essence
本質,實質
Senior citizen discounts are the essence of the very thing older Americans are fighting against—discrimination by age.
老年人優惠價是年老的美國人斗爭的本質——年齡歧視。
extravagant
奢侈的;浪費的;過度的
When asked to use three words to describe society's rich, the top responses were "extravagant", "greedy" and "corrupt".
當被問及用三個詞形容社會財富的時候,排在前面的三個詞是“浪費的”,“貪婪的”和“腐敗的”。
flush
發紅,臉紅
The child's cheeks were flushed with fever.
那個孩子發燒了,臉頰通紅。
funding
提供資金
Even Hilton Hotels has shown interest in the space tourism industry and the possibility of building or co-funding a space hotel.
甚至希爾頓酒店也對太空旅游業,以及建筑的可能性和合資太空酒店表現出興趣。
granted
算是如此,但是
Granted, some amount of delusion is probably part of the human condition.
當然,一定量的錯覺很可能是人類狀態的一部分。
haunt
縈繞于……
He was haunted by memories of his unhappy childhood well into his adult life.
我對于童年到成人的記憶在腦海中揮之不去。
initiate
開始
The concept of a "non-smoking" Olympics, initiated in 1988, has been put into practice since the 1992 Barcelona Games.
無煙奧運的概念起始于1988年,在1992的巴塞羅那奧運會上付諸實踐。
intrinsic
本質的,固有的
The intrinsic value of a coin is the value of the metal it is made of.
一枚硬幣的內在價值是制造它的金屬的價值。
intuition
直覺
Nobody told me where to find you. It was sheer intuition.
沒有人告訴我在哪兒能找到你。這完全憑直覺。
irritate
激怒
The boy's foolish question irritated his mother.
男孩愚蠢的問題激怒了他的媽媽。
manifest
證明,表明
She manifested little interest in her studies.
她顯示出對學業沒有多大的興趣。
mingle
混合;交往
Security men mingled with the crowd.
保安混雜在人群中。
obscure
模糊的;晦澀的;昏暗的
I received a letter of complaint from them; but the letters of the sign were made obscure by rain.
我收到一封投訴信;但字跡被雨弄模糊了。
paradox
悖論,自相矛盾的人或事
"More haste, less speed" is a paradox.
“欲速則不達”是一個悖論。
privacy
隱私;秘密
With seven people squashed in one house, you don't get much privacy.
七個人擠在一個房間,你是不可能有隱私的。
radiate
輻射;傳播
The sun radiates both light and heat.
太陽發出光和熱。
refrain
節制,克制
You must be able to refrain yourself in some matters in order to accomplish others.
為了實現目標,你應該能夠在某些方面克制自己。
supervisor
監督人
The supervisor didn't have time so far to go into it at length, but he gave us an idea about his plan.
主管還沒來得及詳盡地說明,但他向我們透露了該計劃的總體構想。
surgical
外科的
The doctors and nurses had surgical masks on.
醫生和護士都戴著外科手術用口罩。