prefer
比较喜欢
Which would you prefer, tea or coffee?
你比较喜欢哪一个,茶或咖啡?
Eric prefers jazz to classical music.
艾瑞克喜欢爵士乐甚于古典乐。
I prefer going to the movies to watching TV.=I prefer to the movies rather than watch TV.=I prefer to go to the movies instead of watching TV.
我比较喜欢看电影甚于看电视。
crowd
一群人;挤满;群聚,拥挤
There was a large crowd in the park.
公园里有一大群人。
A lot of factory workers crowded the seafood restaurant.
许多工厂工人坐满了这家海鲜餐厅。
Worries crowded my mind, so I decided to take a hot bath.
我满心忧虑,因此决定洗个热水澡。
The students crowded around their teacher.
那些学生围聚在他们老师的身旁。
crowded
拥挤的
The station is crowded with passengers on holidays.
每逢假日车站总是挤满了乘客。
talent
天才
Mary has a talent for drawing.= Mary is talented in drawing.
玛丽绘画有天分。
talented
有天分的
The lack of talented people makes it hard for the government to carry out the project.
由于缺乏有才干的人,政府很难执行这项计划。
ignore
不在意,无视;装做没看见,不理
That fool ignores all warnings from his parents.
那个傻瓜无视他父母给他的种种警告。
I was angry because she kept ignoring me.
我很生气,因为她一直不理我。
reading
阅读
I enjoy reading at my leisure.
我闲时喜欢阅读。
writing
写作(不可数);着作(可数);字(不可数);字迹(不可数)(=handwriting)
Martha is good at writing.
玛莎很会写作。
Few writings have been published about this subject.
关于这个题材的着作目前还很少。
Mike is wearing a T-shirt with Chinese writing on it.
麦可穿了件印有中国字的T恤。
His writing is quite untidy.
他的字迹很潦草。
pleasure
快乐,乐趣
It's my great pleasure to deliver this speech to you.
能向诸位发表演讲是我的荣幸。
Sam takes pleasure in teasing his younger sister about her boyfriend's bad breath.
山姆哥很爱拿他妹妹男友的口臭来调侃她。
pleasant
令人愉快的(多指天气、个性等)
The weather today is really pleasant—not too cold or too hot.
今天的天气极舒适——不会太冷也不会太热。
daily
每日的;每天
The New York Times is the biggest daily newspaper in the United States.
《纽约时报》在美国是最大的一家日报。
Jill phones her mother daily.
吉儿每天都打电话给她妈妈。