vocational

/vəʊˈkeɪʃənl/ adj 职业的；职业技术的；业务知识的

  • vocational education/qualifications/training 职业教育/资格/培训

statute

/ˈstætʃuːt/ noun

  1. 成文法；法令；法规

    • Penalties are laid down in the statute.法规中有关于惩罚措施的规定。

  2. 章程；条例；规程

    • Under the statutes of the university they had no power to dismiss him.按大学的规章制度，校方无权开除他。

stake

/steɪk/ noun, verb

noun

  1. 股本；股份

    • a 20 per cent stake in the business

  2. （公司、计划等中的）利益，利害关系

    • She has a personal stake in the success of the play.这出戏成功与否对她个人有重大利害关系。

    • Many young people no longer feel they have a stake in society.很多年轻人不再觉得他们与社会休戚相关。

  3. 赌注

    • How much was the stake (= how much did you bet)?
    • They were playing cards for high stakes (= a lot of money).

verb

（ 就某事）以……打赌，拿……冒险

  • He staked £25 on the favourite (= for example, in horse racing).

  • She staked her political career on tax reform, and lost.

accord

/əˈkɔːrd/ noun, verb

noun

协议；条约

  • The two sides signed a peace accord last July.在刚过去的七月，双方签订了和平条约。

verb

给予，赠予，授予（权力、地位、某种待遇）

  • Our society accords great importance to the family.我们的社会赋予家庭十分重要的地位。
  • Our society accords the family great importance.我们的社会赋予家庭十分重要的地位。

blunder

/ˈblʌndər/ noun, verb

noun

愚蠢（或粗心）的错误

  • a series of political blunders一连串的政治失误

verb

犯愚蠢（或粗心）的错误

  • The government had blundered in its handling of the affair.政府在这件事的处理上犯了大错。

filthy

/ˈfɪlθi/ adj. 肮脏的；污秽的

  • filthy rags/streets肮脏的破布/街道

mitten

/ˈmɪtn/ noun 连指手套

  • a pair of mittens一副连指手套

grumble

/ˈɡrʌmbl/ verb, noun

verb

咕哝；抱怨；发牢骚

  • grumble (at/to somebody) (about/at somebody/something) She's always grumbling to me about how badly she's treated at work.她总是向我抱怨她在工作中如何受亏待。
  • + speech ‘I'll just have to do it myself,’ he grumbled.

noun

嘟囔；牢骚

  • My main grumble is about the lack of privacy.

  • Her mother had a grumble at her for not tidying up the mess.

  • There were a few grumbles that staff hadn’t been consulted first.

stern

/stɜːrn/ adj., noun

adj.

严厉的；苛刻的；要求别人服从的

  • a stern face/expression/look

  • The police are planning sterner measures to combat crime.警方正制订更严厉的措施打击犯罪活动。

noun

船尾

scurry

/ˈskɜːri/ verb 碎步疾跑

  • She said goodbye and scurried back to work.
  • Ants scurried around the pile of rotting food.蚂蚁围着那堆腐烂的食物跑来跑去。

pummel

/ˈpʌml/ verb 连续猛击；反复捶打；捶打

  • pummel somebody/something (with something) He pummelled the pillow with his fists.他用双拳不停捶打枕头。
  • (figurative) She pummelled (= strongly criticized) her opponents.她严厉抨击了对手。
  • pummel (at something) Her fists pummelled at his chest.她用锤头连连捶打他的胸膛。

thrash

/θræʃ/ verb, noun

verb

  1. （作为惩罚用棍子等）抽打，连续击打
  2. （使）激烈扭动，翻来覆去
    • thrash (about/around) Someone was thrashing around in the water, obviously in trouble.有人在水里乱扑腾，显然遇到了危险。
    • thrash something (about/around) A whale was thrashing the water with its tail.一条鲸鱼不住地用尾巴击水。
    • She thrashed her head from side to side.她把头摇地像拨浪鼓似的。
  3. （在比赛中）轻易击败，一句战胜
    • Scotland thrashed England 5–1.苏格兰队以5:1大胜英格兰队。

noun

  1. 快节奏重金属摇滚乐
  2. 载歌载舞的聚会