bind vi约束Such a slogan will bind our hand and foot.这个口号会约束我们的手脚。

　　vt(使)结合Stones and cement binds strongly.石头和水泥凝固得很牢。

　　bite vt尖刻，刺痛 There’s bite in the air .寒气袭人。

　　锋利，紧抓，钳住This drill has no bite.这把钻不锋利了。

　　bitter adj严寒的, 刺骨的The bitter winter was coming.寒冬到了。

　　辛酸的, 引起痛苦的; 难以接受的She learned a lot from bitter experience.她从惨痛的经验中学了许多。

　　充满仇恨的He is still bitter that he was once cold-shouldered.曾受过冷遇使他至今怀恨在心。

　　blank adj茫然的, 无表情的There was a blank look on his face.他脸上毫无表情。

　　blast vt指作物被病害、严寒、酷暑破坏 crop blasted by frost 作物被霜破坏

　　苛责 The film was blasted by the critics.这部影片受到了评论家的严厉批评。

　　blast off(指宇宙飞船)升空，被点火/发射 The rocket blast off. 火箭升空了。

　　blaze vi勃然大怒迸发爆发In a blaze of anger he shouted at them.他怒火中烧,对着他们大吼。

　　vt刊登，宣布 The news was blazed all over the daily papers.所有的日报都报了这新闻。

　　blaze away 继续燃烧The fire blazed away and destroyed the whole hotel.大火不停燃烧, 烧毁了整个饭店。

　　blaze up 发出火焰; 燃烧起来The fire blazed up when I added paraffin.我加了一些煤油, 火就燃烧起来了。

　　突然发怒Her anger blazed up when she was told what he wanted.当别人告诉她他想要什么时, 她火冒三丈。

　　blaze a trail 先驱 blaze a trail in the filed 在这个领域做了开路先锋

　　bleed vt.敲诈They planned to bleed his families for 180000.他们打算向他的家人勒索180000

　　blind blind alley 死胡同 blind alley employment没有前途的工作

　　block vt限制冻结 blocked sterling 冻结英镑

　　blossom vi 发展 长成New industries can blossom overnight if we find an outlet for their products.如果我们为新兴产业的产品找到销路, 它们短期内就会成长起来。

　　blue adj沮丧的，失落的 He was blue over his dismissal.他因被解雇而情绪低落。

　　board n[C]日常食宿 He pays ￥100 a week board.他每周花100元用于日常食宿。

　　across the board 全面的 This firm needs radial changes across the board.这家公司需要进行全方面的彻底变革。

　　above board (尤指商务交易)光明正大的

　　Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

　　take sth on board 承受 承认I ’m too busy to take this new job on board at the moment.我很忙不能接受这个任务。

　　body n[C]实体，机关机构 ，一批大量

　　【真题例句】“National ”could mean interprovincial ——provinces combining efforts to create one body.

　　National可意味着各省之间，即各省联合起来创建的机构。【2005年新题型】

　　bond n[C]有息债券;契约，约定We entered into a solemn bond.我们缔结了一份正式合约。

　　boot vt踢 What he needs is a good boot up the backside!他需要的是在他屁股上狠踢一脚。

　　解雇They gave him the boot for coming late.他们因他迟到而开除了他。

　　boss vt指挥，发号施令He is always bossing his wife about.他总是对他的妻子发号施令。

　　brace vt使自己站稳, 振作起来They braced themselves behind the gun.他们在炮后准备迎战。

　　brace oneself for sth做好准备We braced ourselves for a bumpy landing. 我们已做好准备，著陆时会很颠簸。

　　brain n(pl)智力脑力Brains are more than just education. 有头脑不仅指受过教育。

　　He is one of the leading brains in the country. 他是国家的知识分子精英。

　　brake vt起阻碍作用的东西Arrogant acts as a brake to progress.骄傲使人落后。

　　put a brake on 削减 The government determined to put a brake on the public spending.政府决定削减公共事业开支。

　　brand vt.打烙印于, 以烙铁打We have branded our cattle.我们已经给我们的牛打上了烙印。

　　被告发，加污名于, 谴责The press branded him a liar.报界给他加上了说谎者的臭名。

　　brass 厚脸皮 bold as brass厚颜无耻的How do you have the brass to say that? 你怎么有脸那么说呢?

