词汇精选：theme的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：n.（谈话或写作的）主题，（某人观念的）核心，题目 [C]例句：The President stressed a favorite campaign theme--greater emphasis on education.总统强调了他最喜欢的竞选...
词汇精选：distribute的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：v.分发，分配 [T]例句：The way to distribute the reward should be decided by the team itself upon discussion.奖励金如何分配该由团队自行商议。例句：The firm...
词汇精选：presently的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：adv.目前例句：She is presently developing a number of projects.她现在正着手开发多个项目。例句：The island is presently uninhabited.这座岛屿目前无人居住...
词汇精选：directly的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：adv.径直地，直接地；坦率地例句：Directly after lunch we were packed and ready to go.一吃完午饭我们就收拾好准备出发了。 例句：He held off from answering the...
词汇精选：enormous的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：adj.巨大的，庞大的例句：The two principal officeholders wield enormous power.这两个主要官员掌握着巨大的权力。例句：He paid an enormous sum.他支付了一大笔...
词汇精选：sound的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：adj.健全的，健康的，完好的，无损的例句：A sound mind is inseparable from a sound body. 健全的精神是与健康的身体不可分割的。例句：We owe no foreign debt. We ha...
词汇精选：farthest的用法和辨析
一、词义辨析：extreme,utmost,outermost,farthest,furthest这些形容词均有“最远的”之意。 extreme普通用词，指最远的意思时，与farthest和outermost含义相当。utmost较正式用...
词汇精选：skillful的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：adj.灵巧的，熟练的；巧妙的，精巧的例句：The young lady tried this piano with a rapid and skillful hand.那个年轻的女士用一只灵巧熟练的手试弹了一下这架钢琴。...
词汇精选：case的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：n.事例，实例，案例例句：It's a classic case of bad planning.这是计划不当的一个典型事例。例句：The manufacture of television sets is a case in point.电视机的...
词汇精选：escape的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：n.逃跑，逃脱(+from/out of)；逃跑工具 [U,C]例句：The jailbird cast about him for a way of escape.囚犯在他周围寻找逃跑的途径。例句：He tried to think up a pla...
词汇精选：ensure的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：v.保证，担保；保护，使安全，确保 [T]例句：Close cooperation will ensure better progress in our business.密切合作将为我们业务的顺利开展提供保证。例句：The doctor...
词汇精选：insure的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：v.确保，保证 [I,T]例句：He insured himself against failure by treating only people he was sure he could cure.他仅仅治疗有把握治愈的病人，以使自己免于失败...
词汇精选：augment的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：n.增加；增大v.增加；增大；加强 [I,T]例句：A decision has been made to augment the equipment in the factory.已经决定工厂再增添些设备。例句：While searching for...
词汇精选：aggravate的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：v.加重；使恶化 [T]例句：Stress and lack of sleep can aggravate the situation.压力和睡眠不足会使情况恶化。例句：He would only aggravate the injury by rubbi...
词汇精选：hollow的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：adj.空的；中空的，空腹的例句：This tree looks high and strong but actually its trunk is hollow.这棵树看起来又高又壮，实际上树干是空的。例句：We suspected the...
词汇精选：effective的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：adj.有效的例句：When does the new system become effective?新制度何时生效？例句：Advertising is often the most effective method of promotion.做广告往往是最...
词汇精选：brim的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：n.边，边缘例句：The milliner swirled tulle lavishly above the brim of the hat.卖帽子的商人将面纱过多地卷在帽沿上。例句：Rain dripped from the brim of his...
词汇精选：settle的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：v.（使）定居，安定 [I,T]例句：When are you going to marry and settle down?你什麽时候结婚过上安定生活？例句：Let us settle ourselves, and work and wedge our feet...
词汇精选：dreary的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：adj.沉闷的，枯燥的例句：They live such dreary lives.他们的生活如此乏味。例句：That happened on a dreary winter day.那事发生在一个沉闷的冬日。二、词义辨析：d...
词汇精选：sovereign的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：adj.掌握全部权力的；有至高无上的权力的例句：No one questions the queen's sovereign authority.没有人怀疑女王的至高无上的权力。 例句：Self - reverence, self...
词汇精选：dentist的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：n.牙科医生，牙医 [C]例句：Will she be a dentist soon?她不久就要当牙科医生了吗？例句：She's been a dentist for years, hasn't she?她当牙科医生已经多年了，对吗？例...
词汇精选：divide的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：n.分水岭，分界线例句：The big divide comes in the method of holding one' s knife and fork.如何拿刀叉是个重要的分界线。v.分，划分 [T]例句：White lines divide...
词汇精选：part的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：adj.不完全的，部分的例句：His feelings were part happiness, part sorrow.他喜忧参半。adv.不完全地，部分地例句：His tuition fee is part funded by a local bene...
词汇精选：devise的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：n.遗赠，遗赠的财产 [U,C]例句：Real estate is generally acquired by purchase, by descent and devise, or by gift.不动产一般通过购买、遗产继承、遗赠和馈赠...
词汇精选：in spite of的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：phr.虽然，尽管，不管，不顾例句：He was hell-bent on going in spite of the heavy rain.尽管下着大雨，他还是坚持要出去。例句：Try to sleep in spite of the noise.尽...