名词学分; 信誉，信用; [金融]贷款; 荣誉

及物动词相信，信任; 归功于; [会]记入贷方; 赞颂

1. 赊购;赊欠
If you are allowed credit, you are allowed to pay for goods or services several weeks or months after you have received them.

e.g. The group can't get credit to buy farming machinery...
这些人无法赊购到农用机械。
e.g. You can ask a dealer for a discount whether you pay cash or buy on credit.
无论是付现还是赊购，都可以要求经销商打折。

2. 结余;存款
If someone or their bank account is in credit, their bank account has money in it.

e.g. The idea that I could be charged when I'm in credit makes me very angry...
想到账户里有余额时还要收费，我就非常气愤。
e.g. I made sure the account stayed in credit...
我确保账户里有余额。

3. (给账户)存(钱);把…记入贷方
When a sum of money is credited to an account, the bank adds that sum of money to the total in the account.

e.g. She noticed that only $80,000 had been credited to her account...
她注意到自己的账户里只存进了80,000美元。
e.g. Midland decided to change the way it credited payments to accounts...
米兰银行决定改变付款贷记的方式。

4. 存款金额;贷记
A credit is a sum of money which is added to an account.

e.g. The statement of total debits and credits is known as a balance.
总借记和总贷记的结算即账户余额。

5. (给某人的)一笔钱
A credit is an amount of money that is given to someone.

e.g. Senator Bill Bradley outlined his own tax cut, giving families $350 in tax credits per child...
比尔·布拉德利参议员概述了自己的减税计划，提出每个孩子可为家庭减免350美元的课税。
e.g. Japan has provided about $2.5 billion in credits to Russia and about $50 million in direct aid.
日本向俄罗斯提供了约25亿美元的借款和价值约5,000万美元的直接援助。

6. 赞扬;称赞;认可
If you get the credit for something good, people praise you because you are responsible for it, or are thought to be responsible for it.

e.g. We don't mind who gets the credit so long as we don't get the blame...
谁受到表扬无所谓，只要我们不挨批就好。
e.g. It would be wrong for us to take all the credit...
如果我们把所有功劳都揽到自己身上，那就不对了。

7. 认为是…的功劳;把…归于
If people credit someone with an achievement or if it is credited to them, people say or believe that they were responsible for it.

e.g. The staff are crediting him with having saved Hythe's life...
职员们称赞他救了海丝的命。
e.g. The 74-year-old mayor is credited with helping make Los Angeles the financial capital of the West Coast...
洛杉矶成为西海岸的金融中心，那位74岁的市长功不可没。

8. 认为…有(某种品质)
If you credit someone with a quality, you believe or say that they have it.

e.g. I wonder why you can't credit him with the same generosity of spirit...
我想知道你为什么不认为他具有同样崇高的思想境界。
e.g. They are crediting science with power it doesn't possess.
他们过分夸大了科学的力量。

9. 为…赢得好感的人(或事物)
If you say that someone is a credit to someone or something, you mean that their qualities or achievements will make people have a good opinion of the person or thing mentioned.

e.g. He is one of the greatest British players of recent times and is a credit to his profession.
他是近代英国最伟大的运动员之一，是这一体育运动的骄傲。

10. 相信;信任
If you cannot credit something, you cannot believe that it is true.

e.g. Roosevelt either did not learn of the scandal or refused to credit what he heard...
罗斯福要么是不知道那桩丑闻，要么是不相信他所听到的。
e.g. It seems hard to credit that such things went on among senior Directors.
高级主管中竟发生了这样的事，真是令人难以置信。

11. 演职员表;摄制人员名单
The list of people who helped to make a film, a CD, or a television programme is called the credits .

e.g. The star Marlon Brando wants his name removed from the credits.
影星马龙·白兰度要求把他的名字从演职员表中删掉。
e.g. ...a moviegoer who remains in his seat until the credits are over.
直到演职员表播完才离座的影迷

12. (某些大学获得学位所必需的)学分，学习单元
A credit is a successfully completed part of a higher education course. At some universities and colleges you need a certain number of credits to be awarded a degree.

