Prime minister首相,总理 -The prime cause of the trouble was bad management 问题的主要原因是管理不善 2. of the best quality; excellent最佳的,第一流的 prime time黄金时间 Spring is the prime time for planting trees 春天是植树的最好时间。 nU] state or time of greatest strength, beauty, energy,etc.青春,壮年,全盛时期 the prime of life壮年 the prime of the year春天 parallel n.1. [C] sth. very similar to sth else; (a point of)similarity 可相比拟的事物;相似处 There are few parallels between American football and European football 美国足球和欧洲足球没有什么相似之处 C] a line that is always at the same distance from another line平行线 Draw a pair of parallels画上两条平行线。 a.(of two or more straight lines) having the same distance between each other at 平行的 allel bars双杠 The railway line runs parallel with/to the highway 铁路线和那条公路平行 集邮和收藏硬币是相似的爱好。 【搭配】 be parallel to( or with) 与…平行,平行于 与…可比 pledge n. C ]a promise, or sth that is given as a sign that one will keep a promise 誓言,誓约,保证 make a pledge发誓,宣誓 Take this gift as a pledge of our friendship 把这个作为我们友谊象征的礼物收下吧。 vt. give one's word as a pledge发誓,保证 The government has pledged that it will spend more money on education 政府已保证增加教育投入。 make a pledge to do sth:发誓要赶某事 manipulate vt.1. control(sb./stha) to one's advantage操纵,控制 Her great success as a rock star is partly due to her ability to manipulate the media.她作为摇滚歌星的辉煌成就部分归功于她利用传媒的能力 work with skillful use of the hands操作,使用 The machine is designed so that it is easy to manipulate 机器被设计得易于操作 manipulation nIC,U] act of manipulating or being manipulated操纵,控制
6 Prime Minister 首相，总理 －The prime cause of the trouble was bad management. 问题的主要原因是管理不善。 2. of the best quality; excellent 最佳的，第一流的 prime time 黄金时间 －Spring is the prime time for planting trees. 春天是植树的最好时间。 n.[U] state or time of greatest strength, beauty, energy, etc. 青春，壮年，全盛时期 the prime of life 壮年 the prime of the year 春天 parallel n.1. [C] sth. very similar to sth. else; (a point of) similarity 可相比拟的事物;相似处 －There are few parallels between American football and European football. 美国足球和欧洲足球没有什么相似之处。 2. [C] a line that is always at the same distance from another line 平行线 Draw a pair of parallels. 画上两条平行线。 a. (of two or more straight lines) having the same distance between each other at every point 平行的 parallel bars 双杠 －The railway line runs parallel with / to the highway. 铁路线和那条公路平行。 －Stamp collecting and coin collecting are parallel hobbies. 集邮和收藏硬币是相似的爱好。 【搭配】be parallel to (or with) 与…平行，平行于 be parallel to (not with) 与…可比 pledge n.[C]a promise, or sth. that is given as a sign that one will keep a promise 誓言，誓约，保证 make a pledge 发誓, 宣誓 －Take this gift as a pledge of our friendship. 把这个作为我们友谊象征的礼物收下吧。 vt. give one's word as a pledge 发誓，保证 －The government has pledged that it will spend more money on education. 政府已保证增加教育投入。 make a pledge to do sth: 发誓要赶某事 manipulate vt. 1. control (sb. / sth.) to one's advantage 操纵，控制 －Her great success as a rock star is partly due to her ability to manipulate the media. 她作为摇滚歌星的辉煌成就部分归功于她利用传媒的能力。 2. work with skillful use of the hands 操作，使用 －The machine is designed so that it is easy to manipulate. 机器被设计得易于操作。 manipulation n.[C, U] act of manipulating or being manipulated 操纵，控制
