Common C2 English Words

a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and papernoun

To puff things up, a quarter teaspoon of baking soda that has lots of acid from the lemon juice and the sour cream to react to us.为了蓬松，加入四分之一茶匙小苏打，柠檬汁和酸奶油中的大量酸会与之反应。

traveled over or through; sometimes used as a combining termadjective

Speaking of thirty, in Back to the Future, Marty traveled thirty years back in time.说到三十，在《回到未来》里，马蒂穿越回了三十年前。

a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.noun

We will also need this lid perfect.我们还需要这个盖子，完美。

a name under which Ninkhursag was worshippednoun

Audrey followed a stray mama cat into an abandoned public bathroom, where she found an entire little family of kittens hiding behind an old toilet.奥黛丽跟着一只流浪的猫妈妈走进了一个废弃的公共浴室，在那里她发现了一整窝小猫藏在一个旧马桶后面。

a harsh noise made by scrapingnoun, verb

Yeah, make sure to scrape the bottom of the wok, and we're just looking for all the noodles to be coated and for them to be heated through.是的，一定要刮一下炒锅底部，我们只需要让所有面条都裹上酱汁并受热均匀。

hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) ofverb

Skilled speakers often include emotional words like overwhelming, exhausting, frustrating, or rewarding instead of just hard or difficult.熟练的演讲者通常会使用像“不知所措”、“精疲力竭”、“令人沮丧”或“有意义”这样的情感词汇，而不是仅仅说“困难”或“艰难”。

cutlery used for serving and eating foodnoun, verb

On the side here, you can see there are knives and forks.在旁边，你们可以看到有刀叉。

socially incorrect in behavioradjective

" A is grammatically correct, but it could come off as very rude.A 在语法上是正确的，但听起来可能非常粗鲁。

overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuliverb

I was just overwhelmed with joy.我当时真是喜出望外。

with regard to techniqueadverb

So you are technically more a lawyer than the White House press secretary.所以从技术上讲，你比白宫新闻秘书更像个律师。

fail to meet the hopes or expectations ofverb

I'm quite disappointed.我挺失望的。

software that provides better performance than an earlier version didnoun

For this looks very similar to the previous gen, but one of the things that they have upgraded on all of the new Apple Watches is these sensors.外观上它看起来和上一代非常相似，但他们对所有新款Apple Watch升级的一点就是这些传感器。

make (images or sounds) soft or softerverb

So now we're going to add more of our broth, less this time, to kind of moisten things a bit and soften the pasta.所以现在我们要加入更多的肉汤，这次少一点，用来湿润一下，让面条变软。

the quantity a scoop will holdnoun

If you scoop the flour up with a measuring cup, you're adding in like thirty, forty percent more flour than the recipe calls for.如果用量杯舀面粉，你加入的面粉会比食谱要求的多百分之三十到四十。

dazzlingly beautifuladjective

And then I topped this bowl off with these gorgeous plums from the farmers market.最后，我在碗里放上了从农贸市场买来的这些漂亮的李子。

a neutral achromatic color midway between white and blacknoun

And that's great when it happens, but more often what happens is you're operating in a type of gray zone where there isn't a perfect clinical trial, right?如果能做到那样当然很好，但更多时候，你是在一个没有完美临床试验的灰色地带工作，对吧？

the grounds in back of a housenoun

I wanted this house because it had the backyard space for it, and I went a little bit overboard, and I can be the first person to admit that.我想要这栋房子是因为它有后院空间，我做得有点过火了，我可以第一个承认这一点。

in an important way or to an important degreeadverb

And even more importantly, it helps you practice writing.更重要的是，这能帮你练习写作。

leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasurenoun, verb

Whereas when we're traveling, like for work, sometimes we bring work in, but a lot of times she's staying doing her own thing because she's basically on vacation when we're gone.而当我们为了工作出差时，有时会带上工作，但很多时候她（女儿）在做她自己的事，因为我们不在家时，她基本上是在度假。

