level vt使成平面; 變成平面The earthquakes leveled the city district.地震使整個城市夷為平地。

　　把...對準The hostage had a rifle leveled at his head.那人質的頭部有一支來福槍瞄準著。

　　vi 對準[(+at)]Her eyes leveled at him. 她的眼睛盯著他。

　　n區域層面I finally found my own level in the business world.我終于在生意場上找到自己的位置。

　　lever n手段; 途徑; 工具Pity is a lever for quickening love.憐憫是加速愛情的手段。

　　征收A direct food levy was imposed by the local government.地方政府征收了食品稅。

　　v/n【律】扣押They levied on his property for unpaid rent. 他們因他未付租金而扣押他的財產。

　　vt征集(兵員)They began to levy recruits among the local people. 他們開始在當地人中間征兵。

　　發動(戰爭)[(+on/upon/against)]levy war against a neighboring country 對鄰國發動戰爭

　　library n藏書叢書唱片集He owns a library of two thousand volumes.他擁有2000冊藏書。

　　licence n放縱, 放肆I'm in favour of liberty, of course—but against licence.我當然贊成自由, 不過我反對放縱。

　　(藝術作品的)破格,不拘一格[U]poetic licence 詩歌上的破格

　　lift vi.消散The plane will take off once the fog has lifted.等霧一消散, 飛機便起飛。

　　免費搭車; 搭便車We got a lift part of the way in a lorry.我們有一段路搭乘了卡車。

　　vt【口】偷竊;抄襲;整容 face lift挖出(山芋等);拔起(秧苗等)

　　All the main ideas in the article are lifted from other works. 這篇文章的主要思想都是從其它作品中剽竊來的。

　　School boys were hired to lift the potatoes. 雇用了學生來挖馬鈴薯。

　　limitation n[c]【律】有效期限 the limitation of armaments 軍備的限制

　　能力差;無能力He knows his limitations.他自知他的缺陷。

　　liner n襯里;襯墊;做內應的人;臥底a helmet liner 鋼盔襯帽

　　lip n邊緣They came to the lip of a dead crater.他們來到了一個死火山口邊緣。

　　冒昧無禮less of your lip別這么冒昧無禮

　　liquid adj (語言等)流暢的He writes liquid prose. 他散文寫得很流暢。. 商】流動資產liquid assets

　　list vi. (船身等)傾斜The ship listed to port. 船向左舷傾斜。

　　n. (船身等的)傾斜[S]The tower had a list to the south. 塔向南傾斜。

　　literature n文獻, 圖書資料

　　He was an expert on ancient Chinese astronomical literature.他是研究中國古天文學文獻專家。

　　loaf vt. & vi.〈口〉虛度光陰Don't loaf your life away.不要虛度光陰。

　　lobby n游說議員的團體The clean-air lobby are/is against the plans for the new factory.

　　空氣清潔運動團體反對設立新工廠的計劃。

　　vt. & vi.向…進行游說[疏通]

　　They are actively lobbying against the bill.他們正在積極游說議員, 阻止通過該項法案。

　　locker n 艙室行李寄存柜Luggage locker can be rent at the airport . 可在機場租用帶鎖的行李寄存柜。

　　最后歸宿Graveyard：Here be Davy Jone’s Locker! 墓地:在海戰中光榮犧牲的人的最終歸宿。

　　葬身魚腹Davy Jones's locker.

　　lodge vt存放, 寄存lodge money in the bank把錢存入銀行

　　把(子彈等)打入, 射進, 打在The hunter lodged an arrow in the tiger's head.獵人一箭射中老虎的頭。

　　loose adj不精確的, 不嚴密的He is a loose thinker.他是個思維不嚴密的人。

　　自由的; 散漫的The horse is loose in the field.馬自由自在地在田野里。

　　vt.釋放, 失去控制He loosed the ropes that bound the prisoner, thus allowing him to jump up and escape.

