elo quent /'elekwant/ adj. 1 able to use language and express your opinions well, especially when you are speaking in public HI# (ft ; 7 □ 7 #) ; 'A f'J W : an eloquent speech/speaker H I# $J $1 i# / i# A 2 (of a look or movement         £) able to express a feeling

His eyes were eloquent.   ►elo­

quence I'elakwans/ noun [U]: a speech of passionate eloquence          0 the eloquence of his smile fife

eloquen-tly adv.: She spoke eloquently on the subject. M i# & IA7 & @ 5ft IS ?§ 7          „ 0 His face

expressed his grief more eloquently than any words. #J]5

else 0-w /els/ adv.

(used in questions or after nothing, nobody, something, anything, etc. 7 7 fa ft WL nothing , nobody > some­thing , anything ^ A: Jfj) 1 in addition to sth already mentioned ; £1]fa: What else did he say?

T^ff* 'A ? O I don’t want anything else, thanks. Hc7H #1] fa 7 M 7, itf itf o o I’m taking a few clothes and some books, not much else.        84fatft

7 g T o 2 different ji! Ah fa; 7 fafa: Ask somebody else to help you.            A5|^#H^BEo 0 Haven’t you got

anything else to wear? ifo ^       % ‘fife % 61) 7           ? 0 Why

didn’t you come? Everybody else was there.

%? fk7fa AH$5fcTo O Yes I did give it to her. What else could I do? M&J, Hcfa]il7M7o

IT»TO1 or else 1 if not   S23 other­wise: Hurry up or else you’ll be late.            i§ MU % Ifc

H ifi 10 7 o O They can’t be coming or else they’d have called. lif] 7 5fE, 7#S #, Cl WtX & if 7 9 2 used to introduce the second of two possibilities ( —#

Hilts ) life#, ttLiC: He either forgot or else decided not to come. #,^uC77, ^UC<&^75|£o 3 [informal) used to threaten or warn sb ( $]Mfp ) 7M fait, ^7 #*faig-: Just shut up, or else! & P, 7$faiS, »?! elsewhere IH* /.els'wea(r); NAmE -'wer/ ndv. in, at or to another place #(!<£-£, IiJ ) #ij lib.: The answer to the problem must be sought elsewhere. ;)A.7fa 0 Our favourite restaurant was closed, so we had to go elsewhere. Hcf] fEU fa B k n 7 , Sr U He IP JR ft m       o Elsewhere, the

weather today has been fairly sunny. 7A^ Ilk i&AffaA tfc&Hf o 0 Prices are higher here than elsewhere.

ELT./.i: el ‘ti:/ abbr. (BrE) English Language Teaching (the teaching of English to people for whom it is not the first language) (

elu ci date /i'luisideit/ verb (formal) to make sth clearer by explaining it more fully BJ ; t? #; ift BJ PflOT explain : [VN] He elucidated a point of grammar. jtfe &¥ #J—0 [V wh-] I will try to elucidate what I think the problems are. He # AllS *11HUA Jfe fa M fa TEo o [V] Let me elucidate. ihHc5|ti£BJ--7BEo ► elu-ci- da-tion /i.luisi'deijn/ noun [U, C]: Their objectives and methods require further elucidation. fMIfa

elude /i'luid/ verb [VN] 1 to manage to avoid or escape from sb/sth, especially in a clever way ( At Hb ^JL ±& ) jgJH j&jg, &M: The two men managed to elude the police for six weeks. J&M7JB

aAIIo 2 if sth eludes you, you are not able to achieve it, or not able to remember or understand it

i£ 7 M; &7i£$§; {A7IIM: He was extremely tired but sleep eluded him. iife H fflt 7, £P Bi 7 If 0 0 They’re a popular band but chart success has eluded them so far. jig

ra-£^gMiWA, fai'j @ m        '^L

fr B1 it W ± M         M o 0 Finally he remembered the tiny

detail that had eluded him the night before,

7          Wo

elu-sive /i'luisiv/ adj. difficult to find, define, or achieve HHe^J;       Eric, as elusive as

ever, was nowhere to be found. M         & IIJA# W ft jfe

^, iULtfcHe7 # o 0 the elusive concept of ‘literature’ “        o A solution to the problem

of toxic waste is proving elusive. Af #  71- JA 7 M IS it BH

► elu-sive-ly adv. elu-sive-ness noun [U] elver /'elva(r)/ noun a young eel.#jM elves pi. of elf