13. 使值得赞扬(或仰慕)
If you say that something does someone credit, you mean that they should be praised or admired because of it.

e.g. You're a nice girl, Lettie, and your kind heart does you credit.
你是个好女孩儿，莱蒂，你的善良值得称赞。

14. （某人的成绩或优点）值得表扬，应予肯定
If you say 'credit where credit's due', you are admitting that you ought to praise someone for something that they have done or for a good quality that they possess.

e.g. His gift was an extremely kind gesture. Credit where credit's due.
他的礼物是很友好的表示，这值得称赞。

15. 相信…具有(某种优良品质);称赞;认可
To give someone credit for a good quality means to believe that they have it.

e.g. Bratbakk had more ability than the media gave him credit for.
布拉特巴克比媒体称赞的要有才华。

16. (常用于提出缺点之后)就优点而言
You say on the credit side in order to introduce one or more good things about a situation or person, usually when you have already mentioned the bad things about them.

e.g. On the credit side, he's always been wonderful with his mother.
就优点而言，他对母亲一直很孝顺。

17. 值得赞扬
If something is to someone's credit, they deserve praise for it.

e.g. She had managed to pull herself together and, to her credit, continued to look upon life as a positive experience...
她已经努力振作起来，而且值得称赞的是，她仍然积极乐观地看待生活。
e.g. Although the offences were horrific it was to her credit that she had owned up.
她的犯罪手段很残忍，但她的供认不讳还是可以认可的。

18. (成就)归于…；在…名下
If you already have one or more achievements to your credit, you have achieved them.

e.g. I have twenty novels and countless magazine stories to my credit.
我著有20部小说，还在杂志上发表了无数篇文章。

形容词恐怕; 害怕的; 担心的; 畏惧，害怕

1. 害怕的；恐惧的
If you are afraid of someone or afraid to do something, you are frightened because you think that something very unpleasant is going to happen to you.

e.g. She did not seem at all afraid...
她毫无惧色。
e.g. I was afraid of the other boys...
我害怕其他的男孩们。

2. 担心的；忧虑的
If you are afraid for someone else, you are worried that something horrible is going to happen to them.

e.g. She's afraid for her family in Somalia.
她为身在索马里的家人担心。

3. 顾忌的；犯愁的
If you are afraid that something unpleasant will happen, you are worried that it may happen and you want to avoid it.

e.g. I was afraid that nobody would believe me...
我担心没有人会相信我。
e.g. The Government is afraid of losing the election...
现届政府担心会在选举中落败。

4. （用以道歉或婉转地提出异议）很抱歉，很遗憾，恐怕
If you want to apologize to someone or to disagree with them in a polite way, you can say I'm afraid.

e.g. We don't have anything like that, I'm afraid...
我们恐怕没有那样的东西。
e.g. I'm afraid I can't help you...
恐怕我帮不了你。

形容词多云的; 阴天的; 朦胧的; 愁容满面的

1. 多云的;阴天的;阴云密布的
If it is cloudy, there are a lot of clouds in the sky.

e.g. ...a windy, cloudy day.
多云的大风天

2. (液体)浑浊的，不清澈的
A cloudy liquid is less clear than it should be.

3. (想法、观点或问题)模糊不清的，含糊的
Ideas, opinions, or issues that are cloudy are confused or uncertain.

e.g. ...an absurdly cloudy political debate...
极为含糊不清的政治辩论
e.g. The legal position is very cloudy.
法律对此的态度十分模糊。

名词咖啡豆; 咖啡粉; （一杯）咖啡; 非正式的社交集会

1. 咖啡
Coffee is a hot drink made with water and ground or powdered coffee beans.

e.g. Would you like some coffee?...
要来点咖啡吗？
e.g. Newman poured more black coffee and lit a cigarette.
纽曼又倒了些黑咖啡，接着点了支烟。

2. 咖啡豆;咖啡粉
Coffee is the roasted beans or powder from which the drink is made.

e.g. Brazil harvested 28m bags of coffee in 1991, the biggest crop for four years.
1991年，巴西的咖啡豆产量达2,800万袋，为4年来最高。
e.g. ...superior quality coffee.
优质咖啡

