baseball
n. 棒球;棒球运动
basement
n. 地下室
bazar
n. 集市,市场
[同]marketplace
n. 廉价商店
bead
n. 有孔的小珠子;水珠,滴
beads of sweat 汗珠
v. 用小珠装饰,把…连成一串,结珠,形成珠状
Sweat beaded up on his forehead. 他额上渗出点点汗珠。
bearing
n. 关系,方面
What he said has no much bearing on the subject.
他所说的与本题没有太大关系。
n. (常用复数)方位,方向;可忍耐限度,忍耐
n. (常用复数)轴承
beetle
n. 甲虫;近视的人
beforehand
adv. 预先,事先
Please let me know beforehand. 请预先通知我。
[同]in advance
adv. 提前地
adj. (一般作表语)预先准备好的;提前的,过早的
[难点]
be beforehand with 事先做好…;提前…
When you go on a journey,it’s a good thing to be beforehand with your packing.
你出门旅行的时候最好预先把行李包扎好。
bestow
vt. 给予,赠予
He bestowed the highest honor on the man.
他授予那人最高的荣誉。
[难点]
bestow …on/upon sb. 授予某人…
beware
v. 当心,谨慎
Beware of pick-pockets !当心扒手!
[同]watch out
[难点]
beware of sth. 当心
beware 主要用于祈使句或以不定式形式出现
Beware of the dog ! 当心那只狗。
He told them to be beware. 他告诉他们要多加小心。
bewilder
vt. 使困惑,使张慌失措
He was bewildered by her question.
他因她的质问而不知所措。
[同]confuse
bid
n. 报价,投标
Will nobody make a higher/further bid ?
再没有出更高的价吗?
v. 出价,投标(bid ; bid)
She bid 50 dollars for the camera. 那个照相机她出价50美元。
[同]offer
v. 吩咐,命令(bade ; bidden)
They bade him (to)leave there. 他们命令他离开这里。
[同]command
bishop
n. 主教
bitterness
n. 苦味;辛酸,苦难
Bear always in mind the bitterness of the old society.
牢记旧社会的苦难。
Blacksmith
n. 铁匠,锻工
blaze
n. 火焰,火光
[同]flame
n. 闪光,光彩,强烈的光
the blaze of the sun 太阳的强光
[同]glow
(pl.)地狱
Go to blaze ! 该死 !
v. 发光彩,照耀
The sun was blazing overhead.
太阳在空中照耀。
v. (使)燃烧,(使)冒火焰
[难点]
blaze up 勃然大怒;燃烧起来
He was blazing up at an insult.
他因受到侮辱而发怒。
Blaze away 连续射击;继续燃烧
bleach
v. (使)漂白;(使)变白
bleached linen 漂白的麻
blond
n. 金发白肤碧眼的人
blouse
n. (妇女、儿童或水手穿的)短上衣,女衬衫
blunder
n. 大错
commit a blunder 犯大错
[同]mistake
v. 犯大错,失策
Our leaders have blundered again.
我们的领导人又犯了大错。
v. 乱闯,瞎闯
blunder into a wall 瞎闯撞到了墙
[难点]
blunder away … 因愚蠢(或轻率)而失掉 …
blunder on 一错再错;偶然碰上
blush
n. 脸红,愧色
She turned away to hide her blushes. 她转身去掩饰她的脸红。
v. 脸红,羞愧;使呈红色
[难点]
blush with /for/at sth. 因…而脸红
She blushed for/with shame. 她羞愧得脸红。
boiler
n. 锅炉,热水器,烧水壶
bourgeois
adj. 资产阶级的,中产阶级的,平庸的
n. (单复同)中产阶级;资产家
boycott
n.(联合)抵制,拒绝
put a boycott on sb. 联合抵制某人
vt. 联合抵制,联合拒绝
boycott smuggling 联合抵制走私
brace
n. 支柱,支架,支撑
[同]prop
vt. 支住,撑牢
The struts are firmly braced. 那些支柱上得很牢固。
[同]support
vt. 振奋
[难点]
brace up 打起精神,振作起来
He braced himself up for the new task.
他振作精神从事新任务。
breakdown
n. (精神,健康)衰竭,衰弱
He’s suffering from a nervous breakdown
他正患神经衰弱。
[同] failure
n. 损坏,失灵
an electricity breakdown 断电
[同] failure
n. 垮台,崩溃,破裂,失败
a breakdown of negotiations 谈判的破裂
[同]failure
bribe
n. 贿赂
offer bribes to sb. 向某人行贿
accept / take a bribe from sb. 从某人处受贿
v. 贿赂,行贿
bribe a judge 贿赂法官
[同]buy off