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□ squirm
□ weather
□ preclude
□ shackle
□ windfall
□ ignoble
□ intercede
□ outstrip
□ appease
□ hurtle
□ noisome
【考法】 N-COUNT A gong is a large, flat, circular piece of metal that you hit with a hammer to make a sound like a loud bell. Gongs are sometimes used as musical instruments, or to give a signal that it is time to do something. 锣
【例句】 On the stroke of seven, a gong summons guests into the dining-room.
7点整时一阵锣声将客人召集到餐厅。
【考法】 VERB If you squirm, you move your body from side to side, usually because you are nervous or uncomfortable. （通常指因紧张不安或不适而）扭动，动来动去
【例句】 He had squirmed and wriggled and screeched when his father had washed his face.
父亲给他洗脸时，他扭来扭去，尖声喊叫。
【考法】 V-ERG If something such as wood or rock weathers or is weathered, it changes color or shape as a result of the wind, sun, rain, or cold. （使）风化；（使）褪色；（使）受到侵蚀
【例句】 Unpainted wooden furniture weathers to a grey color.
没有上漆的木制家具会褪色成灰色。
【考法】 VERB If something precludes an event or action, it prevents the event or action from happening. 排除；杜绝；防止
【例句】 At 84, John feels his age precludes too much travel.
84岁的约翰感到自己年事已高，不能进行太多的旅行。
【考法】 V-T If you are shackled by something, it prevents you from doing what you want to do. 阻碍
【例句】 The labour unions are shackled by the law.
该工会被法律所羁绊。
【考法】 N-COUNT A windfall is a sum of money that you receive unexpectedly or by luck, for example if you win a lottery. 意外之财；横财
【例句】 the man who received a $250,000 windfall after a banking error
因银行失误得到25万美元意外之财的那位男子
【考法】 ADJ-GRADED If you describe something as ignoble, you mean that it is bad and something to be ashamed of. 卑鄙可耻的；不光彩的
【例句】 ignoble thoughts
卑鄙的想法
【考法】 VERB If you intercede with someone, you try to persuade them to forgive someone or end their disagreement with them. 向……说情；调解；斡旋
【例句】 They asked my father to intercede with the king on their behalf.
他们请我父亲为他们向国王求情。
【考法】 VERB If one thing outstrips another, the first thing becomes larger in amount, or more successful or important, than the second thing. 超过；胜过
【例句】 In the mid-eighteenth century the production of food far outstripped the rise in population.
18世纪中叶食物的产量远远超过人口的增长。
【考法】 VERB If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want. 平息；安抚；抚慰
【例句】 Gandhi was accused by some of trying to appease both factions of the electorate.
一些人指责甘地试图安抚两派选民。
【考法】 VERB If someone or something hurtles somewhere, they move there very quickly, often in a rough or violent way. 猛冲；飞驰
【例句】 A pretty young girl came hurtling down the stairs.
一个漂亮的小女孩从楼梯上冲下来。
【考法】 ADJ-GRADED If you describe something or someone as noisome, you mean that you find them extremely unpleasant. 令人不愉快的；令人讨厌的
【例句】 Noisome vapors arise from the mud left in the docks.
难闻的蒸汽由船坞中余留的泥浆散发出来。