形容词美味的，可口的; 有趣的; 喷香

1. 美味的;可口的
Food that is delicious has a very pleasant taste.

e.g. There's always a wide selection of delicious meals to choose from...
总是有很多美味可口的饭菜可供选择。
e.g. Pecan nuts are delicious both raw and cooked.
美洲山核桃不论生的还是熟的都很好吃。

名词农家; 农田; 农场，农庄; 畜牧场

及物动词养殖; 耕种; 承包，包出; 佃出（土地）

不及物动词经营农场

1. 农场;牧场
A farm is an area of land, together with the buildings on it, that is used for growing crops or raising animals, usually in order to sell them.

e.g. Farms in France are much smaller than those in the United States or even Britain.
法国的农场比美国甚至是英国的农场都要小很多。

2. 耕种;在…上从事畜牧业
If you farm an area of land, you grow crops or keep animals on it.

e.g. They farmed some of the best land in Scotland...
他们耕种着苏格兰最好的一部分土地。
e.g. He has lived and farmed in the area for 46 years.
他已在此地生活耕作了 46 年。

3. 养殖场;饲养地
A mink farm or a fish farm, for example, is a place where a particular kind of animal or fish is bred and kept in large quantities in order to be sold.

e.g. ...trout fresh from a local trout farm.
刚刚从当地鲑鱼养殖场捕捞的新鲜鲑鱼

相关词组：farm out

形容词已婚的; 与…结为夫妻的; 婚姻的

名词非正已婚的年轻人

动词嫁; 娶; （使）结婚( marry的过去式); 紧密结合的

1. 结婚的;已婚的
If you are married, you have a husband or wife.

e.g. We have been married for 14 years...
我们已经结婚14年了。
e.g. She is married to an Englishman.
她嫁给了一个英格兰人。

2. 婚姻的;夫妇的
Married means relating to marriage or to people who are married.

e.g. For the first ten years of our married life we lived in a farm-house.
我们结婚的头10年住在一座农舍里。

3. 献身(于…)的;致力(于…)的
If you say that someone is married to their work or another activity, you mean that they are very involved with it and have little interest in anything else.

e.g. She was a very strict Christian who was married to her job...
她是个虔诚的基督徒，对工作全身心投入。
e.g. I have little time for women because I'm married to my cricket, so I'm leaving the arrangements to my sister.
我把全部心思都放在了板球上，很少有时间交女友，所以便把约会一事交由姐姐来安排。

名词问题; 疑难问题; 习题; 引起麻烦的人

形容词成问题的; 难处理的; 关于社会问题的

1. 问题；难题；困难
A problem is a situation that is unsatisfactory and causes difficulties for people.

e.g. ...the economic problems of the inner city...
内城区的经济问题
e.g. The main problem is unemployment...
主要的问题是失业。

2. （通过逻辑思考或数学运算解决的）问题，习题，题
A problem is a puzzle that requires logical thought or mathematics to solve it.

e.g. With mathematical problems, you can save time by approximating.
对于数学题，可以用取近似值的办法节约时间。

3. （儿童或家庭）有严重问题的，引起严重问题的
Problem children or problem families have serious problems or cause serious problems for other people.

e.g. In some cases a problem child is placed in a special school...
有时，问题儿童被放在特殊的学校。
e.g. She is afraid to contact the social services in case they are labelled a problem family.
她不敢联系社会服务部门，以免被当作问题家庭。

4. 没问题
You say 'no problem' to show that you are willing to do what you have been asked.

e.g. 'Can you repair it?' — 'No problem'...
“你能修好它吗？”——“没问题。”
e.g. If the property needs a new dishwasher, no problem, just put it on a credit card.
如果住所需要一个新的洗碗机，没问题，用信用卡买一个就可以了。

5. 没关系
You say 'no problem' to let someone know that you do not mind them doing something they have said they are going to do.