thick end of the handlenoun

And the whole time, my pants were like, they fell off while I was getting on the kayak, so my butt crack was showing.整个过程中，我的裤子在爬上皮划艇时掉了，所以我的股沟露了出来。

condensation of moisture on a cold surfacenoun, verb

He says, "I know." I said, "The line, wait on you." I'm like, "Oh." So now I'm sweating.他说：'我知道。'我说：'台词在等你。'我想：'哦。'所以现在我出汗了。

containing or filled with saltadjective

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 state of being honorednoun

He wanted her to be his best man, and I wanted her to be my maid of honor.他想让她当伴郎，而我想让她当伴娘。

moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the bodyadjective

You'll find it sticky after a bit, and whichever one ends up being more sticky has more collagen.过一会儿你会发现它变粘了，哪个更粘，哪个胶原蛋白就更多。

extremely irritating to the nervesadjective

And if you get a little exercise, a little caffeine, some hydration, and look, life is stressful too.如果能做点运动，摄入一点咖啡因，补充水分，而且你看，生活本身也充满压力。

a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ridenoun

Questions about work, study, food, family, weekends, hobbies, weather, plans, and opinions.关于工作、学习、食物、家庭、周末、爱好、天气、计划和观点的提问。

something of little valuenoun, adjective

And and is I remember watching that film, and some of the characters are damn hard to understand, actually.而且我记得看那部电影的时候，有些角色真的很难懂。

a river in southern Scotland that flows eastward to the Firth of Forthnoun, adverb

We call that an endless feedback loop, when it just keeps going back and forth forever, right?我们称之为无尽的反馈循环，就是那种一直来回持续下去的状态，对吧？

a widely known personnoun

So this film obviously has you, it has Margaret Robbie, but it also has a celebrity horse in it, Prince.这部电影显然有你，有玛格特·罗比，但还有一匹明星马，普林斯。

be of different opinionsverb

Or I wish that were the case, but I'm going to disagree as well.或者我希望是那样，但我也会不同意。

work as a veterinarianverb

The Twin Puppy Kid in New York City rushed him to the vet, and they spent weeks doing everything they could to help him.纽约市的“双胞胎小狗”救援组织迅速将他送往兽医处，并花费数周时间竭尽全力救治他。

an abrupt movementnoun, verb

And something like this will stick a lot in the wok when you're tossing it later on.像这样的面条在之后翻炒时很容易粘在锅里。

the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)noun, verb

Now I'm just going to transfer them to a paper towel-lined sheet to soak up any water.现在我把它们转移到铺了纸巾的烤盘上，吸干水分。

a painful or straitened circumstancenoun, verb

I still am pinching myself like I can't believe that happened.我到现在还在掐自己，简直不敢相信那是真的。

utter or declare in a very loud voiceverb

So all of a sudden, I don't have to get yelling about this again.所以突然之间，我不用再为此大喊大叫了。

a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wipingnoun, verb

Now I'm just going to transfer them to a paper towel-lined sheet to soak up any water.现在我把它们转移到铺了纸巾的烤盘上，吸干水分。

acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failingverb

And yes, everyone, I am happy using the framework, and I 30% apologize for the mean things I said in the past, but it's still too expensive, and you know what it is.是的，各位，我很乐意使用 Framework 笔记本，对于过去我说过的刻薄话，我表示 30% 的歉意，但它依然太贵了，你们懂的。

a feeling of considerable warmthnoun, verb

You get highlight, which is that little glowing LED on the back that lights up only for incoming calls.你得到了Highlight，也就是背面那个在有来电时才会亮起的小LED灯。

in equal amounts or shares; in a balanced or impartial wayadverb

Basically, the more different types of bacteria you have in your gut, and the more evenly they're distributed, the more functions you have at your disposal.基本上，你肠道内的细菌种类越多，分布越均匀，你所拥有的功能就越多。

a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)noun, verb

You know, there would occasionally be some frame drops in heavy multitasking or some big full screen animations, and sometimes while scrolling on a super heavy website with a bunch of tabs open.你知道的，偶尔在重度多任务处理或大型全屏动画时会出现掉帧，有时在打开大量标签页浏览超重载网站时也会卡顿。

