1). stop or cause to be not active暂停,中止 The shipping service has been suspended because of bad weather因为天气恶劣,船运服务 被暂停了 Both governments are refusing to suspend hostilities 两国政府都拒绝停止敌对行动 2) hang sth.up悬挂 It was very uncomfortable lying on the hospital bed with my legs suspended in the air 躺在病床上,双腿吊挂的滋味可真不好受 3). send sb away from his/her school, job, position, etc for a period of time, usu. as a punishment for doing sth. bad He was suspended from school.他被开除离校。 She was suspended from her job shortly after the incident.事故发生后不久,她就被开除 suspension n.暂停,中止;悬挂,吊 6. preliminary a. coming before or preparing for a more important action or event预备的,初 步的 a preliminary meeting预备会议 In preliminary discussions, American officials rejected the requests在初步讨论中,美国 官员拒绝了这些要求 n.(usu.pl)sth. done first, to introduce or prepare for later things初步做法,淮备工作 几句开场白后,我们陈述了主要观点。 There are a lot of preliminaries to be gone through before you can visit certain foreign countries在访问某些国家之前,你有许多准备工作要做。 7. magn n有强大吸引力的人或物 This disco is a magnet for young people这种迪斯科舞厅对青年人很有吸引力。 The United States has always acted as a magnet to people seeking fame and fortune.美国像磁 铁一样吸引着寻求名利的人 ).磁铁,磁体 A magnet attracts nails磁铁能吸铁钉。 He picked all the needles up with a magnet他用磁铁捡起了所有的针 1) change sth. in order to make it better改革,改进,改良 reform the examination system改革考试制度 You have to reform the management of the company.你得改革公司的管理制度 2)(cause to) behave better or fit into society better He's done wrong in the past but he has made serious efforts to reform.他过去做了错事,但现 在在努力改过自新 Our prisons aim to reform criminals, not simply to punish them.我们的监狱旨在改造罪犯 而不仅仅是惩罚他们。 n. changes in sth. in order to make it better改革,改造 a major reform to the system对这一制度的重大改革3 5. suspend vt. 1). stop or cause to be not active 暂停，中止 The shipping service has been suspended because of bad weather.因为天气恶劣，船运服务 被暂停了。 Both governments are refusing to suspend hostilities. 两国政府都拒绝停止敌对行动。 2). hang sth. up 悬挂 It was very uncomfortable lying on the hospital bed with my legs suspended in the air. 躺在病床上，双腿吊挂的滋味可真不好受。 3). send sb. away from his/her school, job, position, etc. for a period of time, usu. as a punishment for doing sth. bad He was suspended from school. 他被开除离校。 She was suspended from her job shortly after the incident. 事故发生后不久，她就被开除 了。 suspension n. 暂停，中止; 悬挂，吊 6. preliminary a. coming before or preparing for a more important action or event 预备的，初 步的 a preliminary meeting 预备会议 In preliminary discussions, American officials rejected the requests. 在初步讨论中，美国 官员拒绝了这些要求。 n. (usu. pl.) sth. done first, to introduce or prepare for later things 初步做法，准备工作 After a few polite preliminaries, we stated our main ideas. 几句开场白后，我们陈述了主要观点。 There are a lot of preliminaries to be gone through before you can visit certain foreign countries.在访问某些国家之前，你有许多准备工作要做。 7. magnet n. 1). [C] a person or thing that has a powerful attraction 有强大吸引力的人或物 This disco is a magnet for young people.这种迪斯科舞厅对青年人很有吸引力。 The United States has always acted as a magnet to people seeking fame and fortune. 美国像磁 铁一样吸引着寻求名利的人。 2). 磁铁，磁体 A magnet attracts nails.磁铁能吸铁钉。 He picked all the needles up with a magnet.他用磁铁捡起了所有的针。 8. reform v. 1) change sth. in order to make it better 改革，改进，改良 reform the examination system 改革考试制度 You have to reform the management of the company. 你得改革公司的管理制度。 2) (cause to) behave better or fit into society better He's done wrong in the past but he has made serious efforts to reform. 他过去做了错事，但现 在在努力改过自新。 Our prisons aim to reform criminals, not simply to punish them. 我们的监狱旨在改造罪犯， 而不仅仅是惩罚他们。 n. changes in sth. in order to make it better 改革，改造 a major reform to the system 对这一制度的重大改革