feelings than in spending time with other people A faj W; E32 EXTROVERT
in trude /m'trurd/ verb [V] 1 ~ (into/on/upon sb/sth) to go or be somewhere where you are not wanted or are not supposed to be
fU A; ft A; fT it: I’m sorry to intrude, but I need to talk to someone. A
0 legislation to stop newspapers from
intruding on people’s private lives Hit A&ftifSW&fe 2 ~ (on/into/upon sth) to disturb sth or have an unpleasant effect on it ifcSL; It it: The sound of the telephone
intruded into his dreams.
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in truder /m'tru:da(r)/ noun 1 a person who enters a building or an area illegally jJjJA#; ft A# 2 a person who is somewhere where they are not wanted A ft: ffi. iffl 1$ A; A 31 2. $£: The people in the room seemed to
regard her as an unwelcome intruder. MAMW AflUAfE
in tru sion /in'tru^n/ noun [U, C] - (into/on/upon sth) 1 something that affects a situation or people’s lives in a way that they
do not want ft ^ $L;
ft : They claim
the noise from the new airport is an intrusion on their lives.
f|] (0 ft ?§ 0
0 This was
another example of press intrusion into the affairs of the royals. j£ji$rP*J
2 the act of entering a place which is
private or where you may not be wanted PU A; ft A: She apologized for the intrusion
but said she had an urgent message. i PH&A^A3Iit
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in tru sive /m'truisrv/ adj. 1 too noticeable, direct, etc. in a way that is disturbing or annoying ft
A (ft ; P%I A (ft; fttfcftj; intrusive questions ft M <>
The
constant presence of the media was very intrusive. M 2 {phonetics ig(of a speech sound i|f W) produced in
order to link two words together when speaking, for example the /r/ sound
produced at the end of law by some English speakers in the phrase ‘law
and order’. Intrusive ‘r’ is not considered part of standard
English. fjp ; fg
in tuit /m'tjuiit; NAmE -*tu:-/ verb {formal) to know
that sth is true based on your feelings rather than on facts, what sb tells
you, etc. [V that] She intuited
that something was badly wrong. jtiiLl&MlfckkM ft 7 A|r] Mo [also VN, V wh-]
in tu ition /.intju'ijn; NAmE -tu-/ noun 1 [U]
the ability to know sth by using your feelings rather than considering the
facts If/]2[C]~ (that...)
an idea or a strong feeling that sth is
true although you cannot explain why ( — # ) 11 ^ : I had an
intuition that something awful was about to happen, ft J[ f ij H M
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intuitive /m'tjuutrv; NAmE -'tu:-/ adj. 1 (of ideas ® obtained
by using your feelings rather than by considering the facts M#$] I#; IMIfclft:
He had an
intuitive sense of what the reader wanted.
left A o 2 (of people A) able
to understand sth by using feelings rather than by considering the facts 3 (of computer software, etc.
ft#) easy to understand and to use Hil&ft ftfflfiftlft ► in tui tive ly adv.: Intuitively, she knew that
he was lying, ttjeifcfcjtffefcift*.
Inuit /'injuit; 'muit/ noun [pi.] {sing. Inuk /’muk/) a race of people from northern
A ) — compare Eskimo
Inuk-ti-tut /I'nuktitut/
noun [u] the language of the Inuit people
in un date /'niAndeit/ verb [VN] [usually
passive] 1
~ sb (with
sth) to
give or send sb so many things that they cannot deal with them all ft A Jft ft ; ft M ® A Bit H13 overwhelm, swamp : We have been inundated
with offers of help. £3i8Kr£#frftfn&&*K.
2 {formal) to cover an area of land with a large amount of water FTZ71 flood ► in-un-da-tion fmxn-
'deijn/ noun [U, C]
inure /i'nju8(r);
NAmE I'njur/ verb QsESB inure sb/yourself to
sth {formal) to make sb/yourself get used to sth unpleasant so that they/you are no
longer strongly affected by it ft 3j If ft, ftiljSZ ( A It ft ft)
#*fc)
in utero /,in
'juitarau; NAmE -rou/ adj.,
adv. {technical A igj inside a woman’s uterus,
before a baby is bom ftftgft ( ftj ) ; ftftMftft- ( ft) ) : The test can be performed in
utero. ft^lAiifto
in vade /in'veid/
verb 1 to enter a country, town, etc. using military force in order to take
control of it A {f; ftBfr; ft$J: [V] Troops invaded on August 9th that year. ilAlkftlPftftJ 8^90 AftftL 0 [VN] When did the Romans invade Britain? AJiftN’ftB&^S W?
2 [VN] to enter a place in large numbers, especially in a way that causes
damage or confusion ( A Is
M §L itfe ) I A;
ft M : Demonstrators
invaded the government buildings. A£A1to
0 As the final whistle blew, fans began
invading the field. tt*£*Wi**-i*,
$3£ft?f&ftAi«o o The cancer cells may invade other
parts of the body. mrmiM|frftl£fll»te.o 3 [VN] to
affect sth in an unpleasant or annoying way ft tft; ft$£: Do the press have the right to invade her privacy in this way? §rl^]|f- ft&ft&n%? —see also invasion, INVASIVE
in-vader /m'veida(r)/ noun an army
or a country that enters another country by force in order to take control of it;
a soldier fighting in such an army jS^Aftftj^PA ( s&Mtt ) ;
ftB&#: a foreign
invader ftHftli&# <> They prepared to repel the
invaders. ftMn/f£j§r£]:ftftfl& % o o {figurative) The white blood cells
attack cells infected with an invader. in-valid adj., noun, verb
m adj. /in'vaelid/ 1 not legally or officially acceptable ( ft #±^cH'A)AAftftJ; A ftj : The treaty was declared invalid
because it had not been ratified. & ft) ft # W 3\ ttt ?f£, 0 itt % ft A ^ o 0 People
with invalid papers are deported to another country.
2 not based
on all the facts, and therefore not correct MAi±Pl$:
an invalid
argument 3 {computing if)
of a type that
the computer cannot recognize Eft; A
J:
An
error code will be displayed if any invalid information has been entered, ft A T 0
invalid characters EI33 valid
mnoun /'invalid; BrE also
'invaliid/ a person who needs other people to take care of them, because of
illness that they have had for a long time ^ ;
A M H
^: She had been a delicate child and her
parents had treated her as an invalid.
%I^AJRWo 0 his
invalid wife T
■ verb /'mvalid; 'invaliid/ [VN] ~ sb (out) | ~ sb (out of sth) {BrE) to force
sb to leave the armed forces because of an illness or injury (ESH^^n^-'-iift:
He was invalided
out of the army in 1943. ftT 1943 iifto
in vali date /in'vaelideit/ verb [VN] 1
to prove that an idea, a story, an argument, etc. is wrong -uEB£] ft A A
ft P: This new
piece of evidence invalidates his version of events.
o 2 if you invalidate a document, contract, election, etc., you make it no longer legally or
officially valid or acceptable ft A ; ft ft iS: validate
► in vali da tion /m.vaeli'deijn/ noun [U] in
valid ity /.inva'lidati/ noun [U] 1 {BrE, technical Ain) the state of being unable to take care of yourself because of
illness or injury MM ; ft51; ^1
|1 2 (formal) the state of not being legally or officially acceptable A— compare validity in-valu-able /in'vaeljuabl/ adj. ~ (to/for sb/sth) | ~ (in sth) extremely useful valu
able : invaluable
information S ft S 0 The book will be invaluable for students
in higher education. iAA
Aftfto 0 The research
should