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turnout noun [usu. in sing.]the number of people attending or taking part in an event, especially the number of people voting in an election 出席人数，参加人数（尤指参加投票人数） high 高投票率 low, poor 低投票率 electoral, voter 选举投票率: Voter turnout was high at the last election. 上次选举的投票率很高。 [搭配]PHRASES a decline/fall in turnout 选举投票人数的减少/ 下降； an increase in turnout 选举投票人数的增加 number of people who go to a meeting, match, etc. 出席人数 [搭配]ADJ. big, good, large 很多的参与人数；大量的出席者 disappointing, poor 令人失望的参与人数；很少的出席者 [搭配]VERB + TURNOUT attract 吸引参与者: The concert attracted a large turnout. 音乐会吸引了大批的观众。 ambush noun a surprise attack by people lying in wait in a concealed position 埋伏；伏击 seven members of a patrol were killed in an ambush. 巡逻队七名队员在伏击中击毙。 [mass noun]there might be terrorists waiting in ambush. 可能有恐怖分子埋伏。 verb [with obj.] 常作 be ambushed make a surprise attack on someone from a concealed position 进行伏击 they were ambushed and taken prisoner by the enemy. 他们受到伏击，成了敌人俘虏。 Tory representatives were ambushed by camera crews. 保守党代表受到摄影组的伏击。 语源 Ethiopian noun a native or national of Ethiopia, or a person of Ethiopian descent 埃塞俄比亚人；埃塞俄比亚后裔 ■ archaic a black person 古 黑人 adjective of or relating to Ethiopia or its people （与）埃塞俄比亚（有关）的；（与）埃塞俄比亚人（有关）的 Zoology of, relating to, or denoting a zoogeographical region comprising Africa south of the Sahara, together with the tropical part of the Arabian peninsula and usually Madagascar. Distinctive animals include the giraffes, hippopotamuses, aardvark, elephant shrews, tenrecs, and lemurs 动 埃塞俄比亚界动物地理区的。 predatory adjective relating to or denoting an animal or animals preying naturally on others 以捕食其他动物为生的，食肉的 predatory birds. 食肉性鸟类。 ■ figurative seeking to exploit or oppress others 喻 掠夺的；掠夺成性的 in pubs she always felt at the mercy of predatory men. 在酒吧，她总觉得自己受掠夺成性的男士摆布。 sediment noun [mass noun]matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs 沉淀物；渣滓 ■ Geology particulate matter that is carried by water or wind and deposited on the surf