(一)gross adj.
(1) gross income/weight; gross annual profit; (total)
GNP: gross national product; (the total value of goods produced in a country)
(2)He is guilty of gross negligence; (重大过失罪)(clearly wrong, inexcusable)
This is an act of gross insolence. (错误的蛮横行为)
Gross inequalities in wealth, power and privilege;
(3) gross behavior/habits; gross words; (不雅的,粗鲁的;rough, impolite, offensive, coarse)
(二)preserve, preservation, preservative ( n./adj. 防腐剂))
Preserve vt. preservation;
(1) The ancient Egyptians knew ways to preserve dead bodies from decay.
(2) to perserse one’s independence/public order (公共秩序);
(3)Preserved fruit; figs preserved in brandy; well-preserved(保养的好); preservable;
(4) The police are responsible for the preservation of law and order.(治安)
(5) The old building is in a good state of preservation. Self-preservation(自卫,自我保存)
Preserve n.
(1) strawberry preserve;
(2) 私人渔猎区
(3) 专有的权利,独有的爱好;
She considers the arranging of flowers in the head’s office to be her personal preserve.
(三)expectative, expectation; expectant, expectancy/ce;
(1) I have no expectation that the resolution wound be passed. [U]
(2) The crop fulfilled expectations. (收成达到了预期的产量。)[C]
The mine will come/live fully up to expectation as a significant source of profit.(不负众望)The new employee’s performance falls short of our expectations. (不符我们的希望)
(3)He is a man with great expectations. (前程;可望继承/得到的遗产)
(4) There is little expectation the team will win. (可能性)
(5) expectation of life; life expectancy; (预期寿命)
(6) against/ contrary to (all) expectation(s); beyond expectation/all/our expectations; in expectation of; hold great expectations;
(7) to wait in expectation; benefits in expectation;
expectant, expectancy/ce;
(1) There is an air of expectancy on his face. /in a state of happy expectancy.
(2) There is a large fortune in expectancy.
(3) Each of them has his own purposes and expectancies. Damage expectancy;
(4) He is turning expectant eyes on his parents.
(5) Expectant mothers; She is expecting /pregnant.
(6) The year of 2007 is expectant of progress toward a final settlement of the Middle East problem. |
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