encircle /ɪnˈsɜːkəl/ TEM4 (encircling,encircled,encircles)
1.V-T To encircle something or someone means to surround or enclose them, or to go around them. 环绕
例：
Aforty-foot-high concrete wall encircles the jail.
一道40英尺高的水泥墙环绕着该监狱。

toe the line
1.
严守规则；听从命令；服从要求；履行职责
2.
承担责任或(后果)；尽职，尽责
3.
【田径】将足尖踏在起跑线上准备起跑；不越过起跑线
4.
赛跑时站在起跑线上，将脚尖抵在起跑线上准备起跑
5.
严守规则，服从命令(或要求)
6.
承担责任(或后果)
7.
符合标准；行使职责
8.
将脚尖抵在起跑线上；站在出发线上；准备起跑
9.
服从命令(或纪律等)；严守规则
10.
承担责任(或后果)
The blacklisting of these three passengers should serve for others to know they have to toe the line.

flout /flaʊt/ TEM8 (flouting,flouted,flouts)
1.V-T If you flout something such as a law, an order, or an accepted way of behaving, you deliberately do not obey it or follow it. 无视
例：
...illegal campers who persist in flouting the law.
…一向无视法律的非法露营者。

gibberish /ˈdʒɪbərɪʃ/ TEM8
1.N-UNCOUNT If you describe someone's words or ideas as gibberish, you mean that they do not make any sense. 胡言乱语
例：
Whenhe was talking to a girl he could hardly speak, and when he did speak he talked gibberish.
跟女孩讲话时，他几乎说不出来，好不容易说出来了，又都是些胡言乱语。

abide by (abiding,abided,abides)
1.PHRASAL VERB If you abide by a law, agreement, or decision, you do what it says you should do. 遵守
例：
They have got to abide by the rules.
他们必须要遵守规定。

eciprocal /rɪˈsɪprəkəl/ CET6TEM4
1.ADJ A reciprocal action or agreement involves two people or groups who do the same thing to each other or agree to help each another in a similar way. 相互的; 互惠的
例：
They expected a reciprocal gesture before more hostages could be freed.
他们期望在更多的人质被释放之前有互惠的表示。
They forget that they should behave themselves in the first place and that respect is reciprocal. There is no reason for them to be respected when they do notshow enough respect for others.

Yetit is natural for some flights to be delayed because of reasons such as badweather or mechanical problems that need to be solved. However, some passengersseem to take it for granted that their flight must take off at the time statedon their ticket, and they even assume that the members of the cabin crew aresimply there to do their bidding.

bidding /ˈbɪdɪŋ/
1. PHRASE If you do something at someone's bidding, you do it because they have asked you to do it. 按某人的要求
例：
At his bidding, the delegates rose and sang the national anthem.
按他的要求，代表们起立并唱国歌。
2. PHRASE If you say that someone does another person's bidding, you disapprove of the fact that they do exactly what the other person asks them to do, even when they do not want to. 唯命是从
例：
Sheis very clever at getting men to do her bidding!
她很善于让男人听她的吩咐。

Therehave been frequent reports of passengers making a scene when their flight wasdelayed or when they believe that they were not treated as they should be on aflight

cabin /ˈkæbɪn/ CET4 TEM4
1.
N-COUNTA cabin is a small wooden house, especially one in an area of forests or mountains. 小木屋
例：
...a log cabin.
…一间小木屋。
2.
N-COUNTA cabin is a small room in a ship or boat. 船舱
例：
Heshowed her to a small cabin.
他把她带到一间小房舱。
3.
N-COUNTA cabin is one of the areas inside a plane. 机舱
例：
He sat quietly in the first class cabin of the flight looking tired.
他静静地坐在班机的头等舱内，看上去有些疲惫。
民航机组成员 cabin crew

defy/dɪˈfaɪ/ CET4 TEM4(defying,defied,defies)
1.
V-TIf you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way. 违抗
例：
This was the first (and last) time that I dared to defy my mother.
这是我第一次（也是最后一次）胆敢违抗我母亲。
2.
V-TIf you defy someone to do something, you challenge them to do it when you thinkthat they will be unable to do it or too frightened to do it. 向…挑战; 惹
例：
Idefy you to come up with one major accomplishment of the current president.
我倒要看看你能否举出现任董事长的一件主要成绩。
3.
V-TIf something defies description or understanding, it is so strange, extreme, orsurprising that it is almost impossible to understand or explain. 使不可能 (理解或解释)
例：
It'sa devastating and barbaric act that defies all comprehension.
这是毁灭性的野蛮行径，完全没有方法可理解。

attire/əˈtaɪə/
1.
N-UNCOUNTYour attire is the clothes you are wearing. 服装
例：
...seven women dressed in their finest attire.
...七位着盛装的女士。
只顾自己的利益 place one's own interests before everything else

ostentatious.
显而易见，他有很多钱，花钱虽大方却不摆阔。
3.
ADV炫耀地 ostentatiously
例：
Herservants were similarly, if less ostentatiously attired.
她的仆人们穿着相似，只是没那么华丽耀眼。
4.
ADJYou can describe an action or behaviour as ostentatious when it is done in an
exaggeratedway to attract people's attention. 招摇的
例：
Hiswife was fairly quiet but she is not an ostentatious person anyway.
他的妻子过去相当文静，而现在也不是一个爱招摇的人。
5.
ADV招摇地 ostentatiously
例：
Harrystopped under a street lamp and ostentatiously began inspecting the contents ofhis bag.
哈里在一盏路灯下停了下来，开始招摇地翻看他包里的东西。

ostentatious/ˌɒstɛnˈteɪʃəs/ TEM8
1.
ADJIf you describe something as ostentatious, you disapprove of it because it is
expensiveand is intended to impress people. 铺张的表不满
例：
...his house, which, however elaborate, is less ostentatious than the preserves of
other Dallas tycoons.
…他的房子无论多精美，还是不如达拉斯其他大亨的独宅铺张奢侈。
2.
ADJIf you describe someone as ostentatious, you disapprove of them because they want
to impress people with their wealth or importance. 炫耀的表不满
例：
Obviouslyhe had plenty of money and was generous in its use without being

cruiseliner 旅游船
cruise[kru:z]
n.
anocean trip taken for pleasure
v.
1.
drivearound aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure
Shecruised the neighborhood in her new convertible
2.
travelat a moderate speed
4.
sailor travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing