M8 Unit2柯林斯高级英汉双解词典

人教版高中英语选修八UNIT 2柯林斯高级英汉双解词典

3、N-COUNT A carrier is a passenger airline. 客运航空公司

例： American Airlines is the third-largest carrier at Denver International Airport. 美国航空公司是丹佛国际机场第三大客运航空公司。

4、N-COUNT A carrier is a company that transports goods from one place to another by truck. 卡车运输公司

例： The Colorado Motor Carriers Association represents 450 trucking companies across the state. 科罗拉多汽车运输协会代表了该州450家卡车运输公司。

5、N-COUNT A carrier is a person or an animal that is infected with a disease and so can make other people or animals ill. 病毒携带者 例： ...an AIDS carrier. …一名艾滋病毒携带者。

17、cast /kɑ?st/ vt. 投，抛；计算；浇铸；投射（光、影、视线等）(cast, cast) 1、N-COUNT-COLL The cast of a play or film is all the people who act in it. 全体演员 例： The show is very amusing and the cast is very good. 表演非常有趣，演员都很优秀。

2、V-T To cast an actor in a play or film means to choose them to act a particular role in it. 选…扮演角色

例： The world premiere of Harold Pinter's new play casts Ian Holm in the lead role. 哈罗德·品特新戏的首次全球公演选择伊恩·霍姆扮演主要角色。 例： He was cast as a college professor. 他被选扮演大学教授这个角色。

3、V-T If you cast your eyes or cast a look in a particular direction, you look quickly in that direction. 扫视[书面]

例： He cast a stern glance at the two men. 他严厉地瞪了那两名男子一眼。 例： I cast my eyes down briefly. 我往下瞅了瞅。

4、V-T If something casts a light or shadow somewhere, it causes it to appear there. 投射[书面] 例：The moon cast a bright light over the garden. 月亮在院子里撒下清辉。

5、V-T To cast doubt on something means to cause people to be unsure about it. 使人生疑 例： Last night a top criminal psychologist cast doubt on the theory. 昨晚，一位顶级的犯罪心理学家让人对该理论生疑。

6、V-T When you cast your vote in an election, you vote. 投票

例： About ninety-five per cent of those who cast their votes approve the new constitution. 95%的人投票赞成新宪法。

7、V-T To cast an object means to make it by pouring a liquid such as hot metal into a specially shaped container and leaving it there until it becomes hard. 铸造 例： Our door knocker is cast in solid brass. 我们的门环是纯铜铸造的。

人教版高中英语选修八UNIT 2柯林斯高级英汉双解词典

8、N-COUNT A cast is a model that has been made by pouring a liquid such as plaster or hot metal onto something or into something, so that when it hardens it has the same shape as that thing. 模型 例： An orthodontist took a cast of the inside of Billy's mouth to make a dental plate. 正牙医师从比利的口腔内部取了模型来制作齿板。 9、N-COUNT A cast is the same as a . 石膏模型. 10、to cast your mind back See: mind 18、cast down v. 使沮丧；使下降；推翻

V to make (a person) discouraged or dejected 使(人)气馁沮丧 19、altogether /???lt??ɡ?e?/ adv. 完全地；总共；总而言之

1、ADV You use altogether to emphasize that something has stopped, been done, or finished completely. 完全地[强调][ADV after v]

例： When Artie stopped calling altogether, Julie found a new man. 当阿蒂彻底不再来拜访后，朱莉又找了个男人。

2、ADV You use altogether in front of an adjective or adverb to emphasize a quality that someone or something has. 全然地[强调][ADV adj/adv]

例： The choice of language is altogether different. 语言的选择全然不同。

3、ADV You use altogether to modify a negative statement and make it less forceful. (修饰否定陈述以减轻语气) 十分

例： We were not altogether sure that the comet would miss the Earth. 我们不太确定这颗彗星是否会错过地球。

4、ADV You can use altogether to introduce a summary of what you have been saying. 总体上讲[ADV with cl]

例： Altogether, it was a delightful town garden, peaceful and secluded. 总体来说，这是一个赏心悦目的城市花园，安静而幽僻。

5、ADV If several amounts add up to a particular amount altogether, that amount is their total. 总共地[ADV with amount]

例： Brando received eight Oscar nominations altogether. 白兰度总共获得了8次奥斯卡提名。

20、arbitrary /?ɑ?b?tr?r?/ adj. [数] 任意的；武断的；专制的

1、ADJ If you describe an action, rule, or decision as arbitrary, you think that it is not based on any principle, plan, or system. It often seems unfair because of this. 随意的[表不满] 例： Arbitrary arrests and detention without trial were common. 不经审讯随意扣押是常有的。 2、arbitrarily ADV随意地[ADV with v] 例： The victims were not chosen arbitrarily. 这些受害者不是被随意选的。 21、△fate /fe?t/ n. 命运(fates)

