边玩边听英语：基础英语听力训练，带中文发音快速提升听力能力

及物动词欣赏; 感激; 领会; 鉴别

不及物动词（使）增值，涨价

1. 欣赏；鉴赏；赏识
If you appreciate something, for example a piece of music or good food, you like it because you recognize its good qualities.

e.g. Anyone can appreciate our music...
任何人都能欣赏我们的音乐。
e.g. In time you'll appreciate the beauty and subtlety of this language.
总有一天你会体会到这门语言的优美和微妙之处。

2. 领会；了解；认识
If you appreciate a situation or problem, you understand it and know what it involves.

e.g. She never really appreciated the depth and bitterness of the Irish conflict...
她从来没有真正认识到爱尔兰矛盾的深刻和激烈。
e.g. He appreciates that co-operation with the media is part of his professional duties.
他懂得与媒体合作是自己工作职责的一部分。

3. 感谢;感激
If you appreciate something that someone has done for you or is going to do for you, you are grateful for it.

e.g. Peter stood by me when I most needed it. I'll always appreciate that...
当我最需要的时候，彼得在我身边支持我。我将永存感激。
e.g. Thanks, lads. I appreciate it...
谢了，哥们儿。我很感激。

4. 升值；增值
If something that you own appreciates over a period of time, its value increases.

e.g. They don't have any confidence that houses will appreciate in value.
他们完全不相信房子会升值。

形容词恐怕; 害怕的; 担心的; 畏惧，害怕

1. 害怕的；恐惧的
If you are afraid of someone or afraid to do something, you are frightened because you think that something very unpleasant is going to happen to you.

e.g. She did not seem at all afraid...
她毫无惧色。
e.g. I was afraid of the other boys...
我害怕其他的男孩们。

2. 担心的；忧虑的
If you are afraid for someone else, you are worried that something horrible is going to happen to them.

e.g. She's afraid for her family in Somalia.
她为身在索马里的家人担心。

3. 顾忌的；犯愁的
If you are afraid that something unpleasant will happen, you are worried that it may happen and you want to avoid it.

e.g. I was afraid that nobody would believe me...
我担心没有人会相信我。
e.g. The Government is afraid of losing the election...
现届政府担心会在选举中落败。

4. （用以道歉或婉转地提出异议）很抱歉，很遗憾，恐怕
If you want to apologize to someone or to disagree with them in a polite way, you can say I'm afraid.

e.g. We don't have anything like that, I'm afraid...
我们恐怕没有那样的东西。
e.g. I'm afraid I can't help you...
恐怕我帮不了你。

形容词基本的; [化学]碱性的; [地质学]基性的; 首要的

名词基础，基本; 基本原则，基本原理，基本规律; 要素; 基础训练

1. 根本的；首要的；主要的
You use basic to describe things, activities, and principles that are very important or necessary, and on which others depend.

e.g. One of the most basic requirements for any form of angling is a sharp hook.
不管以什么方式钓鱼，有一个锋利的鱼钩都是最基本的要求之一。
e.g. ...the basic skills of reading, writing and communicating.
基本的读写和交流技巧

2. 基本的；起码的
Basic goods and services are very simple ones which every human being needs. You can also refer to people's basic needs for such goods and services.

e.g. ...shortages of even the most basic foodstuffs...
最基本食物的短缺
e.g. Hospitals lack even basic drugs for surgical operations.
医院连最基本的外科手术药物也没有。

3. 基础的；必要的
If one thing is basic to another, it is absolutely necessary to it, and the second thing cannot exist, succeed, or be imagined without it.

e.g. ...an oily liquid, basic to the manufacture of a host of other chemical substances...
制造许多其他化学物质所必需的油性液体
e.g. There are certain ethical principles that are basic to all the great religions.
某些道德原则在所有主要宗教中都是必不可少的。

4. 根本的；最重要的
You can use basic to emphasize that you are referring to what you consider to be the most important aspect of a situation, and that you are not concerned with less important details.

