20230414單詞匯總

ethos?n.?/?i?θ?s/

[ sing.] (?formal?) the moral ideas and attitudes that belong to a particular group or society （某團(tuán)體或社會(huì)的）道德思想，道德觀

• ??an ethos of public service 公益服務(wù)的意識(shí)

· home front

o N-SING If something is happening on the home front, it is happening within the country where you live. 本國(guó)

? The Democrats are trying desperately to change the subject to the home front, to talk about domestic issues.
民主黨人正千方百計(jì)把話題轉(zhuǎn)到本國(guó)，以便討論國(guó)內(nèi)問題。

?ill-de?fined?adj.?1.not clearly described 不清楚的；含混的

?an ill-defined role 不明確的角色

2.not clearly marked or easy to see 輪廓不清的；不明顯的

?an ill-defined path 若隱若現(xiàn)的小徑

OPP?well defined

dar·ing?/?de?r??/

brave; willing to do dangerous or unusual things; involving danger or taking risks 勇敢的；敢于冒險(xiǎn)的

·??a daring walk in space 勇敢的太空漫步

·??There are plenty of activities at the resort for the less daring. 度假勝地有許多活動(dòng)是供不太敢于冒險(xiǎn)的人玩的。

·??The gallery was known for putting on daring exhibitions. 該畫廊以其舉辦的大膽畫展而享有盛名。

·??a daring strapless dress in black silk 大膽袒露的黑綢無(wú)吊帶連衣裙

DERIVATIVES 派生詞

dar·ing·ly?adv

un·ten·able?adj.?/?n?ten?bl/

(?formal?) ( of a theory, position, etc. 理論、地位等 ) that cannot be defended against attack or criticism 難以捍衛(wèi)的；站不住腳的；不堪一擊的

• ??His position had become untenable and he was forced to resign. 他的地位已難以維持，因此他被迫辭職。

· operative /??p?r?t?v/

o 1.ADJ A system or service that is operative is working or having an effect. (系統(tǒng)、服務(wù)) 起作用的

? The commercial telephone service was no longer operative.
商業(yè)電話服務(wù)不起作用了。

o 2.N-COUNT An operative is a worker, especially one who does work with their hands. 技工

? In an automated car plant there is not a human operative to be seen.
在全自動(dòng)汽車制造廠，一個(gè)工人也看不到。

o 3.N-COUNT An operative is someone who works for a government agency such as the intelligence service. 特工人員

? Naturally the CIA wants to protect its operatives.
中央情報(bào)局當(dāng)然想保護(hù)自己的特工人員。

o 4.PHRASE If you describe a word as the operative word, you want to draw attention to it because you think it is important or exactly true in a particular situation. 關(guān)鍵詞

? As long as the operative word is "greed," you can't count on people keeping the costs down.
只要關(guān)鍵詞是“貪婪”，你就不能指望人們降低開銷。