revamp / riːˈvæmp / TEM8 1. V-T If someone revamps something, they make changes to it in order to try and improve it. 修改; 改进 例: All the country's political parties have accepted that it is time to revamp the system. 2. N-SING Revamp is also a noun. 修改; 改进展开全文 原微博
feud / fjuːd / TEM8 1. N-COUNT A feud is a quarrel in which two people or groups remain angry with each other for a long time, although they are not always fighting or arguing. 积怨 例: ...a long and bitter feud between the state government and the villagers. 展开全文 原微博
budge / bʌdʒ / TEM8 1. V-T/V-I If someone will not budge on a matter, or if nothing budges them, they refuse to change their mind or to come to an agreement. 使让步; 做让步 [with brd-neg] 例: The Americans will not budge on this point. 这些美国人在这一点上不会让步的。展开全文 原微博
jostle / ˈdʒɒsəl / TEM8 1. V-T/V-I If people jostle you, they bump against you or push you 推搡; 推挤 例 You get 2,000 people jostling each other and bumping into furniture 你令2000人互相推搡并撞倒家具 例 We spent an hour jostling with the crowds as we did our shopping展开全文 原微博
brawl / brɔːl / CET6 1. A brawl is a rough or violent fight. 斗殴 2. V-RECIP If someone brawls, they fight in a very rough or violent way. 斗殴 例: He was suspended for a year from the university after brawling with police over a speeding ticket. 展开全文 原微博
languid / ˈlæŋɡwɪd / TEM8 1. ADJ If you describe someone as languid, you mean that they show little energy or interest and are very slow and casual in their movements. 无精打采的 [文学性] 例: He's a large, languid man with a round and impassive face.展开全文 原微博
allergic / əˈlɜːdʒɪk / CET4 TEM8 1. ADJ If you are allergic to something, you become ill or get a rash when you eat it, smell it, or touch it. 过敏的 [v-link ADJ 'to' n] 例: I'm allergic to cats. 我对猫过敏。展开全文 原微博
solicit / səˈlɪsɪt / CET6+ TEM4 1. V-T 请求给予 [正式] 例: He's already solicited their support on health care reform. 他已经请求他们给予医疗保健改革方面的支持。 2. V-I When prostitutes solicit, they offer to have sex with people in return for money. (妓女) 拉客 展开全文 原微博
embezzle / ɪmˈbɛzəl / TEM8 1. V-T If someone embezzles money that their organization or company has placed in their care, they take it and use it illegally for their own purposes. 挪用 (钱款) 例: One former director embezzled $34 million in company funds. 展开全文 原微博
rove / rəʊv / TEM8 V-T/V-I If someone roves around an area or roves an area, they wander around it. 漂泊; 流浪 [文学性] 例: ...roving around the town in the dead of night and seeing something peculiar. ...在这个死一般的夜晚流浪在这个镇上,看些不寻常的东西。展开全文 原微博
trounce / traʊns / TEM8 ( trouncing , trounced , trounces ) 1. V-T If you trounce someone in a competition or contest, you defeat them easily or by a large score. 轻松战胜; 大胜 [非正式] 例: The 49ers trounced the Miami Dolphins 38-16. 49人队以38比16的比分大胜迈阿密海豚队展开全文 原微博
graft / ɡrɑːft / CET6+ TEM8 皮肤、骨头等的) 移植物 例: I am having a skin graft on my arm soon. 我很快就要做手臂的植皮手术了。例: The top layer of skin has to be grafted onto the burns. 表层皮肤必须移植到烧伤处。 例: Pear trees are grafted on quince rootstocks.展开全文 原微博
coop / kuːp / TEM8 ( coops ) 1. N-COUNT A coop is a cage where you keep small animals or birds such as chickens and rabbits. (关小动物或鸟的)笼子 例: ...a chicken coop. ...鸡笼。 2. V to confine in a restricted area 拘禁 coop up/in展开全文 原微博