Common A2 English Words

the framework for a pair of eyeglassesnoun

I have a beautiful framed photograph.我有一张精美的装裱照片。

high in price or charging high pricesadjective

You know, disasters are getting a lot more expensive for the government.你知道，灾难对政府来说变得越来越昂贵了。

a loud utterance; often in protest or oppositionnoun

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。

control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuitnoun

Connect the sentence to switching strategy, not to memorized classroom answer.将句子与转换策略联系起来，而不是与死记硬背的课堂答案联系起来。

not given to gentleness or sentimentalityadjective

So they made the tough decision to amputate, and for Mark Anthony, it was an instant relief.因此，他们做出了艰难的截肢决定，而这对马克·安东尼来说，是一种即时的解脱。

your consciousness of your own identitynoun, adjective

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。

footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier materialnoun, verb

I like the pizza babka, but I love pizza, so it was kind of a shoe in for me.我喜欢披萨芭布卡，但我本身就爱披萨，所以它对我来说是稳赢的。

causing fear or dread or terroradjective

I mean, a really great writer, but but a terrible person.我的意思是，她是一位非常伟大的作家，但也是一个糟糕的人。

an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lakenoun, verb

And then we put it on the off-road truck and take it out and dump it on the beach and then spread it back out.然后我们把它装上越野卡车，运出去倒在海滩上，再把它铺平。

troops belonging to or allied with your own military forcesnoun, adjective

The people there are just so kind, so friendly, and if you're respectful, people welcome you in and with open arms, open hearts, and of course, it's tropical paradise.那里的人们非常善良、友好，如果你尊重他们，人们会张开双臂、敞开心扉欢迎你，当然，那里是热带天堂。

experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappinessadjective

But then I actually had an audition to play the young Voldemort while I was still at university, and and it was with the assistant of the assistant of the assistant of the casting director, and I didn't, and they actually even allowed me to finish the audition, so I was sad.但后来我实际上得到了一个试镜机会，扮演年轻的伏地魔，当时我还在大学里，而且是和选角导演的助理的助理的助理一起试镜，我没能，他们甚至没让我完成试镜，所以我很难过。

a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciencesnoun

Fill your walls with knowledge every aspiring scientist should have at a glance.用知识装点您的墙壁，让每位有抱负的科学家都能一目了然。

an unvarying or habitual method or procedurenoun

One thing that's become part of my everyday allergen management routine is using Clorox Pure Allergen Neutralizer Fabric and Carpet Spray.我日常过敏管理的一部分就是使用高乐氏（Clorox）纯净过敏原中和织物和地毯喷雾。

a garment worn on the upper half of the bodynoun, verb

So this is a thrift shop find, and it's Elbien Classic Men Shirt.这件是在二手店淘到的，是Elbien经典男士衬衫。

the ripened reproductive body of a seed plantnoun, verb

It just happens on buttercreams when you're using acidic fruit.当你使用酸性水果时，奶油霜就会这样。

a powerful stroke with the fist or a weaponnoun, verb

We're looking for the noodles to be slightly puffy, so they're starting to get tender, but they're not blown out or falling apart.我们要找的是那种稍微膨胀、开始变软，但又没有煮烂或散掉的面条。

single thickness of usually some homogeneous substancenoun

And so I think that instead of layering on more metrics, which have a place, the most important metric is really this qualitative sense of do I feel healthy today?所以我认为，与其叠加更多的指标（虽然它们有其作用），最重要的指标其实是这种定性的感觉：我今天感觉健康吗？

having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or diseaseadjective

It helps my brain function better, and it just makes me feel generally healthier.它能让我的大脑更好地工作，而且让我感觉整体上更健康。

the first meal of the day (usually in the morning)noun, verb

After breakfast, you eat lunch and then dinner.吃完早餐后，你们会吃午餐，然后是晚餐。

a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)noun

Don't move your head, only wings." Turn on this music and.别动你的头，只动翅膀。" 打开这首音乐。

a small worthless amountnoun

This is a small film that we produced myself, my husband Jack, and who's been on your show before.这是一部小成本电影，由我和我丈夫杰克制作，他之前也上过你的节目。

