每天背單詞 第123期

space

英 [spe?s] 美 [spe?s]

n. 空間；太空；距離

vi. 留間隔

vt. 隔開

例句：

One needs space to be oneself.
人要有空間才能怡然自得。

He needed space to be himself.
他需要自己的獨立的空間。

She needed space to be herself.
她需要自己的獨立空間。

crust

英 [kr?st] 美 [kr?st]

n. 地殼；外殼；面包皮；堅硬外皮

vi. 結(jié)硬皮；結(jié)成外殼

vt. 蓋以硬皮；在…上結(jié)硬皮

例句：

Earthquakes leave scars in the Earth's crust.
地震會在地殼上留下痕跡。

Less dense substances move upwards to form a crust.
密度小的物質(zhì)向上浮動并形成一層皮。

The Key lime pie was bursting with flavour. Good crust, too.
“基”牌酸橙派味道很濃，外皮也很好。

snobbery

英 [?sn?b?ri] 美 [?snɑ?b?ri]

n. 勢利，諂上欺下；擺紳士架子；勢利的行為或語言

例句：

He had a definite strain of snobbery in him.
他這個人明顯有一股勢利小人的氣味。

He is spoiled, arrogant and has a tendency toward snobbery.
他被寵壞了，很傲慢，而且有勢利傾向。

There has often been an element of snobbery in golf.
高爾夫運動中常常含有自命不凡的意味。

insulate

英 [??nsjule?t] 美 [??ns?le?t]

vt. 隔離，使孤立；使絕緣，使隔熱

例句：

Huxley speculated that a coat of hair would insulate against loss of body heat and might streamline the body to reduce drag in flight.
赫胥黎推測，一層毛發(fā)可以隔離身體熱量的流失，并可能使身體呈現(xiàn)流線型，以減少飛行中的阻力。

People should insulate their homes to conserve energy.
人們應該使住房隔冷以保存能量。

Is there any way we can insulate our home from the noise?
有什么辦法能使我們家隔音嗎？

liable

英 [?la??bl] 美 [?la??bl]

adj. 有責任的，有義務的；應受罰的；有…傾向的；易…的

例句：

Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent.
租金由承租人共同且分別承擔。

You will be liable for any damage caused.
你必須對造成的任何損失負賠償責任。

Offenders are liable to fines of up to $500.
違者可能被處以最多500元的罰款。

回顧

1. space
2. crust
3. snobbery
4. insulate
5. liable