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associate
1）vt. 与...厮混
例：I don't like you associating with those people.
我不喜欢你和那些人混在一起。
2）adj. 副的，准的
例：an associate member/director/editor 准会员/副导演/副主编
cast
1）n.（一部戏或电影的）全部演员
例：members of the cast 剧组成员
a cast list 演员表
court
1）n. 球场
例：a tennis/badminton court 网球/羽毛球场
2）vt. 讨好，取悦
例：Both candidates have spent the last month courting the media.
两位候选人在过去的一个月里都在取悦媒体。
3）vt. 博得
例：He has never courted popularity.
他从不追求名望。
4）vt. 招致
例：to court danger/death/disaster 招致危险/死亡/灾难
dial
1）n. 钟面，表盘
例：an alarm clock with a luminous dial 夜光闹钟
exact
1）adj. 严密的，精密的
例：Chocolate making is an intricate art as much as it is an exact science.
巧克力制作是一门错综复杂的艺术，跟一门严谨的科学差不多。
2）vt. 勒索，强迫
例：Stress can exact a high price from workers.
压力可能迫使工人付出昂贵的代价。
grasp
1）n. 紧抓
例：She felt a firm grasp on her arm.
她感到手臂被紧紧地抓住了。
2）n. 领会
例：He has a good grasp of German grammar.
他德语语法掌握得很好。
3）n. 能力所及
例：Success was within their grasp.
他们有把握获得成功。
hire
1）n. 租赁，租借
例：The price includes the hire of the hall.
费用包括礼堂租金。
jam
1）v. 使劲塞，挤压
例：He jammed his fingers in his ears.
他用手指使劲堵住耳朵。
2）v.（使）卡住
例：He jammed the door open with a piece of wood.
他用一块木头卡住门让它开着。
The photocopier keeps jamming up.
这复印机总是卡纸。
3）v. 塞入，挤满
例：Six of us were jammed into one small car.
我们六个人被塞进一辆小汽车里。
loaf
1）v. 游手好闲，游荡
例：A group of kids were loafing around outside.
一群小孩在外面四处游荡。
means
1）n. 财富，钱财
例：He doesn't have the means to support a wife and child.
他无钱养活妻小。
ripe
1）adj. 时机成熟的（~ for sth）
例：The conditions were ripe for social change.
社会变革的时机已经成熟。
shave
1）vt.（少量地）调低，降价
例：The firm had shaved profit margins.
公司调低了利润率。
strait
1）n.（因缺钱造成的）困境（用作复数）
例：The factory is in dire straits.
工厂岌岌可危。
string
1）n. 特定条件（用作复数）
例：It's just a business proposition. No strings attached.
这只是个业务建议，仅此而已，没有任何附带条件。
2）v. 悬挂，系，扎
例：The route was strung with flags.
沿途悬挂着旗子。
3）v. 把...串在一起
例：She had strung the shells on a silver chain.
她把贝壳串在一条银链子上。
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