levee
n. 堤防(码头)
vt 筑堤
英英解释:名词levee:
1. a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)
2. a pier that provides a landing place on a river
3. an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing
level
n. 水平,水准,标准
a. 同高的,平坦的,齐平的
v. 弄平,瞄准,对准
词形变化:副词:levelly 名词:levelness 动词过去式:leveled/levelled 过去分词:leveled/levelled 现在分词:leveling/levelling 第三人称单数:levels/levels
例句与用法:1.A football field should be level.足球场地应该平坦。
2.The bombing raid practically leveled the town.空袭几乎把这座城镇夷为平地。
3.The top of this mountain is three kilometers above the sea level.这座山的山顶海拔三千米高。
4.We must increase production levels.我们必须提高生产水平。
5.The two pictures are not quite level that one is higher than the other.这两幅画挂得不一般高，这幅比那幅高。
6.Find level ground for the picnic table.找一处平坦的地面放野餐的餐桌.
7.Marks at the lower end need to be levelled up.低分的一端分数需往上提.
8.The hostage had a rifle levelled at his head.一枝步枪瞄准著人质的头.
英英解释:名词level:
1. a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
同义词：degree, grade
2. a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
同义词：grade, tier
3. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
同义词：degree, stage, point
4. height above ground
5. indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid
同义词：spirit level
6. a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line
同义词：horizontal surface
7. a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
同义词：floor, storey, story
8. an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
同义词：layer, stratum
动词level:
1. aim at
2. tear down so as to make flat with the ground
同义词：raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down
3. make level or straight
同义词：flush, even out, even
4. direct into a position for use
同义词：charge, point
5. talk frankly with; lay it on the line
6. become level or even
同义词：level off
形容词level:
1. having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
同义词：flat, plane
2. not showing abrupt variations- Louis Auchincloss
同义词：unwavering
3. being on a precise horizontal plane
4. oriented at right angles to the plumb
5. of the score in a contest
同义词：tied, even
leveler
n. 水平测量员(整平,平均主义)
例句与用法:1.Death is the great leveler.【谚】死亡面前人人平等。
英英解释:名词leveler:
1. a radical who advocates the abolition of political or economic or social inequalities
同义词：leveller
形容词level:
1. having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
同义词：flat, level, plane
2. not showing abrupt variations- Louis Auchincloss
同义词：level, unwavering
3. being on a precise horizontal plane
同义词：level
4. oriented at right angles to the plumb
同义词：level
5. of the score in a contest
同义词：tied, even, level
levelheaded
a. 头脑冷静的
英英解释:形容词levelheaded:
1. exercising or showing good judgment
同义词：healthy, intelligent, level-headed, sound
leveller
n. 水平测量员(整平,平均主义)
例句与用法:1.Death is the grand leveller.死亡面前，不分贵贱。
英英解释:名词leveller:
1. a radical who advocates the abolition of political or economic or social inequalities
同义词：leveler
levelling
n. 水准测量(测平,矫正,平整,均匀化,调整)
例句与用法:1.We need a mechanical digger to level the ground.我们需要一台挖掘机来平整土地。
2.Our effort is gear to a higher level of production.我们调整力量将生产推向更高的水平。
3.The ground should be levelled before you plant a lawn.先把地平整好再植草坪.
4.Due to the present price level, we cannot help but adjust our offer.由于目前的价格情况，我方不得不调整报价。
英英解释:动词level:
1. aim at
同义词：level
2. tear down so as to make flat with the ground
同义词：level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down
3. make level or straight
同义词：flush, level, even out, even
4. direct into a position for use
同义词：charge, level, point
5. talk frankly with; lay it on the line
同义词：level
6. become level or even
同义词：level, level off
levelly:
ad. 水准地, 不动心地
例句与用法:1.He eyed his accuser levelly without saying anything.他漠然地看着指责他的人，一句话也不说。
levelness:
n. 水平度
lever
n. 杠杆,似杠杆之工具
v. 撬开,使用杠杆
词形变化:动词过去式:levered 过去分词:levered 现在分词:levering 第三人称单数:levers
例句与用法:1.Move this lever to change gear.换档时扳动这根操纵杆。
2.This latest incident may be the lever needed to change government policy.最近的事件或许可以作为迫使政府改变政策所需的手段。
3.They levered the rock into the hole.他们用杠子把大石撬进洞里.
