violent狂热的；强烈的；猛烈的：^erce ZoyaZty极度的 忠诚◊ the scene 〇/月ercefighting激烈战斗的场面◊
He launched a fierce attack on the Democrats.
发动了 猛烈的攻击》◊ Competition _/h>m abroad became 月ercer in the J990s.在20世纪90年代来自国外的竞争加
剧。3 (of weather conditions or temperatures 天气或 温度）very strong in a way that could cause damage 狂 暴的；恶劣的：月erce wind 狂风◊ the fierce heat 〇/ the
_/Zames 火焰 6识热髙温► fierce.丨y Wv.: ‘Let
go of me，’ she said月erce/y. “放开我。”她极为气愤地说道。
◊月erceZy competitive 竞争激烈的◊ 77ie aircm_/t was burning fiercely.飞机猛烈地碥烧着。f ierce.ness nown [U] iim something 'fierce (NAmE,
informal) very much; more than usual 十分；特别：了 sure do miss you s〇me- t/iing月erce/我真的非常想念如！
fiery /'faiari/ adj. [usually before noun] 1 looking like fire; consisting of fire 火一 ‘的；火的：/ie/y red hair 火红的 SkM 〇 The sun
was now sinking, a fiery ball of light in the west.西边的太阳像一个发光的火球正在下沉。
2 quickly or easily becoming angry 暴躁的；易怒的：
She has a _/!ery temper.她脾气暴躁。◊
a /iie/y young man 动辄发怒的年轻人 3
showing strong emotions, especially anger充满激情的；（尤指）怒气冲冲的 10^3 passionate: a 卢ery Zoofc 怒容满面 4 (of food or drink 食物或饮料）causing
a part of. your body to feel as if it is burning 辣的：a力‘erxMexican
dish 味辣的墨西哥 .菜肴
fi-esta
/fi'esta/ noun (from Spanish) a public event
when people celebrate and are entertained with music and dancing, usually
connected with a religious festival in countries where the people speak Spanish
(通常指说
西班牙语国家的）宗教节日，节曰
FIFA/'firfa/ abbr. (from French) Federation
Internationale de Football Association (the international organization that
controls the sport of football (soccer))国标足球联
.合会
fife
/faif/ noun a
musical instrument like a small flute that
plays high notes and is used with drums in mili- tary music小横笛（用于军乐中与鼓合奏>
fifteen 〇Tr/,ftfti:n/
1 nwmfcer 15 十五 2 now/? a team of Rugby Union
players 业余英橄榄球队：He’s in
the他是 业条英式#杈员。►
fifteenth fifti:n0/ orcZ/Vw/ number, noun »:iaiia There
are examples of how to use ordinal numbers at the entry for fifth.序数词用法示例 ♦见fifth条。
fifth 〇t» /fifB/ ordinal number, noun
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orrf/mi/ m/mber 5th 第五：Today is the fifth (of May).今 天是（五月）五号。◊ the方：/仇century BC公元前五世纪
◊ ft’s her birthday.这是她五岁生日。◊ My ojQfiice is on the用Wi)7oor.我的办公室在六备。◊ Jt’s the力yth rime that JT’ve been to America.这是我_五次去美国了。◊ Her mother had. just
given birth to another child, her fifth,
■
zrown each
of five equal parts of sth 五分之一：She cut
the cafce into册hs. M把S糕切成五块。◊
He gave /ier a
〇/ the
totaZ amount.拖给T她七、数的五分之一。 take/plead the 'fifth (US) to make use of the right to refuse
to answer questions in court about a crime, because you may give information
which will make it seem that you are guilty (在法庭上.）拒绝回答，避而不 答
EHEElFrom the Fifth Amendment of the
US Constitution, which guarantees this right.源自《美国宪 $五条修正案，该条保_这种权利。
.fifth
'column noun a group of people
working secretly to help the enemy of the country or organization they are in第五纵队（为所在国家或组织的敌人秘密工作的一
群人）►•fifth’columnist/70W/7 .fifth generation adj. {computing if) relating to a
type of computer that is starting to be developed which Uses ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE第五代的；人工智能机的
fifthly /'fifOli/
adv. used to introduce
the fifth of a list of points you want to make in a speech or piece of writing
用于列举）第五：we need to consider the ejQfect
o/i the ZoaiZpopuiarion. ‘五，我们必须考虑对当地备民
的影响。
fifty JHr/'fifti/
1 m/mfcer 50 五十 2 /lowr?