one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)noun

When the wave came across the island, it washed all the stuff out into the bay.当海浪冲过岛屿时，它把所有的东西都冲进了海湾。

an amount paid before it is earnednoun, verb

Like many medical advances, this one was discovered by accident.像许多医学进步一样，这是偶然发现的。

the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)noun

So I like to just tilt the wok and test the temperature.我喜欢倾斜炒锅来测试油温。

find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning ofverb

I have not yet run into a single real issue that I could not either solve or at least something that was not like a big deal.我目前还没有遇到任何无法解决的真正问题，或者至少没有遇到什么大麻烦。

the sense organ for hearing and equilibriumnoun

This kind of conversation helps your ears, your vocabulary, and your confidence.这种对话有助于提升你的听力、词汇量和自信心。

something acquired without compensationnoun

And now we have a gift for you, my little boy.现在我们还有一份礼物要送给你，我的小男孩。

the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)noun

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。

nonstandard usageadjective

" Alright, so we've looked at a whole bunch of these different ways to say "no" politely.”好了，我们已经看了很多种礼貌说“不”的方式。

the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move itnoun, verb

So then your coworker might respond, "I'm sure you'll handle it well.所以你的同事可能会回应：“我相信你能处理得很好。”

in large part; mainly or chieflyadverb

And for the bok choy, if it has sort of a woody end, I like to just give that a little trim, but you want to keep the pieces mostly intact.对于油菜，如果根部有点木质化，我喜欢稍微修剪一下，但要尽量保持整体完整。

put in the mind of someoneverb

Violet's life was so small and so short, but somehow she reminded me that my time is limited too.维奥莱特的生命是如此渺小而短暂，但不知何故，她提醒了我，我的时间也同样有限。

the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someonenoun

It is especially useful when your brain may search for a complete perfect sentence instead of starting with one clear idea.当你的大脑可能在寻找一个完整完美的句子，而不是从一个清晰的想法开始时，这尤其有用。

an instrumentality invented for a particular purposenoun

Regardless of whether you're surfing with a computer, tablet, or smartphone, NordVPN is compatible with all major platforms and can be used on ten devices simultaneously.无论你是使用电脑、平板电脑还是智能手机上网，NordVPN 都兼容所有主流平台，并可同时在十台设备上使用。

lose thickness; become thin or thinnerverb, adjective

It's actually a Chinese pantry staple that's a little bit thinner and saltier than a regular Japanese soy sauce.它实际上是中式厨房的必备调料，比普通的日式酱油更稀、更咸。

the total number countednoun, verb

I also haven't been counting how many questions we've done for this so far.我也没数过我们到现在为止问了多少个问题了。

a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closednoun

I locked myself out is very useful and very sad.“我把自己锁在门外了”这个短语非常有用，但也非常令人难过。

get lost, as without warning or explanationverb

If English disappears at the exact moment you need it, stay with me for this practice.如果在你需要英语的那一刻它恰好消失了，请跟着我一起做这个练习。

a reply of denialnoun, adjective

So, yeah, Trump said that concerns about AI have been exaggerated by very negative forces.所以，是的，特朗普说对人工智能的担忧被非常负面的力量夸大了。

a colloquial expression for invitationnoun, verb

I don't have it here, but they had the premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, and my role was so small they didn't invite me.我这儿没有，但他们在多伦多电影节举行了首映，我的角色太小了，他们没邀请我。

a visitor to whom hospitality is extendednoun

Our first guest tonight is so famous I really don't even need to introduce her.今晚我们的第一位嘉宾太有名了，我甚至都不需要介绍她。

a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)noun, verb

This almost feels like in some ways like Linux switching wheels on, but there's also some weirdness too.这在某些方面感觉就像Linux切换轮子一样，但也有一些奇怪之处。

at or in or to any place; (`anyplace' is used informally for `anywhere')adverb

Anywhere I've gone in Africa, you find the most extraordinary things: hundreds of new species to science.无论我在非洲去到哪里，都能发现最非凡的事物：数百种科学界尚不为人知的新物种。

(geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygonnoun

Our mission is to protect 1.2 million square kilometers of African watersheds, water towers, source the resilience of the continent to the long-term impacts of climate change.我们的使命是保护120万平方公里的非洲流域和水源地，为非洲大陆应对气候变化的长期影响提供韧性。

pain that feels hot as if it were on firenoun

Your cupcakes will burn if these are empty, but that won't happen if you fill the wells like half way or so with some water.如果这些模具是空的，你的纸杯蛋糕会烤焦，但如果你在模具凹槽里加水到一半左右，就不会发生这种情况。

generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesivesnoun, adjective

My daughter had a little plastic knife, and I was just like, just rubbed her belly, and she just fell.我女儿有一把小塑料刀，我就只是给她揉肚子，她就倒下了。

as might be expectedadverb

I think humans naturally fear things we don't understand.我认为人类天生就会恐惧我们不了解的事物。

cover with metalverb

This right here is made of wood, and this is made of metal.这个是用木头做的，而这个是用金属做的。

cause to become wetverb, adjective

Were black folks had this thing where we would put the stuff in our head and it made it look wet and drippy.黑人有这种习惯，我们会把东西抹在头上，让它看起来湿漉漉的。

have a celebrationverb

Up next, this headline says Panda twins celebrate birthday.接下来，这个标题说“大熊猫双胞胎庆祝生日”。

a garment size for a tall personnoun, adjective

Get this, baby giraffes are already taller than you when they are born.听着，小长颈鹿出生时就已经比你高了。

the act of traveling from one place to anothernoun

You know, it really was a parrot that guided me into this journey of exploring Africa's rivers.你知道，确实是一只鹦鹉引导我踏上了探索非洲河流的旅程。

the act of delivering a blow with the footnoun, verb

Later, he just turned around, just went boom, straight in the face, kicked my tooth out.后来，他转过身，直接砰的一声，踢中了我的脸，把我的牙踢掉了。

utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking)verb

By the way, shout out to the two lovely people behind us.顺便提一下，向我们身后两位可爱的人致敬。

ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed pointnoun

Everyone was dancing in a circle, and we were just kind of making it up.大家围成一圈跳舞，我们只是在随性发挥。

a person responsible for hiring workersnoun, adjective

For example, in Liverpool, if you describe something as being boss, you're saying that is really good.例如，在利物浦，如果你形容某物是“boss”，你是在说那东西真的很好。

weight to be borne or conveyednoun

We offloaded here on this pile, and then we loaded in trucks and haul it across the road to the screener and screen it, so you filter it.我们在那个堆场卸货，然后装上卡车，运到马路对面的筛分机进行筛分，也就是过滤。

feeling or showing angeradjective

No, there was something else, a hidden army suddenly ripped from the shadows and without protection, Biata's immune system chose violence, like angry angels of death.不，还有别的东西，一支隐藏的军队突然从阴影中被撕扯出来，失去了保护，比阿塔的免疫系统选择了暴力，就像愤怒的死亡天使。

yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemonsnoun, verb, adjective

In either case, you're gonna get a light yellow or pastel-colored sugar that looks like wet sand, and it is chock full of lemon flavor.无论哪种方法，你都会得到浅黄色或柔和色调的糖，看起来像湿沙，而且充满了柠檬风味。

push for somethingverb

What do you recommend that cat owners have in their kitchen for their cats?你建议猫主人在厨房里为猫咪准备些什么？

