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nourish vt保持, 增长(情绪等)He's been nourishing the hope of a trip abroad.他一直怀着出国旅行的愿望。

numb vt.使失去感觉, 使冻僵He was numbed with grief.他因悲伤而昏迷了。

adj.麻木的, 失去感觉的; 冻僵了的(with); 钝的numb with cold冻僵a numb hand[俚]蠢物

nurse vi喂, 吃奶The baby is nursing at its mother's breasts.那孩子正在吃妈妈的奶。

养育者;起源[(+of)]Town life is the nurse of civilization. 城市生活是文明的摇篮。

vt怀有,抱着(想法等); 培养;培育;精心料理;悉心照料

He nursed the dream of becoming a great writer. 他抱有成为大作家的梦想。

He nursed the house plants through a long winter. 在漫长的冬季他一直精心照料室内盆栽植物。

nursery n苗圃;养鱼场;动物繁殖场We bought a small tree at the nursery. 我们在苗圃买了一棵小树。

温床;滋生地Their extensive fishing trade was an excellent nursery for seamanship 他们广泛的渔业贸易是航海技术的一个良好的养成所。

observation n言论, 评论, 意见He made valuable observations on the prices.他对物价问题提出了宝贵的意见。

observe vt遵守; 遵循They faithfully observed the rules.他们忠实地遵守规则。

评论[述]; 讲He observed that the house seemed to be too small.他说那房子似乎小了一点儿。

obtain vi(.指规则、习俗)通行; 流行The custom still obtains in some districts.这种风俗在某些地方仍然流行。

occasion n特殊场合; 庆典I only wear a tie on special occasions.我只有在特殊的场合才系领带。

原因, 理由There was no occasion to do so.没有理由这样做。

vt.惹起, 引起Who occasioned his anger?谁惹他生气?

occupation n消遣Reading is a useful occupation to us.阅读对我们是一种有益的消遣。

odd/odds adj.临时的，不固定的 【近义词】temporary

【真题例句】 Left, until now, to odd, low-level IT staff to put right, and seen as a concern only of

data-rich industries such as banking, telecoms and air travel, information protection is now high on the boss’s

agenda in businesses of every variety.【2007年阅读Text4】

信息保护过去一直是临时的、低级的信息技术员的工作，并且只被诸如银行、电信、航空这类拥有大量

数据的行业所关注，而现在却高高列在各行业老板的日程表上。

adj奇数的，不成对的 【反义词】even 【例】an odd shoe.一只不成对的鞋

odds. n.可能性，概率

【真题例句】 Even demographics are working against the middle class family, as the odds of having a weakelderly parent – and all the attendant need for physical and financial assistance – have jumped eightfold in just one generation.

【2007年阅读Text3】

甚至人口统计数据都对中产阶级家庭产生不利，家庭中出现一个年老体衰的父(母)亲——以及随之而来的压力和经济援助的需求——的几率在一代人的时间里增加了八倍。

offer n供应; 报价I am open to an offer.我愿考虑买主的出价。

oil vt贿赂 How dare you oil the judge! 你怎么竟敢向法官行贿!

on prep在...时候; ...之后立即He jumped with joy on hearing the news. 他一听到这个消息就高兴得跳了起来。

是...的成员He is on the school volleyball team. 他是校排球队的队员。

opening n空缺, 缺额There are no openings for secretaries at the bank at present.现在银行里没有秘书空缺。

机会,好时机[C]good openings for business 做生意的大好时机

operate vi 作战;突袭The frontier forces had to operate against the invaders. 边防军不得不对入侵敌人作战。

巡逻 Police speed traps are operating on this motorway.这条高速公路上有警察的汽车超速监视区。