do sth; sth that takes a
lot of energy 气力；努力;■费力 的事：y〇u shouZd put more ejSfort into your work. %应 该更加努力地工#。◊ A 〖ot 〇/ ej^ort has gone into making this event a
success.为使这次活动成功费了很大
的劲。◊ ft’s a Zong cHmb to the top, but weZZ worth t/ie ejSfbrt•爬到顶上路程很长，虽然费力却很值得。◊Getting up
this morning was quite an effort (= it was difficult). 今天早上起床相当费力。◊ (fir£) With
fan) ejgfbrt (= with difficulty) she managed to stop herself laughing.
容易才忍住了1 笑。2 [C]〜（to do sthj an attempt
to do sth especially when it is difficult to do 艰难的尝试；试
图；尽力：a
determfnetl/real/specfaZ e#ort 坚▲囟 / 真 正的/ ‘别的努力◊ to mafce an
ejgport存出努ij ◊ TVie company has laid off
150 workers in an effort to save money.公司为节省资金遣散了 150名工作人员。〇Jdidn’t really feel like
going out, but I am glad I made the effort. 我当时并不很想出去，不过我很庆幸还是出去了。◊ The local
clubs are making every effort to interest more youngpeop〖e.地方俱乐％正在尽一切努力来吸引更多的年
.轻人。◊ We need to mafce a concerted ej^fbrt to on time.我们需要通力合作才能按时完成。◊ J spent hours cleaning
the house, but there isn}t much to show for
all myeJSfbrts.我花了几个小时来打扫房子，但费了这么大力
气却看不到多少效果。◊ With an ejQTort 〇/ vvfZZ he resisted the
temptatio/i.他凭自己的意舍顶住了这一诱
惑。◊ 77ie project was a jofnt/group e」5T〇rt.这项工程甚
共同/集体奂力的结果。3 [C] (usually after a
noun通常 置于名词后）a particular activity,
that a group of people organize in order to achieve sth 有组织的活动：the Russian space effort 〇 the United Nationsr
peacefceepfng e方brt 食合 H
品维 $
行动 4
[C] the result of an attempt to do sth’努;〇 的结桌；成就：I’m afraid this essay is a poor
ejgPort.很抱歉，这篇文章写得不好。
ITSTWl see bend v.
effort-less /'efatles; NAmE 'efart-/ adj. needing little or no
effort，so that it seems easy'木需费力的；容易的： She dances with ejSTo/tiess grace.她跳舞—作优美，轻松
自如。◊ He made paying
the gui’tar ioofc ej^orrfess.他弹 起吉他来显得轻松自如。► effort.less.丨y adv. ef.fort- less-ness noun [U]
ef-front-ery
/I'frAntari/
noun [U] (formal) behaviour that is confident and
very rude, without any feeling of shame厚颜无耻的行为；傲慢鲁莽的举止B33 nerve efful.gent7i‘fAld3ant/ (//ferary) shining
brightly 灿 烂的；光辉命► ef.fu丨.gence /i’fAld3ans/ nown [U] ef-fu-sion /i'f]u：3n/ noun [C, U] 1 {technical 7|t i§) something,
especially a liquid, that flows out of sb/sth; the act of flowing out 流出（物)；溢出（物 >
2 the expression of feelings in an exaggerated way; feelings that are expressed
in this way (感情）过分流 露，迸发，倾泻；过分流露的感情
ef-fu-sive /i'Quisiv/ adj. showing much or too
much emotion感情过分流露的；太动感情的;奔放的:an ejfizsfve wdcome 非常热烈的欢迎◊ We was ejSfi/sfve
in his praise.他极尽溢美之►effu-sive-lyadv.
E-fit™ /iotv/7 (Brf) a
picture of a person who is
wanted by the police, made using a computer program
that puts together and makes changes to pictures of different features of
faces, based on information that is given by sb who has seen the person C 根据目击者的描 述用计貪机拼合成的）通缉犯画像一 compare Identikit，
PHOTOFIT
EFL /,i:
ef 'el/ abbr. {Br£) English as a foreign
language (refers to the teaching of English to people for whom it is not the
first language)非母语的英语教学；作为外语的
英语教学
e-friend noun = e-pal
EFTA /'efta/ abbr. European Free Trade
Association (an economic association of some European countries)
欧洲自由贸易联盟 Ow /,i: 'd3i:/ abbr.