the.fifties
[pi.]
numbers, years or temperatures from 50 to 59 五十几；五十年 代：She was bom in the
jfiyirtes.她是五十年代出生
►
fifti-eth /'fiftieG/
ordinal
number, noun llldlMJ There are examples of how to
use ordinal numbers at the entry for fifth.序数词用法示例见 fifth
条。IT»TO1 in your 'fifties between the ages of 50
and 59 * 50 多岁：He retired fn his•他在五十多岁时退休了i .fifty-'fifty adj., adv. {informal) divided equally between
two people, groups or possibilities 对半■(:的.:）；各半 (的 >;平分（的）；二一添作五：Costs are to be shared on a fifty-fifty basis
between the government and iocai businesses.费用由政_府和当地企业均摊。◊ She has a fifty-fifty chance of winning {= an equal chance of
winning or losing).她获胜的可能性是百分之五十。◊ let’s spZit this用卜力你•咱们把这平分了吧。
.fifty 'pence (also .fifty pence piece, 50p /.frfti 'pi:/) /70W/7 a British coin worth 50
pence (英国硬币）50 便 I士： Put a 户你 pence in the machine•把一枚五十便士硬 币投进机器。◊ Have you got a 5Qp? #有没W 50便士的 .硬币士
fig
/fig/
noun a soft sweet fruit that
is full of small seeds and often eaten dried 无花果:a /ig tree 无花果树 —picture o page Ri7 not care/give a 'fig
(for sb/sth) (〇W-/fls/7/’o/?d，8rf，not to care at all about
sth; to think that stii is not important 对…丝毫不 I在乎；完全不把…放在心上；认为…毫无价值
1 (in writing) figure (书写形式）图，表：See 3.见图表 3。2 (in writing) figurative(ly)(书写 _形式）比喻的，譬如说
fight
tH* /fait/
verb, noun ■ verb (fought, fought
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IN WAR/BATTLE 战争；战斗 1 〜（aga丨nst sb) to take part in
a war or battle against an enemy 打仗；战 ij-;作战： [V] soWiers trained to
/ight 受过作敁训鉍如 士 兵◊ He /oug/zt in
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STRUGGLE/HIT 搏斗；打击 2 to struggle physically with sb 搏斗；打斗；’打架：[V] Afy ZittZe brothers
are ahvays
我的小弟弟们总在打架。◊ She卫/ight iifce a tiger to
protect her children•她为了保护孩子，可以凶得
像只老虎。[also
VN]
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IN CONTEST 钜赛 3 〜sb/sth (for sth) to take
part in a contest against sb 参加（竞赛）；竞‘：[VN] to 戶g/it an election/a
campaign参i卩差选/争取权益如运动o[V]
S/ie’s/ighting/or
a pkice in the narionaZ team•她正努力
争取加入P家队。
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OPPOSE 反对 4 to try hard to stop,
deal with or oppose sth bad极力反对；与…作4*争：[VN] to
racism/corruption/poverty，etc.与种族主义、腐败、
贫困等作斗争◊ Workers arethe.decision to dose the/actory.工人在极力反对矣闭工厂的决定。◊ TTie^re crews had problems fighting the bZaze.消防队员扑灭那场
大火困难重重。◊ [V] We wfH_/iight/or as Zong as ft taies.
我们要一直斗争到底。
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TRY TO GET/D0 STH 争取 5 〜（for sth) to try
very hard to get sth or to achieve sth 努•力争取;■为…而今争：[V] He’s still fighting for compensation after the
accident.
:力争事故后的赔輳。◊ [VN] She graduaHy/ou^ht her way to the top 〇/the company.她努力奋斗，逐渐登上公司的
高位。_ ◊
[V to inf] Doctors/〇哗加/or more than six hours
to save his h/e.医生抢救了六个多小时，以求保住他的生
命0 o note at campaign
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ARGUE 争辩 6 [V]〜（with sb)
(abmrt/over sth) to have an argument with sb about sth 争辩：Ifs a trivial matter and not worth yiighrin^ about.这是一桩小事，不值得为
之争辩。
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IN BOXING 拳击 7 to take part in a boxing match 参加 (拳击比赛）：.[V] Doctors 少ear he may never/iight
again. 医生认为他可能再也不能重返拳坛了。[also VN]
LAW
法律 8 [VN]
~ sb (for sth) to try to get what you