1.reproach
①V-T If you reproach someone, you say or show that you are disappointed, upset, or angry because they have done something wrong. 責(zé)備; 指責(zé)
?? She is quick to reproach anyone who doesn't live up to her own high standards.
她動(dòng)不動(dòng)就指責(zé)達(dá)不到她高標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的人。
②N-VAR If you look at or speak to someone with reproach, you show or say that you are disappointed, upset, or angry because they have done something wrong. 責(zé)備; 指責(zé)
?? He looked at her with reproach.
他用責(zé)備的目光看著她。
③V-T If you reproach yourself, you think with regret about something you have done wrong. 責(zé)備 (自己)
?? You've no reason to reproach yourself, no reason to feel shame.
你沒(méi)有理由責(zé)備自己，也沒(méi)有理由感到羞愧。
2.sensational
①ADJ A sensational result, event, or situation is so remarkable that it causes great excitement and interest. 戲劇性的; 轟動(dòng)性的
?? The world champions suffered a sensational defeat.
世界冠軍們?cè)獾揭淮螒騽⌒缘氖?/p>
②ADV 戲劇性地; 轟動(dòng)性地
?? The rape trial was sensationally halted yesterday.
強(qiáng)奸案審判昨天戲劇性地被中斷了。
③ADJ You can describe stories or reports as sensational if you disapprove of them because they present facts in a way that is intended to cause feelings of shock, anger, or excitement. 聳人聽聞的; 嘩眾取寵的
?? ...sensational tabloid newspaper reports.
…聳人聽聞的小報(bào)報(bào)道。
④ADJ You can describe something as sensational when you think that it is extremely good. 極好的
?? Her voice is sensational.
她的嗓音極為動(dòng)聽。
⑤ADV 極好地
?? ...sensationally good food.
…絕佳美食。
3.simulate
①V-T If you simulate an action or a feeling, you pretend that you are doing it or feeling it. 假裝
?? They rolled about on the Gilligan Road, simulating a bloodthirsty fight.
他們?cè)诩飞洗驖L，模擬一場(chǎng)血腥的戰(zhàn)斗。
②V-T If you simulate a set of conditions, you create them artificially, for example, in order to conduct an experiment. 模擬
?? The scientist developed one model to simulate a full year of the globe's climate.
這位科學(xué)家研制出一個(gè)模型，能模擬全年地球的氣候。
4.spacious
ADJ A spacious room or other place is large in size or area, so that you can move around freely in it. 寬敞的
?? The house has a spacious kitchen and dining area.
這座住宅有一個(gè)寬敞的廚房和用餐區(qū)。
5.subsidiary
①N-COUNT A subsidiary or a subsidiary company is a company which is part of a larger and more important company. 子公司
?? WM Financial Services is a subsidiary of Washington Mutual.
華盛頓互惠銀行金融服務(wù)公司是華盛頓互惠銀行的子公司。
②ADJ If something is subsidiary, it is less important than something else with which it is connected. 輔助的
?? The marketing department has always played a subsidiary role to the sales department.
營(yíng)銷部一直都扮演著銷售部的輔助角色。
6.surpass
①V-T If one person or thing surpasses another, the first is better than, or has more of a particular quality than, the second. 優(yōu)于; 超過(guò)
?? He was determined to surpass the achievements of his older brothers.
他決心超過(guò)他的幾位哥哥的成就。
②V-T If something surpasses expectations, it is much better than it was expected to be. 遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超出 (預(yù)期)
?? Conrad Black gave an excellent party that surpassed expectations.
康拉德·布萊克辦了一次遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超出預(yù)期的精彩聚會(huì)。
7.tempt
①V-T Something that tempts you attracts you and makes you want it, even though it may be wrong or harmful. 引誘; 吸引
?? Cars like that may tempt drivers to speed.
那樣的汽車可能會(huì)引誘司機(jī)超速行駛。
?? It is the fresh fruit that tempts me at this time of year.
只有新鮮的水果才會(huì)在每年的這個(gè)時(shí)候吸引我。
②V-T If you tempt someone, you offer them something they want in order to encourage them to do what you want them to do. 誘使
?? ...a million dollar marketing campaign to tempt American tourists back to Britain.
…旨在誘使美國(guó)游客回到英國(guó)的、耗資一百萬(wàn)美元的營(yíng)銷活動(dòng)。
?? Don't let credit tempt you to buy something you can't afford.
不要讓賒購(gòu)誘使你去購(gòu)買你支付不起的東西。
8.tow
If one vehicle tows another, it pulls it along behind it. 拖
?? He had been using the vehicle to tow his work trailer..
他一直用那輛車來(lái)拖他的活動(dòng)工作室。
?? They threatened to tow away my car.
他們威脅說(shuō)要拖走我的車
9.transition
①N-VAR Transition is the process in which something changes from one state to another. 轉(zhuǎn)型
?? The transition from a dictatorship to a multi-party democracy is proving to be difficult.
從專政國(guó)家到多黨民主國(guó)家的轉(zhuǎn)型證明是很艱難的。
②V-I If someone transitions from one state or activity to another, they move gradually from one to the other. (逐漸地) 轉(zhuǎn)向
?? Most of the discussion was on what needed to be done now as we transitioned from the security issues to the challenging economic issues.
大多數(shù)討論都集中在目前需要做什么，因?yàn)槲覀円褟陌踩珕?wèn)題逐漸轉(zhuǎn)到具有挑戰(zhàn)性的經(jīng)濟(jì)問(wèn)題上。
10.underlying
①ADJ The underlying features of an object, event, or situation are not obvious, and it may be difficult to discover or reveal them. 潛在的
?? To stop a problem you have to understand its underlying causes.
要解決問(wèn)題，你得了解其潛在原因。
②ADJ You describe something as underlying when it is below the surface of something else. 在下面的
?? ...hills with the hard underlying rock poking through the turf.
…從被草覆蓋的地面下突出來(lái)的堅(jiān)硬巖石的山巒。