e.g. There are three basic types of tea...
茶主要分为三种。
e.g. The basic design changed little from that patented by Edison more than 100 years ago...
其本质设计和100多年前爱迪生的专利设计相差无几。

5. 最简单的；最基本的；最朴实的
You can use basic to describe something that is very simple in style and has only the most necessary features, without any luxuries.

e.g. We provide 2-person tents and basic cooking and camping equipment.
我们提供双人帐篷和最基本的炊具以及露营装备。
e.g. ...the extremely basic hotel room.
陈设极简单的旅馆房间

6. （价格、工资等）基本的
Basic is used to describe a price or someone's income when this does not include any additional amounts.

e.g. ...an increase of more than twenty per cent on the basic pay of a typical coalface worker...
普通采煤工人的底薪上浮超过20％
e.g. The basic retirement pension will go up by ￡7.95 a week...
基本退休金每周将增加7.95英镑。

7. （所得税率）最低标准的，基本的
The basic rate of income tax is the lowest or most common rate, which applies to people who earn average incomes.

e.g. All this is to be done without big rises in the basic level of taxation.
所有这些都必须在未大幅度提高税收起征点的前提下完成。
e.g. ...a basic-rate taxpayer.
适用最低标准税率的纳税人

及物动词携带; 支撑; 输送; 运载

及物/不及物动词运送; 搬运; 具有

不及物动词（文学、戏剧等）对读者; 扔（或踢）到…距离; （马等）具有某种姿势; 传得很远

名词（枪炮、火箭等的）射程; 运输，运送

1. 拿;提;拎;搬;扛
If you carry something, you take it with you, holding it so that it does not touch the ground.

e.g. He was carrying a briefcase...
他提着公文包。
e.g. He carried the plate through to the dining room...
他端着盘子来到餐厅。

2. 携带;随身带
If you carry something, you have it with you wherever you go.

e.g. You have to carry a bleeper so that they can call you in at any time.
你要随身带着寻呼机,以便他们随时呼你。

3. 运送;运载
If something carries a person or thing somewhere, it takes them there.

e.g. Flowers are designed to attract insects which then carry the pollen from plant to plant...
花的作用在于吸引昆虫，然后昆虫再将花粉传到其他植株上。
e.g. The delegation was carrying a message of thanks to President Mubarak...
代表团向穆巴拉克总统转达了谢意。

4. 携带(疾病、病菌)
If a person or animal is carrying a disease, they are infected with it and can pass it on to other people or animals.

e.g. The official number of people carrying the AIDS virus is low...
艾滋病病毒携带者的官方数字并不高。
e.g. Frogs eat pests which destroy crops and carry diseases.
青蛙吃破坏庄稼、传播疾病的害虫。

5. 具有,带有(特点、后果等)
If an action or situation has a particular quality or consequence, you can say that it carries it.

e.g. Check that any medication you're taking carries no risk for your developing baby...
仔细检查,确保你所服用的任何药物不会对胎儿造成危险。
e.g. Individualism, and the breakdown of social harmony, had a constructive purpose. But they also carried a price.
个人主义以及社会和谐的崩溃具有一定的建设意义,然而这也是有代价的。

6. 使达到(目标);帮助…渡过(难关)
If a quality or advantage carries someone into a particular position or through a difficult situation, it helps them to achieve that position or deal with that situation.

e.g. He had the ruthless streak necessary to carry him into the Cabinet...
他具有进入内阁所必需的冷酷性格。
e.g. The warmth and strength of their relationship carried them through difficult times.
他们互相关心,关系牢固,这才熬过了艰难岁月。

7. 使用;采纳;发挥
If you carry an idea or a method to a particular extent, you use or develop it to that extent.

e.g. It's not such a new idea, but I carried it to extremes...
这虽然不是什么新想法，但是我将它发挥到了极致。
e.g. We could carry that one step further by taking the same genes and putting them into another crop.
我们可以再进一步：取出相同的基因,并将它们植入另一植株。

8. (报纸、海报)登载,刊登,印有
If a newspaper or poster carries a picture or a piece of writing, it contains it or displays it.

