belief

belief 

n.信念,信仰,相信

He has lost his belief in God.

他已不相信上帝了。

discard

 discard

vt.丢弃,抛弃

vi.丢牌

n.丢牌,废牌

History discarded him.

他被历史所抛弃。

flip

flip

vt.掷, 轻击, 弹

vi.翻转

n.(跳水或体操动作中的)空翻,轻弹, 浏览

adj.无礼的, 冒失的,轻率的 

A flip answer to a serious question.

对严肃问题的轻率回答

hold on to

 hold on to

紧紧抓住, 坚持,不放弃 

My father said that if we believe something was true, we should hold on to it.

父亲说如果我们相信某事是真的,就应该坚持。

refined

 refined

adj.精炼的,优雅的,精细的

She's so refined that she always eats cake with a little fork.

她非常文雅,吃蛋糕一定用小叉子。

scan

 scan

vt.扫描,浏览, 审视,细看

vi.合韵律,划分音步

n.扫描, 浏览, 细看

I scanned the newspaper when I was waiting for the bus.

等公共汽车的时候,我匆匆浏览了一下报纸。

scoop

 scoop

n.铲子,勺,舀取,穴,独家新闻

vt.挖空, 舀取, 抢先报道(获得)

There are several scoops in my kitchen.

我的厨房里有好几个勺子。

shindig

shindig

n.热闹喧哗的社交聚会,舞会,大宴会 

英英解释:a large and noisy party of people

surrender

 surrender

v.投降, 屈服,让与, 放弃

n.放弃,投降,屈服

 We would rather die than surrender.

我们宁死而不投降。

unravel

 unravel

v.解开,阐明,解释, 破坏(计划、安排等)

 My knitting has unravelled.

我编织的东西散开了。