英語六級(jí)高頻詞匯第002期

ornament

英 [???n?m?nt] 美 [???rn?m?nt]

n. 裝飾；[建][服裝] 裝飾物；教堂用品

vt. 裝飾，修飾

例句：

Yes; then something better, something still grander, will surely follow, or wherefore should they thus ornament me?
是的；然后一定會(huì)有更好的，更美的事情到來，不然他們?yōu)槭裁匆@樣裝飾我呢？

A nice scented sachet is not just an ornament, but more of something that contains cultural and historical richness.
漂亮的香囊不僅是裝飾品，而且含有豐富的文化和歷史內(nèi)涵。

The building is an ornament to the city.
這座建筑物為整個(gè)城市增色不少。

illusion

英 [??lu??n] 美 [??lu??n]

n. 幻覺，錯(cuò)覺；錯(cuò)誤的觀念或信仰

例句：

Mirrors in a room often give an illusion of space.
房間里的鏡子常給人一種空間增大的錯(cuò)覺。

The idea of absolute personal freedom is an illusion.
絕對(duì)個(gè)人自由的觀念是一種幻想。

He could no longer distinguish between illusion and reality.
他再也分不清幻想與現(xiàn)實(shí)之間的區(qū)別了。

tolerance

英 [?t?l?r?ns] 美 [?tɑ?l?r?ns]

n. 寬容，容忍；耐力；公差

例句：

They have a policy of zero tolerance for sexual harassment.
他們對(duì)性騷擾采取零容忍態(tài)度。

They were working to a tolerance of 0.0001 of a centimetre.
他們?cè)诎?.0001厘米的公差加工。

There is lowered pain tolerance, lowered resistance to infection.
對(duì)痛苦的忍耐力和對(duì)感染的抵抗力下降了。

threshold

英 [?θre?h??ld] 美 [?θre?ho?ld]

n. 入口；門檻；開始；極限；臨界值

例句：

He stepped across the threshold.
他邁過門檻。

She felt as though she was on the threshold of a new life.
她覺得好像就要開始新生活了。

The threshold for regulation is high.
監(jiān)管的門檻很高。

recession

英 [r??se?n] 美 [r??se?n]

n. 衰退；不景氣；后退；凹處

例句：

The country was mired in recession.
這個(gè)國家陷入了經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退的困境。

His troubles predated the recession.
他的麻煩早在經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退前就出現(xiàn)了。

The company has weathered the recession.
公司度過了蕭條期。

回顧

1. ornament
2. illusion
3. tolerance
4. threshold
5. recession