n. 教师,教员,老师,先生;[航]教练机;
💡 teach教+er人 →教师
"The teacher listened to the children reading aloud ."
老师听着孩子们朗读。
近义:housefather, instructor, master, mentor, monitor, pedagog
反义:schoolboy, schoolchild, student, trainee, undergraduate, scholar
vt. 避开,避免,预防;[法]使无效,撤销,废止;
💡 a=out处于+void空→empty out空出来→避开,避免
"Write clear definitions in order to avoid ambiguity."
释义要写清楚以免产生歧义。
近义:parry, avert, prevent, shirk, shun, sidestep
反义:approach, initiate, launch, start, tackle, wage
adj. 使人尴尬的,令人为难的;
v. (使)窘迫,(使)局促不安( embarrass的现在分词);
"His jokes didn't even raise a smile, which was embarrassing."
听了他讲的笑话,都没人笑一下, 真是太尴尬了.
近义:humiliating, inconvenient, irksome, labored, laborious, nervy