celerate
516
savings. T £B Ao o note at cheat
2
- yourself to refuse to admit to yourself that sth
unpleasant is true $£5S ( i B ) : [VN] You’re deceiving yourself if you
think hell change his mind.
[also VN that] 3 to
make sb have a wrong idea
about sb/sth {£ A ^ ft;
-H
HT1 mislead : [VN] Unless my
eyes deceive me, that’s his wife.
[also V] — see also deceptive
►
deceiver noun IfiTfll see
FLATTER
de-cel-er-ate /.dii'selareit/ verb
(formal) 1 [V, VN] to reduce the speed at which a vehicle is travelling (
f<6 ) Mfr; [^ {ft STt il ® 2 to become or make sth become
slower ( {£ ) Mlf', PTI71 slowdown:
[V]
Economic growth decelerated sharply in June. A ft [also VN] E32 accelerate
►
de-cel-er-ation /.diisela’reijn/ noun [U]
De cem ber /di'semba(r)/ noun
[U, C] (abbr. Dec.) the 12th and last
month of the year A —j] 111313 To see how December is
used, look at the examples at April. * December iMfeJET5]&
April
de-cency /'diisnsi/ noun
1 [u] honest, polite behaviour that follows accepted moral standards and shows
respect for others IE {#{£; Her behav
iour showed a total lack
of common decency,
W^LAf&Alfo
0 Have you no sense of decency? It! ^ ft ? 0 He might have had
the decency to apologize. {& & J& iM M1"$;
W 0 2 the
decencies [pi ] (formal) standards of behaviour
in society that people think are acceptable ft
A Hi
M:
the basic decencies of civilized society
de-cent /'dirsnt/ adj.
1 of a good enough standard or quality {£# W ; ^
A la W ; (informal) a
decent meal/job/place to live AAtW®^/ X#/ ft o I
need a decent night’s sleep. —
^
o 2 (of people or behaviour A ff A ^ it) honest
and fair; treating people with respect IE$£ W; ^AW; n'AALAW: ordinary,
decent, hard-working people W] lE^Wsrii A 0 Everyone said he was a
decent sort of guy. AAflHMJiAnAfT$ffilEWA{^Ao 3
acceptable to people in a particular situation {#{£ W; 77® W; iSA W: a
decent burial 0 That dress
isn’t decent.
o O She ought to
have waited for a decent interval before getting married again. M#?A^A 4 (informal) wearing enough clothes to allow
sb to see you AHW; it ® A AW: I can’t go to the door—I’m not
decent. A16 A A fl % 12 ft % M A IS o — compare indecent
►
de-cent-ly adv. ITST77I to do the decent
thing to
do
what people or society
expect, especially in a difficult situation ( )
fctAAAJrfiW*,
He did the decent thing and resigned. {& {#{&{£ Si,
JRT .
de-cen-tral-ize
(BrE also -ise) /,di:'sentralaiz/ verb
to give some of the power of a central government, organization, etc. to
smaller parts or organizations around the country friOt,- T$C ( ftA ) ;
ft-Wft^Tft: [VN] decentralized authority/administration T$tT WftA / ^T
Igic ft [also V] pm CENTRALIZE ► de cen tral
iza tion,
-isa-tion
/.dii.sentralai'zeijn;
NAmE -la'z-/ noun [U, sing.]
de-cep-tion /di'sepjn/ noun
1 [U] the act of deliberately making sb believe sth that is not true (= of deceiving them) HH; igli H771 deceit: a drama full of lies and deception 7E $! ii W ft 51W —
fcb $ 0 He was accused of obtaining property by deception, #, ® la 1$
51 tilfo 2 [C] a trick intended to
make sb believe sth that is not true il if; 5i A; ESZ3 deceit: The
whole episode had been a
cruel deception.
de-cep-tive /di'septiv/ adj.
likely to make you believe sth that is not true SfcJS&.te W ; # W; IS AW
misleading: a deceptive
advertisement if rg' 0 Appearances can often be deceptive
(= things are not always what they seem to be). A{±0 0 the
deceptive simplicity of her
writing style (= it seems simple but is not really)
deci- I'desi-/ combining form (in nouns; often
used in units of measurement #3 J$; £ is], Aif Jlft-fi) one tenth AdA2L~decilitre
— compare deca- deci-bel /'desibel/ noun a unit for
measuring how loud a sound is ( A#®* )
de cide /di'said/ verb 1 ~ (between A and B) |
~
(against sth) to think carefully
about the different possibilities that are available and choose one of them [V] It was diffi
cult to decide between the
two candidates. II A j&WA f^ IS A A |h] A /Jl 3X 1?r o o They decided against taking legal action.
ftjjfl 0 It’s
up to you to
decide. 0 [V wh] I can’t decide what
to wear. o[V (that)] She decided
(that) she wanted to live in
[V
to inf] We’ve decided not to
go away after all.
b [VN] We might be
hiring more people but nothing has been decided yet. ^cfH A, o [VN (that)] It was
decided (that) the school
should purchase new software.
2 (law W) ~ (for/against sb) to make an official or
legal judgement ifcA; #iJA: [VN] The case will be decided by a
jury. &^{41^d3P&'$'@]i!c; Ao o
[V] The
o[v wh-] A number of factors decide whether a movie
will be successful or not. — nft A
fi A
[also V] 4 to be the
reason why sb does sth ( 3£A ) WJKS:
[VN] They
offered me free accommodation
for a year, and that decided me.
T£7^i'o [also VN to inf] lil!!l;IM de cide on/upon sth to choose sth from a
number of possibilities A®; j$S/£: We’re still trying to decide on
a venue, ficfllf/}^
de cided /di'saidid/ adj. [only before noun] obvious and definite Bfl&W; 6 W;
1$^A!$W: His height was a decided advantage in the job. {ffeW #
MfkVR§!.ifc1&0 — compare undecided de cided ly /di'saididli/ adv. 1 (used with an
adjective or adverb -A 117 W is] “£ gij in] jfl) definitely and in an obvious
way fig ® :
Amy
was looking
decidedly worried. 2 (BrE)
in a way that shows that
you are sure and determined about sth ^Hfe; MAitil; ‘I won’t go,’she
said decidedly. “^AA0 ” Wttii de-cider /di'said0(r)/ noun
[usually sing.] the game, race, etc. that
will decide who the winner is in a competition
de cidu ous /di'sid3uas; -dju-/ adj.
(of a tree, bush etc. W , I fc^) that loses its
leaves every year ^ A W — compare evergreen
decile /'desail; NAmE also 'desl/ noun (statistics iftif) one of ten equal groups into which a collection of
things or people can be divided according to the distribution of a particular variable f : families in the top
decile of income (= the 10% of
families with the highest income) i|£A]#£mi
deci litre (BrE) (NAmE deci-liter) /'desili:ta(r)/ noun a unit for measuring liquids. There are 10 decilitres
in a litre.
deci mal /'desiml/ adj., noun
►
adj. based on or counted
in tens or tenths A jft W; AtfcW: the decimal system A®®
noun (also .decimal ’fraction) a fraction (= a number less than one)
that is shown as a dot or point followed by the number of tenths, hundredths, etc. AfA The decimal 0.61
stands for 61 hundredths. AUc 0.61 61%0 —compare
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