　　他解開了囚犯身綁著的繩子, 那個囚犯跳起來就跑了。

　　loose off放(槍、箭)I loosed off my last arrow, I prayed that the deer would fall.我射出最后一箭時, 祈禱著鹿會倒下。

　　lord vi.作威作福Gone are the days when a big nation could lord it over small ones.大國對小國稱王稱霸的日子已一去不復返。

　　lot n(出售或拍賣時的)貨品[C]Lot 99 is a pair of antique vases. 第九十九批拍賣品是一對古瓶。

　　簽[C]They drew lots to decide who should begin. 他們用抽簽的方法來決定誰先開始。

　　抽簽[U]It was settled by lot. 這事是以抽簽決定的。

　　命運,運氣[U][S1]t was her lot to suffer through life. 她命該一輩子受苦。

　　lottery n碰運氣的事, 難于算計的事

　　They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他們認為自己是變幻莫測的人生中的幸運者。

　　loud adj喧噪的;(舉止等)招搖的,炫耀的Joe is a loud, vulgar person. 喬是一個愛招搖的,庸俗的人。

　　(衣服顏色等)鮮艷的,花俏的She wore a loud dress. 她穿一件艷麗的連衫裙。

　　lounge vi.懶散地斜倚[靠坐]He was lounging on a sofa.他懶洋洋地靠在沙發上。

　　vt.懶洋洋地打發(時間)He lounged the summer away.他散漫安閑地度過夏天。

　　閑蕩;閑逛[(+around/about)]I saw several people just lounging about there. 我看見幾個人正在那兒閑蕩。

　　lumber vi.笨重地移動; 隆隆地行走(along, by, past)A heavy truck lumbered by.一輛重型卡車隆隆駛過。

　　(用破爛東西)堆滿[(+with)]The house is lumbered up with useless articles. 這棟房子里堆滿了沒用的物品。

　　machine n機器人似地工作的人;沒有感情或意志的人

　　Years of doing the same dull job can turn you into a machine.長年做同樣枯燥的工作會把你變成機器人。

　　機構The Allies finally smashed the Nazi war machine. 同盟國最終粉碎了納粹的戰爭機器。

　　操縱組織的核心集團(人物)the state machine國家機器the Democratic machine民主黨核心人物

　　machinery n體系機構We need to discuss ways of improving the machinery of government.我們需要商討改進政府機構的辦法。

　　magazine n彈藥庫He escaped being killed when the magazine exploded because he had not gone to work.

　　他因沒有去上班而避免了在那次彈藥庫爆炸中喪生。

　　magnet n有吸引力的人[物]The actress was the magnet that drew great audiences.那位女演員曾吸引過許多觀眾。

　　magnify vt夸大He tried to magnify the part he played in the battle.他試圖夸大他在戰斗中發揮的作用。

　　magnitude n巨大; 重要性The auditorium is a building of great magnitude.這個大禮堂是一棟巨大的建筑物。

　　量;大小;強度;音量[U]It is difficult to imagine the magnitude of the universe. 宇宙的廣大很難想像。

　　【天】星等(指星的亮度)[C] Stars of the first magnitude are the brightest.一等星最明亮。

　　【地】震級[C] earth-quake magnitude震級

　　maintenance n贍養費He has to pay maintenance to his ex-wife.他必須給前妻贍養費。

　　management n管理人員, 管理部門; 資方;與人交往的技巧, 手腕

　　The management is[are] having talks with the workers.資方正在和工人談判。

　　She gets them to accept these changes by tactful management.她用圓滑的手腕說服他們接受這些變動。

　　manner n [pl. ]風俗, 習慣; 生活方式

　　She has written a book on the manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians.她寫了一本關于古埃及人習俗的書。

