Common A1 English Words

a young person of either sexnoun

Like, how long was he an only child, and then like how was that introduction?比如，他当了多久的独生子，然后它们初次见面是什么样？

something done (usually as opposed to something said)noun

This sentence is useful because it gives you clear action inside a real situation.这句话很有用，因为它在真实情境中给出了明确的行动。

a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some fieldnoun, verb

Just like with any fried food, I want to season them when they're hot so that the salt sticks.就像炸其他食物一样，我想趁热调味，这样盐才能粘住。

a flexible container with a single openingnoun

Describing location, you usually keep it in your bag.描述位置，你通常把它放在包里。

unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')adverb

Chamberlain Square is obviously named after the Prime Minister of the UK, who was in charge just at the beginning of World War Two, just before Winston Churchill came became Prime Minister.张伯伦广场显然以英国首相的名字命名，他在第二次世界大战开始时负责，在温斯顿·丘吉尔成为首相之前。

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)noun

This woman built an entire world from scratch, all for one tiny jumping spider.这位女士从零开始打造了一个完整的世界，这一切都是为了这只小小的跳蛛。

conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormaladjective

Use that sentence once today, even quietly, because real progress comes from bringing practice into a normal moment.今天用一次那个句子，即使很轻声，因为真正的进步来自于将练习带入正常时刻。

a message received and understoodnoun

Because we're sort of drinking from a fire hose nowadays of health information.因为我们现在正处于健康信息过载的时代。

something that can be donenoun, adjective

I would go to my friends' birthday parties and grab as much food as possible from the table.我会去朋友的生日派对，从桌子上尽可能多地拿食物。

a quantity sufficient to satisfynoun, verb

And the people fill up these beaches and this bay gets full of boats.人们挤满了这些海滩，海湾里也停满了船只。

(military) a written leave of absencenoun

Then one morning, Violet passed away while resting in Claudia's hands.后来的一天早上，维奥莱特在克劳迪娅的手心中静静地离世了。

an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpointnoun

So for her first virus, Beata and her colleagues chose measles, not the wild, dangerous type that killed about one hundred thousand people in twenty twenty-four, the weakened and pathetic version we've been using in the measles vaccines for over forty years.因此，对于她的第一种病毒，贝亚塔和她的同事选择了麻疹病毒，不是那种在2024年导致约十万人死亡的野生危险型，而是我们四十多年来一直在麻疹疫苗中使用的那种减毒且无害的版本。

massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong clawsnoun, verb

I grew up all over the place, so I wasn't really born and raised in any one particular place.我在很多地方长大，所以我并不是在某个特定的地方出生和长大的。

a human beingnoun

" And so and so I remember this thing I think unconsciously, which is that like I was kind of in control in this room, and yet somebody came in and like stole the room, and also was brilliant.所以，我记得这件事，我想是无意识的，那就是我在这个房间里似乎掌控着一切，但有人进来抢走了风头，而且非常出色。

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildingsnoun

He will never have to roam the streets of New York City in pain ever again because recently he just found his forever home.他再也不用在纽约市的街头忍受痛苦地流浪了，因为最近他找到了属于自己的永远的家。

One taken at random rather than by selection; anybody. [Commonly written as two words.]noun

Well, I certainly had them as much as anyone.嗯，我和任何人一样，肯定有过那些经历。

the act of applying force in order to move something awaynoun, verb

And if they can, they push their self-destruct button and take the virus with them.如果可以的话，它们还会按下自毁按钮，与病毒同归于尽。

let haveverb

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an advantage held by a competitor in a racenoun

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the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterionnoun, verb

What he's an he genuinely is an amazing man, and I have a huge amount to thank him for.他真的是一个了不起的人，我非常感谢他。

the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactionsnoun

So I'm in this, and you're playing yourself for a character.所以我参演了，你是演你自己还是一个角色？

an intermediate part or sectionnoun, verb

It's a big, you know, it's a big red carpet, and and it was in the middle of the day.那是一个很大的红毯，而且是在白天举行的。

the locus of feelings and intuitionsnoun

Yes, and not do a mistake, even if your heart really wants that.是的，而不是 do a mistake，即使你心里很想这么说。

metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotatednoun

We used key phrases like practice out loud, learn by situation, and move from passive to active.我们用到了像大声练习、按场景学习、从被动转为主动这样的关键短语。

the amount of money needed to purchase somethingnoun

You can also book hotels or rental cars more cheaply thanks to the price difference in different countries.由于不同国家的价格差异，你还可以更便宜地预订酒店或租车。

the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emergenoun

This small final repetition helps your listening, your mouth, and your confidence connect before the practice ends.这个小的最终重复帮助你的听力、你的嘴巴和你的信心在练习结束前连接起来。

