put into use ; use fully 运用发挥 ;尽力[ 和努力 effort + to do 搭配 ]
We all should keep in mind “Idle young , needy old” , and
exert our efforts to make our due contribution to society.
我们所有人都要牢牢记住“少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲”,尽力为社会做出我们应有的贡献。
I felt sorry for that. But i still have to face the reality and seek new opportunity to exert my value and ability.
个人对此感觉非常难过,但还是要接受现实寻找新的工作机会,重新发挥本人的价值和能力。
cover 【常考3个意思】
in order to hide, protect something. 掩盖 [ + up]
Just as dark clouds can’t hide the sun so no lies can cover up the fact.
正如乌云不能遮蔽太阳,谎言是掩盖不了事实的。
show an event on television 报道
When foreign reporters show up to cover news that might portray Egypt in a bad light, angry mobs sometimes chase them away.
当外国记者报道一些有可能损害埃及形象的新闻时,愤怒的暴徒有时会把这些记者赶跑。
封面
The cover girls are usually modern and fashionable.
封面女郎一般都十分新潮时髦。
Law does not compel a man to do what he is impossible to perform.
法律不会强迫一个人去做他不可能做到的事。
Anyhow, it is unfair to compel a naive and cute kid to do the work of a mature man.
无论如何,强迫一个天真可爱的孩子去做成人的工作是不公平的。
persuade
make sb do sth by giving them good reasons 说服
Nothing can persuade
her to change her mind once it is made up.
一旦她下定决心就没有什么可以说服她改变注意。
I reasoned with him for hours, but I couldn’t persuade him to change his mind.
我劝了他几个小时,但我没能说服他改变主意。
The ultimate goal of advertising is to persuade the audience to buy the products advertised.
广告的最终目的是劝导人们购买它所宣传的产品或者服务。
strain
make a relationship less friendly or more difficult
fearful strain of office politics
可怕的办公室政治的应变(为了勾心斗角感到焦虑)【= anxiety 】
an injury to a part of your body 扭伤
You will strain your eyes by reading in such poor light.
你在这样弱的光线下看书会损伤视力的。
monopoly
something that only one person or group of people has (1)垄断(2)专利
And Microsoft continues to be enormously profitable, thanks to its operating system monopoly.
而且,由于对操作系统的垄断,微软仍拥有巨大的盈利性。
Any threat of monopoly, they argue, is removed by fierce competition from trucks.
他们认为由于公路运输的激烈竞争,垄断的威胁已经不复存在。
Founding new businesses is not a monopoly of the young, even if it seems so nowadays
创业不是年轻人的专利,在如今的时代看也是这样。
真题原文:
http://www.hjenglish.com/bec/p77204_3/
apprehensive
slightly worried or nervous(轻微的)担忧理解
He was the more affable on the surface as secretly he became more apprehensive, felt more hollow.
他表面上越是和蔼可亲,内心越是忐忑不安,越感到空虚。
relief
public help 救济
the relief fund 救济金
引申:减轻(负担); 解脱(精神) 【 固:rate relief 费用减少】
On the other hand , the medical institute should response loud voice from the public for medicines rate relief.
其次,作为医院,应当响应公众的呼吁降低医药费用。
Once he had scored that goal, once he was celebrating, there was a sort of relief there for him.
就在他破门那一刻,就在他庆祝那一刻,他终于有某种解脱的感觉。
ban
an statement ordering people not to do 禁止 [ + on ]
while making out in the hallways would not be appropriate, there’s no ban on students dating each other.
男女学生在走廊里亲热被视为不正当的行为,但学校并不禁止男女学生之间的约会。