　　manual a【律】實際占有的n (風琴的)手鍵盤

　　manufacture vt捏造She manufactured a false story to hide the facts.她編了一段謊話來掩蓋事實。

　　map vt.繪制(一地區等的)地圖; 用地圖表示

　　The scientists mapped the surface of the moon.科學家繪制了月球表面的地圖。

　　n 寫照;映像The old man's face is a map of time.那老人臉就是歲月的寫照。

　　map out安排;詳細提出某事;在地圖上標出

　　She mapped out her time very well. 她把時間安排得很好。

　　She mapped out her ideas on the new project.她詳細提出了對新項目的意見。

　　Some of the mountains in South America have not yet been mapped out.南美洲的一些山脈尚未在地圖上標出來。

　　marble n (用玻璃、泥等制成的)彈子;彈子游戲Let's have a game of marbles.咱們玩彈球游戲吧。

　　【俚】理智,明智He completely lost his marbles after the stock market crash. 股市崩盤后他完全失去理智。

　　adj似大理石的平滑的; 冷酷無情的

　　In spite of her age there were no lines on her marble forehead.在她這個年齡, 平滑的前額卻沒有出現皺紋。

　　He has a heart of marble.他有一副鐵石心腸。

　　march n進行曲The movement of a waltz is very different from that of a march.

　　華爾茲的韻律和進行曲的韻律是不同的。

　　穩定的發展The march of events is as fast as we thought.事情的穩定的發展就如我們所料的那樣快。

　　vt拖走, 拖去, His mother marched him right off home with her.他母親讓他馬上跟她回家。

　　把...帶走, 迫使到(某處He was marched off to prison.他被帶到監獄

　　march past檢閱時列隊行進

　　A division of soldiers who won honour for their bravery in the last war will march past during this afternoon's

　　ceremony.在上次戰斗中因表現勇敢獲得榮譽的一個師, 將在今日下午的典禮上列隊行進接受檢閱。

　　margin n差數, 差額; 余地 【商】保證金, 押金; 準備金盈余; 利潤; (成本與售價的)差額, 賺頭

　　We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我們有20分鐘的余地趕火車。

　　The reserve board raised margins from 50 to 60 percent. 聯邦儲備銀行董事會將定金從50%提高到60%。

　　They have always had to make do with relatively small profit margins.他們不得不經常設法應付較少的利潤額。

　　marginal adj不重要的, 微小的, 少量的僅以微弱多數票獲勝的;臨界的;最低限度的;貧瘠的

　　The new law will have only a marginal effect on the lives of most people.新法對大多數人的生活未有重大的影響。

　　He won the most marginal seat by only two votes.他只以兩票的微弱優勢當選。

　　a marginal standard of living 最低限度的生活水平 a marginal business 盈利甚微的企業

　　marital n.水兵; 海軍陸戰隊官兵The marines landed on the small island.海軍陸戰隊登上了小島。

　　marriage n緊密結合[C]【商】商業合并, 兼并

　　The marriage of words and melody in that song was unusually effective.

　　那首歌里詞與曲配合合諧,產生了非同凡響的效果。

　　marry vt. & vi.使緊密結合;把..融為一體

　　She marries wit and/with scholarship in her writing.她在寫作中將學問和才智緊密結合在了一起。

　　Let's meet by that bridge where the rivers marry.我們就在河流會合處的那座橋邊見面吧。

　　married to sth獻身于;致力于married to children’s education致力于兒童教育事業

　　mask vt用面具遮住; The thief masked his face with a stocking.那賊用長統襪遮住臉。

　　掩蓋, 掩飾A smile masked his disappointment.微笑遮掩了他的失望。

　　n用作掩飾的事物; The jokes were a mask to hide his sadness.玩笑是掩蓋他內心悲傷的方式。

　　掩飾; 偽裝He conceals his worries behind a mask of nonchalance.他裝作無事以掩飾內心的不安。

　　mass n群眾The masses have boundless creative power.群眾有無限的創造力。

　　質量This particle has very small mass.這種粒子的質量很小。

　　adj.大規模的,These precise instruments have already gone into mass production.這些精密儀器已經大規模投入生產。

　　大眾的,民眾的Mass education is essential in promoting democracy. 民眾的教育對提倡民主是非常重要的。

　　【真題例句】In the West, before mass communication and literacy, the most powerful mass medium was the church, which reminded worshippers that their souls were in danger and that they would someday be meat for worms.

