1.inhibit
使拘束,使尴尬
to make sb nervous or embarrassed so that they cannot do or say what they want to
You could become magnificent. But something's inhibiting you,constraining your energy.
抑制,阻碍
if sth inhibits an event or process,it prevents it or slows it down
Helmets inhibit brain development.
头盔会阻碍大脑发育
This drug inhibits cell death.
这种要会抑制癌细胞。
2.refectory
a dinning hall,especially in a religious or academic insititution in British
(英国宗教或教育机构的)食堂,餐厅
School was dismissed,and all were gone into the refectory to tea.
散课了,大家都进饭厅去吃茶点。
We have dormitories,teaching buildings and refectories named by number and research buildings named by subject.
3.inflate
(使)充气,(使)膨胀
I'll inflate your inner tube.
我会帮你这个内胎充气。
to fill sth with air or gas;to become filled with air or gas
夸大,吹嘘
to exaggerate the size,amount or importance of sth
You're just trying to inflate your reputation.
你只是在夸大自己的名声。
He says Chinese buyers are inflating prices in Australia's major cities.
他说中国买家使得澳大利亚的主要城市房价上涨。
4.inscribe
在…上写;在…刻字
to write or carve words on sth
inscribe A on/in B
inscribe B with A
We dedicate her service to the ages and inscribe her memory in our heart.
她的贡献将永垂不朽,她将永远活在我们心中。
These Seven Commandments would be inscribed on the wall.
这“七戒”将要题写在墙上。
And that ring was inscribed with the phrase,“This too shall pass”.
这枚戒指上刻了一句话,“一切都会随风而逝。”
5.extrovert
外向的人;活泼自信的人
somebody who is sociable and self-confident
I like interacting with a lot of people,I'm very outgoing and I am a extrovert.
我喜欢和很多人交往,我很外向,我是个外向的人。
性格外向的
confident,lively and enjoying the company of other people
I was once a shy boy in the past,but now I am confident and extrovert.
One person may be more extrovert than another,less agreeable,less conscientious and so on,and to an extent how well two people will get on can be predicted from how their personalities mesh.
6.introvert
内向的人
a person who is shy and quiet and prefers not to talk much to people
If you put two introverts together,they might not say anything.
No,I am an ambivert,which means I am a mixture of introvert and extrovert.
7.pedestrian
行人,步行者
a person who is walking,especially in an area also used by cars
The path is used by pedestrians only.
We've decided we definitely need a pedestrian crossing.
我们决定必须要有一个人行横道。
乏味无趣的,缺乏想象力的
ordinary,unimaginative,or uninspired
The new design is also ambitious,pedestrian and dull.
新设计看上去气势雄浑,实则呆板乏味。
8.demographic
relating to demography
人口(学)的,人口统计(学)的
The world is changing due to the demographic change all over the world.
Some Africans think they face to demographic disaster,others that they could reap a demographic dividend.
一些非洲认为他们正面临人口灾难,其他非洲人则认为他们可以获得人口红利。
9.handout
施舍品,救济物
money or goods given to sb in need
The family of four now survives on handouts from international agencies.
And others who only survive on charity handouts,just to get by.
还有些人则靠慈善施舍艰难度日。
讲义,免费散发的印刷品
a document containing information about a particular subject,usually distribute at a lecture,meeting etc.
Each person at the meeting or presentation gets a copy of handout.
参加会议或宣讲会的每个人都能拿到一份讲义。
For the detail of the recipe,a handout will be distributed at the end of this lesson.
handed 有用的,用…手的
righy-hand 右手的,右边的
right-handed 惯用右手的
left-hand
left-handed 左撇子,惯用左手的
secondhand 二手的