英語(yǔ)六級(jí)高頻詞匯第049期

magnify

英 [?m?ɡn?fa?] 美 [?m?ɡn?fa?]

vt. 放大；贊美；夸大

vi. 放大；有放大能力

例句：

If you really magnify the spectrum of the sunlight, you could identify more than 100,000 of them.
如果你真的放大太陽(yáng)光的光譜，你可以分辨出多達(dá)10萬(wàn)條的光譜線。

One of the easiest ways to segment a market is to magnify gender differences or invent them where they did not previously exist.
細(xì)分市場(chǎng)最簡(jiǎn)單的方法之一是放大性別差異，或者在以前不存在性別差異的地方創(chuàng)造性別差異。

The findings suggest that the body and brain have instinctive ways of healing that we could come to understand one day and then magnify.
這些發(fā)現(xiàn)表明身體與大腦具有其天生的自愈方法，我們有朝一日可以去理解并放大。

defend

英 [d??fend] 美 [d??fend]

vt. 辯護(hù)；防護(hù)

vi. 保衛(wèi)；防守

例句：

He has hired a lawyer to defend him against the allegation.
他已聘請(qǐng)一位律師為他所受的指控辯護(hù)。

The newspaper continues to defend its publication of the photographs.
這家報(bào)紙繼續(xù)為刊登這些照片辯護(hù)。

How can you defend such behaviour?
你怎能為這種行為辯解呢？

minority

英 [ma??n?r?ti] 美 [ma??n??r?ti]

n. 少數(shù)民族；少數(shù)派；未成年

例句：

Only a tiny minority hold such extreme views.
只有極少數(shù)人持這樣極端的觀點(diǎn)。

It was a salutary experience to be in the minority.
做少數(shù)派是種磨練人的經(jīng)歷。

A minority of officers were prepared to bend the rules.
少數(shù)官員準(zhǔn)備篡改規(guī)則。

mean

英 [mi?n] 美 [mi?n]

vt. 用意；意味著；預(yù)示；意義重大

vi. 意欲

adj. 吝嗇的；刻薄的；低劣的；兇狠的；平均的；簡(jiǎn)陋的；出身卑賤的；<非正式>有效的

n. 平均值；中庸

n. （Mean）（柬）棉（人名）

例句：

You can't possibly mean that!
你絕不會(huì)是那個(gè)意思吧！

What does this sentence mean?
這個(gè)句子是什么意思？

What does "evidence" mean?
是什么意思？

sustain

英 [s??ste?n] 美 [s??ste?n]

vt. 維持；支撐，承擔(dān)；忍受；供養(yǎng)；證實(shí)

例句：

Which planets can sustain life?
哪些行星可以維持生命的存在？

The ice will not sustain your weight.
這冰承受不了你的體重。

The cash dividends they get from the cash crop would sustain them during the lean season.
他們從經(jīng)濟(jì)作物中得到的那些現(xiàn)金紅利能支撐他們度過歉收季節(jié)。

回顧

1. magnify
2. defend
3. minority
4. mean
5. sustain