　　在西方，在大眾傳播開始出現、人們開始讀書識字之前，最強勢的大眾傳媒就是教堂，它提醒那些做禮拜者他們的心靈處于危險之中，有一天坑會受到蠕蟲的啃食�！�2006年閱讀Txte4】

　　mat vt使纏結The swimmer's wet hair was matted together. 那游泳者的濕頭發亂糟糟結成一團。

　　vi纏結The fur collar mats when it gets wet. 毛皮領子弄濕了就會纏結起來。

　　match對手,敵手;相配者[S][(+for)]The blue shirt and gray tie are a good match. 藍襯衫和灰領帶很相配。

　　Bill is no match for his brother on this. 在這方面比爾不是他兄弟的對手。

　　mate n (商船上的)大副The mate is one rank below the captain.大副是僅低于船長的頭銜。

　　vt. & vi.(使)成為配偶, (使)交配Birds mate in the spring.鳥在春天交配。

　　material adj.物質的; 身體的; 肉體的; 重要的, 重大的

　　She is too poor to satisfy her family's material needs.她太窮了, 無法滿足家人的物質需要。

　　The prosecution's case collapsed when a material witness failed to appear in court.

　　一名重要的證人沒有出庭, 因此訴訟辯論無法進行。

　　mean adj.吝嗇的; 自私的He is a mean man.他是個自私的人。

　　卑鄙的, 不善良的He took a mean advantage of me.他利用卑鄙的手段占我的便宜。

　　中間的, 平均的The mean temperature of this area is 33 degrees in summer.該地夏季平均氣溫為33度。

　　低微的He is a man of mean birth.他是位出身低微的人。

　　n.平均數, 平均值What you do first is to calculate the mean.你要做的第一件事就是算出平均數。

　　中間, 中庸It's a question of finding the mean between too lenient treatment and too severe punishment.

　　問題是要找出處理過寬和處罰過嚴的折中辦法。

　　means n收入, 財富His means permit him to live comfortably.他的財富使他能過上舒適的生活。

　　measure n[pl]措施, 辦法The measures had a detrimental effect.這些措施已產生不良影響。

　　【真題例句】Under modern conditions, this requires varying measures of centralized control and hence

　　the help of specialized scientists such as economists and operational research experts.

　　在現代條件下，這需要程度不同的中央控制措施，從而就需要獲得諸如經濟學和運籌學等領域專家

　　的協助。【2000年翻譯】

　　【音】拍子; 調子; 小節; [古]舞蹈;(詩的)韻律; 音步

　　The pianist gave a long and varied recital, with a couple of encores for good measure.

　　那鋼琴家的獨奏演出會時間長、節目多，還加奏了兩支曲子。

　　vt斟酌, 權衡She works hard and doesn't measure the cost to her health.她工作勤懇并不考慮身體代價。

　　meat n主要[重要]的部分The cheap buyer takes bad meat. [諺]便宜無好貨。

　　It was a clever speech, but there was no real meat in it.這是一次巧妙的演說, 可惜沒有實際內容。

　　食物的總稱meat and drink

　　meat and drink to sb 對...的無上樂趣;快樂的源泉, 生活的目的

　　The weekly letters from his son are meat and drink to the old man.

　　兒子每周的來信對這位老人來說是極大的快慰。

　　mechanism n構造, 機制The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.這臺機器的結構是非常復雜的。

　　辦法, 技巧, 途徑There are no mechanisms for changing the decision.這個決定是無法改變的。

　　meet vt對付,應付;如期償付Let's meet that problem when it comes up. 那問題一出現,我們就來對付它。

　　滿足;符合To be a pilot, one must meet certain physical standards. 要當飛行員必須達到體格上的某些標準。

　　迎接He hurried forward to meet them.他快步向前去迎接他們。

　　adj.適宜的; 合適的; 相稱的(for, to do, to be done, that)It is meet to help your friends.幫助朋友是應該的。

　　melt melt into sth融〔溶〕化成(液體)If you warm ice, it will melt into water.如果你給冰加熱它會融化成水。

