胡敏练口语记英语四级单词:b字头
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胡敏练口语记英语四级单词:B字头
B 字头 PART I
A: Did you get the job?
B: No, they didn’t think I had the right background.
background
n. ,(出身背景,经历;,(背景资料;,((画等的)
背景,底子
A: Did you know that your shirt in on backwards?
B: Yes. I like to wear it this way. backward
a. ,(向后的,反向的;,(落后的,进步慢的
ad. [-(s)] ,(向后,往回;,(朝反方向,倒
know…backward(s) 对(((极其熟悉
A: What’s your favorite food?
B: I love to eat bacon.
bacon
n. 咸肉
A: Why won’t you drink the water? B: I’m afraid of the bacteria that might be in it.
bacteria
n. 细菌
A: Why did you miss the plane?
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B: My baggage was so heavy that I couldn’t lift it out of the car!
baggage
n. 行李
A: Be careful not to lose your balance! B: Don’t worry about me.
balance
n. ,(平衡,均衡;,(天平,秤;,(结存,结欠
vt. ,(使平衡,使均衡;,(称;,(权衡,比较
in the balance (生命等)在危急状态中,(命运等)未
定
off balance 不平衡
A: I’m looking for apartment with a large balcony.
B: I think we’ve got just the one for you. balcony
n. ,(阳台;,((电影院等的)楼厅,楼座
A: Oops, I just popped the balloon. B: That’s OK, there are plenty more where that came
from
balloon
n. 气球
A: Well, we’ve decided to ban smoking in the office.
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B: That’s fine by me.
ban
vt. 1.取缔,查禁; 2.(from)禁止
n. 禁止,禁令
A: Would you like to start a band?
B: Sure, I’d love to.
band
n. 1.管乐队; 2.群,伙; 3.带,箍; 4.条纹; 5.波段,频带 vt. 用带绑扎
A: Did you just hear that loud bang?
B: Yes, I wonder what it was. bang
n. 1.巨响,爆炸声; 2.猛击,猛撞
vi. 1.猛击,猛撞; 2.发出砰的一声,砰砰作响
vt. 砰地敲(或推,扔); 2.猛击,猛撞
A: I hate to inform you, but the company is going
bankrupt.
B: Does this mean I’ll lose my job? bankrupt
a. 1.破产的,彻底失败的; 2.彻底缺乏的
vt. 使破产,使枯竭
n. 破产者
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A: I think we should hang a huge banner out in front
of the school.
B: What a great idea.
banner
n. 1.横幅;2.旗帜.旗
A: Would you like to go to the bar tonight?
B: Sure. What time should we meet? bar
n. 1.酒吧间,售酒(或食物等)的柜台;2.条,块; 3.(门窗等
的)闩,栅栏
vt. 1.闩(门窗等),在…设栅栏; 2.阻止,阻拦; 3.阻塞,封
锁(道路等)
behind bars 在狱中
A: The barber did a horrible job with my hair!
B: I don’t think is looks that bad. barber
n. 理发师
A: My bare feet are freezing. B: Why don’t you put some socks on? bare
a. 1.赤裸的;2.光秃的,无遮盖的; 3.刚刚够的,勉强的 vt. 露出,暴露
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A: I barely passed yesterday’s test.
B: You’re not the only one.
barely
ad. 仅仅,只不过,几乎不
A: That dog sure has a loud bark. B: Yeah, I have to cover my ears every day when I walk
by.
bark
vi. (狗等)吠,叫
n. 1.吠声,叫声; 2.树皮
A: Did you hear that the old barn burned down? B: No! When did it happen?
barn
n. 谷仓,牲口棚
A: I’d like to buy a big barrel of oranges. B: I’m sorry, but we don’t sell them by the barrel. barrel
n. 1.桶;2.筒,枪(或炮)管
vi. 快速移动
A: Why did you return early from abroad? B: I found that the language barrier was just too much
for me.
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barrier
n. 1.栅栏,关卡,检票口; 2.障碍,隔阂; 3.屏障
A: There’s nothing like a good game of baseball on a Saturday afternoon.
B: You’ve got that right.
baseball
n. 棒球
A: Basically, I just couldn’t handle the workload, so I dropped the class.