　　He walked in, bold as brass, and asked me to lend him 50! 他走进来厚着脸要我借给他50英镑!

　　bread n[U]生计 He took barely enough money to keep the children in bread.他赚的钱仅够糊口。

　　breakdown n. [C]衰竭, 衰弱She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。

　　统计分析I'd like a breakdown of these figures, please.请给我这些数字的细目。

　　breast内心 心情make a clean breast of坦白，招供

　　His guilty conscience forced him to make a clean breast of everything.内疚使他坦白。

　　He made a clean breast of his crime to the police. 他向警方如实招供。

　　vi (奋勇)前进 breast a hill/rise 爬上斜坡/小山

　　breath n. 带来可喜变化的人或者物;气息;微风;必不可少的东西

　　Her smile is a breath of fresh air in this gloomy office.她的微笑给沉闷的办公室带来生气。

　　There is a breath of autumn in the air today. 今天的天气已露出了一丝秋天的气息。

　　There was not a breath in the air.一丝风也没有。

　　Religion is the breath of the part of life to him.宗教对他来说是生命中不可或缺的一部分

　　breathe vt轻声说话; 低语;breathe loving words 耳边低声说着情话

　　泄露I wouldn't breathe a word of your secret.别担心, 我不会泄漏你的秘密。

　　流露(自信等感情)The team breathed the confidence.该队充满信心。

　　注入His enthusiasm breathed new life into the company.他的热情给公司注入了新生。

　　breed n.品种血统His horse is of the best breed. 他的马是最好的品种。

　　教养 He is a man of good breed.他是一个有很好教养的人。

　　vt 引起, 招致Flies in food shops breed disease.食品店里的苍蝇能引起疾病。

　　breeze n轻而易举的事He think ran for president is a breeze. 他认为竞选总统是件容易事。

　　vi.飘然而行，轻松地得胜或进步

　　She breezed along, smiling at everyone. 她轻盈地向前走去，对每个人都嫣然含笑。

　　He breezed through the task.他轻松地完成了那项工作。

　　brick adj忠诚的人She is been a real brick, looking after me while I’ve been ill.她真是个热心肠在我病时一直照顾我。

　　bridge vt. 架桥渡过The engineers want to bridge the river.工程师们想在这条河上架座桥。

　　Politeness will bridge over many difficulties.举止文雅会使你渡过许多难关。

　　brief in brief简言之To begin with, I'd like to tell in brief the importance of the work.首先我想简要谈这项工作的重要。

　　vt辩护The company has briefed a top lawyer to defend it. 公司已将案件委托给最好的律师进行辩护。

　　brim vi (装)满，(使)溢出His eyes brimmed with tears.他热泪盈眶。

　　brisk vi.活泼[兴旺]起来(up)The market brisked up.市场兴旺起来。

　　爽快而清新的It's great to work outdoors during brisk fall days.清爽的秋日里在户外工作是很愉快的。

　　a brisk fire熊熊的大火

　　brittle n 酥糖

　　adj. 易碎的，敏感的，尖利的，冷淡的She gave a brittle laugh.她冷淡地笑了笑。

　　易怒的 She has a brittle temper.她动辄就要发脾气。

　　虚幻的，靠不住的a brittle promise靠不住的诺言

　　broad ad完全地There is broad consensus (of opinion) in the country on this issue. 对这一问题举国上下(舆论)普遍一致。

　　a粗略的He stated his views in broad outline.他粗略地讲了自己的观点。

　　明显的完全明朗的She criticized them in broad phrases. 她对他们作了坦率的批评。

　　n. (复)河流的延伸;口音;女人

　　brunch n小冲突, 小争执, 小摩擦There was a brush between patrols that night.那天夜里巡逻队之间发生了一场冲突。

　　v轻触, 掠过The bicycle just brushed me as it passed.那辆自行车与我擦身而过。

　　bubble n泡影幻灭;News of the defeat quickly burst the bubble of our self-confidence.失败的消息使我们自信心迅速破灭了。

