朗文當代英語詞典

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朗文當代英語詞典

costly

cost·ly /?k?stli US ?k??stli/

adj

very expensive, especially wasting a lot of money

a complex and costly procedure

Such a databa would be extremely costly to t up.

something that is costly caus a lot of problems or trouble

His delay in making a decision could prove costly in the long run.

>costliness

n [U]

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migraine

mi·graine /?mi?gre?n, ?ma?- US ?ma?-/

n [U and C]

[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin:

Late Latin hemicrania

'pain in one side of

the head', from

Greek, from hemi-

'half' + kranion ( CRANIUM)]

an extremely bad headache, during which you feel sick and have pain behind your eyes

have/get a migraine

I won't be coming this evening - I've got a migraine.

He suffers from vere migraine.

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bad/vere migraine

overall

1

o·ver·all1 W2S3 /??uv?r???l US ?ouv?r???l/

adj [only before noun]

considering or including everything

The overall cost of the exhibition was ￡400,000.

The overall result is an increa in population.

An overall winner and a runner-up were chon.

We don't want all the details now, just the overall picture.

HINT n 1

Do not say 'in the overall' or 'on the overall'. Say on the whole:

In spite of the film's

many faults, on the whole it's worth eing.

overall

2

overall2

adv

considering or including everything

Williams came fifth overall.

What will it cost, overall?

[ntence adverb]

generally

overall

3

o·ver·all3 /??uv?r??l US ?ouv?r??l/

n

[C]

BrE

a loo-fitting piece of clothing like a coat, that is worn over clothes to protect them

overalls [plural]

AmE

heavy cotton trours with a piece covering your chest, held up by pieces of cloth that

go over your shoulders

British Equivalent: dungarees

overalls [plural]

BrE

a piece of clothing like a shirt and trours in one piece that is worn over other clothes to

protect them

American Equivalent: coveralls

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facility

fa·cil·i·ty

W1S3 /f??s?l?ti/

n

plural facilities

facilities [plural]

rooms, equipment, or rvices that are provided for a particular purpo

Overall, prices are still rising.

All rooms have private facilities (=private bathroom and toilet) .

The hotel has its own pool and leisure facilities .

toilet facilities

childcare facilities

[C usually singular]

a special part of a piece of equipment or a system which makes it possible to do

something

Is there a call-back facility on this phone?

a bank account with an overdraft facility

[C]

a place or building ud for a particular activity or industry, or for providing a particular

type of rvice

a top-cret rearch facility

the finest indoor sports facility in the US

[singular]

a natural ability to do something easily and well

= talent facility for

She has an amazing facility for languages.

the facilities

AmE spoken the toilet, ud to be polite

Excu me, I have to u the facilities.

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perishable

per·ish·a·ble /?per???b?l/

adj

food that is perishable is likely to decay quickly

perishable goods such as butter, milk, fruit and fish

>perishables

n [plural]

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notification

no·ti·fi·ca·tion /?n?ut?f??ke???n US ?nou-/

n [U and C]

formal

official information about something

prior/advance notification

I was given no prior notification.

You should receive notification of the results within a week.

We received official notification that Harry was missing.

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notification of

official/written/formal notification

bombard

bom·bard / bɑm`bɑrd / verb [transitive]

1 to ask someone so many questions, give them so much information, etc. that it is

difficult for them to deal with it all:

bombard someone/something with something: She bombarded him with faxes and called

his office repeatedly.

2 to attack a place by dropping a lot of bombs on it or firing guns at it for a long time

2a. to attack someone or something by hitting them with a lot of objects or hitting them

many times:

Part of the sample is then bombarded by electrons.

bombard someone/something with something: Protesters bombarded the building with

ink, paint, and bottles.

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distort

dis·tort /d??st??t US -??rt/

v

[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: distortus, past participle of distorquere

'to

twist out of shape']

[I and T]

to change the appearance, sound, or shape of something so that it is strange or unclear

Tall buildings can distort radio signals.

[T]

to report something in a way that is not completely true or correct

His account was badly distorted by the press.

[T]

to change a situation from the way it would naturally be

an expensive subsidy which distorts the market

His face was distorted in anger.

>distorted

adj

>distortion /d??st????n US -??r-/

n [U and C]

a gross distortion of the facts