| eager | adj 1. enthusiastic, /amat, sangat, sungguh/ berminat: an ~ student of foreign languages, pelajar yg sangat berminat mempelajari bahasa-bahasa asing; 2. impatiently desirous, ingin /sekali, benar/, sangat ingin, berhasrat benar: the team is ~ to win, pasukan itu ingin sekali hendak menang; ~ for success, ingin sekali mencapai kejayaan; 3. (of eyes, glance) penuh /minat, hasrat/: she pretended not to notice the man’s ~ glance, dia berpura-pura tdk melihat kerlingan penuh hasrat lelaki itu; his ~ eyes devoured the food on the table, matanya yg penuh hasrat itu seolah-seolah menelan makanan yg terhidang di meja; 4. (of embrace) penuh rindu dendam. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| one | as ~, (dgn) serentak: they all rose as ~ to declare their support, mereka semua berdiri serentak utk menyatakan sokongan mereka; at ~ (with so.), /setuju, sependapat, sepakat/ (dgn sso): they are now at ~ on that issue, mereka sekarang sudah sependapat ttg hal itu; be ~ up on so., /lebih baik drpd, melebihi/ sso: Lawrence felt he was ~ up on the other applicants because of his command of several foreign languages, Lawrence berasa dirinya lebih baik drpd pemohon-pemohon lain krn dia menguasai beberapa bahasa asing; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| bastardize, bastardise | vt 1. corrupt, mencemarkan: foreign influences have ~d the language, pengaruh-pengaruh asing telah mencemarkan bahasa itu; 2. render, declare illegitimate, menjadikan [sso] /anak luar nikah, anak haram/; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| shoot | b. do better than so., jauh/mendahului, mengatasi/ sso: once he learnt the language, the foreign boy shot ahead of the rest of his class, apabila telah belajar bahasa itu, pelajar asing tersebut jauh mendahului teman sekelasnya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| introduction | d. (formally presenting bill, motion before legislative body) mengemukakan; e. (making st part of st else) memperkenalkan: several members of the linguistic community are against the ~ of foreign words into the language, beberapa orang drpd golongan ahli bahasa menentang kata-kata asing diperkenalkan ke dlm bahasa tersebut; 2. opening paragraph of report, letter, speech, etc, pendahuluan, pengenalan: he referred to it in the ~ to his speech, dia merujuk perkara itu dlm pendahuluan ucapannya; make the ~ to your essay brief, tulis pendahuluan esei kamu secara ringkas; 3. preface, pendahuluan, pengenalan; 4. book providing basic facts about particular subject, buku penghantar: an ~ to computer science, buku pengantar sains komputer; 5. (mus) lagu pengenalan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| pitfall | n 1. concealed danger or difficulty, kesulitan yg tdk diduga: the English language is full of ~s for foreign learners, bahasa Inggeris penuh dgn kesulitan-kesulitan yg tdk diduga bagi pelajar-pelajar asing; 2. concealed pit used as a trap, lubang, perlubangan, serling. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| home | ~ and dry, (colloq) menguasai + approp n: with the score at 4-0 in their favour, they were ~ and dry, dgn kedudukan mata 4-0 di pihak mereka, mereka menguasai permainan itu; ~ from ~, spt di tempat sendiri; at ~, a. in o’s own house, di rumah: I’m at ~ all day, saya berada di rumah sepanjang hari; b. at ease as if in o’s own home, berasa /selesa, senang/: he felt at ~ in the new surroundings, dia berasa senang dgn keadaan sekelilingnya yg baru itu; c. familiar, tdk asing, biasa: he is at ~ in a number of European languages, dia tdk asing lagi dgn beberapa bahasa Eropah; make os at ~, buat spt di rumah sendiri; nothing to write ~ about, (colloq) biasa saja: the new beauty queen is nothing to write ~ about, ratu cantik yg baru itu kelihatan biasa saja; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| corrupt | 1. cause to become depraved, merosakkan: unsound moral values have ~ed our youth, nilai-nilai akhlak yg kurang baik telah merosakkan golongan remaja kita; 2. bribe, memberi rasuah kpd, menyogok, menyuap: to ~ the voters, menyogok para pengundi; 3. adulterate, mencemarkan: the language has been ~ed by the introduction of foreign words, bahasa itu telah dicemarkan oleh kemasukan perkataan-perkataan asing. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| naturalize, naturalise | vt (usu pass.) 1. admit as citizen, mewarganegarakan: all persons born or ~d in the country are entitled to vote, semua orang yg dilahirkan atau diwarganegarakan di negara itu berhak mengundi; 2. introduce, acclimatize, menaturalisasi: rubber has been successfully ~d in this country, getah telah berjaya dinaturalisasikan di negara ini; 3. adopt, menyerapkan, menaturalisasikan: many foreign words have been ~d in our language, banyak perkataan asing telah diserapkan ke dlm bahasa kita; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |