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【考法】 N-SING-COLL You can refer to television, radio, newspapers, and magazines as the media. 媒体，传播工具，传播媒介（如电视、广播、报纸和杂志等）
【举例】 It is hard work and not a glamorous job as portrayed by the media .
这是份苦差，并非像媒体描绘的那般令人向往。
【考法1】 N-COUNT If you do someone a favour, you do something for them even though you do not have to. 恩惠；帮忙
【举例1】 I've come to ask you to do me a favour .
我来这儿是想请你帮个忙。
【考法2】 VERB If you favour something, you prefer it to the other choices available. 更喜爱；宁愿；倾向于
【举例2】 The French say they favour a transition to democracy.
法国人说他们倾向于向民主过渡。
【考法】 VERB To pollute water, air, or land means to make it dirty and dangerous to live in or to use, especially with poisonous chemicals or sewage. 污染；弄脏
【举例】 Heavy industry pollutes our rivers with noxious chemicals.
重工业产生的有毒化学品会污染我们的河流。
【考法】 VERB If things or people disappoint you, they are not as good as you had hoped, or do not do what you hoped they would do. 使失望
【举例】 She knew that she would disappoint him.
她知道她会令他失望的。
【考法】 N-COUNT If you have a weakness for something, you like it very much, although this is perhaps surprising or undesirable. 嗜好；癖好；迷恋；弱点
【举例】 Stephen himself had a weakness for cats.
史蒂芬本人偏爱猫。
【考法】 N-COUNT A teacher is a person who teaches, usually as a job at a school or similar institution. 教师；老师；教员
【举例】 I'm a teacher with 21 years'experience.
我是个有21年教龄的教师。
【考法】 ADJ-GRADED When you are busy, you are working hard or concentrating on a task,so that you are not free to do anything else. 忙的；忙碌的
【举例】 What is it? I'm busy .
什么事？我忙着呢。
【考法】 VERB To convey information or feelings means to cause them to be known or understood by someone. 传达；表达；传递
【举例】 When I returned home, I tried to convey the wonder of this machine to my husband.
回到家后，我竭力地想把这台机器的精妙之处描述给丈夫听。
【考法1】 VERB When someone designs a garment, building, machine, or other object, they plan it and make a detailed drawing of it from which it can be built or made. 设计（服装、建筑、机械等）
【举例1】 They wanted to design a machine that was both attractive and practical.
他们想设计一种既美观又实用的机械。
【考法2】 N-UNCOUNT Design is the process and art of planning and making detailed drawings of something. 设计过程；设计艺术
【举例2】 He was a born mechanic with a flair for design .
他生来就是个有设计天赋的机械师。
【考法3】 N-UNCOUNT The design of something is the way in which it has been planned and made. 设计（样式）
【举例3】 These machines are constantly updated by improving the design of the computers.
通过改善计算机的设计，这些机器不断得到更新。
【考法1】 ADJ You use extra to describe an amount, person, or thing that is added to others of the same kind, or that can be added to others of the same kind. 额外的；外加的
【举例1】 Police warned motorists to allow extra time to get to work.
警方告诫驾车者出门上班要留出富余时间。
【考法2】 ADJ If something is extra, you have to pay more money for it in addition to what you are already paying for something. 费用另计的；额外收费的
【举例2】 For foreign orders postage is extra .
国外订单邮费另计。
【考法】 ADJ-GRADED Someone who is talented has a natural ability to do something well. 天资聪颖的；天赋高的
【举例】 Howard is a talented pianist.
霍华德是个很有天分的钢琴家。
【考法】 N-UNCOUNT Construction is the building of things such as houses, factories, roads, and bridges. （房屋、工厂、道路、桥梁等的）建筑，建造
【举例】 He'd already started construction on a hunting lodge.
他已经开始建造一间狩猎用的小屋。