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Unit 7

omniscient

ossify

circumspect

consonance

pennant

voluptuary

jostle

integer

contingent

confidante

wince

airy

omniscient [ɑm'nɪsiənt]

【考法】 ADJ If you describe someone as omniscient, you mean they know or seem to know everything. 全知全 能的;无所不知的;博闻广识的

【例句】 a benevolent and omniscient deity

仁慈、全知的神

ossify ['ɑsɪfaɪ]

【考法】 V-ERG If an idea, system, or organization ossifies or if something ossifies it, it becomes fixed and difficult to change. (使)僵化;(使)一成不变;(使)墨守成规

【例句】 It reckons that rationing would ossify the farm industry.

人们认为实行配给制会使农业失去活力。

circumspect ['sɜrkəmspekt]

【考法】 ADJ-GRADED If you are circumspect, you are cautious in what you do and say and do not take risks. 小心的;谨慎的;谨言慎行的

【例句】 The banks should have been more circumspect in their dealings.

那些银行在交易中本该更加谨慎的。

consonance ['kɑnsənəns]

【考法】 N agreement, harmony, or accord 一致;调和

【例句】 This type of democracy is in consonance with our own African heritage.

这样的民主方式与我们非洲人自身的传统是相符合的。

pennant ['pɛnənt]

【考法】 N-COUNT A pennant is a long, narrow, triangular flag. 三角旗

【例句】 The second car was flying the Ghanaian pennant .

第二辆车插着加纳的三角旗。

voluptuary [və'lʌptʃueri]

【考法】 ADJ of, relating to, characterized by, or furthering sensual gratification or luxury 贪恋酒色的

jostle ['dʒɑsl]

【考法】 VERB If people jostle you, they bump against you or push you in a way that annoys you, usually because you are in a crowd and they are trying to get past you. (在人群中)挤,推,推搡

【例句】 You get 2,000 people jostling each other and bumping into furniture.

2,000个人互相推推搡搡,撞在家具上。

integer ['ɪntɪdʒɚ]

【考法】 N-COUNT In mathematics, an integer is an exact whole number such as 1, 7, or 24 as opposed to a number with fractions or decimals. 整数

【例句】 A genetic algorithms based on integer coding genetic operators is designed to propose the model.

为此,设计了一种基于整数编码的遗传算法求解该模型。

contingent [kən'tɪndʒənt]

【考法】 ADJ If something is contingent on something else, the first thing depends on the second in order to happen or exist. 取决于……的;由……决定的

【例句】 In effect, growth is contingent on improved incomes for the mass of the low-income population.

事实上,发展有赖于大量低收入人群收入的增长。

confidante ['kɒnfəˌdænt]

【考法】 N-COUNT Someone's confidante is a woman who they are able to discuss their private problems with. 女性知己(或密友)

【例句】 You are her closest friend and confidante .

你是她最亲密的朋友和知己。

wince [wɪns]

【考法】 VERB If you wince, the muscles of your face tighten suddenly because you have felt a pain or because you have just seen, heard, or remembered something unpleasant. (因疼痛或因看到、听到或记起不快 之事而)皱起脸,皱眉蹙额

【例句】 Every time he put any weight on his left leg he winced in pain.

只要左腿一受力,他就会疼得龇牙咧嘴。

airy ['eri]

【考法】 ADJ-GRADED If a building or room is airy, it has a lot of fresh air inside, usually because it is large. 风的

【例句】 The bathroom has a light and airy feel.

浴室给人以明亮通风之感。 OZtURHXwl3dl8JD2E6FZZMYeuT2bjURY+9+VRDcEVmEpQCnNf3xjYzYTYGtL7cDi

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