There's been so much med ia manipulation of the facts that nobody knows the truth of the matter传媒操纵成分太多,所以没有人知道这件事的真相。 sco n1.U] the chance of doing sth.余地,机会 There is limited scope for a further decline in the price 进一步降价的空间有限。 2. [U] the range of a subject covered by a book, program, discussion, class, etc 范围 an investigation of wide scope大规模的调查 I' m afraid that problem is beyond the scope of my speech 恐怕那个问题超出了我演讲的范围。 beyond sb' s scope非某人所能理解,在某人的活动[观察]范围以外 give free full scope to/for sth. (give sth. free full scope 1)给予某种行动以充分的自由 2)充分发挥某种能力、精神等 【试题】 He is looking for a job that will give him greater for initiative A place B scope D. suitability legislation n..U] the laws made法律 The government has promised to introduce legislation to limit trade that is not fair 该政府已许诺通过法律来限止不公平贸易。 2.[U] action of making laws立法 Legislation will be difficult and take time.立法不是件容易的事,需要时间。 shift v (cause to) move or change from one position or direction to another 移动,转变,转移 The wind shifted to the north.风转向北吹。 Shall i shift the chairs?我把椅子移动一下好吗? He keeps shifting his opinion.他的观点老在改变 n1.IC] a change of place, nature,form,etc.移动,改变,转变 There was a sudden shift of economic policy in November. l1月经济政策发生了突然的变化。 2. [C] a group of workers who do a job for a period of time during the day or night; the period of time itself轮班职工;轮班 an eight- hour shift八小时的工作班 the day-shit日班 on the night- shift值夜班 【试题】 The wind has from north to south A. shifted B converted D. transformed shift指位置或方向的移动,改变。 change指“使改变得与原物完全不同”或“使发生以新代旧的变化”,如: The appearance of the town is quite changed.这个城镇的外观变化颇大 alter指“局部的、外表的变化,但特点不变”,如 This coat should be altered 这件外套应该改改。 transform指“人、物在性质上或形态上发生彻底或基本的变化
7 －There's been so much media manipulation of the facts that nobody knows the truth of the matter. 传媒操纵成分太多，所以没有人知道这件事的真相。 scope n.1. [U] the chance of doing sth. 余地，机会 －There is limited scope for a further decline in the price. 进一步降价的空间有限。 2. [U] the range of a subject covered by a book, program, discussion, class, etc. 范围 an investigation of wide scope 大规模的调查 －I'm afraid that problem is beyond the scope of my speech. 恐怕那个问题超出了我演讲的范围。 beyond sb.'s scope 非某人所能理解, 在某人的活动[观察]范围以外 give free [full] scope to/for sth. (=give sth. free [full] scope) 1) 给予某种行动以充分的自由 2) 充分发挥某种能力、精神等 【试题】He is looking for a job that will give him greater ______ for initiative. A. place B. scope C. space D. suitability legislation n.1. [U] the laws made 法律 －The government has promised to introduce legislation to limit trade that is not fair. 该政府已许诺通过法律来限止不公平贸易。 2. [U] action of making laws 立法 －Legislation will be difficult and take time.立法不是件容易的事，需要时间。 shift v.(cause to) move or change from one position or direction to another 移动，转变，转移 －The wind shifted to the north. 风转向北吹。 －Shall I shift the chairs? 我把椅子移动一下好吗？ －He keeps shifting his opinion. 他的观点老在改变。 n.1. [C] a change of place, nature, form, etc. 移动，改变，转变 －There was a sudden shift of economic policy in November. 11 月经济政策发生了突然的变化。 2. [C] a group of workers who do a job for a period of time during the day or night; the period of time itself 轮班职工；轮班 an eight-hour shift 八小时的工作班 the day-shift 日班 on the night-shift 值夜班 【试题】The wind has ______ from north to south. A. shifted B. converted C. altered D. transformed shift 指位置或方向的移动，改变。 change 指“使改变得与原物完全不同”或“使发生以新代旧的变化”,如: －The appearance of the town is quite changed. 这个城镇的外观变化颇大。 alter 指“局部的、外表的变化, 但特点不变”, 如: －This coat should be altered. 这件外套应该改改。 transform 指“人、物在性质上或形态上发生彻底或基本的变化”;