as-pirate noun,
verb
m noun /'aesparat/ {phonetics W) the sound /h/, as
in /7〇wse * h 音；送气音：TTie word Tiour’ is
.pronounced without cm fnitia! aspirate. * hour 的首.字母 h..不发送
气音。
*
verb /'aespareit/ [VN] 1 (medical i§) to remove liquid
from a person’s body with a machine (用吸引机 >
翻吸 (体腔中的液体）2 (/3/7〇/7e?/cs 语音),to pronounce sth
witii an ‘h，sound or with a breath
发 h
音;。发送气音 as.pif.a’tion /,aespa’reij'n/
nown 1 [C，::usually pl.，U1 〜（tor sth) I 〜（to do sth) a strong desire
to have or do sth 渴望；抱负；志向：J didn’t reah’ze you had poHtfcaZ aspfrarions.我没有意识到你有政治上的抱负。◊ Jfe has never had any aspiration to earn a
lot of money.
未企求赚很蚤钱。2 [u] (p/7〇/?ef/cs 语音）the action of
pronouncing a word with an /h/ Sound, as in house 发送气送气
as-pir-ation-ai /.aespa'reijanl/ adj. wanting very much to
achieve success in your career or to improve your social status and standard of
living 渴望成功的；一心想
提^社会地位和生活水平的
as-pir-ator /'aespireita(r)/
noun {medical
M)
a device or machine used for sucking liquid from a person^ body 抽，器（用以抽吸人体内的积液等> ' ；
as.pire /3.spaia(r)/ veri? ~ (to
sth) to
have a strong desire to achieve or to become sth 渴望（成就）;有志（成 为）：[V】She aspired to a
scientt；/?c career/她有志于科学 事业。◊ [V to infl
ffe aspired to be t/iefr next Zeader. j也渴 望,’他们的下一届领导人。
as-pirin /'aesprin;
'aesparm/ r/ow/7 [U, C] {pi. as-pirin or as pir ins) a drug used to reduce
pain, fever and INFLAMMATION阿司眭林（镇痛解热消炎药）：D〇 y〇li have any aspirin?你肴阿 _ 匹林吗？ o Take two aspiring)/or a
headache.头痛服两>|■阿g 匹林。 as-pir-ing /e'spaiarirj/ (also less frequent as-pir-ant) adj. [only before noun] 1
wanting to start the career or activity that is mentioned渴望从事…的；有志成为… 的：Aspiring musfcia/is
need hours qf practice every day. 想当音乐家就要每天练许多小时。2 wanting
to be successful in life 有抱负的；有志向的：He came 户'om an aspiring
worfci’ng-c丨a^s background, itfe 出身于有也负的;工
人阶级家庭。
ass /aes/
noun 1 {NAmE, taboo, slang) = arse 2 (BrE, /n/ormfl/) a. stupid
person 蠢乂；笨蛋 H*I7I fool ： Don’t be such an ass_/
别那么傻头傻_的！ ◊
J made an ass of myself at the meeting~standing up and then
/orgetting
the question•我隹会议上出了个大#相 站
起来却忘了要问的问题。3 (0/£，oW t/se) a donkey驴 get your ass in gear | move your 'ass [slang, especially NAm£) a rude way of telling
sb to hurry ^ij 0 磨蹭蹭的；赶快 get
your ,ass over/丨n1 here,
etc. (s/flng， especially
as-sail
/a'seil/
verb [VN] (formal) 1 to attack sb
violently, either physically or with worcis 攻击；神击袭击：He was assai丨ed with 月erce Wows to the head.他的女;遭到猛
烈殴■打。The proposai was
assaiZed by the opposition party.邊案遭到反对党的抨击。◊
(^gwraf/Ve) A vi〖e smeH assaikd my nostri丨s. —股‘恶臭 f*.分刺鼻。2 [usually passive] to
disturb or upset sb severely 困故；使苦恼：to be assailed by
worries/doubte/Jears 为焦虑 / 會邊 /
.担 心所困扰
assail ant /a'seilant/ noun (formal) a person who attacks
sb，especially physically 攻击者 行凶者
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ATTACKER
as-sas sin /a'saesin; NAmE -sn/ noun a person who murders
sb important or famous, for money or for political reasons <为金钱或政治邊的的> 杀者行 剌者：
as-sas-^in-ate
/a'saBsineit;
NAmE -san-/ verb [VN] [often passive]
to murder an important or famoiis person, espe- cially tor political reasons. (■尤.为政治’目的 ')暗’無，"行 刺：The prime minister was
assassinated by extremists. _相遭极為分子暗杀。◊ a piot to assassinate the presi'- dent 刺杀总统的 _
谋►
as.sas.sin.ation /a.saesi'neijn; NAmE -sa'n-/ noun [U, C] ： The president survived a