49    embargo

Elys ian /ilizian; NAmE i'li:3an/ adj. (literary) relating to heaven or to a place of perfect happiness   ;

M £tfj iTST?n the .Elysian 'Fields (in ancient Greek stories ^ # Sa ft i&) a wonderful place where some people were taken by the gods after death        ^ B9

m, mwmm ()

em- o en-

'em /am/ pron. (informal) = them : Don’t let ’em get away. giJiHMlMio

ema ci ated /I'meijieitid; I'meis-/ adj. thin and weak, usually because of illness or lack of food (   0$^

UlWWi    ►emaciation

/i.meisi'eijn/ noun [U]: She was very thin, almost to the point of emaciation. t&UM,   o

email 0-w (also e-mail) /'iimeil/ noun, verb mnoun 1 (also formal .electronic ’mail) [U] a way of sending messages and data to other people by means of computers connected together in a network ft ( Ilfs Af ) : to send a message by email

— picture o page R7 2 [C, U] a message sent by

email

■ verb ~ sth (to sb) to send a message to sb by email

(         ••• )    [VN] Patrick emailed

me yesterday, ipg # M % ft ^ in He %. % fiP 7 „ 0 [VN, VN N] I’ll email the documents to her.      ffe&PIEJA®Xftfc

0 I’ll email her the documents. o [also V]

em-an-ate /'emaneit/ verb (formal) [VN] to produce or show sth A2 4; S if -. He emanates power and confidence, ftfe ^ M fb Aj M Hi ff 0 ► em-an-ation

/.ema'neijn/ noun [C, U] bsisiVj 'emanate from sth to come from sth or somewhere % 'M 7; fk • ■ til HT1 issue from : The sound of loud music emanated from the building. o

The proposal originally emanated from the UN. IA7ltiA

eman ci pate /I'maensipeit/ verb [VN] [often passive] ~ sb (from sth) to free sb, especially from legal, political or social restrictions. Btk; (£7^ ( '^[7. Ifc      £

^1 )    HT1 set FREE: Slaves were not emancipated

until 1863 in the United States.        1863 77

H#     ► eman-ci-pated adj.: Are women now fully

emancipated (= with the same rights and opportunities as men)?        0 an emancipated

young woman (= one with modern ideas about women’s place in society) — fv S IIH (ft 7   7 ±

eman ci pa tion /i.maensi'peijn/ noun [U] : the eman­cipation of slaves

emascu late /i'maeskjuleit/ verb [VN] [often passive] (formal) 1 to make sb/sth less powerful or less effective ilSI; k/cA?; 2 to make a man feel that he

has lost his male role or qualities <!£ ( J§ A ) He SI;

► emas-cu-la-tion /i.maeskju'leijn/ noun [U] em balm /im'baim/ verb [VN] to prevent a dead body from decaying by treating it with special substances to preserve it ft ( P fa )    em-balm-er

/im'ba:m0(r)/ noun

em-bank-ment /im'baerjkment/ noun 1 a wall of stone or earth made to keep water back or to carry a road or railway/railroad over low ground fH ; fH 7 ; fH ffl ;

(         2 a slope made of earth or stone

that rises up from either side of a road or railway/ railroad (         Wffi'M ) 7$

em bargo /im'baigau; NAmE im'barrgou/ noun, verb mnoun (pi. oes) ~ (on sth) an official order that bans trade with another country ^ it % i? 7 ; ^ is PTT71 boycott : an arms embargo ^ ^ Is 0 an embargo on arms sales to certain countries ^ih faHIti±i IIiS;

0 a trade embargo against certain countries 0 to impose/enforceAift an embargo / mm / mm

m verb (em-bar-goes, em-bargo-ing, em-bar-goed, em-bar- goed) [VN] to place an embargo on sth ^ it • • AM H;

EEC1 boycott: There have been calls to embargo all arms shipments to the region. HTTAflf