e.g. 'I ought to think about going actually. If that's all right with you.' — 'Yeah. No problem.'...
“事实上，我应该考虑去，如果你不介意的话。”——“嗯，没关系。”
e.g. If they don't want to speak to me, fine. No problem.
如果他们不想和我讲话，好的。我不介意。

形容词准备好的，现成的; 即时的，敏捷的; 情愿的; 即将的

及物动词做好…的准备

副词预先; 已完成地

名词现款

1. （人）准备就绪的;（物品）准备好的
If someone is ready, they are properly prepared for something. If something is ready, it has been properly prepared and is now able to be used.

e.g. It took her a long time to get ready for church...
她花了很长时间才做好去教堂的准备。
e.g. The cocaine was ready for distribution...
那些可卡因已经准备好进行分销了。

2. 准备好的;胜任的
If you are ready for something or ready to do something, you have enough experience to do it or you are old enough and sensible enough to do it.

e.g. She says she's not ready for marriage...
她说自己还没有准备好结婚。
e.g. You'll have no trouble getting him into a normal school when you feel he's ready to go.
当你觉得他可以应付的时候再把他弄进一所普通学校是不会有问题的。

3. 愿意的；乐意的；情愿的；甘愿的
If you are ready to do something, you are willing to do it.

e.g. They were ready to die for their beliefs...
他们甘愿为信仰而死。
e.g. She was always ready to give interviews.
她一向乐意接受采访。

4. 需要的；想要的
If you are ready for something, you need it or want it.

e.g. I don't know about you, but I'm ready for bed...
我不知道你怎样，但是我要睡觉了。
e.g. After five days in the heat of Bangkok, we were ready for the beach.
在曼谷的炎热天气中呆了5天之后，我们想要去海边。

5. 即将…的;可能…的
To be ready to do something means to be about to do it or likely to do it.

e.g. She looked ready to cry...
她看起来要哭了。
e.g. Just as we were ready to sit down to dinner, a little boy came running in...
正当我们要吃晚餐的时候，一个小男孩跑着进来了。

6. 现成的;就绪的;易于得到的
You use ready to describe things that are able to be used very quickly and easily.

e.g. I didn't have a ready answer for this dilemma...
我没有想出解决这个困境的现成答案。
e.g. 'But not quite yet,' he says quickly, with that ready smile of his...
“但还不至于如此，”他脱口而出，脸上保持着他那一贯的微笑。

7. 现金的;现钱的
Ready money is in the form of notes and coins rather than cheques or credit cards, and so it can be used immediately.

e.g. I'm afraid I don't have enough ready cash.
恐怕我身上没有足够的现金。

8. 使做好准备;准备好
When you ready something, you prepare it for a particular purpose.

e.g. John's soldiers were readying themselves for the final assault...
约翰的手下正在为最后的进攻做准备。
e.g. In Egypt, two new camps were readied for the absorption of refugees...
在埃及，两个新的营地已经准备好收留难民了。

9. （与过去分词连用）表示“已经…好的”，“事先…的”
Ready combines with past participles to indicate that something has already been done, and that therefore you do not have to do it yourself.

e.g. You can buy ready-printed forms for wills at stationery shops...
你可以在文具店买到已印好的遗嘱单。
e.g. If you buy the fish ready filleted, make sure the flesh is firm and springy.
如果你要买已经片好的鱼片，一定要买鱼肉紧实有弹性的。

10. 现成的；可以立即使用的；在手边的
If you have something at the ready, you have it in a position where it can be quickly and easily used.

e.g. Soldiers came charging through the forest, guns at the ready.
荷枪实弹的士兵穿过林区冲了上来。

11. 准备就绪；整装待发
If you want to emphasize that a person is properly prepared for something, or that something can now be used, you can say that they are ready and waiting .

e.g. She liked to be ready and waiting at home when Bernard returned from work...
她想在伯纳德下班回家的时候把一切准备就绪。
e.g. The chalet was kept ready and waiting for them at all times.
小屋已收拾好随时迎接他们的到来。

12. 已经准备就绪；就等你先开始
If you say to someone 'Ready when you are', you are telling them that you are now ready to do something and that as soon as they are ready, you will do it.

