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【考法】 N-COUNT An egg is an oval object that is produced by a female bird and which contains a baby bird. Other animals such as reptiles and fish also lay eggs. 蛋；卵
【举例】 a baby bird hatching from its egg
从蛋中孵出的小鸟
【考法1】 VERB If someone or something discourages you, they cause you to lose your enthusiasm about your actions. 使泄气；使灰心
【举例1】 It may be difficult to do at first. Don't let this discourage you.
万事开头难，别因此而灰心。
【考法2】 VERB To discourage an action or to discourage someone from doing it means to make them not want to do it. 打消……的念头；阻止；劝阻
【举例2】 typhoons that discouraged shopping and leisure activities
使购物和休闲活动化为泡影的台风
【考法】 ADV Nowadays means at the present time, in contrast with the past. 如今；现今
【举例】 Nowadays it's acceptable for women to be ambitious. But it wasn't then.
如今，女性胸怀大志也能被接受，但那时候不是这样。
【考法】 N-COUNT If you give an explanation of something that has happened, you give people reasons for it, especially in an attempt to justify it. 解释；说明
【举例】 She told the court she would give a full explanation of the prosecution's decision on Monday.
她告诉法庭她会在星期一对原告方的决定作出全面解释。
【考法1】 ADJ-GRADED Remote areas are far away from cities and places where most people live, and are therefore difficult to get to. 偏僻的；遥远的；边远的
【举例1】 Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas.
滑坡使边远地区的许多村庄与外界隔绝。
【考法2】 ADJ-GRADED The remote past or remote future is a time that is many years distant from the present. （过去或未来）遥远的；久远的
【举例2】 Slabs of rock had slipped sideways in the remote past, and formed this hole.
在久远的过去，岩石板滑落到周边，从而形成了这个洞。
【考法3】 ADJ-GRADED If something is remote from a particular subject or area of experience,it is not relevant to it because it is very different. 关系不紧密的；关系疏远的；相距甚远的
【举例3】 This government depends on the wishes of a few who are remote from the people.
这个政府按照远离民众的少数人的意愿行事。
【考法】 N-VAR A salary is the money that someone is paid each month by their employer,especially when they are in a profession such as teaching, law, or medicine. （尤指从事某一职业的人获得的）薪水，薪金，工资
【举例】 The lawyer was paid a huge salary .
那个律师薪水很高。
【考法1】 VERB If you urge someone to do something, you try hard to persuade them to do it. 敦促；力劝
【举例1】 They urged parliament to approve plans for their reform programme.
他们敦促议会批准他们的改革方案。
【考法2】 N-COUNT If you have an urge to do or have something, you have a strong wish to do or have it. 强烈的欲望；冲动；迫切的要求
【举例2】 He had an urge to open a shop of his own.
他很想自己开一家店。
【考法1】 N-UNCOUNT Someone's youth is the period of their life during which they are a child,before they are a fully mature adult. 青年时期；青少年时代
【举例1】 In my youth my ambition had been to be an inventor.
我年轻时的抱负是成为一个发明家。
【考法2】 N-UNCOUNT Youth is the quality or state of being young. 青春；朝气；年轻
【举例2】 Gregory was still enchanted with Shannon's youth and joy and beauty.
格雷戈里仍为香农的朝气、快乐和美丽着迷。
【考法1】 ADV If something is done properly, it is done in a correct and satisfactory way. 正确地；准确地；令人满意地
【举例1】 You're too thin. You're not eating properly .
你太瘦了。你的饮食不合理。
【考法2】 ADV If someone behaves properly, they behave in a way that is considered acceptable and not rude. 适宜地；合适地；得体地；恰当地
【举例2】 He's a spoilt brat and it's about time he learnt to behave properly .
他是个被宠坏的孩子，是该学些规矩了。
【考法1】 VERB In a sport or game, if a player scores a goal or a point, they gain a goal or point. （比赛中）得（分），进（球）
【举例1】 Against which country did Ian Wright score his first international goal?
在与哪个国家的比赛中伊恩·赖特打进了他在国际比赛中的首粒进球？
【考法2】 N-COUNT Someone's score in a game or test is a number, for example, a number of points or runs,which shows what they have achieved or what level they have reached. （考试或比赛中的）得分，成绩
【举例2】 The U.S. Open golf tournament was won by Ben Hogan, with a score of 287.
本·霍根以287杆的成绩赢得了美国高尔夫公开赛。
【考法1】 N-UNCOUNT Graduation is the successful completion of a course of study at a university, college, or school, for which you receive a degree or diploma. 毕业
【举例1】 They asked what his plans were after graduation .
他们问他毕业之后有何打算。
【考法2】 N-COUNT A graduation is a special ceremony at university, college, or school, at which degrees and diplomas are given to students who have successfully completed their studies. 毕业典礼
【举例2】 the graduation ceremony at Yale.
耶鲁大学的毕业典礼。
【考法1】 N-COUNT In Britain, a graduate is a person who has successfully completed a degree at a university or college and has received a certificate that shows this. （英国的）大学毕业生，学士学位获得者
【举例1】 In 1973, the first Open University graduates received their degrees.
1973年，第一批开放大学的毕业生获得了学位。
【考法2】 N-COUNT In the United States, a graduate is a student who has successfully completed a course at a high school, college, or university. （美国的）高中（或学院、大学）毕业生
【举例2】 The top one-third of all high school graduates are entitled to an education at the California State University.
高中毕业生当中排名前1/3的学生可以进入加利福尼亚州立大学深造。
【考法3】 V-ERG In the United States, when a student graduates, they complete their studies successfully and leave their school or university. You can also say that a school or university graduates a student or students. （美国）中学（或大学）毕业，授予……学位（或毕业文凭）
【举例3】 When the boys graduated from high school, Ann moved to a small town in Vermont.
当儿子们高中毕业后，安搬到佛蒙特州的一个小镇上居住。