人教版高中英语选修八UNIT 2柯林斯高级英汉双解词典

1、N-UNCOUNT Fate is a power that some people believe controls and decides everything that happens, in a way that cannot be prevented or changed. You can also refer to the fates. 命运[also N in pl]

例： I see no use arguing with fate. 我认为与命运抗争没有什么用。 例： ...the fickleness of fate. …命运的变化无常。

2、N-COUNT A person's or thing's fate is what happens to them. 命运; 遭遇

例： The Russian Parliament will hold a special session later this month to decide his fate. 俄罗斯议会本月晚些时候将举行一次特别会议来决定他的命运。

例： He seems for a moment to be again holding the fate of the country in his hands. 有那么一刻他似乎又把国家的命运掌握在自己手中。 22、correction /k??r?k??n/ n. 改正，修正(corrections)

1、N-COUNT Corrections are marks or comments made on a piece of work, especially school work, which indicate where there are mistakes and what are the right answers. 批改 例： In a group, compare your corrections to Exercise 2A. 以小组为单位，对比一下对练习2A的批改。.

2、N-UNCOUNT Correction is the punishment of criminals. 惩罚; 改造[美国英语] 例： ...jails and other parts of the correction system. …监狱和劳教系统的其他部门。 3、see also correct 23、object ['?bd??kt; -d?ekt] vt. 提出…作为反对的理由(objecting, objected, objects)

1、N-COUNT An object is anything that has a fixed shape or form, that you can touch or see, and that is not alive. 物体

例： He squinted his eyes as though he were studying an object on the horizon. 他眯着眼睛，好像在研究地平线上的某个物体。 例： ...an object the shape of a coconut. …一个椰子状的物体。

2、N-COUNT The object of what someone is doing is their aim or purpose. 目的 例： The object of the exercise is to raise money for the charity. 此项活动的目的是为慈善筹款。.

3、N-COUNT The object of a particular feeling or reaction is the person or thing it is directed toward or that causes it. (某情感或反应的) 对象

例： The object of her hatred was 24-year-old model Ros French. 她憎恨的对象是24岁的模特罗斯·弗伦奇。

例： The object of great interest at the temple was a large marble tower built in memory of Buddha. 那庙里使人极感兴趣的东西是一座为纪念佛陀而修建的大理石巨塔。

4、N-COUNT In grammar, the object of a verb or a preposition is the word or phrase which completes the structure begun by the verb or preposition. 宾语 5、see also direct object, indirect object

人教版高中英语选修八UNIT 2柯林斯高级英汉双解词典

6、V-T If you object to something, you express your dislike or disapproval of it. 反对 例： A lot of people will object to the book. 很多人会反对这本书。

例： Cullen objected that his small staff would be unable to handle the added work. 卡伦反对说，他职员少，将无法应付增多的工作。

7、PHRASE If you say that money is no object or distance is no object, you are emphasizing that you are willing or able to spend as much money as necessary or travel whatever distance is required. …不成问题[强调]

例： This was a very impressive programme in which money seems to have been no object. 这是一项颇具影响的计划，钱似乎从来不成问题。

24、objection /?b?d??k??n/ n. 异议，反对；缺陷，缺点；妨碍；拒绝的理由(objections) 1、N-VAR If you express or raise an objection to something, you say that you do not like it or agree with it. 反对

例： Despite objections by the White House, the Senate voted today to cut off aid. 尽管白宫反对，参议院今天投票中断援助。

2、N-UNCOUNT If you say that you have no objection to something, you mean that you are not annoyed or bothered by it. 反对意见

例： I have no objection to banks making money. 我对银行赚钱没有反对意见。

25、△impact ['?mp?kt] n. 影响；效果；碰撞；冲击力(impacting, impacted, impacts) 1、N-COUNT The impact that something has on a situation, process, or person is a sudden and powerful effect that it has on them. 影响

例： They say they expect the meeting to have a marked impact on the future of the country. 他们说期望这次会议对国家的未来产生显著的影响。

2、N-VAR An impact is the action of one object hitting another, or the force with which one object hits another. 撞击; 撞击力

例： The plane is destroyed, a complete wreck: the pilot must have died on impact. 飞机被毁，完全成了一堆残骸：飞行员一定在撞击中丧生了。

3、V-T/V-I To impact a situation, process, or person means to affect them. 对…造成影响; 产生影响 例： Such schemes mean little unless they impact people. 除非能对人们造成影响，否则这样的计划意义不大。

4、V-T/V-I If one object impacts on another, it hits it with great force. 撞击[正式] 例： ...the sharp tinkle of metal impacting on stone. …金属撞击石头的刺耳叮当声。

26、medium /?mi?d??m/ n. 方法；媒体；媒介；中间物(media)

1、ADJ If something is of medium size, it is neither large nor small, but approximately halfway between the two. 中等的

例： A medium dose produces severe nausea within hours. 中等剂量会在几小时内引起严重的恶心。