IELTS备考｜words&phrases

1.exhaustive

very thorough and complete

详尽无遗的、彻底全面的

I'm not pretending this is an exhaustive list.

An exhaustive search has found no sign of him.

2. fusion

a type of popular music that is blend of different styles，such as jazz and rock

（爵士、摇滚等的）合成音乐

3.slash

a shape sweeping  stroke of a sword，knife and etc.

（用刀或剑等的）砍、劈、削

He rushed straight up to the monster and aimed a slash of his sword at its side.

4.collaboration

the act of working together to create or produce sth

in collaboration with sb on sth

collaboration between A and B

Success is heavily dependent on skillful collaboration.

Science is not only about collaboration but also about competition.

5.calibrate

to test and justify the accuracy of a measuring instrument or tool

校准、标定（测量仪器或工具）

Callibrate the joint expander to 18degrees. If her bone can withstand it，increase to 24.

5. skew

to misrepresent the true meaning or nature of sth

使曲解，使存有偏见

You wanna skew the results at the expend of our credibility.

Her cities argue that the I.Q. tests results are heavily skewed by socioenconomic factors.

6.decouple

to break the collection between two activities and systems

使…分离；把…拆散

Some individuals have vowed to decouple China and the United States.

Decoupling from China would mean， decoupling from opportunities，from the future，and in a sense，even from the world.

7.beehive

a structure in which bees are kept for producing honey

蜂箱，蜂窝

Healthy beehives have at least twenty- thousand bees，and that's a lot of mouths to feed.

8. astray

to make sb behave badly or believe sth that is not true

go astray；led to astray

Typically，people in prison have been led astray by a powerful force.

if sth goes astray，it gets lost while it is being taken or sent somewhere.

Every last pieces that went astray，we have returned.

We've told not to say anything important in case our letters go astray.

每个人都有一个内在的受伤小孩