for
example (from the Latin ‘exempli gratia’）例如（源 自拉丁文 exempli
gratia > : popular pets, e.g. cats and dogs很多人喜爱的宠物，如猫和狗
egali-tar-ian
/i.gaeli'tearian;
NAmE -'ter-/ adj. based on, or holding,
the belief that everyone is equal and should have the same rights and
opportunities 主张人人平等 的；平等.主义的► egali.tar.ian now/i: He described
641 eggs Benedict
himse〖/os ‘an egditoricm’.他自称为“平等主义者”。 egali*tar*ian*ism /-izam/ noun [l>]
egg JHr /eg/ noun, verb
unoun 1 [C] a small oval object with a thin hard shell
produced by a female bird and containing a young bird; a similar object
produced by a female fish, insect, etc.(鸟类的）蛋；（鱼、昆虫等的）卵•• TTie/emaZe sfts on
the eggs untii they hatch.雌鸟伏在蛋上直到其孵
.化。◊ The /ish Zay .thoitsands 〇/ eggs
at one time•这种 鱼一次产卵数千个。◊ crocodile eggs鳄鱼蛋一picture o pages R28, R29 2 [C, U] a bird's egg, especially one from a
chicken, that is eaten as food (用作食物的）禽 蛋；（尤指）鸡蛋：a bof〖ed egg 煮蛋◊ baco/^cmd eggs 熏肉加煎蛋◊介ie4/poache4/scrambZeci eggs
煎 / 荷包 / ^$0 Bind the mixture together with a little beaten egg. 用少许打过的蛋将混合料搅拌在一起。◊YbuVe got some egg on your shirt.你的衬衣上沾了些蛋。0 egg yoOcs/wWtes 蛋黄 / 白◊ egg noodtes 鸡蛋面◊
ducfcs’/ quails9 eggs 〇 a chocolate egg (= made from
chocolate in the shape of an
egg)巧克力蛋一see also Easter
egg, Scotch egg 3 [C] (in women and female animals 妇 i
和雌性动物）a cell that combines
with a sperm to create a
baby or young animal 卵子；卵细胞 S3ZJOVUM： 7?ie male
sperm/ertilizes the/emaZe egg•雄 性的精子使雌性的卵子受精。◊ cm egg donor卵子提供者
—see
also nest egg a 'good egg {old-fashioned, informal) a person who you can
rely on to behave well 好人；’正入君子 have egg
on/all over your face .(/•/i/omifl/) to be
made to look stupid 使显得愚蠢；出 丑；丢、脸：They were left with
egg on their faces when on汐ten peop〖e showed up.只有十人到场，他h感到很丢
面手。put all your eggs in one 'basket to rely on one
particular course of action for success rather than giving yourself several
different possibilities 寄希望于 一件事情上』一more at chicken n., curate, kill v.,
OMELETTE, SURE adv., TEACH
• verb ,egg sb—‘on to encourage sb to do
sth,
especially sth that they should
not do.鼓动；您恿；煽 动：He hit the other boy
again and again as his friends egged him on.他在朋友的煽动下一次又一次地打了另*-
个男孩。
.egg-and-1 spoon race noun {Br£) a race, usually run by
children, in which those taking part have to hold an egg balanced in a spoon汤匙盛蛋赛跑（通常为儿童比 赛，赛跑者须手持盛鸡蛋的汤匙）
'egg cup noun a small cup for
holding a boiled egg ( ® 放煮蛋的）蛋杯一picture 0 cup egg-head
/'eghed/
noun
{informal, disapproving or humorous) a person who is very intelligent and is only
interested in studying 学究
egg-nog/'egnDg; NAmEnaig/ {BrE also 'egg-flip) noun [U, C] an alcoholic
drink made by mixing beer, wine, etc. with eggs and milk蛋奶酒（用啤酒、葡萄酒等和蛋、牛
奶搅拌而成）
egg-plant /'egplaint;
NAmE -plaent/ noun [C, U] {
=AUBERGINE
,egg 'roll noun\NAm^) a type of spring
roll in which the pastry
is made with eggs 炸蛋卷；蛋皮春卷 eggs Benedict /,egz 'bemdikt/ noun [pi.] a dish
consisting of eggs and ham served
on muffins (=round flat bread
rolls)火腿蛋松饼