an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoorsnoun, verb

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。

a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating systemnoun

So go from A to B to C as quickly as possible.所以要尽快从A到B到C。

a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or cappednoun, verb

And over here, you can see my water bottle.在那边，你们可以看到我的水瓶。

filled with fear or apprehensionadjective

I had some of those assumptions myself, but sometimes learning about the thing you're afraid of can completely change the way you see it.我自己也曾有过那些偏见，但有时了解你所恐惧的事物，会彻底改变你看待它的方式。

a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problemsnoun, verb

Beata would engineer her own anti-cancer virus mix and do her own viral therapy.贝塔（Beata）将设计属于她自己的抗癌病毒混合物，并进行自己的病毒疗法。

any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visiblenoun

And a burst of wind came in with a dense dust cloud, so you couldn't see anything.一阵狂风夹杂着浓密的尘云袭来，让人什么也看不见。

in a perfect or faultless wayadverb

Also, I want to speak more fluently, not more perfectly.还有，我想说得更流利，而不是更完美。

recognize with gratitude; be grateful forverb

Using phrases like 'I really appreciate the encouragement' sounds more natural and mature, more mature than just saying 'thank you.' All right, and it helps your English sound more fluent, and that's what we want in the end, right?使用像“我真的很感激你的鼓励”这样的短语听起来更自然、更成熟，比仅仅说“谢谢”更成熟。好的，这有助于让你的英语听起来更流利，而这正是我们最终想要的，对吧？

people who are sicknoun, adjective

when you feel sick, ill,当你觉得生病、不舒服、

a container that has been emptiednoun, verb

For reasons related to that, when you exhale and you do it long and slow until your lungs are empty, your heart rate slows down.出于相关原因，当你呼气并缓慢而长久地进行，直到肺部排空时，你的心率就会减慢。

a theatrical performernoun

But none of the actors auditioning would do that because it's so you know you don't you know we're in a union.但试镜的演员都不愿意这么做，因为这太……你知道，我们是工会成员。

rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebratesnoun, verb

Despite everyone's best efforts to save his leg, the infection unfortunately had spread to his bones, and his legs could not heal.尽管大家尽了最大努力去挽救他的腿，但感染不幸扩散到了骨头，他的腿无法愈合。

a very old personnoun, adjective

You're involved with this great campaign that has has to do with saving ancient olive trees.你参与了一项伟大的运动，旨在拯救古老的橄榄树。

by bad luckadverb

During his treatment, they learned that he was FELV positive, which is a diagnosis that unfortunately scares away a lot of potential adopters.在治疗期间，他们得知他患有猫白血病（FELV），不幸的是，这个诊断让许多潜在的领养者望而却步。

a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)noun, verb

" 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。

repeat a passage fromverb

Quote: The only control or guardrails that AI needs is a strong and smart, high IQ president.引用：人工智能唯一需要的控制或护栏，就是一位强大、聪明、高智商的总统。

marked by peace and prosperityadjective

Where there's never been the golden age of America, and the Iran War will end very soon.美国从未有过的黄金时代就要到来，伊朗战争很快就会结束。

headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brimnoun, verb

But if you can't, you know, there's an ideal situation where you go outside, you look east, you take off a brim hat and sunglasses for a few minutes, and look.但如果做不到，你知道，理想的情况是你去户外，朝东看，摘掉遮阳帽和太阳镜几分钟，然后观察。

a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional servicesnoun

She had to get up and feed these puppies every two hours every night.她不得不每天晚上每隔两小时起床喂这些小狗。

the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)noun

Do you think about like how am I going to talk with new people today, or does it just kind of flow naturally?你会考虑今天该怎么和新认识的人交谈吗，还是说这只是自然而然发生的？

occurring by chanceadjective

Oh gosh, well I don't know if I have it all, but I do feel very lucky to be able to give my cats an enjoyable life, and that they just bring me so much joy that truly, like anything I can do to return the favor, yeah, I I want to do.天哪，我不知道我是否拥有一切，但我确实感到非常幸运，能够给我的猫提供舒适的生活，它们带给我如此多的快乐，所以真的，任何我能做来回报它们的事，我都愿意去做。

