每天背單詞 第022期

petition

英 [p??t??n] 美 [p??t??n]

n. 請(qǐng)?jiān)?；?qǐng)?jiān)笗?；祈求；[法] 訴狀

vi. 請(qǐng)?jiān)?；?qǐng)求

vt. 請(qǐng)?jiān)?；?qǐng)求；懇求

例句：

Jill volunteered to organize a petition.
吉爾自告奮勇組織請(qǐng)?jiān)浮?/p>

We're collecting signatures for a petition.
我們?cè)跒檎?qǐng)?jiān)笗占灻?/p>

They turned in a petition with 80 000 signatures.
他們遞交了一份有8萬人簽名的請(qǐng)?jiān)笗?/p>

trick

英 [tr?k] 美 [tr?k]

n. 詭計(jì)；惡作??；竅門；花招；騙局；欺詐

vt. 欺騙；哄騙；裝飾；打扮

vi. 哄騙；戲弄

adj. 特技的；欺詐的；有訣竅的

n. (Trick)人名；(英)特里克

例句：

That was a nasty little trick.
這是個(gè)可惡的小騙局。

The trick boomeranged, though.
但是，這個(gè)詭計(jì)使人自作自受。

That's a cute trick.
那是個(gè)聰明的把戲。

torrent

英 [?t?r?nt] 美 [?t??r?nt]

n. 奔流；傾注；迸發(fā)；連續(xù)不斷；急流，激流；（話語(yǔ)、感情的）迸發(fā)

n. (Torrent) （西、法、美等）托倫特（人名）

例句：

The stream had become a raging torrent.
小溪變成了一條洶涌的急流。

The field trip involved crossing a raging torrent.
越野旅行包括跨越一條洶涌的急流。

Your willpower is not like a dam that can block the torrent of self-indulgence.
你的意志力不像可以阻止自我放縱的洪流的水壩。

constituent

英 [k?n?st?t?u?nt] 美 [k?n?st?t?u?nt]

n. 成分；選民；委托人

adj. 構(gòu)成的；選舉的；有任命（或選舉）權(quán)的；立憲的；有憲法制定（或修改）權(quán)的

例句：

Caffeine is the active constituent of drinks such as tea and coffee.
咖啡因是茶和咖啡這類飲品的活性成分。

Over time, the protein in the eggshell breaks down into its constituent amino acids.
隨著時(shí)間的推移,蛋殼中的蛋白質(zhì)分解成其構(gòu)成成分氨基酸。

That's because the red light is actually not a gross constituent unit in a semiotic system, right?
那是因?yàn)榧t燈不是這一符號(hào)系統(tǒng)的一個(gè)主要組成單元，對(duì)嗎？

imperialist

英 [?m?p??ri?l?st] 美 [?m?p?ri?l?st]

n. 帝國(guó)主義者

adj. 帝國(guó)主義的

例句：

The play is being widely read as an allegory of imperialist conquest.
這出戲正被廣泛地詮釋為帝國(guó)主義征服的寓言。

The developed nations have all benefited from their imperialist exploitation.
發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家都從他們帝國(guó)主義的剝削中獲益。

They are ready to defend themselves against Uncle Sam's imperialist policies.
他們已經(jīng)做好準(zhǔn)備抵抗山姆大叔的帝國(guó)主義政策。

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1. petition
2. trick
3. torrent
4. constituent
5. imperialist