the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nationnoun

Our contracts with the state, but they're getting reimbursed by FEMA for a portion.我们与州政府签订了合同，但他们会从联邦紧急事务管理局（FEMA）获得部分报销。

in or to a place that is loweradverb

If you want to help support Catherine's fostering work, then please visit the link below.如果您想支持凯瑟琳的寄养工作，请访问下方的链接。

the present or immediately coming nightnoun, adverb

So if you learn nothing else from what I say tonight, everyone, please, the first hour of your day should be as bright as possible, ideally from sunlight.所以，如果大家今晚从我这里学不到别的，请记住，你一天中的第一个小时应该尽可能明亮，最好是来自阳光。

a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matternoun

Rocking of babies is actually a study on this shows that it facilitates them falling asleep.摇晃婴儿的研究表明，这有助于他们入睡。

the feeling aroused by something strange and surprisingnoun, verb

If you ever wonder why you wake up a minute before your alarm clock goes off, I just did it today.如果你曾经好奇为什么会在闹钟响前一分钟醒来，我今天就遇到了。

give a description ofverb

Today we are focusing on keep speaking, describe the idea, and recover when the exact word disappears.今天我们专注于保持说话、描述想法，以及在想不起确切词汇时如何补救。

a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)noun, verb

Speak as if the sentence belongs to you, not as if you are reading from a list.说的时候要像这个句子属于你自己，而不是像在读清单。

a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)noun

Mark Anthony is a stray cat who was found crying all alone in the snow in New York City.马克·安东尼是一只流浪猫，被发现时独自在纽约市的雪地里哭泣。

a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with waternoun, verb

Scallion oil noodles are a well-loved Shanghaiese dish found everywhere from fancy restaurants to street carts to home kitchens.葱油拌面是一道深受喜爱的上海菜，从高档餐厅到街头小摊，再到家里的厨房，随处可见。

someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)noun

From the Keith Speaking Academy, here to help you become a more confident speaker of English.来自基思英语口语学院，来帮你成为更自信的英语表达者。

a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or airnoun

This bench is perfect for them because there's windows on both sides, and a lot of times they'll just be perched, like one here, one here.这个长凳对它们来说很完美，因为两边都有窗户，很多时候它们会栖息在那里，一个在这，一个在那。

to make betterverb

If you get those two things right, your energy levels and your sleep just improve and improve.如果你能做好这两点，你的能量水平和睡眠质量就会不断提高。

a set of data arranged in rows and columnsnoun

And on the wall, there is a number, and that is my table number.墙上有一个数字，那是我的桌号。

a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)noun

The sign fell.招牌掉下来了。

regard something as probable or likelyverb

Honestly, I did not expect this library to be so big with so many floors.老实说，我没想到这个图书馆会这么大，有这么多层。

the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)noun

But after the second dose of tens of thousands of viruses, the tumour suddenly exploded, almost doubling in size and became more spiky, aggressive-looking.但在第二次注射了数万个病毒后，肿瘤突然爆发，体积几乎增加了一倍，看起来更加尖锐、具有侵略性。

being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weirdadjective

For example, I'm kind of tired, or it's kind of strange.例如，我有点累，或者这有点奇怪。

an isolated fact that is considered separately from the wholenoun

Connect the sentence to visual detail, not to memorize classroom answer.将句子与视觉细节联系起来，而不是背诵课堂答案。

a statement that deviates from or perverts the truthnoun, verb

But lying to avoid problems only makes things worse.但为了逃避问题而撒谎只会让事情变得更糟。

the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessitiesnoun

This is where Biarter decided to take care of this cancer herself, with the support of her colleagues, because they actually had a unique mix of expertise and resources.就在这时，比亚特决定在同事的支持下亲自处理这种癌症，因为他们确实拥有独特的专业知识和资源组合。

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contentsnoun

So perhaps it's time to give viruses a chance earlier in the process, when the cancer is only getting started and the body is not yet weakened by more aggressive treatments.所以也许是时候在癌症刚开始、身体尚未因更激进的治疗而衰弱时，给病毒疗法一个机会了。

a charge of ammunition for a single shotnoun

And then I'm just going to cut the ginger into thin rounds crosswise.然后我只需要把姜横着切成薄片。

a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transportnoun, verb

We say catch a bus, take a break, have a seat.我们说 catch a bus（赶公交），take a break（休息一下），have a seat（请坐）。

the final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournamentnoun, adjective

Start gently, stress the words that carry the meaning, and let the final word fall naturally.轻柔地开始，强调承载意义的词，让最后一个词自然落下。

a brief written recordnoun

I have notes like it is universally acknowledged that.我的笔记里有像“众所周知”这样的句子。

a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handlenoun

So here I have two-thirds of a cup of peanut oil that I've already added to the wok.我已经在锅里加入了三分之二杯的花生油。

any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gillsnoun, verb

This is a fishing boat with fishing nets.这是一艘带有渔网的渔船。

an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis)noun, adjective

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the way a garment hangsnoun, verb