4.He employed his knife as a lever.他把刀子当杠杆用.
5.Push hard and the lever will go down.用力推就能把控制杆按下去.
6.This lever must serve some ulterior purpose.这撬棒准是用於不可告人的目的的.
英英解释:名词lever:
1. a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
2. a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum
3. a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock
同义词：lever tumbler
动词lever:
1. to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
同义词：pry, prise, prize, jimmy
leverage
n. 杠杆作用
词形变化:动词过去式:leveraged 过去分词:leveraged 现在分词:leveraging 第三人称单数:leverages
例句与用法:1.Her wealth gives her enormous leverage in social circles.她有财富便於她在社会各界造成巨大影响。
2.Something, such as a crowbar, that is used to apply leverage.撬杠用于实施杠杆作用的某物，比如撬杠等
3.He has some leverage over the politician.他对这位政界人士有些影响。
4.Should the West root unreservedly for Soviet success? Or should Western economic support turn on Soviet political behavior at home and abroad? Western politicians weight the choice, but it's a false choice: the leverage doesn't exist.西方应该毫无保留地支持苏联使其成功吗？或者西方的经济支援是否应视苏联在国内外政治行为来决定？西方政客们权衡他们的选择，可是这项选择是错误的。西方对苏联的制衡并不存在。
英英解释:名词leverage:
1. the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
同义词：purchase
2. strategic advantage; power to act effectively
3. investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses)
同义词：leveraging
动词leverage:
1. supplement with leverage
2. provide with leverage
leveret
n. 小兔
英英解释:名词leveret:
1. a young hare especially one in its first year
levi
n. 利未,男子名
例句与用法:1.A member of the tribe of Levi but not descended from Aaron, chosen to assist the Temple priests.利未人利未部落中非亚伦后裔，被选中去帮助祭司管理圣堂
2.Change in fashion is the tax which the industry of the poor levi on the vanity of the rich.时髦花样的变迁，是穷人的辛勤对有钱人的虚荣征收的税款。
英英解释:名词levi:
1. (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel
同义词：Matthew, Saint Matthew, St. Matthew, Saint Matthew the Apostle, St. Matthew the Apostle
leviable
a. 可徵收的
leviathan
n. 大海兽,巨大之物
英英解释:名词leviathan:
1. the largest or most massive thing of its kind
2. monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament
levier
n. 征收捐税(或罚款)的人
levigate
v. 弄成粉,磨光,琢磨
levigation
n. 研粉,水簸
levin
n. 闪电
例句与用法:1.I went back to Alexandria several months ago. I stopped in front of your old house on Levin Street.几个月以前我回了一趟亚里山大。我在莱文街你的故居前，停了一会儿。
2."Everything we do on the site is proper and lawful, " said Levin, noting that the yard,… is under constant scrutiny. "It's in a fishbowl, " he said."我们在场地上做的一切都合情合法，"莱文说，并指出……场地经常受到检查。他说，"场地上一切都是一目了然。"
levirate
n. 寡妇与亡夫兄弟的结婚
英英解释:名词levirate:
1. the biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line
levis
n. Levis 牌牛仔裤
例句与用法:1.The nation levied all able-bodied man for the war.国家征召所有壮丁参战。
2.The government levies a fine against the factories for polluting the air with smoke.政府向以烟尘污染空气的工厂征收罚金。
英英解释:名词levis:
1. a popular brand of jeans
同义词：Levi's
名词levi:
1. (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel
同义词：Matthew, Saint Matthew, St. Matthew, Saint Matthew the Apostle, St. Matthew the Apostle, Levi |
