Mercury 1262 |
lively and
quick 活泼的；机智的：a briHiant，mercuriaZ mi'nd敏捷而富有才蕃的头® 3 (fedm/aj/术语)containing mercury含水银的；水银的
Mercury /'m3：kj9ri; NAmE 'm3：rk-/ noun
the smallest planet in the solar system, nearest to the sun 水星 mercury /'m3：kjari; NAmE 'm3：rk-/ noun
[U] (symb Hg)
a chemical element. Mercury is a
poisonous silver liquid metal, used in thermometers. M；水银 mercy /'m3：si; NAmE 'm3：rsi/ noun
{pi. -ies) 1 [u] a kind or forgiving attitude towards
sb that you have the power, to harm or right to punish 仁慈；宽恕 PCiTl humanity ： to ask/beg/ptead /or mercy 请 _ /.乞求 / 祈求宽恕◊ r/iey showed no mercy to their hostages.他 人质丝毫不讲仁慈。◊ God have merpy on us•上帝 怜悯我们吧。◊ The
troops are on a merty mission (= a journey to lielp people) in the war zone.部队出发救助战
区民众。2 [C, usually sing.] (informal) an event
or a situation to be grateful for, usually because it stops sth unpleasant 亨运；恩意：Ws a mercy she wasri^ seriously hurt/幸运的是她备势不重'。一see also merciful, merciless IT»!7!1 at
the mercy of sb/sth not able to stop sb/sth harming you because they have power or control
over you任…处置；对…无能为力；_任 由…摆布：not going to put myself at the
mercy of the bcmfc.我不想任由银行摆布。_◊ V^e were at the mercy 0/the
weather. _们受㈣T夫气。leavie sb/sth to the mercy/mercies of sb/sth to leave sb/sth in a situation
that may cause them to suffer or to be treated badly 听任某人可能受到虐待（而无能为力）throw
yourself on sb*s mercy (format) to put yourself in a situation
where you must rely on sb to be kind to you and not harm or punish you指望某人能够善待（或宽恕）你
—more at small adj.
'mercy
killing noun [C, U] the act of killing sb out
of pity, for example because they are in severe pain 安乐 死；无疼痛致死术S3Z1 euthanasia mere /mia(r); NAmE
mir/ adj., noun madj. [only before noun] {superlative
mer-est, no comparative) 1 used when
you want to emphasize how small, unim- portant, etc. sb/stii is 仅仅的；只不过：Jt toofc her a mere 20 minutes to
win.—只金了 20 分钟就贏T。◊ A mere
2% of
their budget has been spent on publicity, jlfe 们的预算开支只有2%用于宣传。◊ He seemed so young, a mere
boy.他看来那么年轻，只是个孩子。◊ Ybu’ve got the job. The
interview will be a mere formality.
到亍这份工作。面试不过是个形式。2 used when you are saying that
the fact that a particular thing is present in a situation is enough to have an
influence on that situation 只凭…就足以：Ms mere presence (= just the fact
that he was there) made her /ed a介aid. i也当时 在场，这就足以让她害怕了。〇The
mere/act that they were prepared to taWc was encouraging.他们愿意商谈，
这就很不错了。◊ mere
thought 〇/ earing made him /ed sicfc.他一想到吃饭就觉得恶心。◊ The
merest (= the slightest) hint of smoke is enough to make her feel
ill. ft 细微的一丝烟就能使她感到不舒服。
■ noM/i (8r£，//Yera〇/)
(also used in names 也用于名称）a small
mer-en-gue /ma'reijgei/
noun [U, C] a lively
merge /m3:d3; m3:rd3/ verfc 1 〜（with/into) sth |
~ A with B |
~ A and B (together) to combine or make
two or
more things combine to form a single thing (使）合并，结合，并入：[V] 77ie banfcs are set to merge
next year.这几家银行准备明年合并。◊ Ms department wiW merge
with mine.他的細门我的合并。◊ The villages expanded and
merged into one large town.