e.g. Several papers carry the photograph of Mr Anderson.
好几份报纸都刊登了安德森先生的照片。

9. 使（提案、动议）通过；赞成
In a debate, if a proposal or motion is carried, a majority of people vote in favour of it.

e.g. A motion backing its economic policy was carried by 322 votes to 296.
一项支持其经济政策的动议以322票对296票通过。

10. (罪行)应处以…刑罚
If a crime carries a particular punishment, a person who is found guilty of that crime will receive that punishment.

e.g. It was a crime of espionage and carried the death penalty.
这是间谍罪,应判死刑。

11. (声音)传得很远
If a sound carries, it can be heard a long way away.

e.g. Even in this stillness Leaphorn doubted if the sound would carry far.
就是在这样的寂静当中,利普霍恩也怀疑声音不会传很远。

12. (候选人或党派)在(某州或某选区)获胜
If a candidate or party carries a state or area, they win the election in that state or area.

e.g. George W. Bush carried the state with 56 percent of the vote.
乔治·W. 布什在该州以56%的得票率获胜。

名词圣诞节

1. 圣诞节(12月25日)
Christmas is a Christian festival when the birth of Jesus Christ is celebrated. Christmas is celebrated on the 25th of December.

e.g. The day after Christmas is generally a busy one for retailers...
圣诞节后的那一天零售商一般都比较忙。
e.g. Merry Christmas, Mom.
妈妈，圣诞快乐！

2. 圣诞节期间
Christmas is the period of several days around and including Christmas Day.

e.g. During the Christmas holidays there's a tremendous amount of traffic between the Northeast and Florida...
在圣诞假日期间，东北地区和佛罗里达州之间的交通十分繁忙。
e.g. He'll be in the hospital over Christmas, so we'll be spending our Christmas Day there.
圣诞期间他在医院，所以圣诞节那天我们会在医院过。

名词功课; 家庭作业

1. （学生的）家庭作业
Homework is school work that teachers give to pupils to do at home in the evening or at the weekend.

e.g. Have you done your homework, Gemma?
杰玛，你做完家庭作业了吗？

2. 必要的准备工作
If you do your homework, you find out what you need to know in preparation for something.

e.g. Before you go near a stockbroker, do your homework.
找股票经纪人之前，先要做好必要的准备工作。

及物/不及物动词乘，骑，驾

名词（乘坐汽车等的）旅行; 乘骑; （乘车或骑车的）短途旅程; 供乘骑的游乐设施

及物动词搭乘; （骑马、自行车等）穿越; 飘浮

1. 骑(马)
When you ride a horse, you sit on it and control its movements.

e.g. I saw a girl riding a horse...
我看见一个骑马的女孩。
e.g. Can you ride?...
你会骑马吗？

2. 骑(自行车或摩托车)；驾驶
When you ride a bicycle or a motorcycle, you sit on it, control it, and travel along on it.

e.g. Riding a bike is great exercise...
骑自行车是很好的运动。
e.g. Two men riding on motorcycles opened fire on him...
两个骑摩托车的男人向他开了枪。

3. 搭乘,乘坐(交通工具)
When you ride in a vehicle such as a car, you travel in it.

e.g. He prefers travelling on the Tube to riding in a limousine...
他更愿意乘地铁出行，不愿坐豪华轿车。
e.g. I was riding on the back of a friend's bicycle...
我当时坐在一个朋友的自行车后座上。

4. (骑马、骑自行车或乘车的)旅行，旅程;车程
A ride is a journey on a horse or bicycle, or in a vehicle.

e.g. She took some friends for a ride in the family car...
她开着自己的家庭轿车载着几个朋友出去兜了一圈。
e.g. Would you like to go for a ride?...
你想出去兜风吗？

5. (游乐场中)供骑乘的游乐设施
In a fairground, a ride is a large machine that people ride on for fun.