　　vi充满The play bubbled with songs and dances.这出戏有许多活泼的歌舞场面。

　　His mind bubbles with plans and schemes.他足智多谋。

　　vt欺骗，不停地讲He bubbled her out of her money.他骗去她的钱。

　　bucket bucket down倾泻The rain bucket down all the day.倾盆大雨下了整整一天。

　　vi. 急急忙忙bucket into one's work忙着干起活来

　　颠簸前进The car bucketed over the country road.轿车在乡间路上颠簸前进。

　　budget n. [C] 经费，生活费用budget plan分期付款

　　She tried to keep her monthly budget below $400.她试图将每月的开支限制在四百元以下。

　　(一) 批,(一)堆;大信息量的长信[(+of)] We have a budget of news today. 今天我们有许多新闻。

　　vt. 1. 把...编入预算;按照预算来计划

　　The school budgeted one million dollars for a new library. 学校列了一百万美元建新图书馆的预算。

　　2. 安排,预定she has to budget her time.她不得不预先安排她的时间。

　　limit herself to a daily budget of ￥20规定自己的日消费20元之内

　　vi节省开支，精打细算If we budget carefully, we ’ll be able to buy a new car.如果精打细算，我们就能买新车了。

　　adj. 不贵的，廉价的a budget meal 经济餐

　　on a budget 拮据的A family on a budget can't afford meat every day. 经济拮据的家庭不能每天享用肉食。

　　buffet vt.反复敲打, 连续猛击We were buffeted by the wind and the rain.我们遭风雨的袭击。

　　bug n (机器等)故障There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。vt 打扰;烦扰Don't bug me please.请不要打扰我。

　　bull n. [C]买进证券投机图利者, (对股市行情) 看涨的人;股票里的牛市

　　We can see through all that bull.我们能识破那套胡诌。

　　bulk vt给人深刻印象bulks larger 显得突出和重要

　　The war still bulks larger in the memories of those who fought in it. 对曾参战的人来说，那场战争仍记忆犹新。

　　n粗纤维食物 You need more bulk in your diet.你要在食物中补充纤维类食物。

　　bury vt原谅It's time to bury our differences and be friends again.是我们摒弃分歧重归于好的时候了。

　　不公开, 隐藏The anger which had been buried inside me rose to the surface.埋藏在我内心的愤怒暴露了出来。

　　沉溺于; 专心于He buried himself in his work.他埋头工作。

　　插入，刺入He walked slowly, his hands buried in his pockets. 他走得很慢，两手插在衣袋里。

　　business n.企业行业

　　【真题例句】30.The future of this company is [D] at stake many of its talented employees are flowing into more profitable net-based businesses.【2001年词汇】

　　[A] at odds [B] in trouble [C] in vain [D] at stake

　　这家公司的未来生死未卜：它的许多优秀人才正流失到更易赚钱的网络企业中。=at risk处在危险之中

　　【真题例句】 With $3.5 billion being lost on Internet wagers this year, gambling has passed pornography as the Web’s most profitable business. 【2006年阅读新题型】

　　今年由于有35亿美元输在网络赌博重，赌博超过色情成为网上最有利可图的行业。

　　cabbage n无兴趣爱好，反应迟钝不活跃的人;植物人 vt 偷窃

　　cake vt结块Blood from the wound had caked on his face. 伤口的血在他脸上结成了硬块。

　　得到既得利益或好处;分一杯羹;hot cakes畅销品

　　The newly published American novel sold like hot cakes.

　　那部新出版的美国小说是市场上的畅销货。

　　can vt.将…装入密封罐中保存The fish is canned in this factory.鱼是在这家工厂制成罐头的。

　　n.罐, 罐头This can holds five liters of water.这个容器可装五升水。

　　calculate vt谋划推测计划,打算;使适合(某种目的)[H][+to] His remark was calculated to hurt her. 他的话是故意要伤她的

　　canal n管道He had the disease of alimentary canal.他患了消化道疾病。

　　cancer n. [C]迅速蔓延的恶劣的或危险的事物Violence is a cancer in our society.暴力行为是我们社会的祸害。

　　cap vt.覆盖, 笼罩The forests capped the mountains.山顶上覆盖了森林。

　　胜过, 超过Each clown capped the last joke of the other.丑角的笑话一个比一个好。

　　脱帽致意(to)They cap when they pass the president.他们经过院长面前时脱帽行礼。