村庄扩大了并且结合成了—个大集镇。◊ Fact and Action merge
together in his iatest thrfHer.在他最近的惊险小说
中，真实和虚构交织在一起。◊ The
two groups have merged to/orm a new party.两大组织合并组成一个新
党。◊
[VN]' His department wiZZ be merged ivith mine.他 的部门将相我的合并。◊抓e company was/ormed by merging three
smaHerjfiirms.公司是由三家小公司合并由
成的。2 [V] if two things merge, or if one thing
merges into another, the differences between them gradually disappear so that
it is impossible to separate them相®;融入；渐渐消失在某物+ : The MLs merged into the dark sky
behind them.山峦渐渐隐入背后漆黑的
夜空之中。tTiTill merge into the background (of a person A) to behave quietly
when you are with a group of people so that they do not notice you 悄悄融入金
体；不求闻达
merger
/'m3：d3a(r);
NAmE *m3：rd3-/ noun [C] ~ (be- tween/of A and B) | 〜（with sth) the act of joining two
or more organizations or businesses into one (机构或 企业的）合并，归并：a
merger between the two banks 两家银行的合并◊ our proposed merger with
the imiver- dfy我f与这大学提议中的合并
me-rid-ian /ma'ridian/ noun one of the lines that is drawn
from the North Pole to the South Pole on a map of the world子午钱；经线
meringue
/ma'raer)/ noun [U, C] a sweet white mixture made
from egg whites and sugar, usually baked until crisp and used to make cakes; a
small cake made from this mixture 蛋白穌；蛋糖脆土： a lemon meringue pie
柠檬
g糖馅饼
me-rino /ma'riinau;
NAmE -nou/ noun {pi. -os) 1 [C] a breed of sheep with long fine wool' 美利奴绵羊（其域细
长）2 [U] the wool of the merino sheep or a type of cloth made from this wool,
used for making clothes 美$奴羊毛；美利奴羊毛织品
merit /'merit/ noun, verb
mnoun 1 [U] (format) the quality of being
good and of deserving praise, reward or admiration 抚点；美德;价 值 H77I worth ： a work of outstanding artistic
merit 具有杰出艺术价值的作品◊ The pkm is
entire^ without merit.这个计划毫无办值。◊ I want to get
the job on merit.我要凭才能得别这份工作。2 [C, usually pi.] a
good feature that deserves praise, reward or admiration {fi 得赞扬（或奖励、钦佩 > 的特点；功绩；长处BE1 strength ： We will consider each case on
its (own) merits (= without considering any other issues,
feelings, etc.).我们将根据每件事情本身的情况来考虑。◊ They weighed up the relative merits of the four omciidates.他们对四名候选人各自的优点作了比较。3 [C] (BrB) a mark/grade in an
exam or for a piece of work at school or university which is excellent (学校或大学考
试或作业的T 良好 4 [C] (8/f) a mark/grade
given as a reward for good behaviour at school (在校操行好而获
得的）良好
■ verto (not
used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时） (formal) to do sth to deserve praise, attention, etc. JSZ 得；得 deserve ： [VN] He claims that their
success was not merited.他声称他们不应该获得成功。◊ The
case does not merit_/iirther investigation. 个案子不
值得进一步调查。[alsov-ing] mer-it-oc-racy /.meri'tDkrasi; NAmE -'ta:k-/ noun {pi. -ies) 1 [C, U] a country or social system where
people get power or money on the basis of their ability 精英领导体 制；英才管理制度 2 the meritocracy [sing.] the group of people with power in
this kind of social system 精卖
管金班子mer-ito-crat.ic /_merit9_krastik/ meri-tori-ous /.meri'toirias/ adj. (formal) deserving praise 值得赞扬如 B3C1 praiseworthy mer.kin /’m3:kin; NAmE 'm3：rk-/ noun an artificial covering of hair for
the pubic area 假阴毛 mer-lin /'m3：lm; NAmE 'm3：rlm/ noun a small bird of prey (= a bird that kills other creatures for food)
of the falcon family灰背隼；鸽鹰