I've had friends come over and if you know the cats are out here and we all hang out together, we can sit in here and I'm behind the scratching post.我有朋友过来的时候，如果猫在这儿，我们大家聚在一起，可以坐在这儿，我就在抓板后面。

a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public propertynoun

I lived up in Inwood, which is very northern tip of Manhattan, right by Inwood Hill Park.我住在因伍德，那是曼哈顿的最北端，就在因伍德山公园旁边。

the act of physically reaching or thrusting outnoun, verb

So in the summers, it reaches 100, 114 degrees.夏天的时候，能达到100、114度。

without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')adverb

This is steady English, and we will move slowly enough for your listening and your speaking to work together.这是稳定的英语，我们会放慢速度，让你的听力和口语能协同工作。

characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activityadjective

Like when I talk in the first few videos, my voice is very quiet.比如我在前几个视频里说话时，声音非常小。

anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past eventsnoun

That's where I learnt the discipline of transect science, recording everything I possibly could about this little parrot.在那里，我学会了样线调查的科学准则，尽可能地记录关于这种小鹦鹉的一切。

a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleepnoun

Time to get ready for bed, kids.孩子们，该准备睡觉了。

the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)noun

You read about projectile vomit on the floor, and I had to sort of didn't know what to do.你读到过关于喷射性呕吐在地板上的描述，而我有点不知所措。

the place where some action occursnoun

There's like a kissing scene in a movie, and you're auditioning for it.比如电影里有个接吻场景，你在为它试镜。

everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in somethingnoun, verb

You can choose from a thousand of servers in two hundred and twenty-four locations around the world to access your home content from abroad.你可以从全球 224 个地点的上千台服务器中进行选择，以便在国外访问你的家庭内容。

a room equipped for preparing mealsnoun

Scallion oil noodles are a well-loved Shanghaiese dish found everywhere from fancy restaurants to street carts to home kitchens.葱油拌面是一道深受喜爱的上海菜，从高档餐厅到街头小摊，再到家里的厨房，随处可见。

a word or expression used for some particular thingnoun

And when I was developing, I particularly enjoyed this thickness in terms of it not sticking and being coated in the sauce.我在研发时，特别喜欢这种粗细，因为它不会粘连，而且能很好地裹上酱汁。

isolated from othersadjective

Mark Anthony is a stray cat who was found crying all alone in the snow in New York City.马克·安东尼是一只流浪猫，被发现时独自在纽约市的雪地里哭泣。

an ability that has been acquired by trainingnoun

If it's, you know, cognitive information, you're like learning a language, or music, or an emotional skill, like trying not trying not to speak during an argument or something.如果它是，你知道，认知信息，比如你在学习一门语言，或音乐，或一种情绪技能，比如在争吵时尽量不说话之类的。

the activity of persuading someone to buynoun, verb

No, what I would like to check out in addition to that, but I believe they're all sold out is the Hearts of Pine soccer game.不，除了那个之外，我还想去看看，但我相信它们都卖光了，那是松木之心足球赛。

a risk involving dangernoun, verb

After he recovered, Mark Anthony spent months in the kennel waiting for someone to give him a chance.康复后，马克·安东尼在笼子里待了几个月，等待着有人能给他一个机会。

have as a part, be made up out ofverb

She had multiple injuries, including a spinal injury, a broken femur, and a severe head injury that left her permanently deaf.她有多处受伤，包括脊椎损伤、股骨骨折和严重的头部创伤，导致她永久性失聪。

a model considered worthy of imitationnoun, verb

You can change one detail and use the same pattern in another conversation.你可以改变一个细节，在另一个对话中使用相同的模式。

a learner who is enrolled in an educational institutionnoun

Yes, the teacher is warm and the student is confused.是的，老师很温暖，学生很困惑。

the land on which real estate is locatednoun

Well, I had one more piece called Bleet, B L E E T E E, about what would happen if E T landed in Oakland.嗯，我还有一个作品叫《Bleet》，B L E E T E E，讲的是如果E T降落在奥克兰会怎样。

a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many partsnoun

So a useful structure is: could you arrange plus noun for me?所以一个有用的句型是：你能为我安排……吗？

the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speechnoun, verb

Connect the sentence to present moment, not to a memorized classroom answer.将句子与当下时刻联系起来，而不是记忆课堂答案。

express a suppositionverb

The the character that Kieran was auditioning for was supposed to like constantly like me and manhandle me and like knock me around and stuff.基兰试镜的角色本应不断地喜欢我、摆弄我，把我推来推去之类的。

