每天背單詞 第421期

naughty

英 [?n??ti] 美 [?n??ti]

adj. 頑皮的，淘氣的；不聽話的；沒規(guī)矩的；不適當(dāng)?shù)?；下流?/p> 例句：

Girls, you're being very naughty.
姑娘們，你們太調(diào)皮了。

It is unfair to label a small baby as naughty.
硬說一個小小的嬰兒淘氣是不公平的。

Whenever Daniel's little sister was asked to do something she always had a naughty reply.
每次讓丹尼爾的小妹妹做點事情，她總是有調(diào)皮的回應(yīng)。

ripen

英 [?ra?p?n] 美 [?ra?p?n]

vt. 使成熟

vi. 成熟

例句：

I'm waiting for the apples to ripen.
我在等這些蘋果成熟。

This helps to ripen new growth and makes it flower profusely.
這有助于新植物成熟并且開出繁茂的花朵。

They've got fruit retailing down to a fine art. You can be sure that your pears will ripen in day.
他們精于水果零售之道。你可以放心，你那些梨一天之內(nèi)就會熟。

network

英 [?netw??k] 美 [?netw??rk]

n. 網(wǎng)絡(luò)；廣播網(wǎng)；網(wǎng)狀物

例句：

The city is dissected by a network of old canals.
古老的運河網(wǎng)將這座城市分割開來。

His comeback fight will be televised on network TV.
他的復(fù)出之戰(zhàn)將在網(wǎng)絡(luò)電視上播出。

All our computers are plugged into the main network.
我們所有的電腦都和主網(wǎng)絡(luò)聯(lián)網(wǎng)了。

grant

英 [ɡrɑ?nt] 美 [ɡr?nt]

v. （合法地）授予，允許；（勉強）承認(rèn)，同意

n. （政府）撥款，補助金；授予，給予；合法轉(zhuǎn)讓，正式授予

n. （Grant）（美）格朗（人名）

例句：

We have a reservation in the name of Grant.
我們是以格蘭特的名字預(yù)訂的。

The film features Cary Grant as a professor.
這部電影由卡里?格蘭特飾演一位教授。

France has agreed to grant him political asylum.
法國已經(jīng)同意給予他政治庇護(hù)。

inquiry

英 [?n?kwa??ri] 美 [??nkw?ri; ?n?kwa??ri]

n. 探究；調(diào)查；質(zhì)詢；詢盤，詢價

例句：

The inquiry is by no means cut and dried.
調(diào)查之事遠(yuǎn)未蓋棺定論。

A judge has suspended the ban pending a full inquiry.
一名法官已暫時取消了此項禁令，等待一次全面調(diào)查。

The board of inquiry is continuing its investigations.
調(diào)查委員會在繼續(xù)做調(diào)查。

回顧

1. naughty
2. ripen
3. network
4. grant
5. inquiry