| 单词 | compound |
| 释义 | compound Word forms: compounds, compounding , compounded pronunciation note: The noun is pronounced (kɒmpaʊnd ). The verb is pronounced (kəmpaʊnd ). 1. countable noun A compound is an enclosed area of land that is used for a particular purpose. Police fired on them as they fled into the embassy compound. ...a military compound. 2. countable noun In chemistry, a compound is a substance that consists of two or more elements. Organic compounds contain carbon in their molecules. Salt in its essential form is a compound of sodium and chlorine. [+ of] Synonyms: combination, mixture, blend, composite 3. countable noun [usually singular] If something is a compound of different things, it consists of those things. [formal] Honey is a compound of water, sugar, vitamins and enzymes. 4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Compound is used to indicate that something consists of two or more parts or things. ...a tall shrub with shiny compound leaves. ...the compound microscope. Synonyms: complex, multiple, composite, conglomerate 5. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] In grammar, a compound noun, adjective, or verb is one that is made up of two or more words, for example 'fire engine', 'bottle-green', and 'force-feed'. 6. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] In grammar, a compound sentence is one that is made up of two or more main clauses. Compare complex, , simple. 7. verb To compound a problem, difficulty, or mistake means to make it worse by adding to it. [formal] Additional bloodshed and loss of life will only compound the tragedy. [VERB noun] The problem is compounded by the medical system here. [be VERB-ed + by] Synonyms: intensify, add to, complicate, worsen Collocations: compound a crisis Bad policy or indecisiveness, on the other hand, will compound the crisis. Times, Sunday Times However, instead of reassuring voters, the chancellor risked compounding the crisis by failing to modify his dire assessment. Times, Sunday Times A run of bad weather and the stuttering global economy have merely compounded the crisis. Times, Sunday Times The rising costs of food and fuel, repeated population movements, multi-factional fighting and reduced employment have all compounded the crisis. Times, Sunday Times Doing so in the midst of the summer tourist season compounded the difficulties, they said. Times, Sunday Times He doesn't realize that by staying he's only compounding the difficulties. Christianity Today Compounding the difficulties are the continuing insurgencies and an ebola outbreak in the east of the country. Times, Sunday Times To compound their difficulties, the cost of fuel and electricity rose by 11.5 per cent over the same period. Times, Sunday Times The cold, wet climate compounded the difficulties of the terrain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most of the kayakers are inexperienced, which compounds the risk from alcohol as they manoeuvre down the rock-strewn river, the gendarmerie said. Times, Sunday Times And poverty and conflict can compound the risks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We are compounding that risk by the dramatic changes in the student finance system. Times, Sunday Times Ingress encroachments from the banks (building, industries, and slums) as well as modification of river-course and local diversion of streams have compounded the risk of flooding. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To compound the situation, market and competitive forces are constantly accelerating. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Poor farming practices including non-compliance to usage of masks and over-usage of the chemicals compound this situation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When things don't go right for us we are compounding the situation by making our own errors. Times, Sunday Times The team then compounded the situation. Times, Sunday Times Miners were prone to illness, with high rates of trench foot and bad food disease, while fatigue compounded the situation, creating a high mortality rate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It would be folly of the highest order, having made the big mistake of holding one referendum, to compound the error by holding another. Times, Sunday Times We all make hiring mistakes, but we compound the error if we admit our mistakes only reluctantly - rather than taking decisive action. Times, Sunday Times The wood he plucked from his bag was supposed to repair the damage, but instead, a poor contact meant that he only compounded his error. Times, Sunday Times O2 compounded this error by failing to explain why you had incurred the charge and failing to resolve the problem for you. Times, Sunday Times In reporting this, it should be noted, this newspaper has not compounded the error. Times, Sunday Times His treatment of the forward, which swung from supremely indulgent to incredibly intolerant, seemed only to compound the confusion of a 22-year-old. Times, Sunday Times Adding shared streets into the mix will compound the confusion. Times, Sunday Times To compound this confusion the functionality can, when incorrectly implemented, overlap with that of the parent-database. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Compounding the confusion, some writers use 'credulity' when they really mean 'credence'. Times, Sunday Times Darkness, noise, and surprise compounded the confusion, but the cavalry officers and men quickly dressed and mounted. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To do it without including the no-deal option would compound that damage. Times, Sunday Times Rising house prices are compounding the damage done by the chancellor's broken promises. Times, Sunday Times Sugar leads to the release of toxic compounds that damage elastin. The Sun Its vendetta against him has compounded the damage. Times, Sunday Times Their fumbling response has compounded the damage. Times, Sunday Times A seemingly involuntary trembling of the hands and a rolling of the eyes - this last not overdone - will compound the effect. Times, Sunday Times General elections tend to lessen interest in moving home; this year concern about higher taxes, public sector cuts and unemployment will compound that effect. Times, Sunday Times Differing shades of red and blue compound this effect. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If volcanoes were also melting the ice from below, this could compound the effects of global warming. Times, Sunday Times The inability to predict who will be waved through has compounded the effect of another policy swing, universities claim. Times, Sunday Times For the families left behind the shock was compounded by the fact that they had been using such internet sites. Times, Sunday Times His sense of physical inferiority can only have been compounded by the fact that many of the ballboys looked down on his 5ft 10in frame. Times, Sunday Times The situation was compounded by the fact that he couldn't cry or express pain vocally because his tracheal tube pressed on his vocal chords. Times, Sunday Times The trend has been compounded by the fact that many young people have had to cancel studying or travelling abroad after graduating. Times,Sunday Times The cold was compounded by the fact that none of the buildings we visited was heated. Times, Sunday Times His defence lawyer said that he had suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, compounded by the failure of his superiors to acknowledge his illness. Times, Sunday Times The problems faced by the city's indebted developers have been compounded by their failure to read the market effectively. Times, Sunday Times The collapse was compounded by the failure or near-failure of banks, where individuals were big investors after being given free shares in demutualisations. Times, Sunday Times Experts say the current problems have been compounded by the failure of city authorities to introduce more measured rationing during last year's closely fought election race. Times, Sunday Times All of that has been compounded by the failure of some of the world's bestpaid managers to find a way to stop a team constructed on a shoestring. Times, Sunday Times All this was compounded by her lack of any particular intelligence or talent and her total lack of education. Times, Sunday Times Their problems have been compounded by the lack of liquidity in the debt markets. Times, Sunday Times It's not as if the team can knock on doors and gather evidence, and the problems they face are compounded by the lack of security in the region. Times, Sunday Times Supplies such paper and ink were difficult to come by, and the lack of materials was compounded by the lack of publishing and binding houses. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The main failing of the game was the length (averaging eight to ten hours for a first-run playthrough), which was compounded by the lack of complexity or difficulty. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Initially, the attackers attempted to enter the compound at the main checkpoint. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They entered the compound but retreated as the gunfire intensified, hunkering down in the street behind a barricade. Times, Sunday Times They stealthily entered the compound, allegedly to obtain a photograph. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Police restrained the students from entering the compound. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They disarmed the security detail on duty and entered the compound. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In a 1968 hit single, who 'invented medicinal compound'? Times, Sunday Times If so, who was she and what was her 'medicinal compound' so efficacious in every case? Times, Sunday Times In period dress, they gather and pound herbs into medicinal compounds, boil up evil-looking potions and treat brave villagers who pop in variously bruised and bronchial. Times, Sunday Times The latter include both nutritional supplements (for example, minerals) and medicinal compounds for the prevention or control of disease. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Worldwide production of which hydrocarbon exceeds that of any other organic compound? Times, Sunday Times Chief among them was furanone, an organic compound found in strawberries. Times, Sunday Times Meaning = a specific organic compound. Times, Sunday Times But scientists studying data sent in by the craft in its first investigations say the comet includes an organic compound containing carbon - a trigger for life as we know it. The Sun An organic compound made of carbon provides the filling, and two conductors are the bread. Times, Sunday Times His 10-room palace compound, maintained at taxpayers' expense, boasts a massive boardroom, guesthouses and recreational rooms. ST As his world shrinks — he now rarely leaves the palace compound — so the importance of close family has risen. Times, Sunday Times It was brought on two large palettes straight into the palace compound. Times, Sunday Times In 1148 the walls of the small palace compound were finally extended to the southeast, yet this was another marginal improvement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Remains of the citywall, and the palace compound are still visible. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 You also gain on the nutritional front because avocados give us a plant compound called beta-sitosterol. Times, Sunday Times It contains plant compound salicylic acid that clings to fine hair, boosting the cuticle to give added bounce and thickness. The Sun Certain types, such as shiitake and maitake mushrooms, are known to contain the plant compound lenti-nan. Times, Sunday Times An isolated plant compound, callicarpenal, has reportedly been proven effective in tests as a mosquito repellent. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Tannins, the plant compounds that give tea their astringent flavour, bind with iron and reduce its absorption. Times, Sunday Times We have many, many lobsters here in the presidential compound. Times, Sunday Times Afghans complain that he has become remote and rarely ventures beyond the presidential compound. Times, Sunday Times According to legend, the president's head, blown free from the plane, landed close to the swimming pool of the presidential compound. Times, Sunday Times The tunnel led to a house occupied by insurgents who spent five months digging into the prison compound. The Sun It shows the prison compound in flames. Times, Sunday Times After the burial of their leader, the etas exploded into an all-out rampage and took over several wings of the prison compound. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Your tour of the prison compound will begin onboard one of our restored inmate transport vehicles. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Instead, his body was interred in an unmarked tomb within the prison compound. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The school facilities are located in converted residences inside a residential compound. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The 5 hotel and residential compound features 196 rooms and 626 serviced apartments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 People were not allowed to leave their residential compounds, go to shops, or walk down the street. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The noises were said to have been heard at the diplomats' residential compounds. Times, Sunday Times Eventually there will even be a hotel, too, which will include some of the former residential compounds. Times, Sunday Times It was the second attempt to storm the compound in two days. Times, Sunday Times They were going to storm the compound and free their comrades. Times, Sunday Times The helicopter-borne forces stormed the compound. Times, Sunday Times The fighters now surround the compound. Globe and Mail As masked troops surrounded his compound, he went to talk to them but could not make them back off. The Sun As he spoke, sporadic gunfire rang out from the other side of a high wall surrounding the compound. Times, Sunday Times Viva has also worked to produce a living art gallery by painting several homes surrounding the compound. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A synthetic compound, often labelled 'herbal' because it can be extracted from pepper plants. Times, Sunday Times The synthetic compound works by preventing the ripening gas ethylene from working, which in turn stops starch being converted into sugar. Times, Sunday Times Scientists are working to recreate the ingredient in a synthetic compound that will have to go through human trials before it can be marketed, which could take six years. Times, Sunday Times There are many new synthetic compounds being used, too. Times, Sunday Times They are often synthetic compounds, molecules created in the laboratory. The Sun This draws the antibody inside, with a toxic compound activated only then, minimising harm to healthy tissue. Times, Sunday Times Birds also seem to be particularly sensitive to this toxic compound. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Thereby, the activated charcoal decreases the absorption of the toxic compound. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Others must be bioactivated into a toxic compound that will in turn bind to proteins. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They survive, eventually determining that the illness resulted from a toxic compound of cyanide and smallpox. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Bacteria living on the surface of the skin split these molecules into amino acids, which the bacteria consume, and a volatile compound known as thioalcohol. Times,Sunday Times Using this technique, deep learning systems can be trained to detect small amounts of volatile compounds with potentially wide applications in medicine, forensics, environmental analysis and others. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Chilling them significantly reduced the level of volatile compounds - chemicals that easily become gases and strongly affect smell. Times, Sunday Times The researchers found that the old-book smells had more than a dozen volatile compounds, ranging from the vinegary punch of acetic acid to the burntsugar and almond whiff of benzaldehyde. Times, Sunday Times Outgassing of volatile compounds through the first volcanoes would have contributed to the formation of the planets' atmospheres. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Eventually, we pulled into a walled compound and were put in a darkened room inside a low, tin-roofed building. Times, Sunday Times We passed a manmade lake, then came to a long drive leading to a walled compound. Times, Sunday Times Anything that required electricity was out of the question, as was music or dancing or almost any activity that involved leaving the walled compound of their house. The Times Literary Supplement Within the walled compound, the temple comprises a combination of covered halls, shrines and service areas, as well as courtyards open to the sky. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The hostel buildings are situated in a walled compound 100 metres from the institute building. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 作特定用途的围地, 复合的, 加剧 Japanese: 構内, 複数の要素から成る, 悪化させる |
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