imposing in size or bulk or solidityadjective

You know, they have to do like three hours of two during a day, and then they've also got to lead these massive films with like world famous directors, and you know, I think on most films that you do, especially at the beginning, it really feels like this is never going to happen again, and it's sort of like a summer camp.你知道，他们每天得花三个小时左右的时间学习，而且还得在世界级大导演执导的大制作电影中担任主角。你知道，我觉得在大多数电影拍摄中，尤其是在刚开始的时候，真的会感觉这种经历再也不会有了，就像夏令营一样。

possessing lifeadjective

The author of this video is only alive because of chemo, so we're not talking it down at all.本视频的作者之所以能活着，全靠化疗，所以我们绝不是在贬低它。

draw air into, and expel out of, the lungsverb

The things we're breathing in, the things we're eating, those are all causing changes in our DNA.我们呼吸的东西、吃的东西，都在引起我们DNA的变化。

the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earthnoun

It's going to be cold, and we're going to sleep under the stars, not just us and the sky.天气会很冷，我们要在星空下露营，只有我们和天空。

take exception toverb

I bought gummies and I ate most of them except for these ones.我买了软糖，除了这些剩下的，其他的我都吃完了。

a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)noun, verb

Don't just be watching stuff with guns.不要只看有枪的电影。

not openadjective

I've shut off the heat, and I'm just going to transfer these to a bowl with a slotted spoon.我已经关火了，现在用漏勺把它们盛到碗里。

the quality of a person's voicenoun

A simple sentence becomes strong when the tone matches the moment.当语气与时刻相匹配时，一个简单的句子会变得有力。

remote and separate physically or sociallyadjective, adverb

We're looking for the noodles to be slightly puffy, so they're starting to get tender, but they're not blown out or falling apart.我们要找的是那种稍微膨胀、开始变软，但又没有煮烂或散掉的面条。

not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensionsadjective

So it's thicker, a little bit more viscous, and it has this really strong soy aroma that's really going to come out in the dish and be a distinct characteristic.它更浓稠，粘度更高，有一种非常浓郁的酱香，这会在这道菜中充分体现出来，成为其独特的标志。

a small group of indispensable persons or thingsnoun

Connect the sentence to core lesson, not to memorize classroom answer.将句子与核心教训联系起来，而不是为了记住课堂答案。

equality of score in a contestnoun

You give them a benefit that they couldn't get any other way, and you tie that to the technology.你要为他们提供一种无法通过其他方式获得的益处，并将这种益处与技术挂钩。

involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harmadjective

After two years, it came back again and was removed again, and again, it came back stronger, bigger, and now even more dangerous than before.两年后，癌症复发了，再次被切除，但它又一次卷土重来，比以前更强、更大，也更危险。

a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principalnoun

Claudia had always loved tiny things, but finding a pet she could truly bond with wasn't exactly easy.克劳迪娅一直很喜欢微小的东西，但要找到一只真正能建立情感联系的宠物并不容易。

travel to or penetrate intoverb

Even when Claudia gave her an entire room to explore, Violet walked straight back to her.即使克劳迪娅给了她整个房间去探索，维奥莱特还是会径直回到她身边。

an excavation that is (usually) filled with waternoun

Everything was green, just like the old reflecting pool.到处都是绿色的，就像旧的倒影池一样。

marked by absence of soundadjective

This kind of English helps you stay connected instead of going silent.这种英语帮助你保持联系，而不是陷入沉默。

two timesadverb

Make sure to subscribe to the channel and ringling that dingling bell for the next time I do something questionable on the internet, which I do twice a week, publicly.记得订阅频道并按下那个小铃铛，这样下次我在网上做些离谱的事情时，你就能收到通知了，我每周会公开做两次。

acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actionsverb

Beata's decision to inject herself with viruses earned her much admiration and applause, but also a ton of criticism from medical ethicists.比阿塔给自己注射病毒的决定赢得了许多人的钦佩和掌声，但也招致了医学伦理学家的大量批评。