形容词细心; 温存; 注意的; 周到的，殷勤的

1. 注意的；专心的；留意的
If you are attentive, you are paying close attention to what is being said or done.

e.g. The vast majority of the attentive audience applauded these sentiments...
大多数聚精会神听讲的观众都对这些观点表示赞赏。
e.g. He wishes the government would be more attentive to detail in their response.
他希望政府的回应能更加关注细节。

形容词竞争的，比赛的; （价格等）有竞争力的; （指人）好竞争的; [生化] 抑制酶作用的

1. 竞争的；角逐的
Competitive is used to describe situations or activities in which people or firms compete with each other.

e.g. Only by keeping down costs will America maintain its competitive advantage over other countries...
只有通过控制成本，美国才能保持对其他国家的竞争优势。
e.g. Japan is a highly competitive market system...
日本实行竞争激烈的市场体制。

及物动词使结冰，使冻僵; 冷藏; 吓呆; 冻结（存款，工资等）

不及物动词凝固，结冰; 冻伤，冻死

名词冻结; 严寒时期

1. (使)冻结;(使)结冰;(使)凝固
If a liquid or a substance containing a liquid freezes, or if something freezes it, it becomes solid because of low temperatures.

e.g. If the temperature drops below 0°C, water freezes...
温度降到零摄氏度以下水就会结冰。
e.g. The ground froze solid.
地面冻实了。

2. 冷冻(食物等)
If you freeze something such as food, you preserve it by storing it at a temperature below freezing point. You can also talk about how well food freezes .

e.g. You can freeze the soup at this stage...
这时可以把汤冷冻起来。
e.g. Most fresh herbs will freeze successfully.
大多数新鲜的芳草都很适宜冷冻贮藏。

3. (管子、机器等因液体结冰)冻得堵塞，冻牢
If something such as a pipe or machine freezes, it becomes blocked or stiff with ice or frozen liquid.

e.g. The water pipes will freeze.
水管会冻住。

4. (天气)冷到结冰的程度，冰冻
When it freezes outside, the temperature falls below freezing point.

e.g. What if it rained and then froze all through those months?
要是那几个月一直又下雨又冰冻怎么办？

5. 冻僵;感到极冷
If you freeze, you feel extremely cold.

e.g. The windows didn't fit at the bottom so for a while we froze even in the middle of summer...
窗子底下关不严，所以有一段时间即使是在盛夏我们也觉得很冷。
e.g. Your hands will freeze doing this.
做这个手会冻僵的。

6. 僵住;呆住;停住不动
If someone who is moving freezes, they suddenly stop and become completely still and quiet.

e.g. She froze when the beam of the flashlight struck her.
当手电筒的光照到她身上时她僵住了。

7. 冻结，限定(物价、工资等)
If the government or a company freeze things such as prices or wages, they state officially that they will not allow them to increase for a fixed period of time.

e.g. They want the government to freeze prices...
他们希望政府冻结物价。
e.g. Wages have been frozen and workers laid off.
工资已被冻结，工人也下岗了。

8. 冻结，暂停(计划、进程等)
If a government freezes a plan or process, they state officially that they will not allow it to continue for a period of time.

e.g. Britain has already frozen its aid programme...
英国已冻结了其援助项目。
e.g. Diplomatic relations were frozen until August this year.
外交关系直到今年8月才解冻。

9. 冻结，查封(银行账户、基金、财产等)
If someone in authority freezes something such as a bank account, fund, or property, they obtain a legal order which states that it cannot be used or sold for a particular period of time.

e.g. The governor's action freezes 300,000 accounts...
州长采取的行动冻结了 30 万个账户。
e.g. Under these laws, he said, Mr. Rice's assets could have been frozen.
他说根据这些法规，赖斯先生的资产可能已经被冻结了。

10. 排挤;逐出;挤对
If you freeze someone out of an activity or situation, you prevent them from being involved in it by creating difficulties or by being unfriendly.

e.g. Other traders did everything they could to freeze us out of the business.
其他商人则想方设法地要把我们排挤出这个生意圈。

11. (表面)封冻，结冰
If something freezes over, it becomes covered with a layer of ice or other frozen substance.

