第480期-每天背單詞
suit
英 [su?t; sju?t] 美 [su?t]n. 套裝,西裝;(從事特定活動時穿的)成套服裝;(撲克牌中)所有同花色的牌;一副盔甲;一套蓬帆;訴訟;(非正式)(具影響力的)高級管理人員;追求(尤指求婚);(詩、文)(向當權(quán)者提出的)請愿
v. 滿足(某人)需要;相配,合身;適合;(尤指為特定的活動)穿衣
例句:Lighter shades suit you best.
較淺色的衣服對你最合適。
She wore a softly tailored suit.
她穿了件剪裁柔和得體的套裝。
I was wearing my tweed suit.
我那時穿著我的花呢套裝。
sickness
英 [?s?kn?s] 美 [?s?kn?s]n. 疾病;嘔吐;弊病
例句:She's been off work because of sickness.
她因病沒有上班。
In fifty-two years of working he had one week of sickness.
他在52年的工作時間里曾生過1星期的病。
We strongly recommend insuring against sickness or injury.
我們強烈建議投傷病保險。
swallow
英 [?sw?l??] 美 [?swɑ?lo?]vt. 忍受;吞沒
vi. 吞下;咽下
n. 燕子;一次吞咽的量
n. (Swallow)(英)斯沃洛(人名)
例句:You are asked to swallow a capsule containing vitamin B.
你被要求吞下一顆含維生素B的膠囊。
After the operation you may find it difficult to chew and swallow.
手術(shù)后你咀嚼和吞咽都會感到困難。
You're too old to be given a job. That's a bitter pill to swallow.
你年齡太大,不能給你工作了。那樣的事情是吞苦果。
contestant
英 [k?n?test?nt] 美 [k?n?test?nt]n. 競爭者;爭辯者
例句:The fifth contestant won the biggest prize.
第五名選手贏得了最高獎。
As a contestant, I think, one should be confident and full of hope.
作為一名選手,我認為應(yīng)該充滿信心和希望。
If a contestant injures himself while attempting to foul his opponent, the referee will not take any action in his favor.
如果參賽者在企圖對對手犯規(guī)時弄傷了自己,裁判將不會采取對他有利的行動。
canvass
英 [?k?nv?s] 美 [?k?nv?s]v. 游說,拉選票;征求意見;努力爭取支持;詳細討論;提出(意見或計劃)供考慮;細究,徹底檢查
n. 拉選票,征求意見;討論;細查
例句:The party needs to canvass the uncommitted voters.
這個黨需要向未表明態(tài)度的選民游說拉票。
Firefox 3 also now supports transformation functions for the canvass objects.
Firefox 3現(xiàn)在還支持對canvass對象的變換函數(shù)。
Firefox 3 extends the canvass element beyond the official WHATWG specification.
Firefox 3在官方WHAT WG的規(guī)范基礎(chǔ)之上擴展了canvass元素。
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