1. highlight
n. (圖畫或照片的)強光部份;最重要的事情;最精彩的部分;
vt. 強調(diào),突出;把…照亮;標示記號;為…中最突出的事物;
[例句]Last year Collins wrote a moving ballad which highlighted the plight of the homeless.
去年,柯林斯寫了一首動人的抒情歌曲,突出描繪了無家可歸者的苦境。
2. hysterical
adj. 癔病性;歇斯底里般的;癔病的;情緒異常激動的;
[例句]Police and bodyguards had to protect him as the almost hysterical crowds struggled to approach him.
當(dāng)情緒幾近失控的人群拼命想接近他時,警察和保鏢不得不保護他。
3. hint
n. 暗示;線索,跡象;提示,注意事項;微量;
v. 暗示,提示;
[例句]The Minister gave a strong hint that the government were thinking of introducing tax concessions for mothers.
部長明顯地暗示政府正在考慮對母親們實行稅收減免。
4. hedge
n. 樹籬;保護手段;防止損失(尤指金錢)的手段;
vt. 用樹籬圍起;受…的束縛;回避,避免;
[例句]You can hedge against redundancy or illness with insurance.
可以購買保險以防失業(yè)或患病。
5. hold
vt. 容納;拿住,握住;保留,保存;扣留,拘押;
vi. 拿住,握住;同意,贊成;保持不變;有效;
n. 握住;保留;控制;
[例句]Hold the knife at an angle.
斜握住刀。
6. homogeneous
adj. 均勻的;同性質(zhì)的,同類的;由相同(或同類型)事物(或人)組成的;[數(shù)]齊性的,齊次的;
[例句]The unemployed are not a homogeneous group.
失業(yè)者不能一概而論。
7. haste
n. 匆忙,急忙;急速,緊迫;輕率;
v. 趕緊,匆忙;<古>使快,催促;
[例句]In their haste to escape the rising water, they dropped some expensive equipment.
他們在河水上漲倉促逃離時,丟掉了一些值錢的裝備。
8. hostile
adj. 懷有敵意的;敵人的,敵對的;不利的;
n. 敵方;敵對者,敵對物;
[例句]Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.
很多人覺得他會反對外國干預(yù)的主意。
9. hamper
vt. 妨礙,束縛,限制;使困累;
n. (有蓋的)大籃子;阻礙物,足械;[航]船具;
[例句]The bad weather hampered rescue operations.
惡劣的天氣阻礙了救援工作的進行。
10. identical
adj. 同一的;完全同樣的,相同的;恒等的;同卵的;
n. 完全相同的事物;同卵雙胞;
[例句]Nearly all the houses were identical.
幾乎所有的房子都一模一樣。
11. idle
adj. 空閑的;無意義的;懶惰的;無根據(jù)的;
vi. 空轉(zhuǎn);虛度;掛空擋;未熄火;
vt. 虛度;使空轉(zhuǎn);
[例句]Employees have been idle almost a month because of shortages.
由于原料短缺,員工們已將近一個月無事可做。
12. ignite
vt. 點燃;使燃燒;使激動;使灼熱;
vi. 點火;燃燒;
[例句]The bombs ignited a fire which destroyed some 60 houses.
炸彈引發(fā)的大火燒毀了大約60棟房屋。
13. ignore
vt. 忽視,不顧;[法律]駁回(訴訟);
[例句]She said her husband ignored her.
她說丈夫不關(guān)心她。
14. illuminate
vt. 照亮,照明;闡明,說明;裝飾;使?fàn)N爛;
vi. 照亮;
[例句]No streetlights illuminated the street.
這條街上沒有照明的路燈。
15. illustrate
vt. 說明;表明;給…加插圖;(用示例、圖畫等)說明;
vi. 舉例說明;
[例句]The example of the United States illustrates this point.
美國的例子證明了這一點。