n. 教師,教員,老師,先生;[航]教練機;
?? teach教+er人 →教師
"The teacher listened to the children reading aloud ."
老師聽著孩子們朗讀。
近義:housefather, instructor, master, mentor, monitor, pedagog
反義:schoolboy, schoolchild, student, trainee, undergraduate, scholar
vt. 避開,避免,預防;[法]使無效,撤銷,廢止;
?? a=out處于+void空→empty out空出來→避開,避免
"Write clear definitions in order to avoid ambiguity."
釋義要寫清楚以免產生歧義。
近義:parry, avert, prevent, shirk, shun, sidestep
反義:approach, initiate, launch, start, tackle, wage
adj. 使人尷尬的,令人為難的;
v. (使)窘迫,(使)局促不安( embarrass的現在分詞);
"His jokes didn't even raise a smile, which was embarrassing."
聽了他講的笑話,都沒人笑一下, 真是太尷尬了.
近義:humiliating, inconvenient, irksome, labored, laborious, nervy