不及物动词发出隆隆声; 快速发展; 暴涨

及物动词以低沉而有回响的声音发出; 使繁荣; 使迅速发展

名词繁荣; 激增; 隆隆声

1. （经济的）繁荣，景气
If there is a boom in the economy, there is an increase in economic activity, for example in the amount of things that are being bought and sold.

e.g. An economic boom followed, especially in housing and construction...
接着出现了经济繁荣，尤其是在房地产业和建筑业。
e.g. The 1980s were indeed boom years.
20世纪80年代是真正的繁荣时期。

2. （数量的）增长；（频率的）加快；成功
A boom in something is an increase in its amount, frequency, or success.

e.g. The boom in the sport's popularity has meant more calls for stricter safety regulations...
该项体育运动的兴起意味着制定更加严格的安全规则的呼声更高了。
e.g. Public transport has not been able to cope adequately with the travel boom.
公共交通系统还不能充分满足迅速发展的旅游业的需求。

3. （经济或生意）景气，繁荣
If the economy or a business is booming, the amount of things being bought or sold is increasing.

e.g. By 1988 the economy was booming...
到1988年经济一直很繁荣。
e.g. Sales are booming...
销售额在快速增长。

4. （船帆的）下桁；帆桁
On a boat, the boom is the long pole which is attached to the bottom of the sail and to the mast and which you move when you want to alter the direction in which you are sailing.

5. 浮木挡栅，水栅（用来阻挡溢出的油扩散）
A boom is a large floating barrier that is used for stopping oil that has spilled from spreading.

6. （人)吼叫；（大炮或大鼓）发隆隆声
When something such as someone's voice, a cannon, or a big drum booms, it makes a loud, deep sound that lasts for several seconds.

e.g. 'Ladies,' boomed Helena, without a microphone, 'we all know why we're here tonight.'...
“女士们，”海伦娜大声喊道，没有用麦克风，“我们都知道今晚我们为什么来到这里。”
e.g. Thunder boomed like battlefield cannons over Crooked Mountain.
雷声像战场上的炮声一样响彻克鲁克德山。

7. - see baby boom

相关词组：boom out

名词改革，改良，改造; 改正

及物/不及物动词改善

及物动词改革; 重组

不及物动词重组

形容词改革的

1. 变革;改革;革新;改良
Reform consists of changes and improvements to a law, social system, or institution. A reform is an instance of such a change or improvement.

e.g. The party embarked on a programme of economic reform...
这个党开始进行经济改革。
e.g. He has urged reform of the welfare system...
他极力主张进行福利制度改革。

2. 改良;革新;变革;改革
If someone reforms something such as a law, social system, or institution, they change or improve it.

e.g. ...his plans to reform the country's economy...
他的国家经济改革计划
e.g. A reformed party would have to win the approval of the people.
一个革新的政党需要赢得人民的认可。

3. （人）洗心革面；(使)改过自新；改造
When someone reforms or when something reforms them, they stop doing things that society does not approve of, such as breaking the law or drinking too much alcohol.

e.g. When his court case was coming up, James promised to reform...
他的案子即将开审的时候，詹姆斯保证会改过自新。
e.g. We will try to reform him within the community.
我们将尽力在社区内部对他进行改造。

名词权威; 权力; 学术权威; [复数]当权者

1. 当局;官方;当权者
The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed.

e.g. This provided a pretext for the authorities to cancel the elections...
这给当局取消此次选举提供了借口。
e.g. The prison authorities have been criticised for not moving more quickly to end the protest by inmates.
监狱当局因没有尽快采取行动制止犯人抗议而受到批评。

2. 行政管理机构
An authority is an official organization or government department that has the power to make decisions.

e.g. ...the Health Education Authority...
卫生教育局
e.g. Any alterations had to meet the approval of the local planning authority.
任何改建都要取得当地规划机构的批准。

3. 权力；权限；职权
Authority is the right to command and control other people.

e.g. Local police chiefs should re-emerge as figures of authority and reassurance in their areas...
各地警察局局长应当重树其维护辖区安定的执法者形象。
e.g. The judge had no authority to order a second trial.
法官无权进行二次审判。

