Day 1 words and expressions
1. resurgence
1.N-SING If there is a resurgence of an attitude or activity, it reappears and grows. 复苏
Eg. Police say drugs traffickers are behind the resurgence of violence.
2. entwine
1.V-RECIP If one thing is entwined with another thing, or if you entwine two things, the two things are twisted around each other.
(使)缠绕
Eg. He entwined his fingers with hers.
2.V-T/V-I If two things entwine or are entwined, they closely resemble or are linked to each other, and they are difficult to separate or identify. (使)纠缠; (使)紧密结合
Eg. The book entwines the personal and the political to chart the history of four generations of the family.
• 3. adj entwined
Eg....before media manipulation became entwined with management.
3. trinity
1.N a group of three : 三位一体
4. ebb
1.V-I When the tide or the sea ebbs, its level gradually falls. 退潮
Eg. When the tide ebbs, you can paddle out for a mile and barely get your ankles wet.
2.N-COUNT The ebb or the ebb tide is one of the regular periods, usually two per day, when the sea gradually falls to a lower level as the tide moves away from the land. 退潮
eg...the spring ebb tide.
3.V-I If someone's life, support, or feeling ebbs, it becomes weaker and gradually disappears. 衰退
Eg. Were there occasions when enthusiasm ebbed?
• 4. Ebb away means the same as ebb . 衰退
Eg. His little girl's life ebbed away.
• 5. If someone or something is at a low ebb or at their lowest ebb, they are not very successful or profitable. 处于低潮
Eg. a time when everyone is tired and at a low ebb.
5. shear /ʃɪə/ (shearing, sheared, shorn, shears)
1. to cut the wool off a sheep:
Eg. The farmer taught her how to shear sheep.
2. to cut the hair on a person's head close to the skin, especially without care:
eg. He recalled the humiliation of having his hair shorn and exchanging his clothes for the prison uniform.
3. be shorn of sth: to have something taken away from you:
The ex-president, although shorn of his official powers, still has influence
4. N-PLURAL A pair of shears is a garden tool like a very large pair of scissors. Shears are used especially for cutting hedges. 大剪刀
Eg. Trim the shrubs with shears.
6.reconstitute
1.V-T If an organization or state is reconstituted, it is formed again in a different way. 再构成
Eg. Slowly Jewish communities were reconstituted and Jewish life began anew.
2.V-T To reconstitute dried food means to add water to it so that it can be eaten. 加水使(脱水食物)复原
Eg.To reconstitute dried tomatoes, simmer in plain water until they are tender.
7. meld
• 1.V-I If several things meld, or if something melds them, they combine or blend in a pleasant or useful way. (使)融合; 融合
Eg. She sang the first verse again, listening to the way the words melded with the music.
Eg. Leave for 30 minutes for the flavours to meld.
• 2.V-I If several things meld into another thing, or if they are melded into another thing, they combine and become the other thing. 融合为
Eg. The white smoke and cannon's glare melded into a smear of horror before his eyes.
• 3.N-COUNT A meld of things is a mixture or combination of them that is useful or pleasant. (有益或愉快的)混合
Eg ....a perfect meld of art and social comment.
8. erode
• 1.V-T/V-I If rock or soil erodes or is eroded by the weather, sea, or wind, it cracks and breaks so that it is gradually destroyed. 侵蚀
Eg. The storm washed away buildings and roads and eroded beaches.
• 2.V-T/V-I If someone's authority, right, or confidence erodes or is eroded, it is gradually destroyed or removed. 削弱
Eg. His critics say his fumbling on the issue of reform has eroded his authority.
• 3.V-T/V-I If the value of something erodes or is eroded by something such as inflation or age, its value decreases. 降低
Eg. Competition in the financial marketplace has eroded profits.
9. deride
• 1.V-T If you deride someone or something, you say that they are stupid or have no value. 嘲笑
Eg. Critics derided the move as too little, too late.
10. abhor
1.V-T If you abhor something, you hate it very much, especially for moral reasons. 憎恶
Eg. He was a man who abhorred violence and was deeply committed to reconciliation.
11. delve
• 1.V-I If you delve into something, you try to discover new information about it. 探索
Eg. Tormented by her ignorance, Jenny delves into her mother's past.
12. heady
1.adj A heady drink, atmosphere, or experience strongly affects your senses, for example, by making you feel drunk or excited. 令人陶醉的
Eg…. in the heady days just after their marriage.
13. revival
• 1.N-COUNT When there is a revival of something, it becomes active or popular again. 再流行; 复兴
eg. This return to realism has produced a revival of interest in a number of artists.
• 2.N-COUNT A revival is a new production of a play, an opera, or a ballet. 新版演出
Eg. ...John Clement's revival of Chekhov's "The Seagull."。
• 3.N-UNCOUNT A revival meeting is a public religious event that is intended to make people more interested in Christianity. 奋兴 (布道会)
Eg. He toured the country organizing revival meeting
14. coopt [kəu'ɔpt]
• vt.
• 1. 先取；强占；征用：
Eg. All the trucks were coopted to carry the wounded soldiers.
2.(由原有成员)增选(新成员)：
Eg. Mr Robinson was coopted on to the standing committee.
3.委任；推选；指派
4. [美国英语]接收，吸收；同化；把…拉到自己一边；拉拢，笼络；收买：
to coopt someone to one's own side
• vi.增选成员，增选新成员；吸收新人；增派人员 [亦作co-opt]
15. truce /truːs/
• 1.N-COUNT A truce is an agreement between two people or groups of people to stop fighting or arguing for a short time. 停战协议
Eg. The fighting of recent days has given way to an uneasy truce between the two sides.