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【考法1】 VERB If you yell, you shout loudly, usually because you are excited, angry, or in pain. （常指因激动、生气或痛苦）叫喊，大喊，吼叫
【举例1】 ‘Eva!’he yelled .
“伊娃！”他大喊道。
【考法2】 N-COUNT A yell is a loud shout given by someone who is afraid or in pain. 叫喊；大喊；吼叫
【举例2】 Something brushed past Bob's face and he let out a yell .
有什么东西从鲍勃的脸上扫过，他大叫了一声。
【考法】 N-COUNT A gym is a club, building, or large room, usually containing special equipment, where people go to do physical exercise and get fit. 健身所；健身房；体育馆
【举例】 While the lads are golfing, I work out in the gym .
小伙子们打高尔夫球的时候，我在健身房锻炼。
【考法1】 ADJ-GRADED You use basic to describe things, activities, and principles that are very important or necessary, and on which others depend. 根本的；首要的；主要的
【举例1】 One of the most basic requirements for any form of angling is a sharp hook.
不管以什么方式钓鱼，有一个锋利的鱼钩都是最基本的要求之一。
【考法2】 ADJ-GRADED If one thing is basic to another, it is absolutely necessary to it, and the second thing cannot exist, succeed, or be imagined without it. 基础的；必要的
【举例2】 an oily liquid, basic to the manufacture of a host of other chemical substances
制造许多其他化学物质所必需的油性液体
【考法1】 VERB If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people. 收集；采集
【举例1】 Two young girls were collecting firewood.
两个小女孩正在拾柴火。
【考法2】 VERB If you collect things, such as stamps or books, as a hobby, you get a large number of them over a period of time because they interest you. 搜集；收藏
【举例2】 I used to collect stamps.
我曾经集过邮。
【考法1】 VERB If you twist something, you turn it to make a spiral shape, for example by turning the two ends of it in opposite directions. 扭；拧；搓；捻
【举例1】 Her hands began to twist the handles of the bag she carried.
她双手开始捻弄手提包的拎带。
【考法2】 VERB If you twist part of your body such as your head or your shoulders, you turn that part while keeping the rest of your body still. 扭动，转动（身体部位）
【举例2】 She twisted her head sideways and looked towards the door.
她侧头朝门看去。
【考法】 N-UNCOUNT Amusement is the pleasure that you get from being entertained or from doing something interesting. 愉悦；娱乐
【举例】 I stumbled sideways before landing flat on my back, much to the amusement of the rest of the lads.
让其他小伙子们笑不可支的是，我被绊了一跤，身子一歪，结果仰面摔倒在地。
【考法】 ADV-GRADED If you want or need something badly, you want or need it very much. 非常；极度
【举例】 Why do you want to go so badly ?
为什么你这么想走？
【考法】 N-COUNT The boundaries of something such as a subject or activity are the limits that people think that it has. （学科或活动的）界限，边界
【举例】 The boundaries between history and storytelling are always being blurred and muddled.
历史和轶闻的分界向来是模糊而混乱的。
【考法】 N-COUNT Chickens are birds which are kept on a farm for their eggs and for their meat. 鸡
【举例】 Lionel built a coop so that they could raise chickens and have a supply of fresh eggs.
莱昂内尔做了个鸡笼，打算养些鸡，吃上新鲜鸡蛋。
【考法】 VERB If you locate something or someone, you find out where they are. 找到；探明；确定……的位置
【举例】 The scientists want to locate the position of the gene on a chromosome.
科学家们希望找出该基因在染色体中的位置。
【考法1】 ADJ-GRADED If something is unclear, it is not known or not certain. 不清楚的；不确定的
【举例1】 It is unclear how much popular support they have among the island's population.
目前还不清楚他们在岛上的民众中间有多高的支持率。
【考法2】 ADJ-GRADED If you are unclear about something, you do not understand it properly or are not sure about it. 不明白的；不清楚的；不确定的
【举例2】 He is still unclear about his own future.
他仍然不清楚自己的将来会怎样。
【考法1】 ADJ Something such as a book that is unwritten has not been printed or written down. 未付印的；未写下的；未成文
【举例1】 Universal have agreed to pay £2.5 million for Grisham's next, as yet unwritten , novel.
环球公司已同意为格里森姆下一部还未动笔的小说支付250万英镑。
【考法2】 ADJ An unwritten rule, law, or agreement is one that is understood and accepted by everyone, although it may not have been formally or officially established. （规则、法律或协议）不成文的
【举例2】 They obey the one unwritten rule that binds them all—no talking.
他们都遵守着那条约束他们所有人的默认规则——要守口如瓶。