B: That’s too bad.
basically
ad. 基本上,从根本上说
A: On what basis are you making your claim? B: I’m mainly basing my conclusions on the results of my research.
basis
n. 基础,根据,原则
A: Did you see that bat just flew by us? B: Yeah. Its wings brushed right by my ear! bat
n. 1.蝙蝠;2.球棒,球拍
A: The batteries on my CD player are dead.
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B: Here, you can borrow some of mine. battery
n. 1.电池(组),蓄电池(组);2.排炮,炮组; 3.一系列,一
套
A: I wonder how many boats there are in the bay?
B: More than I can count, that’s for sure. bay
n. 1.(海或湖泊的)湾; 2.(大厅等建筑物内的)分隔间
keephold sth. at bay 使无法近身
A: If you break the laser beam, then the alarm will go
off.
B: Don’t worry, I’ll be careful.
beam
n. 1.(光线等;的)束,柱; 2.梁,横梁; 3.笑容,喜色
vi. 面露喜色
vt. 定向发出(无线电信号等),播送
A: I hate eating beans.
B: You should learn to like them, because they are a
good source of protein.
bean
n. 豆
A: I want to grow a beard, but my wife thinks it’ll
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look ugly.
B: You need to do what’s right for you.
beard
n. 胡须
A: You can just look at him and tell that he has the bearing of a champion.
B: Well, he is a champion, after all. bearing
n. 1.举止,风度;2.[pl.]方位,方向感; 3.轴承
have a bearing on 与…有关, 对…有影响
A: I will not allow that beast in my home! B: Honey, it’s just a cat.
beast
n. 1.野兽,牲畜; 2.凶残的人,令人厌憎的人
A: Do you notice anything different about this city? B: Yes. There are almost no beggars on the street. beggar
n. 乞丐
vt. 使贫穷
A: Oh behalf of the governor, I’d like to welcome you to the city.
B: Thank you. Please five my regards to the governor.
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behalf
n. 利益,方面
on/in behalf of 代表,为了
A: I hope the kids behave well at the school.
B: I’m sure they will.
behave
vi. 1.表现,举止端正; 2.(机器等)运转,(事物)做出反应
vt. (oneself) 检点(自己)的行为
A: I’ve been very disappointed by your behavior in the
last few weeks.
B: I’m sorry. I’ll try to do better.
behavior
n. 1.行为,表现,举止; 2.(机器等)运转,(事物)做出反应
A: I believe in never harming other living beings.
B: Even plants?
being
n. 1.生物,人;2.存在
bring into being 使出现,使存在
come into being 出现,形成
A: I hold the strong belief that there is life on other
planets.
B: I think you’re crazy.
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belief
n. 1.相信,信任;2.信念,信仰
beyond belief 难以置信
A: Yesterday, I lost my beloved goldfish. B: I’m so sorry for your loss. At least it was just a fish.
beloved
a. 所钟爱的,受爱戴的
A: I hide all of my valuables beneath my bed. B: You should keep that a secret.
beneath
prep. 1.在…下面,往…下面; 2.(地位等)低于,次于; 3.
在…掩盖下; 4.连…也不值得,有失…的身份
ad. 在下方,在底下
A: I hope that we can come to an agreement that will
be beneficial to both parties.
B: I truly believe that we can.
beneficial
a. 有益的;有利的
A: In the end, it all worked out to my benefit. B: I’m glad to hear that.
benefit
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n. 1.益处,好处; 2.救济金,保险金
vt. 有益于
vi. 得益
A: He was told. Besides, I never liked him anyway. B: But you still should feel sorry that he died. besides
ad. 而且,此外(还)
prep. 除…之外(还)
A: I think I will win the match tomorrow. B: Do you want to bet on that?
bet
vt. 1.以…打赌,与…打赌; 2.敢说,确信
vi. 打赌
n. 1.打赌; 2.赌金,赌注
A: The study guide has been my bible for the past week.
B: Well, I guess you’ll probably do well on the test. bible
n. 1.[B-] 圣经; 2.有权威的书
A: If you want to win the auction, you’re going to have to place a higher bid.
B: But I don’t have enough money.
bid
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n. 1.企图,努力;2.喊价,出价,投标
vi.喊价,出价,投标
vt. 1.出(价),喊(价); 2.祝,表示; 3.命令,吩咐
A: What would you do if you had a billion dollars?
B: I think I’d probably give it to charity. billion
n. 十亿
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