Day 1 words and expressions
1. Irrespective of : 不论，不管
Eg.The Industry Models support the identification, analysis, and design of requirements-based solutions, irrespective of the target environment.
2. hawk
a. N-COUNT a noisy clearing of the throat 清嗓声
b.V to hunt with falcons, hawks, etc 放鹰行猎
c.V to clear the throat noisily 大声清嗓
d. V to offer (goods) for sale, as in the street (沿街)兜售
e. PHRASE If you watch someone like a hawk, you observe them very carefully, usually to make sure that they do not make a mistake or do something you do not want them to do. 密切监视
例：If we hadn't watched him like a hawk, he would have escaped.
3. yam n. 山药 甘薯 白薯
4. extortionate adj
• 1. If you describe something such as a price as extortionate, you are emphasizing that it is much greater than it should be. (价格) 离谱的
例：...a specially prepared menu on which basic dishes are charged at extortionate prices.
5. strand
• 1.N-COUNT A strand of something such as hair, wire, or thread is a single thin piece of it. (头发、电线或纱线的) 缕
例：She tried to blow a grey strand of hair from her eyes.
• 2.V-T If you are stranded, you are prevented from leaving a place, for example because of bad weather. 使滞留
例：The climbers had been stranded by a storm.
• 3.V to form (a rope, cable, etc) by winding strands together 搓; 绞(绳索等)
• 4.V to leave or drive (ships, fish, etc) aground or ashore or (of ships, fish, etc) to be left or driven ashore 使(船、鱼等)搁浅
6. confer
• 1.V-RECIP When you confer with someone, you discuss something with them in order to make a decision. You can also say that two people confer. 商议
例：He conferred with Hill and the others in his office.
• 2.V-T To confer something such as power or an honor on someone means to give it to them. 授予
例：The constitution also confers large powers on Brazil's 25 constituent states.
7. remittance
• 1.N-VAR A remittance is a sum of money that you send to someone. 汇款
例：Please enclose your remittance, making checks payable to Valley Technology Services.
8. Shortfall
1.N-COUNT If there is a shortfall in something, there is less of it than you need. 不足
例：The government has refused to make up a $30,000 shortfall in funding.
9. dash
• 1.V-I If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly. 猛冲
例：Suddenly she dashed down to the cellar.
• 2.N-SING Dash is also a noun. 猛冲
例：..a 160-mile dash to the hospital.
• 3.V-I If you say that you have to dash, you mean that you are in a hurry and have to leave immediately. 赶紧离开
例：Oh, Tim! I'm sorry but I have to dash.
• 4.V-T If you dash something against a wall or other surface, you throw or push it violently, often so hard that it breaks. 猛撞; 猛摔
例：She seized the doll and dashed it against the stone wall with tremendous force.
• 5.V-T If an event or person dashes someone's hopes or expectations, it destroys them by making it impossible that the thing that is hoped for or expected will ever happen. 使破灭
例：Renewed fighting has dashed hopes for a United Nations-organized interim government.
• 6.N-COUNT A dash of something is a small quantity of it which you add when you are preparing food or mixing a drink. 少量
例：Pour over olive oil and a dash of balsamic vinegar to accentuate the sweetness.
• 7.N-COUNT A dash of a quality is a small amount of it that is found in something and often makes it more interesting or distinctive. 一点 (趣味或特色)
例：...a story with a dash of mystery thrown in.
…加入了一抹神秘色彩的故事。
10. tout /taʊt/
• 1.V-T If someone touts something, they try to sell it or convince people that it is good. 兜售; 吹嘘表不满
例：..slick television ads touting the candidates.
• 2.V-T If someone touts tickets, they sell them outside a sports stadium or theatre, usually for more than their original value. (在体育场或剧院外) 高价倒卖 (票)
例：He was trying to pick up some cash touting tickets.
• 3.N-COUNT A tout is someone who sells things such as tickets unofficially, usually at prices which are higher than the official ones. 票贩子
例：Another tout said he'd charge $1,000 for a $125 ticket
11. go around
• 1.PHRASAL VERB If you go around to someone's house, you go to visit them at their house. 造访
例：I asked them to go around to the house to see if they were there.
• 2.PHRASAL VERB If you go around in a particular way, you behave or dress in that way, often as part of your normal life. (以某方式) 做事; 着装
例：I got in the habit of going around with bare feet.
• 3.PHRASAL VERB If a piece of news or a joke is going around, it is being told by many people in the same period of time. (消息、笑话) 流传
例：There's a nasty sort of rumour going around about it.
• 4.PHRASAL VERB If there is enough of something to go around, there is enough of it to be shared among a group of people, or to do all the things for which it is needed. 满足需求
例：Eventually we will not have enough water to go around.