e.g. The air temperature was well below freezing, and lakes and rivers froze over...
气温远远低于零度，湖面和河面都封冻了。
e.g. The lakes are still frozen over.
湖面还结着冰。

12. (使)完全被冰覆盖(或堵塞)
If something freezes up or if something freezes it up, it becomes completely covered or blocked with ice.

e.g. ...lavatories that often freeze up in winter...
在冬季经常完全冻住的抽水马桶
e.g. Ice could freeze up their torpedo release mechanisms.
冰可能会冻死他们的鱼雷发射装置。

相关词组：freeze outfreeze overfreeze up

名词法令，法规; 规则，条例

1. 成文法;法令;法规
A statute is a rule or law which has been made by a government or other organization and formally written down.

e.g. The new statute covers the care for, bringing up and protection of children...
新法令涵盖了儿童保育、养育和保护的相关内容。
e.g. The independence of the judiciary in France is guaranteed by statute.
法国司法部门的独立地位是法律明文规定的。

名词安排; 排列; 约定; 改编

1. 安排；准备；筹划
Arrangements are plans and preparations which you make so that something will happen or be possible.

e.g. The staff is working frantically on final arrangements for the summit...
工作人员正紧张忙乱地为峰会做最后准备。
e.g. She telephoned Ellen, but made no arrangements to see her.
她给埃伦打了电话，但没有约她见面。

2. 商定；约定；协议
An arrangement is an agreement that you make with someone to do something.

e.g. The caves can be visited only by prior arrangement...
这些洞穴只接受预约参观。
e.g. Her class teacher made a special arrangement to discuss her progress at school once a month.
她班上的老师作了特别安排，每月讨论一次她在学业上的进展情况。

3. 排列；布置；整理
An arrangement of things, for example flowers or furniture, is a group of them displayed in a particular way.

e.g. The house was always decorated with imaginative flower arrangements.
这所房子总是摆放着富有创意的插花。
e.g. ...an arrangement of dark-blue armchairs around a coffee table.
咖啡桌周围摆放了一些深蓝色扶手椅

4. （乐曲的）改编
If someone makes an arrangement of a piece of music, they change it so that it is suitable for particular voices or instruments, or for a particular performance.

e.g. ...an arrangement of a well-known piece by Mozart...
莫扎特一首名曲的改编曲
e.g. Glen Bronka wrote his own orchestral arrangements.
格伦·布朗卡把自己的曲子改编成了管弦乐曲。

名词使者，先驱，通报者; （旧时的）传令官

动词传达，通报; 预告，预示…的到来; 欢呼

1. 预告;预示…的来临
Something that heralds a future event or situation is a sign that it is going to happen or appear.

e.g. ...the sultry evening that heralded the end of the baking hot summer...
预示着炙热的夏天即将结束的闷热夜晚
e.g. Their discovery could herald a cure for some forms of impotence.
他们的发现可能预示着为某些类型的阳痿找到了医治方法。

2. 预兆
Something that is a herald of a future event or situation is a sign that it is going to happen or appear.

e.g. I welcome the report as a herald of more freedom, not less...
我认为这份报告预示着会有更多、而不是更少的自由，因此对它表示欢迎。
e.g. For her, it was the herald of summer.
对她来说，这是夏天来临的前奏。

3. 宣布;报告…的消息
If an important event or action is heralded by people, announcements are made about it so that it is publicly known and expected.

e.g. Janet Jackson's new album has been heralded by a massive media campaign...
珍妮·杰克逊的新专辑已经在媒体上进行了大规模宣传。
e.g. Tonight's clash between Real Madrid and Arsenal is being heralded as the match of the season.
今晚皇家马德里队和阿森纳队之间的对决被称为本赛季最重要的比赛。

4. （古时的）传令官，使节
In former times, a herald was a person who delivered and announced important messages.

名词手电筒; 闪光信号灯

1. 手电筒;手电
A flashlight is a small electric light which gets its power from batteries and which you can carry in your hand.

e.g. Len studied it a moment in the beam of his flashlight...
莱恩借着手电筒的光亮把它仔细研究了一会儿。
e.g. The troopers, by flashlight, were searching the immediate area.
州警们正拿着手电筒在附近地区搜查。