e.g. 'Are you ready to pull out?' — 'I'm ready when you are, Captain.'
“准备好出发了吗?”——“就等你了，船长。”

及物/不及物动词讲，谈; 演说; 从某种观点来说

1. 说话;讲话
When you speak, you use your voice in order to say something.

e.g. He tried to speak, but for once, his voice had left him...
他想说话，却一时语塞。
e.g. He speaks with a lisp...
他说话口齿不清。

名词中学生; 学生，大学生; 研究者，学者; 美俚初学者

1. (大学或学院的)学生;大学生
A student is a person who is studying at a university or college.

e.g. Warren's eldest son is an art student, at St Martin's.
沃伦的大儿子是圣马丁学院艺术系的学生。
e.g. ...a 23-year-old medical student.
23 岁的医科大学生

2. 中学生
A student is a child who is studying at a secondary school.

3. 研究者;学者
Someone who is a student of a particular subject is interested in the subject and spends time learning about it.

e.g. ...a passionate student of nineteenth century history.
热衷于 19 世纪历史的研究者

形容词确信的，确实的; 有把握的; 无疑的; 一定的

副词当然; 确实地; 无疑地

1. 确信的;确知的;肯定的;有把握的
If you are sure that something is true, you are certain that it is true. If you are not sure about something, you do not know for certain what the true situation is.

e.g. He'd never been in a class before and he was not even sure that he should have been teaching...
他以前从未教过课，甚至不确定自己该不该教课。
e.g. The president has never been sure which direction he wanted to go in on this issue...
总统一直都不确定自己想从哪个方面来着手处理该问题。

2. 一定的;必定的;无疑的;确保的
If someone is sure of getting something, they will definitely get it or they think they will definitely get it.

e.g. A lot of people think that it's better to pay for their education so that they can be sure of getting quality...
许多人认为最好是接受付费教育，这样能确保教学质量。
e.g. It is the self-assurance of the new generation which makes them sure of their success.
年轻一代的自信让他们对成功志在必得。

3. (事情的发生)一定，必然
If you say that something is sure to happen, you are emphasizing your belief that it will happen.

e.g. With over 80 beaches to choose from, you are sure to find a place to lay your towel...
有 80 多个海滩可供选择，你一定能找到一处满意的。
e.g. Anyone who goes food shopping without a list is sure to forget the things they really need.
任何人如果采购食物时没列清单的话，肯定会忘了真正需要的东西。

4. 不容置疑的;确切的;可靠的;保险的
Sure is used to emphasize that something such as a sign or ability is reliable or accurate.

e.g. Sharpe's leg and shoulder began to ache, a sure sign of rain...
夏普的腿和肩膀开始疼痛，这预示着肯定要下雨了。
e.g. She has a sure grasp of social issues such as literacy, poverty and child care.
她对扫盲、贫穷和儿童保育等社会问题都有深切的认识。

及物/不及物动词懂，理解

及物动词了解; 领会; 默认; 听说

1. 理解；明白；听懂
If you understand someone or understand what they are saying, you know what they mean.

e.g. I think you heard and also understand me...
我想你听到了我的话，也明白我的意思。
e.g. Rusty nodded as though she understood the old woman...
拉斯蒂点点头，好像听懂了那位老妇人的话似的。

2. 懂（某种语言）
If you understand a language, you know what someone is saying when they are speaking that language.

e.g. I couldn't read or understand a word of Yiddish, so I asked him to translate.
我根本不懂意第绪语，所以请他来翻译。

3. 理解（某人）
To understand someone means to know how they feel and why they behave in the way that they do.

e.g. It would be nice to have someone who really understood me, a friend...
要是有个真正理解我的人、有个朋友就好了。
e.g. Trish had not exactly understood his feelings...
特里希并没有完全理解他的感受。

4. 知道，明白，了解（所发生的事及其原因）
You say that you understand something when you know why or how it happens.

e.g. They are too young to understand what is going on...
他们还太小，不明白发生了什么事。
e.g. She didn't understand why the TV was kept out of reach of the patients...
她不明白为什么病人不能看电视。

