书城外语大学英语六级词汇新解
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whereas

conj. (esp. legal) considering that (尤作法律用语)鉴于,既然 but in contrast; while on the other hand 反之,而,却。

whereby

adv. by which 靠那个;凭那个;借以。

She devised a plan whereby the might escape.

她想出了一个他们可用以逃跑的计划。

whirl

v. to move round and round very fast 使旋转,使急转 n. the act or sensation of whirling 旋转,急转。

give sth. a whirl 试一试/in a whirl 混乱。

The wind whirled the dead leaves about.

风把枯叶吹得四处飞扬。

With an angry whirl she turned round to face him.

她生气地急转过身来面对着他。

withhold

v. refuse to give sth.; to keep back on purpose 拒绝给出,(故意)抑制,制止。

withhold information 封锁消息/withhold one s hand 住手/withhold from 忍住不……

He was accused of withholding information about terrorist offences from the police.

他被指控向警察隐瞒有关恐怖分子活动的信息。

wrench

v. to pull hard with a twisting or turning movement 扭,拧,揪 n. an act of twisting and puling 扭,拧,揪。

wrench... form/out of 从……(那里)抢走……/wrench the facts 歪曲事实。

He wrenched the handbag from the old woman.

他从老妇人那里抢走了她的手提包。

wretched

adj. very unhappy, miserable 悲惨的,不幸的,可怜的 of very poor quality 令人苦恼的,讨厌的 very bad 极差的,拙劣的。

miserable, wretched

miserable 指因贫穷、屈辱、不幸而引起内心极端痛苦或苦恼,多指感情方面;如:The miserable little girl wept quietly in the corner. 那个可怜的小姑娘躲在角落里暗暗地哭泣。 wretched与miserable 同义,但多指外表上表现出极大的痛苦。如:His recurrent stomachache made him feel wretched. 他周期性的胃痛使他十分痛苦。

lead a wretched life 过着悲惨的生活/wretched weather 恶劣的天气/a wretched traitor 卑鄙的叛徒/feel wretched 感到苦恼/难受/a wretched headache 剧烈的头痛/a wretched colour 难看的颜色。

He s in bed with a bad cold, feeling pretty wretched.

我患了重感冒躺在床上,感到非常地难受。

wrinkle

n. small fold or line in the skin, esp. one of those on the face that caused by age 皱纹 v. (cause sth. to) form wrinkles (使)皱起

make a wrinkle 使起皱/wear wrinkles on one s face 脸上有皱纹。

Put only a few garments in the drier at one time to prevent them from wrinkling.

在烘干机里一次只放几件衣服,以防它们起皱。