on the positive side or higher end of a scaleadjective

I think everyone has seen it, but I think it's the biggest show on Paramount Plus.我想大家都看过了，我认为它是派拉蒙流媒体上最大的节目。

the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and soldnoun, verb

My name is Alex, and I work in digital marketing.我叫亚历克斯，我在数字营销领域工作。

blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytimenoun

And he had then a powder blue suit.他当时穿着一套粉蓝色的西装。

the visual percept of a regionnoun

It's a sea ocean view, but I will take what I can get.那是海景，但我会知足常乐的。

the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)noun, verb

The goal was to eliminate every last cancer cell that was still hiding in her body, and the chemo did its job.目标是消灭体内潜藏的每一个癌细胞，而化疗确实起到了作用。

used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; anyhow, they're quiet"; anyway, it's gone"; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"adverb

And anyway, I thought it was my acting, but it turned out the Mexican food.总之，我以为是我的演技问题，但结果是墨西哥食物。

a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structurenoun

He is in bed, and he has a glass of water.他躺在床上，手边有一杯水。

the act of going from one place to anothernoun, verb

Soon, Violet had a crochet pouch, miniature rooms, and her own little travel carrier called a pocket pod.很快，维奥莱特就有了钩针编织的小袋子、微型房间，还有她专属的旅行箱，也就是“口袋舱”。

a licensed medical practitionernoun, verb

In the early twentieth century, baffled doctors observed that the tumors of some cancer patients shrank when they got virus infections like influenza or measles, which makes perfect sense if we understand how both work.在二十世纪初，困惑的医生们观察到，一些癌症患者在感染了流感或麻疹等病毒后，肿瘤竟然缩小了。如果我们了解这两者的运作机制，这其实完全说得通。

a male with the same parents as someone elsenoun

I quickly I met my brother later in life, so I grew up as an only child, and then we connected after we were the same age.我是在后来才见到我兄弟的，所以我从小是独生子，然后我们在成年后才建立了联系。

buildings for carrying on industrial labornoun

And another topic is I think I found some books about identifying plants, like edible foraging for edible plants here in Maine because you really inspired me, honestly.另一个话题是，我想我找到了一些关于识别植物的书，比如在缅因州寻找可食用植物，因为说实话，你真的启发了我。

appealing to the emotions as well as the eyeadjective

Luckily, the skin of the lemon has tons of lemon oil in it, which gives you a lovely flavor.幸运的是，柠檬皮含有大量柠檬油，能带来美妙的风味。

a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossomsnoun

Today he even brought two flower bouquets.今天他甚至带了两束花。

round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in gamesnoun

So researchers want to explore how a detonation can take place without obstacles in a smooth ball of gas like a star, and what conditions have to exist in terms of temperature, pressure, and chemistry for it to happen.因此，研究人员想探索在没有障碍物的光滑气体球（如恒星）中，爆轰如何发生，以及发生爆轰所需的温度、压力和化学条件。

a hypothetical description of a complex entity or processnoun

I read all of her books, and it really became a model for my science communication.我读了她所有的书，她确实成为了我科学传播的榜样。

an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)noun

Get instant access to thousands of recipes, tips, techniques, product reviews, and step-by-step videos.立即获取数千种食谱、技巧、技术、产品评论和分步视频。

any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasksnoun

Um, and I don't know if it's fair to call it a phobia because it is a prehistoric cold-blooded killing machine.嗯，我不知道称之为恐惧症是否公平，因为它们是史前冷血杀戮机器。

an actor who plays villainous rolesnoun, adjective

If one word feels heavy, keep going and protect the full idea.如果有一个词感觉很吃力，继续说下去，保护完整的想法。

one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunesnoun

And his sort of job description is espionage expert, military expert, and which I think must look great on a business card.他的职位描述大概是间谍专家、军事专家，我觉得这印在名片上一定很棒。

following the second position in an ordering or seriesnoun, adjective, adverb

Choose one sentence from this third group and say it again in your mind.从这第三组中选择一个句子，并在心中再说一遍。

the act of carrying somethingnoun, verb

There will never be another Violet, but before long, more jumping spiders began joining the little world that she inspired, and every tiny room that Claudia builds now carries a little piece of the spider who started it all.维奥莱特是独一无二的，但不久之后，更多的跳蛛开始加入她所启发的小世界，而克劳迪娅现在建造的每一个微型房间，都承载着那只开启这一切的蜘蛛的一点点痕迹。

an open way (generally public) for travel or transportationnoun

And when the storm came, the ocean came with a vengeance from this direction and broke through in two places, right here and just up the road in Mantoloking.当风暴来袭时，大洋从这个方向猛烈地冲了过来，在两个地方冲开了缺口，就在这里和曼托洛金（Mantoloking）那边的路上。

the day after todaynoun, adverb

Can you come in tomorrow at 3 o'clock?您明天3点能来吗？