第一部分

bankrupt[’bæŋkrʌpt]

adj. 破产的
例 The recession had led to many small businesses going bankrupt.
经济萧条导致许多小公司破产。
vt. 使破产
例 Foolish expenditures will bankrupt the company.
胡乱花钱会导致公司破产。
联 bankruptcy n. 破产;disrupt vt. 使分裂;eruption n. 爆发;interruption n. 打断

barber[’bɑ:bə(r)]

n. 理发师〈同 haircutter〉
例 It’s time you went to the barber’s.
你该去理发了。

barely[’beəli]

adv. ① 仅仅〈同 just〉
例 She was barely fifteen when she won her first championship.
她拿到第一个冠军的时候才15岁。
② 几乎不能〈同 hardly, scarcely〉
例 I hurt my foot and can barely walk.
我的脚受伤了,几乎没法走路。

barrel[’bærəl]

n. 桶〈同 vessel〉
例 The price of oil is usually given per barrel.
油价通常按桶计算。

barren[’bærən]

adj. 贫瘠的;荒凉的〈同 infertile, desolate〉
例 The barren soil of the Rocky Mountains provides few nutrients to the grasses growing there.
落基山贫瘠的土壤几乎无法给生长在那里的草提供足够的营养。
联 barrenness n. 荒凉

basement[’beɪsmənt]

n. 地下室〈同 cellar〉
例 The toy department is in the basement of the store.
玩具部设在商场的地下楼层。

batch[bætʃ]

n.(面包等)一炉,一批;(人或物)一批
例 Our second batch of bread was better than the first.
我们第二批的面包要比第一批的好。

beneath[bɪ’ni:θ]

prep./adv. 在…之下〈同 below〉
例 The submarine disappeared beneath the waves.
潜水艇消失在浪涛之下。

betray[bɪ’treɪ]

vt. ① 背叛〈同 be disloyal to〉
例 Mary betrayed Bill by having a love affair.
玛丽背叛了比尔,和别人谈恋爱了。
②(非故意地)暴露,显露〈同 indicate, show〉
例 Although she is nervous on stage, her actions do not betray her feelings.
虽然她在舞台上很紧张,但是并没有在肢体动作中表现出来。
联 tray n. 碟子;astray adj. 迷路的;traitor n. 叛徒

bewilder[bɪ’wɪldə(r)]

vt. 使迷惑,使不知所措〈同 confuse〉
例 The police are bewildered by the mystery of the murder.
这起神秘的凶杀案让警察感到很困惑。

第二部分

bias[’baɪəs]

n. 偏见;偏好〈同 prejudice, preference〉
例 A committee has been established to address the problem of racial and sexual bias within the industry.
已成立了一个委员会以解决行业内的种族和性别歧视问题。
联 biased adj. 有偏见的;unbiased adj. 没有偏见的

bibliography[ˌbɪblɪ’ɒgrəfi]

n.(有关某一专题或某一作者的)书目,参考书目
例 How many books were listed in this bibliography?
这个参考书目里列了多少本书?
联 bibliographer n. 书志学家,书目提要编著人

biography[baɪ’ɒgrəfi]

n. 传记
例 The reading of a biography gives a knowledge of people and events that cannot always be obtained from history books.
阅读传记能让人获得关于人物和事件的知识,而这些知识通常在历史书上是学不到的。
联 biographer n. 传记作者;autobiography n. 自传

bizarre[bɪ’zɑ:(r)]

adj.(指态度、容貌、款式等)奇异的,古怪的〈同 odd, fantastic〉
例 The frost made bizarre figures on the windowpanes.
霜冻在窗户玻璃上形成了奇异的图案。

blaze[bleɪz]

vi. 燃烧,照耀〈同 burn brightly〉
例 A fire was blazing in the fireplace.
壁炉中的火正在燃烧。
n. 火焰,光辉〈同 flame〉
例 We could see the blaze of the campfire across the beach.
我们在海滩这边能看见那边篝火的火焰。

blazing[’bleɪzɪŋ]

adj. 燃烧的;闪耀的〈同 burning, bright〉
例 I had to leave the blazing heat of the midday sun.
我不得不躲避正午烈日的炙烤。
联 ablaze adj. 着火的,闪耀的

bleak[bli:k]

adj. 荒凉的;凄凉的;寒冷的,阴冷的〈同 desolate, barren〉
例 The rocky peaks of high mountains are bleak.
高山顶上覆盖着岩石,一片荒凉。
联 bleach v. 变白,漂白

bless[bles]

vt. 祝福,保佑;赐予,给予
例 My parents were blessed with good health.
我的父母有幸拥有健康的身体。
联 blessing n. 恩赐

blossom[’blɒsəm]

n./vi.(开)花〈同 bloom〉
例 The apple tree is covered in blossoms.
那棵苹果树开满了花。

blunder[’blʌndə(r)]

vt. 跌跌撞撞地走;(犯)大错,做错〈同 stumble〉
例 The exhausted boy blundered through the woods in the dark night.
这个筋疲力尽的男孩在夜晚的森林中跌跌撞撞地行走。
n. 大错〈同 stupid mistake〉
例 Misspelling the title of a book is a silly blunder to make.
把书名拼写错是一个很愚蠢的错误。
联 flounder vi. 困难地往前走,踌躇;plunder v. 抢劫

第三部分

blunt[blʌnt]

adj. ① 直言不讳的〈同 outspoken, candid〉
例 In the army, he was famous for his rough edges and blunt speech.
在军队里,他以不修边幅、说话直率而闻名。
②(刀、铅笔等)钝的,不尖的〈同 dull〉
例 This knife is too blunt to cut vegetables; could you sharpen it?
这把刀太钝了,没法切菜。你能把它磨得锋利一点吗?

