英語高考高頻詞匯第056期

sketch

英 [sket?] 美 [sket?]

n. 素描；略圖；梗概

vt. 畫素描或速寫

vi. 畫素描或速寫

n. (Sketch)人名；(英)斯凱奇

例句：

She drew a sketch map of the area to show us the way.
她畫了一幅這個(gè)地區(qū)的略圖，用來給我們指路。

One way of doing that is to come up with what's called "a character sketch", I don't mean a sketch like a drawing, I guess that's obvious.
其中一種方法是呈現(xiàn)所謂的“人物素描”，我不是指像畫畫一樣的素描，我想這是顯而易見的。

The drama group did a sketch about a couple buying a new car.
劇社上演了一出夫妻二人買新車的短劇。

tidy

英 [?ta?di] 美 [?ta?di]

adj. 整齊的；相當(dāng)大的

vt. 整理；收拾；弄整齊

vi. 整理；收拾

n. 椅子的背罩

n. (Tidy)人名；(英)泰迪

例句：

They sat in her neat and tidy kitchen.
他們坐在她那干凈整齊的廚房里。

He lives alone in a suspiciously tidy apartment.
他獨(dú)自一人住在一套整潔得出奇的公寓里。

She took advantage of the children's absence to tidy their rooms.
她趁孩子們不在時(shí)收拾了他們的房間。

via

英 [?va??; ?vi??] 美 [?va??; ?vi??]

prep. 經(jīng)由，通過；憑借，借助于

例句：

We flew home via Dubai.
我們乘飛機(jī)經(jīng)迪拜回國。

The news programme came to us via satellite.
新聞節(jié)目是通過衛(wèi)星傳送到我們這里來的。

The speech was broadcast via a satellite link.
這次演講是通過衛(wèi)星播放的。

applicable

英 [??pl?k?bl; ??pl?k?bl] 美 [??pl?k?bl,??pl?k?bl]

adj. 可適用的；可應(yīng)用的；合適的

例句：

What is a reasonable standard for one family is not applicable for another.
對一個(gè)家庭合理的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)對于另一個(gè)家庭并不適用。

Another shortcoming is that it is not applicable to certain very muscular people such as athletes and bodybuilders, who can also have artificially high BMIs.
另一個(gè)缺點(diǎn)是它不適用于某些肌肉發(fā)達(dá)的人，如運(yùn)動員和健美運(yùn)動員，他們也可以有人為的偏高身高體重指數(shù)。

Examining the period 1870-1920, Keyssar concentrates on Massachusetts, where the historical materials are particularly rich, and the findings applicable to other industrial areas.
Keyssar 考察了1870-1920年這段時(shí)期，重點(diǎn)研究了馬薩諸塞州，那里的歷史資料特別豐富，研究結(jié)果也適用于其他工業(yè)區(qū)。

fertile

英 [?f??ta?l] 美 [?f??rtl]

adj. 富饒的，肥沃的；能生育的

例句：

Farmers worked the fertile valleys.
農(nóng)民們開墾了這個(gè)肥沃的山谷。

We have the most fertile soil in the Midwest.
我們在中西部有最肥沃的土壤。

The operation cannot be reversed to make her fertile again.
手術(shù)不可逆轉(zhuǎn)，無法使她重獲生育能力。

回顧

1. sketch
2. tidy
3. via
4. applicable
5. fertile