5. 听说；获悉；了解
If you understand that something is the case, you think it is true because you have heard or read that it is. You can say that something is understood to be the case to mean that people generally think it is true.

e.g. We understand that she's in the studio recording her second album...
我们听说她正在录音棚录制她的第二张专辑。
e.g. I understand you've heard about David...
我知道你们已经听说了戴维的事了。

6. 获悉，间接得知
If someone is given to understand that something is the case, it is communicated to them that it is the case, usually without them being told directly.

e.g. I am given to understand that he was swearing throughout the game at our fans.
我得知整场比赛中他一直冲着我方球迷骂个不停。

7. 明白吗？懂了没有？
You can use understand in expressions like do you understand? or is that understood? after you have told someone what you want, to make sure that they have understood you and will obey you.

e.g. You do not hit my grandchildren, do you understand?...
你不准打我的孙子孙女，明白吗？
e.g. I don't need it, understand?...
我不需要，懂吗？

名词天气， 气象; 暴风雨

及物/不及物动词晒干， 风化

及物动词平安渡过， 挨过; [地]使风化

1. 天气
The weather is the condition of the atmosphere in one area at a particular time, for example if it is raining, hot, or windy.

e.g. The weather was bad...
天气很糟。
e.g. I like cold weather...
我喜欢冷天。

2. (使)风化;(使)褪色;(使)受到侵蚀
If something such as wood or rock weathers or is weathered, it changes colour or shape as a result of the wind, sun, rain, or cold.

e.g. Unpainted wooden furniture weathers to a grey colour...
没有上漆的木制家具会褪成灰色。
e.g. This rock has been weathered and eroded.
这块岩石经风吹日晒已被侵蚀。

名词美国人，美洲人; 美国英语

形容词美国的，美洲的; 地道美国式的

1. 美国的；来自美国的
An American person or thing belongs to or comes from the United States of America.

e.g. ...the American Ambassador at the United Nations.
美国驻联合国大使
e.g. ...the influence of American television and movies.
美国电视和电影产生的影响

名词分钟; [法] 备忘录，会议记录，审判记录; 分( minute的名词复数 ); 瞬间; 片刻

形容词过敏的; 过敏症的; 对…极讨厌的

1. （对…）过敏的
If you are allergic to something, you become ill or get a rash when you eat it, smell it, or touch it.

e.g. I'm allergic to cats.
我对猫过敏。

2. （反应）过敏的
If you have an allergic reaction to something, you become ill or get a rash when you eat it, smell it, or touch it.

e.g. Soya milk can cause allergic reactions in some children.
有些孩子会对豆浆过敏。

3. （对…）十分反感的，厌恶的
If you say that you are allergic to something or someone, you mean that you dislike them very strongly and try to avoid them.

e.g. He was allergic to risk.
他极其厌恶冒险。

名词结帐; 检验，校验

1. (超市的)收款处，收银台
In a supermarket, a checkout is a counter where you pay for things you are buying.

e.g. ...queuing at the checkout in Sainsbury's.
在塞恩斯伯里超市的收款处前排队

abbr.Automatic Teller Machine 自动取款（出纳）机; Asynchronous Transfer Mode 异步传输模式

1. 自动取款机
An ATM is a machine built into the wall of a bank or other building, which allows people to take out money from their bank account by using a special card. ATM is an abbreviation for（缩略=）'automated teller machine'.

名词规划; 计划

动词计划; 设计; “plan”的现在分词

1. 计划；规划；设计
    Planning is the process of deciding in detail how to do something before you actually start to do it.

    e.g. The trip needs careful planning...
           这趟行程需要周密计划。
    e.g. The new system is still in the planning stages.
           新体系仍处于规划阶段。

2. 城镇规划
    Planning is control by the local government of the way that land is used in an area and of what new buildings are built there.

    e.g. ...a masterpiece of 18th-century town planning...
           18世纪城镇规划的杰作
    e.g. He supported the planning authority in refusing the application because of pressures on the Green Belt.
           他支持城镇规划部门拒绝该项申请，因为这会给绿化带带来损害。