n. 航行(學),航海(術),海上交通;
[例句] Pack ice around Iceland was becoming a threat to navigation.
adv. 必要地,必需地,必定地,必然地;
[例句] Anger is not necessarily the most useful or acceptable reaction to such events...
[例句] Speed and safety are not necessarily incompatible...
n. 中心,核心,(原子)核,起點,開始,[微]細胞核;
[例句] Neutrons and protons are bound together in the nucleus of an atom.
[例句] The Civic Movement could be the nucleus of a centrist party of the future.
vt. 使正常化,使標準化;
[例句] Meditation tends to lower or normalize blood pressure...
[例句] There may be some deep-seated emotional reason which has to be dealt with before your eating habits normalize.
n. 營養,滋養,營養品,營養學,食物;
[例句] There are alternative sources of nutrition to animal meat...
[例句] As in all experimental sciences, we still do not know everything about nutrition.
vt. 滋養,施肥于,撫養,教養,懷抱(希望、怨恨),使健壯;
[例句] The food she eats nourishes both her and the baby.
[例句] ...microbes in the soil which nourish the plant.
adj. 顯而易見的,明顯的,引人注目的,令人矚目的,顯著的,重要的,可以察覺的;
[例句] It is noticeable that women do not have the rivalry that men have...
[例句] The most noticeable effect of these changes is in the way people are now working together.
n. 蕁麻,〈比喻〉使人煩惱的事;v. 拿蕁麻打,拿蕁麻刺,激怒,惹
[例句] The nettles stung their legs.
[例句] ...numerous clumps of stinging nettles dotted across the meadow.
adj. 頑皮的,不聽話的,淘氣的,下流的;
[例句] Girls, you're being very naughty...
[例句] You naughty boy, you gave me such a fright.
n. 注意( notice的名詞復數 ),布告,警告,預告;v. 介紹( notice的第三人稱單數 ),關注,關照,說到;
[例句] People should not hesitate to contact the police if they've noticed anyone acting suspiciously...
[例句] I noticed that most academics were writing papers during the summer...
adv. 否定地,消極地,取消地,負地;
[例句] The news from overseas is overwhelmingly negative...
[例句] All this had an extremely negative effect on the criminal justice system.
n. 編號方式;v. 數,算( number的現在分詞 ),給…編號,總共;
[例句] No, I don't know the room number...
[例句] Stan Laurel was born at number 3, Argyll Street...
n. 西北,西北方向,西北部;adj. 在西北的,西北部的,向西北的,(風、光線)來自西北方的;adv. 自西北地;
[例句] ...Ushant, five miles out to the north-west.
[例句] Labour took its pre-election campaign to the North-West.
vt. 通知,布告;
[例句] The skipper notified the coastguard of the tragedy...
[例句] Earlier this year they were notified that their homes were to be cleared away...
adj. 在附近的,位于附近的;adv. 附近地,不遠地;
[例句] He might easily have been seen by someone who lived nearby...
[例句] He spoke softly to a couple standing nearby...
n. 居住區,周邊地區,大約,在…附近;
[例句] It seemed like a good neighbourhood to raise my children.
[例句] He was born and grew up in the Flatbush neighbourhood of Brooklyn...
adj. 臭名昭著的,臭名遠揚的,聲名狼藉的,惡名昭著;
[例句] ...an area notorious for drugs, crime and violence...
[例句] She told us the story of one of Britain's most notorious country house murders.
vt. 使中立化,使無效,宣布中立,中
[例句] The US is trying to neutralize the resolution in the UN Security Council...
[例句] The intruder smashed a window to get in and then neutralized the alarm system.
adj. 發瘋的,傻的,熱愛的,迷戀的;n. 螺母( nut的名詞復數 ),堅果,對…著迷的人,瘋子;
[例句] Nuts and seeds are good sources of vitamin E.
[例句] If you want to repair the wheels you just undo the four nuts.
n. 國籍,國家,民族性,部落;
[例句] Asked his nationality, he said British...
[例句] The crew are of different nationalities and have no common language.