turn back and take an alternate route.
他的小組被迫返回并采用了替代路線。
⑥N-COUNT An alternate is a person or thing that replaces another, and can act or be used instead of them. 替補
?? In most jurisdictions, twelve jurors and two alternates are chosen.
在大多數(shù)審判中，12名陪審員和2名替補人員會被選出。
2.amend
①V-T If you amend something that has been written such as a law, or something that is said, you change it in order to improve it or make it more accurate. 修正
?? The president agreed to amend the constitution and allow multi-party elections.
總統(tǒng)同意了修正憲法并且允許多黨選舉。
②PHRASE If you make amends when you have harmed someone, you show that you are sorry by doing something to please them. 做補償
?? He wanted to make amends for causing their marriage to fail.
他想為一手造成他們婚姻的破裂做出補償。
3.appraise
①V-T If you appraise something or someone, you consider them carefully and form an opinion about them. 評價
?? This prompted many employers to appraise their selection and recruitment policies.
這促使很多雇主評價其人才選聘政策。
②V-T When experts appraise something, they decide how much money it is worth. 估價
?? His estate is now appraised at a figure near $1,000,000.
他的財產(chǎn)現(xiàn)在被估價的數(shù)額接近$1000000。
4.appropriation
①N-COUNT An appropriation is an amount of money that a government or organization reserves for a particular purpose. 撥款
?? The government raised defence appropriations by 12 percent.
政府將國防撥款提高了12%。
②N-UNCOUNT Appropriation of something that belongs to someone else is the act of taking it, usually without having the right to do so. 占用
?? Other charges include fraud and illegal appropriation of land.
其他指控包括詐騙和非法占用土地。
5.apt
①ADJ An apt remark, description, or choice is especially suitable. 恰當(dāng)?shù)?/p>
?? The words of this report are as apt today as in 1929.
這份報告的措詞在當(dāng)今如在1929年一樣恰當(dāng)。
②ADV 恰當(dāng)?shù)?/p>
?? ...the beach in the aptly named town of Oceanside.
…命名貼切的“海邊鎮(zhèn)”上的沙灘。
③ADJ If someone is apt to do something, they often do it and so it is likely that they will do it again. 易于…的
?? She was apt to raise her voice and wave her hands about.
她常常提高嗓門并揮舞雙手。
④ADJ An apt student is intelligent and able to understand things easily. 聰慧的
?? She had taught him French and he had been an apt student.
她教過他法語，他一直是個聰慧的學(xué)生。
6.assurance
①N-VAR If you give someone an assurance that something is true or will happen, you say that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, in order to make them feel less worried. 保證
?? He would like an assurance that other forces will not move into the territory that his forces vacate.
他想要其他部隊不會進(jìn)入他的部隊撤出的那個領(lǐng)地的一個保證。
②N-UNCOUNT If you do something with assurance, you do it with a feeling of confidence and certainty. 信心
?? Masur led the orchestra with assurance.
馬蘇爾很有信心地帶領(lǐng)了那個管弦樂隊。
7.athletic
①ADJ Athletic means relating to athletes and athletics. 運動的; 運動員的
?? They have been given college scholarships purely on athletic ability.
他們完全憑他們的運動才能獲得了大學(xué)獎學(xué)金。
②ADJ An athletic person is fit, and able to perform energetic movements easily. 運動型的 (人)
?? Xandra is an athletic 36-year-old with a 21-year-old's body.
贊德拉是位36歲卻有著21歲人體格的運動型人。
8.attendant
①N-COUNT An attendant is someone whose job is to serve or help people in a place such as a petrol station or a car park. (加油站或停車場的) 服務(wù)員
?? Tony Williams was working as a car park attendant in Los Angeles.
托尼·威廉斯當(dāng)時在洛杉磯的一個停車場做服務(wù)生。
②N-COUNT The attendants at a wedding are people such as the bridesmaids and the ushers, who accompany or help the bride and groom. 婚禮隨員 (如迎賓招待員、儐相)
?? If the bride pays, she has the right to decide on the style of dress worn by her attendants.
如果新娘付費，她有權(quán)決定她的婚禮隨員穿什么款式。
9.authorize
①V-T If someone in a position of authority authorizes something, they give their official permission for it to happen. 批準(zhǔn)
?? It would certainly be within his power to authorize a police raid like that.
他肯定有權(quán)批準(zhǔn)那種警方突襲行動。
②N-VAR 批準(zhǔn)
?? The United Nations will approve his request for authorization to use military force to deliver aid.
聯(lián)合國將同意他的請求，批準(zhǔn)他動用軍隊來運送救援物資。
10.avail
①PHRASE If you do something to no avail or to little avail, what you do fails to achieve what you want. 徒勞
?? His efforts were to no avail.
他的努力是徒勞的。
②V-T If you avail yourself of an offer or an opportunity, you accept the offer or make use of the opportunity. 利用
?? Guests should feel at liberty to avail themselves of your facilities.
客人們應(yīng)可以隨意使用你們的設(shè)施。
