Word of the Day：August 29, 2020 asunder 破碎；分散；分离 adverb or adjective|uh-SUN-der Definition 1 ： into parts 将食物分成部分 2 ： apart from each other 彼此间分开 Examples "Though they sip their port in close contiguity, they are poles asunderin their minds and feelings." — Anthon...
Examples "Before [Steve Junga] was The Blade's inimitable authority on high school sports, he was a 7-year-old on the East Side in love with the Tigers, who in 1968 requited him by rallying from a three-games-to-one deficit against Bob Gibson and the Cardinals to win the World Series...
被无聊的琐事占据：无趣的 Examples "Austin Rivers … played a role in the fourth-quarter comeback attempt that proved futile." — Reuters, 11 Sept. 2020 “奥斯汀里弗斯……在第四季度的复出中尝试发挥，但被证明为徒劳的。"… anyone who's ever traded in the familiar role of wedding guest for ...
Word of the Day:October 22, 2020 adduce 举出；提出；引用 Definition : to offer as example, reason, or proof in discussion or analysis 在讨论或分析中提供示例，理由或证据 Examples "She was tranquil, yet her tranquility was evidently constrained; and as her confusion had before been adduced as ...
Examples "In fact, the exorcism was quite ineffectual upon the pertinacious demon, or whatever the apparition might be." — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Marble Faun, 1859 实际上，驱魔术对于那顽固的恶魔及任何幽灵都无效。"Meldrum gave a convincing portrayal of the protagonist's downfall, from a ...
Examples "'My brother and I,' said he, 'were, as you may imagine, much excited as to the treasure which my father had spoken of. For weeks and for months we dug and delved in every part of the garden, without discovering its whereabouts.'" — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of ...
1 ： to choose not to do or have something ： to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice 选择不做某事或不作为：故意经常克制自己的行为或做法。2 ： to choose not to vote 放弃投票权 Examples "For more than a hundred and fifty days a year,...
Word of the Day: November 1, 2020 hallowed 受崇敬的；神圣（化）的 adjective HAL-oad Definition 1 : holy, consecrated 神圣的；献祭的？2 : sacred, revered 上帝的；神圣的 Examples "The first thing one learns in attending concerts of classical music is never to applaud between movements. Doing...
Adjective examples – tantalise: 1. The tantalising smell of the dish, filled the restaurant 2.The waiter gave a tantalising look every time he carried a plate which fooled Rita that it was her order. 3.The police got tantalising clues which made them think they got closer to the suspect....
Word of the Day ： October 7, 2020 pecuniary 金钱的；与钱相关的 adjective | pih-KYOO-nee-air-ee | [pɪ'kjuni.eri]Definition 1 ： consisting of or measured in money 由货币组成或以货币计算 2 ： of or relating to money 金钱的或与金钱有关的 Examples "The theft from interstate or ...