cater /ˈkeɪtə/
- v.提供餐饮服务，承办酒席；满足，迎合
to provide and serve food and drinks at a party, meeting etc, usually as a business
cater for
This is the biggest event we’ve ever catered for.
Joan has catered functions for up to 200 people.
→ cater for somebody/something
短语：
- cater-cousin
密友 - cater to different needs
满足不同需求 ; 满意不同需要 - cater to the need of
迎合
例句：
- They only publish novels which cater to the mass-market.
他们只出版迎合大众市场的小说。 - In the contemporary western world, rapidly changing styles cater to a desire for novelty and individualism.
在当代西方世界，快速变换着的款式迎合了人们对新奇和独特性的追求。 - The university started some new language programs to cater for the country's Silk Road Economic Belt.
为了迎合中国丝绸之路经济带的需要，这所大学开设了一些新的语言课程。
cavity /ˈkævɪtɪ/
- n.洞，腔；(牙齿的) 龋洞
formal a hole or space inside something
Put herbs inside the body cavity of the fish.
I have no cavities (=no holes in my teeth).
短语：
- body cavity
动 体腔 ; 血腔 - cavity resonator
空腔共振器 ; 谐振腔 ;电子 空腔谐振器
例句：
- Through this incision, the abdominal cavity is distended with carbon dioxide gas.
通过此切口，二氧化碳气体把胸腔充得肿胀起来。 - What is most noticeable is this cavity, this fluid-filled cavity that begins to develop.
最明显的是这个腔，这个充满液体的腔开始发育。 - In contrast to cavity QED systems, the researchers can custom tailor the circuitry in many areas.
与腔 QED 系统相比，研究人员可以在许多领域定制电路。
cloak /kləʊk/
- n.斗篷，披风；遮掩物，掩盖；<英>衣帽间，行李寄存处
- v.笼罩，覆盖；隐藏，掩饰
1 [countable] a warm piece of clothing like a coat without sleeves that hangs loosely from your shoulders
2 [singular] an organization, activity, or way of behaving that deliberately protects someone or keeps something secret
cloak of
the cloak of secrecy around the affair
cloak for
The political party is used as a cloak for terrorist activities.
under the cloak of something
prejudice hiding under the cloak of religion
短语：
- cloak-room
存衣处 ; 寄存处 ; 寄放处 ; 行李房 - leather cloak
仿皮革 ; 仿动物熟皮 ; 仿 ; 倣皮革 - Invisibility Cloak
隐形衣 ; 隐身衣 ; 隐形斗篷 ; 闪亮的银布
例句：
- He donned his cloak and gloves.
他穿戴上他的披风和手套。 - It was a lady; her cloak and cap were of snow.
这是一位女士；她的斗篷和帽子是雪做的。 - The snow covered up the fields with a white cloak.
积雪给田野盖上了一件白色的外衣。
coalition /ˌkəʊəˈlɪʃən/
- n.联合政府；联合体，联盟；联合，结合
1 [countable] a union of two or more political parties that allows them to form a government or fight an election together
2 [countable] a group of people who join together to achieve a particular purpose, usually a political one
3 [uncountable] a process in which two or more political parties or groups join together
短语：
- coalition agreement
联盟协议 - Stop the War Coalition
反战联盟 ; 停战联盟 - Workflow Management Coalition
工作流管理联盟 ; 国际工作流管理联盟 ; 理联盟
例句：
- Coalition forces were planning a coordinated effort to attack the drug trade.
联合部队正在计划共同打击毒品买卖。 - They were threatening to bring down the government by withdrawing from the ruling coalition.
他们威胁要退出统治联盟以让政府垮台。 - Brutal clashes between squatters and police yesterday ruptured the city's governing coalition.
昨天私自占地者与警察的野蛮冲突使这座城市的执政联盟破裂。
coherent /kəʊˈhɪərənt/
- adj.有条理的，连贯的；说话条理清晰的，易于理解的；团结一致的，凝聚的；（波）相干的，相参的；黏着的，黏连的
1 if a piece of writing, set of ideas etc is coherent, it is easy to understand because it is clear and reasonable
The three years of the course are planned as a coherent whole.
a coherent account of the incident
2 if someone is coherent, they are talking in a way that is clear and easy to understand
He sounded coherent, but he was too ill to have any idea what he was saying.
3 if a group is coherent, its members are connected or united because they share common aims, qualities, or beliefs
They were never a coherent group.
短语：
- coherent limit
相干极限 - coherent addition
相干叠加 ; 相干合成 - coherent imaging
相干成象 ; 相关成像
例句：
- He appeared hardly capable of conducting a coherent conversation.
他看起来几乎没有能力进行连贯的谈话。 - He has failed to work out a coherent strategy for modernizing the service.
他无法想出一个连贯的策略来使该服务现代化。 - A country's food and agricultural policy should also be based on coherent health policy.
一个国家的粮食和农业政策也应以连贯一致的卫生政策为基础。