6. 依赖;依靠;取决于
If you say that one thing is riding on another, you mean that the first thing depends on the second thing.

e.g. Billions of pounds are riding on the outcome of the election...
几十亿英镑都取决于这次选举的结果。
e.g. Everything rides on the judgment of these few men.
一切都取决于对这几个人的判决。

7. see also: riding

及物/不及物动词认购; 认捐，捐赠; 签署，题词，署名; 订阅，订购

1. 同意;赞成
If you subscribe to an opinion or belief, you are one of a number of people who have this opinion or belief.

e.g. I've personally never subscribed to the view that either sex is superior to the other.
我个人从来都不同意性别有优劣之分的观点。

2. 订阅，订购(杂志或报纸)
If you subscribe to a magazine or a newspaper, you pay to receive copies of it regularly.

e.g. My main reason for subscribing to New Scientist is to keep abreast of advances in science.
我订阅《新科学家》主要是为了了解科学的最新进展。

3. 申请;注册;报名
If you subscribe to an online newsgroup or service, you send a message saying that you wish to receive it or belong to it.

e.g. Usenet is a collection of discussion groups, known as newsgroups, to which anybody can subscribe.
全球新闻网络是由多个被称为新闻组的讨论组组成，任何人都可以注册加入。

4. 定期资助;定期捐款;定期捐助
If you subscribe to a charity or a campaign, you send money to it regularly.

e.g. I subscribe to a few favourite charities.
我定期向几个中意的慈善机构捐款。

5. 认购(股份)
If you subscribe for shares in a company, you apply to buy shares in that company.

e.g. Employees subscribed for far more shares than were available.
员工申请认购的股份远远超出实际可认购的额度。

名词真理; 真相，事实; 忠实，忠诚; 现实，现实性

1. 实情;真相;事实
The truth about something is all the facts about it, rather than things that are imagined or invented.

e.g. Is it possible to separate truth from fiction?…
有可能把事实与虚构分开吗？
e.g. I must tell you the truth about this business...
我必须告诉你这件事的真相。

2. 真实性;真实
If you say that there is some truth in a statement or story, you mean that it is true, or at least partly true.

e.g. There is no truth in this story...
这个故事纯属虚构。
e.g. Is there any truth to the rumors?...
那些谣言有什么事实依据吗？

3. 真理
A truth is something that is believed to be true.

e.g. It is an almost universal truth that the more we are promoted in a job, the less we actually exercise the skills we initially used to perform it.
这几乎是一条普遍的真理：我们在某一工作中越往上晋升，实际运用那些当初在工作中经常实践的技能的机会就越少。

4. see also: home truth;moment of truth

5. 实际上;事实上
You say in truth in order to indicate that you are giving your honest opinion about something.

e.g. In truth, we were both unhappy.
事实上，我们俩都不快乐。

6. 说实在的;坦白说
You say to tell you the truth or truth to tell in order to indicate that you are telling someone something in an open and honest way, without trying to hide anything.

e.g. To tell you the truth, I was afraid to see him...
坦白说，我害怕见他。
e.g. Truth to tell, John did not want Veronica at his wedding.
说实在的，约翰不想韦罗妮卡参加他的婚礼。

名词签证

及物动词签发签证

1. （护照的）签证
A visa is an official document, or a stamp put in your passport, which allows you to enter or leave a particular country.

e.g. His visitor's visa expired.
他的访问签证过期了。
e.g. ...an exit visa.
出境签证

形容词糊涂的; 迷乱的; 混杂的; 不清楚的

动词困惑(confuse的过去式)

1. 困惑的;糊涂的
If you are confused, you do not know exactly what is happening or what to do.

e.g. A survey showed people were confused about what they should eat to stay healthy...
一项调查表明，人们对该吃什么才能保持健康这个问题感到困惑。
e.g. Things were happening too quickly and Brian was confused.
事情发生得太快，把布赖恩给弄糊涂了。

形容词毁灭的; 堕落的; 破产的

动词毁掉; 破坏( ruin的过去式); 使破产; 使沦落

1. 毁坏的;坍塌的;荒废的
A ruined building or place has been very badly damaged or has gradually fallen down because no-one has taken care of it.

e.g. ...a ruined church.
荒废的教堂