英語單詞超好背 第0304期

fifteen

英 [?f?f?ti?n] 美 [?f?f?ti?n]

n. 十五；十五個(gè)；十五人組成的橄欖球隊(duì)

adj. 十五的

num. 十五

例句：

Three fives are fifteen.
三個(gè)五等于十五。

The talks began some fifteen minutes late.
商談遲了約十五分鐘才開始。

We paid off our mortgage after fifteen years.
我們歷經(jīng)十五年的時(shí)間還清了抵押借款。

derive

英 [d??ra?v] 美 [d??ra?v]

vt. 源于；得自；獲得

vi. 起源

n. （Derive）（法）德里夫（人名）

例句：

Most patients derive enjoyment from leafing through old picture albums.
大部分病人能從翻閱舊相冊(cè)中獲得樂趣。

Mr. Ying is one of those happy people who derive pleasure from helping others.
英先生是那種助人為樂的快活人。

Elegance, he believed, did not derive from abundance.
他相信，優(yōu)雅并不來自于繁冗的裝飾。

mayor

英 [me?(r)] 美 [?me??r]

n. 市長

n. (Mayor)人名；(英)梅厄；(法、西、俄)馬約爾

例句：

The mayor kicked off the party.
市長揭開了宴會(huì)的序幕。

My uncle was the mayor of Memphis.
我叔叔是孟菲斯市市長。

He's a distant relative of the mayor.
他是市長的遠(yuǎn)房親戚。

astray

英 [??stre?] 美 [??stre?]

adv. 誤入歧途地；迷途地；迷路

adj. 迷路的；離開正道的；不對(duì)頭的

n. (Astray)人名；(西)阿斯特賴

例句：

The judge thought he'd been led astray by older children.
法官認(rèn)為他是被更大的孩子們引入了歧途。

Some day they will lead you astray.
總有一天，他們會(huì)把你引入歧途的。

How can millions of dollars go astray?
數(shù)百萬美元怎么會(huì)丟失了呢？

absent

英 [??bs?nt] 美 [??bs?nt]

adj. 缺席的；缺少的；心不在焉的；茫然的

vt. 使缺席

例句：

She was absent for nine consecutive days.
她一連缺席了九天。

The pictures, too, were absent from the walls.
那些照片也不在那些墻上了。

They were pointedly absent from the news conference.
他們有意缺席了那場(chǎng)新聞發(fā)布會(huì)。

回顧

1. fifteen
2. derive
3. mayor
4. astray
5. absent