blush[blʌʃ]

vi. 脸红,羞愧〈同 flush〉
例 She always blushes when she is embarrassed.
她在感到尴尬的时候通常会脸红。

boycott[’bɔɪkɒt]

n./vt. 联合抵制;拒绝交往或购买〈同 shun〉
例 The group has threatened to boycott the election because it believes it will not be democratic.
该小组威胁要抵制选举,因他们认为这次选举会不民主。

brace[breɪs]

vt. 支撑〈同 support〉
例 We braced the roof with four poles.
我们用四根柱子来支撑屋顶。
n. 支柱;【医】矫形支架
例 I had to wear braces for my crooked teeth when I was a teenager.
我在十几岁的时候,必须戴矫形牙套来矫正长歪的牙齿。
联 embrace v. 拥抱;bracelet n. 手镯

bracket[’brækɪt]

n. 托架
例 A bracket is fastened to a wall and used to support something such as a shelf.
支架被固定在墙上,用来支撑架子等物品。
vt. 用托架来固定
例 She bracketed the shelves to make them stronger.
她用托架固定架子,使其更牢固。

brake[breɪk]

n. 刹车闸
例 A brake is anything used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel or vehicle by pressing or by rubbing against the wheel.
刹车闸是通过挤压或摩擦车轮而使车辆减速或者停止的装置。
v.(使)刹车〈同 stop〉
例 The bus braked to avoid hitting the pedestrian.
公交车刹车以避免撞到行人。

breakdown[’breɪkdaʊn]

n. ① 失败;(机械的)故障〈同 failure〉
例 I had a breakdown in the middle of the trip.
在旅途中,我(的车)出故障了。
② 分解;细目,分类〈同 decomposition〉
例 Fungi obtain their supplies either from the breakdown of dead organic matter or from other living organisms.
细菌既可以从死亡生物体的分解中获得养分,也可以从生物活体获得养分。

breathe[bri:ð]

v. 呼吸,呼出〈同 respire〉
例 I like to breathe deeply of the fresh spring air.
我喜欢深吸春天的新鲜空气。
联 breathing n. 呼吸;breath n. 呼吸,气息;breathless adj. 无声息的,喘不过气来的

bribe[braɪb]

n. 贿赂
例 The driver who caused the accident offered the police officer a bribe to let her go.
那起交通事故的肇事司机贿赂警察,好让警察放她走。
vt. 贿赂,向…行贿
例 A gambler bribed one of the boxers to lose the fight.
一个赌徒收买了其中的一个拳击手,让他输掉比赛。

brim[brɪm]

n. 边;边缘〈同 edge〉
例 Please do not fill my cup to the brim because I always put a lot of cream in my coffee.
请别把我的杯子倒满,因为我总会往咖啡里放很多奶油。
联 broad-brimmed adj. 宽边的

第四部分

brisk[brɪsk]

adj. 活泼的,轻快的〈同 energetic〉
例 Grandmother likes to take a brisk walk every morning to exercise.
祖母喜欢每天早上散会儿步,锻炼锻炼身体。
联 briskness n. 敏捷,活泼

brittle[’brɪtəl]

adj. 易碎的〈同 breakable, fragile〉
例 The pond was covered with a brittle layer of ice.
池塘表面覆盖着一层薄薄的冰。
联 bristle n. 刚毛,猪鬃 v.(使毛发等)竖起,发怒;rattle vi. 喋喋不休,嘎嘎地响

brochure[’brəʊʃə(r); (US)brəʊ’ʃʊər]

n. 小册子〈同 short pamphlet〉
例 The brochure included a price list for cottage rentals.
手册包含小别墅租金价格表。

bronze[brɒnz]

n. 青铜;铜像
例 The church bell is made of bronze.
教堂的钟是由青铜铸成的。
联 Bronze Age 青铜器时代;sun-bronzed adj. 被太阳晒成古铜色的

brood[bru:d]

n. 一窝;(一个家庭的)所有孩子
例 That mother and father have a brood of twelve children.
那对父母养育了12个孩子。
vt. 孵化
例 Hens and other birds brood till the young are hatched.
母鸡和其他鸟类会一直孵自己生的蛋,直到幼雏被孵化出来。

broom[bru:m]

n. 扫帚
例 A broom is a brush with a long handle for sweeping.
扫帚是一种有着长把、用来扫地的、像刷子一样的工具。

bruise[bru:z]

n. 淤伤,擦伤〈同 abrasion〉
例 The bruise on my arm turned black and blue.
我胳膊上的擦伤变得青一块紫一块的。
v. 打伤;撞伤〈同 injure〉
例 Rough handling bruised the apples before they reached the market.
苹果还没送到市场,就被野蛮装卸碰伤了。

brutal[’bru:təl]

adj. 野蛮的,残忍的〈同 cruel〉
例 The brutal coach persisted in asking the team to run all afternoon under the hot sun.
这个残忍的教练坚持让队员们在烈日下跑了一下午。
联 brutality n. 野蛮,残忍

bud[bʌd]

n. 芽,蓓蕾〈同 shoot〉
例 The trees all round were covered in buds.
周围的树都发芽了。
vi. 发芽〈同 sprout〉
例 Most of the trees and flowers bud in the spring.
大多数的树和花在春天发芽。
联 taste bud 味蕾;buddy n. 密友,伙伴

buffer[’bʌfə(r)]

n. 缓冲器;缓冲者;缓冲物
例 He acted as a buffer between the quarreling children.
他调解了两个孩子的争吵。