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The house prices are currently too high.
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The brain is a seemingly endless library, whose shelves house our most precious memories as well as our lifetime's knowledge.
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Another trend that looks significant in 2015 is that America's largest population group, Millennials ( ' , 千禧 一代), will continue to put off buying a house.
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After graduating with a degree in business and accounting, she joined a public accounting firm, married, bought a house, put lots of stuff in it, and had a baby.
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People in cold places live in warm houses and have learned to adapt.
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For example, if a robot does chores around the house, you wouldn't want it to put the pet cat in the oven to make dinner for the hungry children.
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SimpliSafe's device can send a warning to the house owner's cellphone.
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Contrary to its title, the center is a clearing house ( ' , 信息交流中心) for using technology in classrooms and in online courses.
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Agents and fashion houses who hire models with a BMI under 18 could pay $82,000 in fines and spend up to 6 months in jail.
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A burglar has to continuously jam the wireless security device to avoid triggering the alarm, both inside and outside the house.
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Another trend that looks significant in 2015 is that America's largest population group, millennials, will continue to put off buying a house.
2017年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
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As I came across a box that was up but with no house, I checked, and there was mail—outgoing mail—in it.
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But it might be time to unlearn that training 一 this summer, a group of culture addicts, artists and community organizers are inviting New Yorkers to write all over the walls of an old house on Governor's Island.
2019年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
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Contrary to its title, the center is a clearing house (信息交流中心) for using technology in classrooms and in online courses.
2016年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
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Everyone loves a good house party, but the cleaning-up the next morning isn't as enjoyable.
2019年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
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Forgetting how to operate a familiar object like a microwave oven, or forgetting how to drive to the house of a friend you've visited many times before can also be signs of something going wrong.
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If anything does go wrong while they're in the house, they don 't want to be blamed for it.
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people are increasingly using for peace of mind in their homes, but few stop to think about the effect these devices may have on house guests.
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Take, for instance, the age at which people make commitments such as buying a house, getting married, having children, or starting a career.
2019年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
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This summer, a group of culture addicts, artists and community organizers are inviting New Yorkers to write all over the walls of an old house on Governor's Island.
2019年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
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This year, the programs range from one that turns the house into a collaborative essay to one that explores the meaning of exile.
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We will live in a large, two-storey house with floors and the staircase made of wood.
2017年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
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You made day dream about meeting your life partner, or living in a big house by the sea.
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Italian architects were hired to design houses and gardens.
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In England, where architecture was increasingly seen as an aristocratic pursuit, noblemen often applied what they learned from the villas of Palladio in the Veneto and the evocative ( ' , 唤起回忆的) ruins of Rome to their own country houses and gardens.
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Aristocrats' country houses all had Roman-style gardens.
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Which makes it odd that the kitchen has become the heart of the modern house: what the great hall was to the medieval castle, the kitchen is to the 21stcentury home.
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The one in the House bill would have to negotiate rates with providers, rather than using Medicare rates, as many reformers wanted.
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The good news is that a bill just approved by the House and a bill approved by the Senate Finance Committee would implement or test many reforms that should help slow the rise in medical costs over the long term.
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The bills in both houses would start pilot projects within Medicare.
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The House bill would authorize the secretary of health and human services to negotiate drug prices in Medicare and Medicaid.
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The House bill has no similar tax.
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Right into the early 20th century, kitchens were smoky, noisy places, generally located underground, or to the back of the house, and as far from living space as possible.
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It has become something odd in a modern house.
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Here are some of the important proposals in the House and Senate bills to try to address those problems, and why it is hard to know how well they will work.
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The newer players are stepping into what they view as a treasure house of resources.
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There are some very commendable characteristics of the CFL [compact fluorescent ( ' , 荧光的 ) light bulb], yet the selection of any light source remains inseparable from the luminaire ( ' , 照明装置 ) that houses it, along with the space in which both arc installed, and lighting requirements that need to be satisfied.
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In the US, the House of Representatives Science Committee has approved a bill allocating $10 million a year to studying energy-related behaviour.
