英语单词解释

除了…，除…之外: a) There s nobody here other than me. 除了我这里没别人。

2) 与…不同: a) The truth is quite other than what you think. 事实真相和你想像的完全不一样。

other than
1) instead of 而不是: a) It was what he meant rather than what he said that annoyed me. 让我生气
的是他话中的意思，而不是他所说的话。

b) Nuclear science should be developed to benefit the people rather than harm them. 发展核科学应该是为了造福人类而不是伤害人类。

1) 不是…而是;与其…倒不如: a) The general should be punished rather than the soldier. 受惩罚的应
该是将军而不是士兵。

1. a dj.
1) 可用的；生效的: a) The new rule is applicable from next month. 新规定下个月起开始实行。

2) 适当的，合适的: a) This rule is applicable to all cases. 这项规定适用于一切情况。

1. Counsel vt
1) give sb. advice 劝告；忠告.
1. vt.
1) 延长;使延伸: a) The headmaster extended our holiday by 4 days. 校长把我们的假期延长了4天。

2) 伸出，伸展(身体的一部分): a) He extended his arms in front of him as if he were praying to God. 他向
前伸出双臂，好像在向上帝祷告求助。

3) 给予;施: a) The bank has promised to extend your company credit. 银行已经答应向你们公司提供信
用贷款。

2. vi.
1) 延伸，延续，继续扩张: a) The hot weather extended into October. 炎热天气一直持续到10月。

2) 扩大(领土等): a) His power extends to other lands. 他的权力扩张到别国。

3) 伸出，突出: a) Fruit trees extended out over the fences. 果树枝伸到了篱笆外。

1. vt.
1) 开发，开采: a) They intend to exploit the oil under the sea. 他们准备开发海底石油。

2) (为发挥效能等)利用: a) Their talents are exploited to the full. 他们的才能得到了充分的发挥。

3) (自私地或不道德地)利用: a) They exploited local crises to make worldwide gains. 他们利用地区性
的危机在全世界谋取好处。

4) 剥削: a) The workers were exploited by the capitalist. 工人们受到资本家的剥削。

2. n. [C]
1) 功绩，业绩: a) Their heroic exploits will go down in history. 他们的英雄业绩将被载入史册。

1. vt.
1) 花费，消费(on, in): a) He expended 1，000 yuan on rent every month. 他每月在房租上花1，000
元钱。

2) 消耗，用光: a) The enemy had expended all their ammunition. 敌人的弹药已经消耗殆尽。

1. n. [C,U]
1) 压力，压迫，紧张(on): a) In fact, stress isn't a bad thing, as it is often supposed to be. 事实上,
压力并不像人们所认为的那样是一件坏事。

2) 强调，重要性(on): a) She lays great stress on proper behavior. 她很强调行为端正。

3) 重音，重读(on): a) In the word “mother” the stress is on the first syllabl e. 在“mother” 这一词里，
重音在第一个音节上。

2. vt.
1) 强调，着重: a) I must stress that we haven't much time. 我必须强调我们没有多少时间了。

2) 重读: a) Stress the second syllable. 重读第二个音节。

1. adj.
2. n. [C,U]
1) [C] 负责人，校长: a) I met with the principal of my school on the street yesterday. 我昨天在街上
碰到了学校校长。

2) [C;U] 资本，本金: a) You should put more principal into your business. 你应当往生意中投入更多
的本金。

3) [C] 主要演员，主角: a) She is the principal of this film. 她是这部电影的主角。

1. n. [C,U]
1) 长处，优点;价值: a) Each has his merits and demerits. 每个人都有优缺点。

2) 功绩;荣誉: a) He was awarded a second-class merit in the battle. 他在战役中获得二等功。

2. vt.
1) 应获得，值得: a) Your suggestion merits consideration. 你的建议值得考虑。

1. vt.
1) 批准;同意;支持: a) A new law was sanctioned. 一项新法律已经得到了批准。

2) 惩罚: a) The thief must be sanctioned. 那贼必须受到惩罚。

2. n. [C,U]
1) 批准;同意;支持: a) He did that under the sanction of the manager. 他在经理的同意下才那样做的。

2) 约束力;约束措施: a) What will be the sanction against wrongdoing? 有什么防止人们做坏事的措施
吗？
3) 国际制裁(常pl.): a) Have the sanctions against Iraq been withdrawn? 对伊拉克的制裁取消了
吗？
1. v.
1) make or become stronger （使）增强，（使）加强: a) His daughter’s illness intensified his difficult
condition. 女儿的生病对他的境遇雪上加霜。

b) The search intensified as dusk approached. 黄昏将至, 人们加强了搜寻。