4. 威信
If someone has authority, they have a quality which makes other people take notice of what they say.

e.g. He had no natural authority and no capacity for imposing his will on others.
他天生缺乏威信，根本没有能力把他的意志强加于人。

5. （官方的正式）许可
Authority is official permission to do something.

e.g. The prison governor has refused to let him go, saying he must first be given authority from his own superiors.
监狱长拒绝释放他，说他首先必须得到上级官员的许可。

6. （某一方面的）权威人士，专家
Someone who is an authority on a particular subject knows a lot about it.

e.g. He's universally recognized as an authority on Russian affairs.
他是公认的俄罗斯事务专家。

7. 有可靠的消息来源
If you say you have it on good authority that something is true, you mean that you believe it is true because you trust the person who told you about it.

e.g. I have it on good authority that there's no way this light can cause skin cancer.
我有来自权威人士的说法，这种光不可能引起皮肤癌。

名词售票员; 电导体; （乐队）指挥; 导管（套管的一种）

1. (管弦乐队或合唱团的)指挥
A conductor is a person who stands in front of an orchestra or choir and directs its performance.

2. 公交车售票员
On a bus, the conductor is the person whose job is to sell tickets to the passengers.

3. 列车员
On a train, a conductor is a person whose job is to travel on the train in order to help passengers and check tickets.

名词幸运; （某人的）命运; 富有; [常作复数]（人生事件中的）时运

及物动词给予财富

不及物动词偶然发生

1. 大笔的钱;巨款
You can refer to a large sum of money as a fortune or a small fortune to emphasize how large it is.

e.g. We had to eat out all the time. It ended up costing a fortune...
我们不得不总在外面吃饭，结果花了很多钱。
e.g. He made a small fortune in the London property boom.
他在伦敦房产升温的时候发了一笔小财。

2. 财富;财产
Someone who has a fortune has a very large amount of money.

e.g. He made his fortune in car sales...
他靠卖车发了财。
e.g. Having spent his rich wife's fortune, the Major ended up in a debtors' prison.
花光了他有钱老婆的财产之后，这位少校最后被关进了债务人监狱。

3. 运气;机遇
Fortune or good fortune is good luck. Ill fortune is bad luck.

e.g. Government ministers are starting to wonder how long their good fortune can last.
政府部长们开始怀疑他们的好运还能够持续多久。

4. 时运;运势
If you talk about someone's fortunes or the fortunes of something, you are talking about the extent to which they are doing well or being successful.

e.g. The electoral fortunes of the Liberal Democratic party may decline...
自由民主党的选举运势可能会下降。
e.g. She kept up with the fortunes of the Reeves family...
她一直关注着里夫斯家族的兴衰。

5. 运气;命运
If you talk about the way someone or something is treated by fortune, you are referring to the good or bad luck that they have.

e.g. He is certainly being smiled on by fortune.
现在他一定是得到了命运的垂青。

6. 算命;算卦
When someone tells your fortune, they tell you what they think will happen to you in the future, which they say is shown, for example, by the lines on your hand.

名词艰难; 困苦; 艰难情况; 造成困苦与苦难的原因

1. 艰难;艰苦;贫困
Hardship is a situation in which your life is difficult or unpleasant, often because you do not have enough money.

e.g. Many people are suffering economic hardship...
很多人正处于经济困难之中。
e.g. One of the worst hardships is having so little time to spend with one's family.
最大的痛苦之一是几乎没有时间和家人在一起。

名词海关; 海关; 关税; 习惯( custom的名词复数)

形容词定做的; 专做定货的

1. 海关(部门)
Customs is the official organization responsible for collecting taxes on goods coming into a country and preventing illegal goods from being brought in.

e.g. ...components similar to those seized by British customs.
与英国海关截获的那些物品相似的部件
e.g. ...customs officers.
海关官员

2. 海关
Customs is the place where people arriving from a foreign country have to declare goods that they bring with them.

e.g. He walked through customs.
他步行通过海关。

3. (税收)海关的，进出口的
Customs duties are taxes that people pay for importing and exporting goods.

4. see also: custom