英語四級高頻詞匯第112期

vehicle

英 [?vi??kl] 美 [?vi??kl; ?vi?h?kl]

n. 車輛；工具；交通工具；運(yùn)載工具；傳播媒介；媒介物

例句：

The vehicle was engulfed in flames.
汽車被大火吞沒。

Was the vehicle insured?
那輛車上保險(xiǎn)了嗎？

The robbers drove off in a stolen vehicle.
劫匪駕駛著一輛偷來的汽車逃跑了。

petrol

英 [?petr?l] 美 [?petr?l]

n. （英）汽油

例句：

Petrol is a volatile substance.
汽油是揮發(fā)性物質(zhì)。

All new cars take unleaded petrol.
所有的新汽車都加無鉛汽油。

The car was doused in petrol and set alight.
這輛汽車被澆上汽油點(diǎn)燃了。

previous

英 [?pri?vi?s] 美 [?pri?vi?s]

adj. 以前的；早先的；過早的

adv. 在先；在…以前

例句：

Her previous calm gave way to terror.
她先前的泰然自若已變?yōu)轶@恐。

The car has only had one previous owner.
這輛汽車以前沒換過車主。

Previous to this, she'd always been well.
這以前，她身體一向很好。

nevertheless

英 [?nev?e??les] 美 [?nev?re??les]

adv. 然而，不過；雖然如此

例句：

Our defeat was expected but it is disappointing nevertheless.
我們的失敗是意料中的事，盡管如此，還是令人失望。

Although the market has been flat, residential property costs remain high. Nevertheless, the fall-off in demand has had an impact on resale values.
盡管市場一直疲軟，房價(jià)持續(xù)偏高。然而需求的減少還是對二手房價(jià)格產(chǎn)生了影響。

He was in a fine rage, nevertheless.
不過他還是很生氣。

thrust

英 [θr?st] 美 [θr?st]

v. 插；插入；推擠；插入；用向某人刺去；猛然或用力推；伸展；強(qiáng)使接受；豎起，挺出

n. 推力；刺；要旨，重點(diǎn)；強(qiáng)攻；沖斷層，逆斷層；苛評

例句：

He thrust at me with a knife.
他拿刀向我刺來。

They thrust him into the back of a jeep.
他們把他猛推入吉普車的后部。

She thrust her way into the crowd.
她擠進(jìn)了人群。

回顧

1. vehicle
2. petrol
3. previous
4. nevertheless
5. thrust