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And there is more to the story, because not only are the devices that house incandescent bulbs shaped to their underlying characteristics, but rooms and entire buildings have been designed in accordance with how incandescent lighting reflects off walls and windows.
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And there is more to the story, because not only are the devices that house incandescent bulbs shaped to their underlying characteristics, but rooms and entire buildings have been designed in accordance with how incandescent lighting reflects off walls an
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At first, Rosen bought groceries and made house payments with the help from unemployment insurance.
2016年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
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Mothers who slept in the same room as their infants, whether in the same bed or just the same room, had poorer sleep than mothers whose babies slept elsewhere in the house: They woke up more frequently, were awake approximately 20 minutes longer per night
2016年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section B
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Officials at the White House announced a new space policy focused on managing the increasing number of satellites that companies and governments are launching into space.
2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
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right into the early 20th century, kitchens were smoky, noisy places, generally located underground, or to the back of the house, and as far from living space as possible.
2016年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
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The good news is that a bill just approved by the House and a bill approved by the Senate finance Committee would implement or test many reforms that should help slow the rise in medical costs over the long term.
2016年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
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Unless the meal takes place in a beer house, this is considered bad manners.
2017年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
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within their compact bodies these minute satellites are able to house sensors and communications receivers/ transmitters that enable operators to study Earth from space, as well as space around Earth.
2019年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
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You'll live in a big house in Hollywood, go to the Oscars every year—and win! You'll be rich and famous.
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房屋;房子;住宅
A house is a building in which people live, usually the people belonging to one family.
例句
She has moved to a smaller house.
她已经搬进了一所小一些的房子。
...her parents' house in Warwickshire.
她父母位于沃里克郡的住宅
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N-SING
住在一幢房子里的人;一家人
You can refer to all the people who live together in a house as the house .
例句
If he set his alarm clock for midnight, it would wake the whole house...
如果他把闹钟设在午夜响,那会把全家人都吵醒的。
So I grew up with that feeling that the man is the head of the house.
因此我从小到大一直认为男人是一家之主。
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(用于餐饮场所的名称)餐厅,馆,屋
House is used in the names of types of places where people go to eat and drink.
例句
...a steak house.
牛排餐厅
...an old Salzburg coffee house.
年代久远的萨尔茨堡咖啡馆
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(尤用于出版、借贷或服装设计等公司的名称)公司,商行
House is used in the names of types of companies, especially ones which publish books, lend money, or design clothes.
例句
Many of the clothes come from the world's top fashion houses...
这些服装中有很多出自世界顶级时装设计公司。
Eventually she was fired from her job at a publishing house.
最后她就职的那家出版社把她解雇了。
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(用于办公楼、私宅或豪宅名称)大楼,大厦,大宅
House is sometimes used in the names of office buildings and large private homes or expensive houses.
例句
I was to go to the very top floor of Bush House in Aldwych.
我正要去奥尔德威治的布什大厦最顶层。
...Harewood House near Leeds.
利兹附近的哈伍德宫
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(英国)上(或下)议院;(美国)众议院
You can refer to the two main bodies of Britain's parliament and the United States of America's legislature as the House or a House.
例句
Some members of the House and Senate worked all day yesterday...
一些众议员和参议员昨天工作了整整一天。
The Republicans have majorities in both Houses.
共和党人在参众两院都占了多数席位。
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全体辩论者;所有辩手
You can refer to all the people at a debate as the house .
例句
The club is planning a public debate on 'This house believes that journalism has not gained from the introduction of new technology'.
该俱乐部拟就“我方辩手认为新闻报道并没有从新技术中获益”一题进行一次公开辩论。
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(英国学校中为进行体育竞赛等所划分的)组,社
In a British school, a house is a group of children of different ages who compete against other groups in sports and other activities. Each house usually has a name.
例句
He was a prefect and house captain.
他是班长兼社长。
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贵族;名门望族;(尤指)王室,王族
A house is a family which has been or will be important for many generations, especially the family of a king or queen.
例句
...the Saudi Royal House.
沙特王族
...the House of Windsor.
温莎王室
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(剧场、影院或其他娱乐场所的)观众席;全体观众
The house is the part of a theatre, cinema, or other place of entertainment where the audience sits. You can also refer to the audience at a particular performance as the house.
例句
They played in front of a packed house.
他们的演出座无虚席。
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ADJ
(餐馆里的葡萄酒)廉价佐餐的,未列入酒水单的
A restaurant's house wine is the cheapest wine it sells, which is not listed by name on the wine list.
例句
Tweed ordered a carafe of the house wine.
特威德点了一瓶佐餐葡萄酒。
...a bottle of house red or white.
一瓶普通红葡萄酒或白葡萄酒
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VERB
为…提供房屋(或住所)
To house someone means to provide a house or flat for them to live in.
例句
Part III of the Housing Act 1985 imposes duties on local authorities to house homeless people...
1985年《住房法案》的第三部分要求地方政府为无家可归者提供住所。
Regrettably we have to house families in these inadequate flats.
很遗憾,我们不得不让住户挤在这些狭小的公寓里。
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安置;容纳;作为…之用
A building or container that houses something is the place where it is located or from where it operates.
例句
The château itself is open to the public and houses a museum of motorcycles and cars...
古堡本身对公众开放,并设有一个摩托车和汽车博物馆。
Many years later, the temple erected in her name was used to house the Roman mint.
多年后,以她的名义建造的寺庙被改造成了罗马铸币厂。
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VERB
(建筑物)供…居住,供…下榻
If you say that a building houses a number of people, you mean that is the place where they live or where they are staying.
例句
The building will house twelve boys and eight girls...
这座房子里会住12个男孩和8个女孩。
Their villas housed army officers now.
他们的别墅里现在住着军官。
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(人、表演或演讲)博得全场喝彩,引得哄堂大笑
If a person or their performance or speech brings the house down, the audience claps, laughs, or shouts loudly because the performance or speech is very impressive or amusing.
例句
It's really an amazing dance. It just always brings the house down.
这真是一段精彩绝伦的舞蹈表演,每次总是博得全场喝彩。
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很快就打得火热;一见如故;一拍即合
If two people get on like a house on fire, they quickly become close friends, for example because they have many interests in common.
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(不出去工作而)操持家务,当家
If you keep house, you do the cleaning and cooking for your household, and do not go out to work.
例句
He lives with an aunt who keeps house for him.
他和一位帮他料理家务的姑妈住在一起。
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PHRASE
(餐馆或酒吧)免费招待的
If you are given something in a restaurant or bar on the house, you do not have to pay for it.
例句
The owner knew about the engagement and brought them glasses of champagne on the house.
店主知道了订婚一事,于是免费请他们喝香槟。
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管好自己的事;处理好自身问题
If someone gets their house in order ,puts their house in order, or sets their house in order, they arrange their affairs and solve their problems.
例句
Some think Stempel's departure will help the company get its financial house in order...
有些人认为斯坦普尔的离职将有助于公司解决自身的财务问题。
The challenge for American leadership is this: Can we put our economic house in order?...
美国领导层面临的挑战是:我们能否处理好自己的经济问题?
Noun
1. a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families;
"he has a house on Cape Cod""she felt she had to get out of the house"2. an official assembly having legislative powers;
"the legislature has two houses"3. a building in which something is sheltered or located;
"they had a large carriage house"4. a social unit living together;
"he moved his family to Virginia""It was a good Christian household""I waited until the whole house was asleep""the teacher asked how many people made up his home"5. a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented;
"the house was full"6. members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments;
"he worked for a brokerage house"7. aristocratic family line;
"the House of York"8. the members of a religious community living together
9. the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema;
"the house applauded""he counted the house"10. play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults;
"the children were playing house"11. (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
12. the management of a gambling house or casino;
"the house gets a percentage of every bet"Verb
1. contain or cover;
"This box houses the gears"2. provide housing for;
"The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"