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immensity [ɪ'mɛnsɪti]
【考法】 N-UNCOUNT the state or quality of being immense; vastness; enormity 无限；广大；巨大
【例句】Let me soar in that sky, in its lonely immensity.
就让我在那天空中飞翔，在它孤寂的浩瀚中。
profile ['proʊfaɪl]
【考法】 N-COUNT Your profile is the outline of your face as it is seen when someone is looking at you from the side. 侧面像；侧影像
【例句】His handsome profile was turned away from us.
他英俊的侧影从我们眼前转开了。
resort [rɪ'zɔrt]
【考法】 N-UNCOUNT If you achieve something without resort to a particular course of action, you succeed without carrying out that action. To have resort to a particular course of action means to have to do that action in order to achieve something. 采取；凭借；诉诸；求助
【例句】Congress has a responsibility to ensure that all peaceful options are exhausted before resort to war.
国会有责任确保只有在所有和平手段都不奏效的情况下才会诉诸战争。
dreadful ['drɛdfəl]
【考法】 ADJ -GRADED If you say that something is dreadful, you mean that it is very bad or unpleasant, or very poor in quality. 糟糕透顶的；令人不快的；劣质的
【例句】They told us the dreadful news.
他们告诉了我们那糟糕透顶的消息。
appetizing ['æpɪˌtaɪzɪŋ]
【考法】 ADJ -GRADED Appetizing food looks and smells good, so that you want to eat it. 色香俱佳的；引起食欲的
【例句】.the appetizing smell of freshly baked bread.
新鲜出炉的面包发出的诱人香味
hoard [hɔrd]
【考法】 VERB If you hoard things such as food or money, you save or store them, often in secret, because they are valuable or important to you. 贮藏；囤积
【例句】They’ve begun to hoard food and gasoline and save their money.
他们已经存钱并开始贮藏食物和汽油。
immortal [ɪ'mɔrtl]
【考法】 ADJ Someone or something that is immortal will live or last for ever and never die or be destroyed. 不死的；长生的
【例句】The pharaohs were considered gods and therefore immortal.
法老们被视为神灵，且长生不死。
acquaintance [ə'kwentəns]
【考法】 N-COUNT An acquaintance is someone who you have met and know slightly, but not well. 认识的人；泛泛之交
【例句】The proprietor was an old acquaintance of his.
业主是他的一位旧相识。
retirement [rɪ'taɪəmənt]
【考法】 N-VAR Retirement is the time when a worker retires. 退休
【例句】.the proportion of the population who are over retirement age.
超过退休年龄的人口比例
prolong [prə'lɔŋ]
【考法】 VERB To prolong something means to make it last longer. 延长；拉长；拖长
【例句】Mr Chesler said foreign military aid was prolonging the war.
切斯勒先生说国外的军事援助拉长了战事。
analogy [əˑnælədʒi]
【考法】 N-COUNT If you make or draw an analogy between two things, you show that they are similar in some way. 类比；类推；类似
【例句】Everyone has analogy fatigue at this point.
在这一点上，人人都有类比疲劳。
surname ['sɜːneɪm]
【考法】 N-COUNT Your surname is the name that you share with other members of your family. In English speaking countries and many other countries it is your last name. 姓
【例句】She’d never known his surname.
她一直不知道他姓什么。