a book prepared for use in schools or collegesnoun

First, many textbooks focus on grammar and single vocabulary.第一，很多教材只注重语法和单个词汇。

任何时候；无例外地adverb

Really great for you, your building your, strengthening your muscles to be able to talk to anyone, anywhere, anytime.对你来说真的很好，你在建立、加强你的肌肉，以便能够随时随地与任何人交谈。

in or of the present monthadjective

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。

good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetencenoun

We've followed a lot of Audrey's rescues here at the Dodo, and one thing that she reminds us time and time again is that sometimes the hardest rescues require the most patience.我们在这里的Dodo网站上关注了奥黛丽的许多救援行动，她一次又一次地提醒我们，有时候最艰难的救援需要最大的耐心。

full of juiceadjective

I would love to give you some juicy thing of fear.我很想给你一些关于恐惧的劲爆回答。

by good fortuneadverb

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。

beyond belief or understandingadjective

We fell in love with Cena, and so did many of you when we shared her unbelievable transformation story on the Dodo.我们爱上了Cena，当我们在Dodo分享她不可思议的转变故事时，你们中的许多人也爱上了她。

an examination consisting of a few short questionsnoun, verb

Take the quiz to see if you can actually use the phrases in their sentences.参加测验，看看你是否真的能在句子中使用这些短语。

reflecting lightadjective

Last night our first guest capped off a tumultuous year with a shiny new Emmy for a show that was so popular they had to pull it off of television.昨晚，我们的首位嘉宾以一座崭新的艾美奖奖杯，为这动荡的一年画上了句号，这部剧集太受欢迎，以至于他们不得不将其从电视上撤下。

very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)adjective

You think about certain things that want like the Epic Games Store or whatnot.想想那些需要 Epic Games Store 之类平台的游戏。

in a beautiful manneradverb

And that little bit of char we got on the onions and peppers adds a beautifully subtle bitter-sweet element that, as usual, amplifies the other flavors.洋葱和辣椒上那一点点焦香，增添了一种美妙而微妙的苦甜味，像往常一样，提升了其他食材的风味。

an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work)noun

Right, that should be like a fairly obvious thing, but it is worth saying out loud because the best case scenario here is that you're using SteamOS to get the best performance possible in gaming mode, and then when you're done with that, you switch over to the desktop and you can use like a regular computer.没错，这应该是一件显而易见的事情，但值得大声说出来，因为这里最好的情况是，你使用 SteamOS 是为了在游戏模式下获得最佳性能，然后当你玩完后，切换到桌面模式，就可以像普通电脑一样使用它了。

a pompous foolnoun

And if you disagree with me, you can pucker up and kiss my ass.如果你不同意我的观点，你可以过来亲我的屁股。

a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primernoun

But with this couch, I found a performance fabric.但对于这张沙发，我找到了一种高性能面料。

pleasing to the sense of tasteadjective

They can look for tasty snacks without even turning their head.它们甚至不用转头就能寻找美味的零食。

someone who saves something from danger or violencenoun

This rescuer couldn't believe this wild hedgehog was still alive.这位救援者简直不敢相信这只野刺猬还活着。

(表示惊讶、沮丧、谢罪等)哎哟interjection

Now we get to switch roles, and you get to be the the one that's um, oops, you get to be the red text.现在我们交换角色，你来当那个，呃，哎呀，你来读红色文字。

endowed with talent or talentsadjective

She's a talented actor who stars in the new movie Without Blood, which is in theaters Friday.她是一位才华横溢的演员，主演了周五上映的新片《无血》。

open to public use, as of a highway, park, or buildingverb

I felt like I wasn't dedicating enough time for like my comedy, and I told her that like I can't, you know.我觉得我没有投入足够的时间在我的喜剧事业上，我告诉她我不能，你知道的。

at a point midway between two extremesadjective, adverb

Prove that you've made it, you know, halfway, and then take the final one with everyone else.证明你已经学到一半了，然后再和大家一起考最后那次。

a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of timenoun

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