名词挑战; 质疑; 盘问; 怀疑
及物动词质疑; 向…挑战
不及物动词提出挑战,要求竞赛(或竞争); 驳斥
1. 挑战;难题
A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
e.g. I like a big challenge and they don't come much bigger than this...
我喜欢大的挑战,而所有挑战中再没有比这更大的了。
e.g. The new government's first challenge is the economy.
新政府面临的第一个难题是经济问题。
2. (成功地)应对挑战,迎接挑战
If someone rises to the challenge, they act in response to a difficult situation which is new to them and are successful.
e.g. The new Germany must rise to the challenge of its enhanced responsibilities...
一个崭新的德国必须迎接挑战,承担更多的责任。
e.g. They rose to the challenge of entertaining 80 schoolchildren for an afternoon.
他们一个下午成功接待了80名学童。
3. (对真实性、价值、权威等提出的)怀疑,质疑
A challenge to something is a questioning of its truth or value. A challenge to someone is a questioning of their authority.
e.g. The demonstrators have now made a direct challenge to the authority of the government.
示威者现在直接对政府的权威发出了质疑。
4. 怀疑,质疑(真实性、价值、权威等)
If you challenge ideas or people, you question their truth, value, or authority.
e.g. Democratic leaders have challenged the president to sign the bill...
民主党领袖对总统签署这项法案提出了质疑。
e.g. The move was immediately challenged by two of the republics...
此项动议立即遭到其中两个共和国的反对。
5. 挑战;向…下战书
If you challenge someone, you invite them to fight or compete with you in some way.
e.g. A mum slashed a neighbour's car tyre and challenged her to a fight after their daughters fell out...
两家的女儿吵起来后,一个妈妈划破了邻居的车胎,说要和她较量较量。
e.g. He left a note at the scene of the crime, challenging detectives to catch him...
他在犯罪现场留了个条儿,向警探挑衅。
6. (警卫)盘问,查问
If someone is challenged by a guard, they are ordered to stop and say who they are or why they are there.
e.g. The men apparently opened fire after they were challenged by a patrol.
显然,那些人是在受到一支巡逻队的盘问后开的火。
7. see also: challenged
see also: challenging
名词信心; 信任; 秘密
形容词骗得信任的; 欺诈的
1. 信任;信赖
If you have confidence in someone, you feel that you can trust them.
e.g. I have every confidence in you...
我完全相信你。
e.g. This has contributed to the lack of confidence in the police...
这导致了大家对警方缺乏信任。
2. 自信;信心
If you have confidence, you feel sure about your abilities, qualities, or ideas.
e.g. The band is on excellent form and brimming with confidence...
这支乐队状态极佳,自信满满。
e.g. I always thought the worst of myself and had no confidence whatsoever.
我老是妄自菲薄,没有一点儿信心。
3. 肯定;把握
If you can say something with confidence, you feel certain it is correct.
e.g. I can say with confidence that such rumors were totally groundless.
我可以肯定地说这样的谣言完全没有根据。
4. 私下;秘密
If you tell someone something in confidence, you tell them a secret.
e.g. We told you all these things in confidence...
我们告诉你的这些事都需要保密。
e.g. Even telling Lois seemed a betrayal of confidence.
即使是告诉洛伊丝都好像是在泄密。
5. 秘密;知心话
A confidence is a secret that you tell someone.
e.g. Gregory shared confidences with Carmen.
格雷戈里和卡门说了知心话。
6. see also: vote of no confidence
名词环境,外界; 周围,围绕; 工作平台; (运行)环境
1. 生活环境;周围状况
Someone's environment is all the circumstances, people, things, and events around them that influence their life.
e.g. Pupils in our schools are taught in a safe, secure environment...
我们学校的学生在安全无虑的环境中接受教育。
e.g. The moral characters of men are formed not by heredity but by environment...
人的道德品质不是遗传的,而是由环境塑造而成。
2. 生存环境;特定自然环境
Your environment consists of the particular natural surroundings in which you live or exist, considered in relation to their physical characteristics or weather conditions.
e.g. If our environment cools, then messages from the skin alert the body's thermostat.
如果外在环境变冷,体表会将这一信息传递给身体的体温调节中枢。
e.g. ...the maintenance of a safe environment for marine mammals.
为海洋哺乳动物维持安全的生存环境
3. 自然环境;生态环境
The environment is the natural world of land, sea, air, plants, and animals.
e.g. ...Conservative spokesman on the environment.
保守党有关自然环境问题的发言人
e.g. ...persuading people to respect the environment.
劝告人们保护生态环境
名词公园; 花园,菜园; 供应点心的露天设施; 大型公共礼堂
及物动词造园,开辟(一小片土地)作为花园; 以花园装饰
不及物动词从事园艺
形容词花园的,园艺的; 普通的,平凡的
1. (住宅旁的)花园,菜园,庭园,园子(美国英语中表示此义时常用yard,而garden仅用来指花园和菜园)
In British English, a garden is a piece of land next to a house, with flowers, vegetables, other plants, and often grass. In American English, the usual word is yard, and a garden refers only to land which is used for growing flowers and vegetables.
e.g. ...the most beautiful garden on Earth.
世界上最漂亮的花园
2. 干园艺活;种植花木
If you garden, you do work in your garden such as weeding or planting.
e.g. Jim gardened at the homes of friends on weekends.
吉姆周末帮忙打理朋友家的花园。
名词技术; 技巧; 技能; 技艺
1. 技巧;方法;工艺
A technique is a particular method of doing an activity, usually a method that involves practical skills.
e.g. ...tests performed using a new technique.
用新技术进行的试验
2. (艺术、体育等方面的)技艺,技法,技能
Technique is skill and ability in an artistic, sporting, or other practical activity that you develop through training and practice.
e.g. He went off to the Amsterdam Academy to improve his technique.
他动身前往阿姆斯特丹学院去进修技艺。
混乱的;混淆的;令人困惑的;使困窘,使混乱不清(confuse的现在分词);
patterns
花( bloom的名词复数 );最佳时期;茂盛时期;健康有精神的面貌;
机会( opportunity的名词复数 );适当的时机;条件;就业的良机;
等级( grade的过去式和过去分词 );美 年级;尤美 分数;尤美 技巧水平;