[16分07秒] 英语听力练习：飞机上实用对话详解

名词分给，分配; 任务，工作，（课外）作业; 美任命; 指定，委派

1. （布置的）作业;（分配的）任务
An assignment is a task or piece of work that you are given to do, especially as part of your job or studies.

e.g. The assessment for the course involves written assignments and practical tests.
这门功课的考核包括书面作业和实际操作考试。

2. （任务、工作的）分配，指派
You can refer to someone being given a particular task or job as their assignment to the task or job.

e.g. An Australian division scheduled for assignment to Greece was ordered to remain in Egypt.
原定去希腊执行任务的一支澳大利亚小分队接到命令后继续留在埃及。

名词隔间（尤指火车车厢中的）; 区划

及物动词分隔; 划分

1. (火车上的)分隔厢，隔间
A compartment is one of the separate spaces into which a railway carriage is divided.

e.g. On the way home we shared our first class compartment with a group of businessmen.
回家的路上，我们和一群生意人一起坐在一等车厢。

2. 格;分隔间;隔层
A compartment is one of the separate parts of an object that is used for keeping things in.

e.g. I put a bottle of champagne in the freezer compartment.
我把一瓶香槟放进冷冻室。
e.g. ...the secret compartment of my jewel box.
我的珠宝盒的暗格

及物动词系牢，钉牢; 使坚固或稳固; 使合在一起：封合; 集中：稳定地集中或指向：

不及物动词附着，扣紧; 紧握，紧抱; 集中：显著地注意，集中

1. 扣牢;系牢
When you fasten something, you close it by means of buttons or a strap, or some other device. If something fastens with buttons or straps, you can close it in this way.

e.g. She got quickly into her Mini and fastened the seat-belt...
她迅速钻进她的 Mini 车里并系紧安全带。
e.g. Her long fair hair was fastened at the nape of her neck by an elastic band.
她用皮筋将金色长发扎在脑后。

2. (用绳、带等)系上，拴上
If you fasten one thing to another, you attach the first thing to the second, for example with a piece of string or tape.

e.g. There were no instructions on how to fasten the carrying strap to the box...
没有如何将背带系在盒子上的说明。
e.g. Mamma fastened the picture on the wall.
妈妈把画挂在了墙上。

3. (使)(注意力)集中于…
If someone or something fastens your attention on a particular thing or if your attention fastens on it, you start to concentrate on it rather than on anything else.

e.g. More and more her memory and all her thoughts fastened on one event...
她越来越多地把记忆和心思都集中在一件事上。
e.g. The discovery has fastened public attention on the possibilities of DNA analysis for resolving mysteries.
这一发现将公众的注意力集中在用 DNA 分析技术来解开谜团的可能性上。

4. 集中注意力于;专注于
If someone or something fastens on a particular thing, they start to concentrate on it.

e.g. My mind attempted to calm itself by fastening on this trivial detail...
我尝试将注意力集中在这个小细节上以让自己平静下来。
e.g. It's a gross oversimplification to fasten on to the red deer as a threat to the environment.
仅关注马鹿威胁环境的一面过于片面了。

5. 纠缠;缠住
If someone fastens on you, they keep following, talking to, or staying with you, when you want them to go away.

e.g. He's fastening on that poor girl like a leech.
他像蚂蟥一样缠着那个可怜的姑娘。

6. see also: fastening

形容词寒冷的; 怕冷的; 冷淡的，疏远的; 使心恐惧的

1. 阴冷的;寒冷的
Something that is chilly is unpleasantly cold.

e.g. It was a chilly afternoon...
那是个阴冷的下午。
e.g. The rooms had grown chilly.
房间慢慢变得阴冷起来。

2. 冷的;有寒意的
If you feel chilly, you feel rather cold.

e.g. I'm a bit chilly.
我有点冷。

3. (人际关系、反应)冷淡的，冷冰冰的，不热情的
You say that relations between people are chilly or that a person's response is chilly when they are not friendly, welcoming, or enthusiastic.

e.g. I was slightly afraid of their chilly distant politeness.
他们那种冷冰冰的、敬而远之的客套让我有点憷头。

不及物动词斜倚，倚靠，躺卧; 依赖

及物动词靠; 使躺下; 使斜倚; 依靠，信赖

1. 靠;躺;斜倚
If you recline on something, you sit or lie on it with the upper part of your body supported at an angle.

e.g. She proceeded to recline on a chaise longue...
她接着躺在了一个躺椅上。
e.g. Move to a reclining position on the mattress and rest for 15 minutes.
靠在垫子上休息15分钟。

2. 向后倾斜（坐椅）；(使)（坐椅）椅背后仰
When a seat reclines or when you recline it, you lower the back so that it is more comfortable to sit in.

e.g. Air France first-class seats recline almost like beds...
法国航空公司头等舱的坐椅可以调低成几乎像床一样。
e.g. Ramesh had reclined his seat and was lying back smoking...
拉梅什把椅背调低，倚在上面吸烟。