单词B

 

babble

 ['bæbl]
v.

 
嘟囔
  

1. No one could understand the little baby's babble.

 

没人能听懂这个小婴孩的话。

2. The baby babbled for hours.

 

那婴孩呀呀学语了好几个小时。

badge

 [bæd
ʒ
]
n.

 
徽章
,
标记

<
例
> A badge is a piece of metal
or cloth which you wear to show that you belong to an organization or support a
cause.

<
同
> emblem, allegory

badger

 ['bæd
ʒə
]
v.

 
激怒，纠缠

<
例
> She badgered her doctor time
and again, pleading with him to do something.

<
同
>
pester; annoy

1 The children badgered me into taking them to the
cinema.

孩子们吵着要我带他们去看电影。

2 They kept badgering him to get a home computer.

他们一直纠缠着要他买一台电脑。

badinage

 ['bædin
ɑ
:
ʒ
]
n.

 
开玩笑，揶揄；取消

<
例
> Father Gregory tried to
respond to the Bishop's light-hearted badinage.

<
同
> teasing conversation

baffle

 ['bæfl]
v.

 
挫败

<
例
> An apple tree producing
square fruit is baffling experts.

<
同
> frustrate; perplex
  
1. The
question baffled me completely and I could not answer.

     

这个问题把我彻底难倒了，我答不出来。

  
2. The
beautiful scenery baffles description.

     

这美丽的景色难以形容。

bait

 [beit]
v.

 
欺负，玩弄，折磨

<
例
> Television programmes are
essentially bait to attract an audience for advertisements.

<
同
> harass; tease
1. The fish snapped at the bait.

     

那鱼一下子咬住了鱼饵。

2. As soon as I mentioned money he rose to the bait,
and became really interested.

     

我一提钱他便怦然心动，上了我的钩。

3. The bait hides the hook.

     
[
谚
]
饵中必有诈。

4. Some people use maggots as bait when they go
fishing.

     

有些人钓鱼时用蛆作钓饵。

5. We have to bait here and take some food.

     

我们必须在这休息一会，吃点东西。

6. The steaming cake was a bait for the hungry boy.

     

那热气腾腾的蛋糕对这个饥饿的男孩是个诱惑。

7. Earth worms are often used as bait.

     

蚯蚓常用作鱼饵。

baleful

 ['beilf
ə
l]
adj.

 
恶意的，有害的

<
例
> He had a baleful look.

<
同
> deadly; having a malign
influence; ominous
He turned his baleful glare on the cowering suspect.

他恶毒地盯着那个蜷缩成一团的嫌疑犯。

The robber gave me a baleful look.

那强盗用威胁的眼光看着我。

balk

 [b
ɔ
:k]
v.

 
反对；阻止

<
例
> Even biology undergraduates
may balk at animal experiments.

<
同
> foil or thwart; stop short;
refuse to go on

1 He balked me to carry out my plan.

他阻止我实施我的计划。

2 We are balked to do what we want to do.

有人阻止我们去做我们想做的事情。

3 The high price is a balk to me.

对我来说，价格太高是一个障碍。

ballot


['bæl
ə
t]
n.

 
投票
,
抽签

<
例
> My clients are condemned
because they believe the ballot is secondary to education and organization.

<
同
> vote, poll

1 The new act stipulates that election to
union office shall be by secret ballot of members.

新法规定工会职位的选举将由会员秘密投票方式进行。

2 We should put it to a ballot.

我们应该对此进行无记名投票。

3 He was elected by ballot.

他是由无记名投票选举的。

balm

 [b
ɑ
:m]
n.

 
（止痛的）安慰物

<
例
> The place is balm to the
soul.

<
同
> something that relieves pain

He smeared some balm on his hand to soothe the pain.

他在手上涂了些药膏来止痛。

balmy

 ['b
ɑ
:mi]
adj.

 
柔和的；芳香的

<
例
> This is a balmy summer's
evening.

<
同
> mild; fragrant

  
1. A balmy
breeze.

     

一阵温和的微风

  
2. It often
happens that a balmy morning passes into a chilly afternoon.

     

一个温和的上午常常转为一个寒冷的下午。

  
3. The air
was warm and balmy.

     

天气温暖宜人。

banal

 [b
ə
'n
ɑ
:l]
adj.

 
平凡，陈腐，老生常谈

<
例
> Bland, banal music tinkled discreetly
from hidden loudspeakers.

<
同
> hackneyed; commonplace;
trite; lacking origi?nality

bandy

 ['bændi]
v.

 
传话

<
例
> Brand shook his head. He was
tired of bandying words with the man.

<
同
> discuss lightly or glibly;
exchange (words) heatedly
  
1. The
stories being bandied about are completely false.

     

这些道听途说的事全属子虚。

  
2. Her name
is being bandied about as the next chairperson.

     

到处传说她将作下届主席。

  
3. Don't
bandy words with me, young man!

     

别跟我强嘴，小伙子！

bane

 [bein]
n.

 
祸根

<
例
> This tendency is a special
bane in getting reliable observations on ravens because so much ingrained
folklore about them exists that it is difficult to look at them objectively.

<
同
> cause of ruin; curse

  
1. He has
been the bane of my life.

     

他是我一生的祸根。

  
2. Drink was
the bane of his life.

     

酗酒是他一生的祸根。

banishment 

['bæni
ʃ
m
ə
nt]
n.

 
放逐
,
驱逐

<
例
> Banishment is the act of
banishing someone or the state of being banished.

<
同
> ostracism, proscription

His banishment shocked us all.

他被驱逐使我们很震惊。

banquet


['bæŋkwit] 

n. 
宴会

<
例
> Last night he attended a
state banquet at Buckingham
Palace.

<
同
> feast
  
1. The
manager was called on to speak at the banquet.

     

经理应邀在宴会上讲了话。

  
2. The
president gave the Prince and his attendants a farewell banquet.

     

总统为王子和他的随员举行了告别宴会。

  
3. He met the
foreign friends and gave a banquet in their honour.

     

他会见了外国朋友，并设宴招待了他们。

  
4. We gave
him a farewell banquet yesterday.

     

我们昨天为他举行了告别宴会。