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1/32)1. is applicable to anything that is not the reult of natural processes or conditions: the state is an ~ society; but especially to something that has a counterpart in nature or imitates something natural: ~ teeth. (来自两个词根ART表示skill技术,和词根FIC表示feign假装,如artificial satellite/intelligence/island人造卫星/人工智能/人造岛屿) a) ersatz2. implies a putting down or keeping back completely, typically by the exercise of great or oppressive power or violence: ~ed the revolt; ~ an impulse. b) synthetic3. applies chiefly to emotions or states of mind not naturally caused or spontaneously aroused but artfully produced to serve some end: created a ~ demand for the product. c) artificial4. applies especially to a manufactured substance or to a natural substance so treated that it acquires the appearance or qualities of another and may substitute for it: ~ furs. d) suppress5. often implies the use of an inferior substitute for a natural product: served ~ cream with the coffee. ersatz coffee咖啡替代品 e) factitiouscdeba Right group artificial mean brought into being not by nature but by human art or effort.
2/32)1. implies an interposing of something that shelters, hides, or merely obscures: ~ed her true identity from her colleagues. a) hide2. may OR may not suggest intent: a house ~den by trees. b) secrete3. emphasizes the quickness or promptness with which something is done: indicated her ~ for the task. c) screen4. implies a covering with or submerging in something that hides completely: ~ied the note in a pile of papers. d) readiness5. usually implies intent, and often specifically implies a refusal to divulge: ~ed the weapon in a pocket. e) conceal6. suggests a depositing, often by stealth, in a place screened from view or unknown to others: ~ the cocaine in the hold of the ship. f) burycadfeb Right group hide mean to withhold or withdraw from sight or observation.
3/32)1. applies to a practice or usage so steadily associated with an individual or group as to have almost force of an unwritten law: the ~ of mourners wearing black at funerals. a) custom2. stresses fact of customary usage and its distinctive quality: conform to the ~ of polite society. b) repress3. implies little more than a checking or restraining and often suggests that the thing restrained may break out anew in a different way: had difficulty in ~ing his curiosity. c) habitude4. implies a doing unconsciously or without premeditation and often compulsively: his ~ of constantly tapping his fingers. d) wont5. suggests an act or method followed with regularity, and usually through choice: our ~ is to honor all major credit cards. (注意是honor不是respect) e) habit6. suggests a fixed attitude or usual state of mind: greeted her friends warmly from ~. f) practice7. suggests a customary action so generally followed that it has become a social norm: western-style dress is now common ~ in international business. g) use8. applies to an habitual manner, method, or practice that distinguishes an individual or group: as was her ~, she slept until noon. h) usageagbefchd Right group habit mean a way of acting that has become fixed through repetition.
4/32)1. denotes the edge of something that falls away steeply: walked to the ~ of the cliff; and may imply abrupt transition: nations on the ~ of peace. a) verge2. applies to the upper inner rim of something hollow: fill the cup to the ~. b) rim3. applies to an edge of something circular or curving: the ~ of a wagon wheel. c) subject4. applies to the line marking an extreme limit or termination of something: an empire that extended to the ~ of the known world. d) brink5. denotes a border or definite width or distinguishing character: a ~ of one inch on the page’s left side. e) edge6. implies an openness for any reason to something that must be suffered or undergone: all reports are ~ to editorial revision. f) border7. refers to the part of a surface just within a boundary: magazine cover’s red ~; or the boundary itself: across international ~s. g) margin8. denotes the line of termination made by two converging surfaces as of a blade or a box: the ~ of the table. h) brimdhbagcfe Right:) <i>group border mean a line or outer part that marks the limit of something.首字母MBB VERB,MBB马季伯伯VERB说话说相声 |
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