　　逐漸消失; 逐漸融入In the rainbow, one color melts into another.在彩虹中, 各種顏色互相交融。

　　mend vt改[糾]正; 改善[進]Things are mending.情況正在好轉。

　　vi.恢復; 康復His health is mending.他的健康狀況正在恢復。

　　merchant n好[迷于]...的人 a speed merchant好開快車的人

　　merge vi.逐步融入Twilight merged into total darkness.落日熔金

　　mess n(海、陸軍的)伙食團; 集體用膳人員The officers are at mess. 軍官們正在用餐。

　　The party will be held in the officers' mess. 聚會將在軍官食堂舉行。

　　vi集體用膳 In this camp, private soldiers do not mess with officers. 在此兵營官兵不在一起用餐。

　　message n[c] (文學作品等的)啟示;主旨;寓意[the S]What is the message of the book? 這本書的中心思想是什么?

　　metal n鋪路用的碎石料; [pl. ]軌條[道]The train left [jumped] the metals.火車出軌了。

　　[喻]成色, 成分; 勇氣; 本質Cowards are not made of the same metal as heroes.懦夫與英雄本質不同。

　　vt[英]用碎石鋪路a metalled road碎石路

　　might n力量,威力;能力To be frank, this mission is beyond my might. 說實話,這一使命非我能力所及。

　　He fought back with all his might. 他傾全力反擊。

　　mild adj溫暖的, 暖和的That coat is too heavy for such a mild day.這樣暖和的天氣, 穿那件大衣太厚了。

　　輕微的, 不嚴重的The sentence was mild.判刑判得很輕。

　　(指食物、酒、煙等)味淡的, 不強烈的Please make my drink a mild one. 請把我的酒調得淡一點。

　　mile n[c] 【口】相當大的距離;相當大[P1][S]

　　I knew it was you, I could spot that hat a mile off! 我知道是你,離我好遠就能看清楚你那頂帽子了!

　　He’s miles older than she is.他比她老多了。

　　milk vt.榨取, 勒索The government was accused of milking the people.該國政府被指控榨取人民的血汗。

　　[俚]套出消息; 竊聽(電報、電話線上的)消息milk news from a source of information從消息提供人士處套出新聞

　　mill put/go through the mil千錘百煉;通過檢驗

　　When you join the Army, you have to go through the mill, as the training is very severe.

　　如果你參軍，你就得經受磨煉，因為訓練是非常嚴格的。

　　My new car was put through the mill.我的新車通過檢驗。

　　mine n地雷; 水雷An engineer tried to detonate the mine.一名工程師試圖引爆地雷。

　　vt.在…中[下]布雷They've mined the entrance to the harbour.他們在港口布了雷。

　　以地雷[水雷]炸毀Their ship was mined.他們的船被水雷炸毀了。

　　miniature in miniature縮影的;小型的He's giving a party in miniature on his birthday.他生日那天將舉行一個小型晚會。

　　minister vi.輔助; 服侍; 給予援助;照料,伺候[(+to)]

　　He became a rector of a small parish where he ministered for several years.

　　他成為一個小教區的教區牧師, 在那里主事了幾年圣事。

　　I ministered to him in his last hours.在他臨終時我在身邊侍候。

　　minus prep.(表示否定)沒有, 缺少, 差The statue survived through minus a leg.雕像幸存了下來, 缺了一條腿。

　　(表示數目)在零度以下The temperature was minus 30 degrees.氣溫為零下30度。

　　n. 不利, 不足, 缺點Let's consider the pluses and minuses of moving house.咱們考慮一下搬家的利弊吧。

　　adj略低一點的,略差一些的[A]I got an A minus. 我得了一個A-。

　　不利的[B]A boy might live in a minus neighborhood but not be a delinquent.

　　一個男孩子可以生活在一個差勁的街坊而不淪為罪犯。

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