61.animal
①[noun]a particular type of person, thing,organization, etc.
•某類型的人(或事物、機構等):
She's not a political animal.
②[adj]relating to the physical needs andbasic feelings of people
•肉體的；肉慾的；情慾的:
animal magnetism (= a quality in sb that other people find attractive, usually in a sexual way)
62.animate
①[usually passive] to make models, toys,etc. seem to move in a film / movie by rapidly showing slightly different pictures of them in a series, one after another
•把…製作成動畫片
63.incidence
[U](physics 物) the way in which light meets a surface
•入射(角):
the angle of incidence
64.strike
Verb:
①~ sb (as sth) to give sb a particular impression
•給(某人以…)印象；讓(某人)覺得
She strikes me as a very efficient person.
It strikes me that nobody is really in favour of the changes.
②[VN] to fall on a surface
•照在…上；照射:
The windows sparkled as the sun struck the glass.
③[VN-ADJ] [usually passive] to put sb suddenly into a particular state
•頓時使處於某狀態:
to be struck dumb / deaf / blind
④[VN] to produce a musical note, sound, etc.by pressing a key or hitting sth
•彈奏；奏響；發出(聲音):
to strike a chord on the piano
⑤[VN] to discover gold, oil, etc. by diggingor drilling
•開採出；鑽探到:
They had struck oil!
⑤[V +adv. / prep.] ~ (off / out) to go somewhere with great energy or purpose
•行進；加勁走:
We left the road and struck off across thefields.
⑥[V] ~ (for sth) to refuse to work as aprotest
•罷工:
The union has voted to strike for a pay increase of 6%.
⑦to rub sth such as a match against as urface so that it produces a flame; to produce a flame when rubbed against arough surface
•擦,劃(火柴)；擊出(火星):
to strike a match on a wall
⑧to show the time by making a ringing noise,etc.
•敲；鳴；報時【SYN】 chime :
Did you hear the clock strike?
Noun:
⑨[usually sing.] a sudden discovery of sthvaluable, especially oil
• (珍貴東西的)意外發現；(尤指石油的)發現
⑩(NAmE) ~ (against sb / sth) a bad thing oraction that damages sb / sth's reputation
• (有損聲譽的)不利因素,打擊:
The amount of fuel that this car uses is a big strike against it.
65.cheap
①unpleasant or unkind and rather obvious
•令人討厭的；明顯不友好的；不和善的:
I was tired of his cheap jokes at my expense.
②(disapproving) having a low status andtherefore not deserving respect
•卑微的；卑賤的；可鄙的:
His treatment of her made her feel cheap (=ashamed, because she had lost her respect for herself).
③(NAmE) (BrE mean) (informal, disapproving)not liking to spend money
•小氣的；摳門兒的:
Don't be so cheap!
66.catholic
①(formal) including many or most things
•包羅萬象的；廣泛的:
to have catholic tastes (= to like many different things)
67.electric
①full of excitement; making people excited
•充滿刺激的；令人激動的【SYN】 electrifying :
The atmosphere was electric
68.handle
①[VN] to buy or sell sth
•買；賣【SYN】 deal in :
They were arrested for handling stolen goods.
69.liquid
①(literary) clear, like water
•清澈的；明亮的；晶瑩的【SYN】 limpid :
liquid blue eyes
②(literary) (of sounds 聲音) clear, pure and flowing
•清脆的；清純的；流暢的:
the liquid song of a blackbird
70.ghost
①[sing.] ~ of sth a very slight amount ofsth that is left behind or that you are not sure really exists
•隱約的一點點；(某物殘留的)一絲,一點:
There was a ghost of a smile on his face.
②[sing.] a second image on a televisionscreen that is not as clear as the first, caused by a fault
• (電視屏幕上的)重影
③[V ] (literary) to move without making asound
•悄悄地行進:
They ghosted up the smooth waters of theriver.
④=ghostwrite
•代人寫作；為人捉刀；代寫
71.capability
①the power or weapons that a country has forwar or for military action
• (國家的)軍事力量,軍事武器:
Britain's nuclear / military capability
72.capacity
①[C, usually sing.] the official position orfunction that sb has
•職位；職責【SYN】 role :
We are simply involved in an advisory capacityon the project.
73.capture
①~ sb's attention / imagination / interestto make sb interested in sth
•引起(注意、想像、興趣):
They use puppets to capture the imagination ofyounger audiences.
②to succeed in accurately expressing afeeling, an atmosphere, etc. in a picture, piece of writing, film / movie, etc.
• (用圖畫、文章、電影等準確地)表達,刻畫,描述【SYN】 catch :
The article captured the mood of the nation.
③[often passive] ~ sb / sth on film / tape /canvas, etc. to film / record / paint, etc. sb / sth
•拍攝；錄製；繪製:
The attack was captured on film by securitycameras.
④to put sth into a computer in a form it canuse
•把…輸入計算機；採集
74.receive
①If someone receives stolen goods, they buyor are given things that have been stolen.
•購買，窩藏（贓物）
He went to prison for receiving stolen scrapiron...
75.receiver
①(also of7ficial re'ceiver) (law 律) a person who is chosen by a court to bein charge of a company that is bankrupt
• (破產公司的)財產管理人,官方接管人:
to call in the receivers
76.principal
[usually sing.] (finance 財) an amount of money that you lend to sb orinvest to earn interest
•本金；資本
the person who has the most important part in a play, an opera , etc.
•主要演員；主角
(technical 術語) a person that you are representing, especially in businessor law
• (尤指商務或法律事務的)當事人,委託人
77.casual
①[usually before noun] (BrE) not permanent;not done, or doing sth regularly
•臨時的；不定期的:
Students sometimes do casual work in the tourist trade.
②[usually before noun] without deepaffection
•感情不深的；疏遠的:
a casual acquaintance
④[only before noun] happening by chance;doing sth by chance
•偶然的；碰巧的:
a casual encounter / meeting
78.call
①[VN] to order sth to happen; to announcethat sth will happen
•下令舉行；宣布進行:
to call a meeting / an election / a strike
②to say which side of a coin you think willface upwards after it is thrown
•拋硬幣說正反面:
to call heads / tails
Noun:
③[sing.] ~ (of sth) (literary) a strongfeeling of attraction that a particular place has for you
• (某地的)吸引力,誘惑力:
the call of the sea / your homeland
④[C] (informal) a decision
•決定:
That's a tough call.
⑤[C] a decision made by the umpire
• (裁判員的)判決:
There was a disputed call in the second set.
79.serve
①[VN] ~ sth (on sb) | ~ sb with sth (law 律) to give or send sb an official document,especially one that orders them to appear in court
•把…送達；向(某人)送交:
to serve a writ / summons on sb
②(in tennis , etc. 網球等) to start playing by throwing the ballinto the air and hitting it
•發(球):
She served an ace.
80.fall
①[V] ~ (away / off) to slope downwards
•向下傾斜:
The land falls away sharply towards the river.
②[V] to be defeated or captured
•被打敗；淪陷；失守:
The coup failed but the government fell shortly afterwards
③[V] (literary) to die in battle; to be shot
•陣亡；被擊斃:
a memorial to those who fell in the two worldwars
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