每天背單詞 第539期

studio

英 [?stju?di??] 美 [?stu?dio?]

n. 工作室；[廣播][電視] 演播室；畫(huà)室；電影制片廠(chǎng)

例句：

The studio isn't soundproof.
該錄音室不隔音。

Hemingway's studio is to the right.
海明威的工作室在右邊。

The film studio is transferring to Hollywood.
這家電影制片廠(chǎng)正遷往好萊塢。

tradesman

英 [?tre?dzm?n] 美 [?tre?dzm?n]

n. 商人；（英）店主；零售商；手藝人

例句：

The tradesman balanced his losses against his profits.
那商人把他的虧損跟贏利相抵。

The fine-wine merchant was an unusually respectable figure—for a tradesman.
對(duì)生意人來(lái)說(shuō)，高級(jí)葡萄酒商通常是個(gè)體面人物。

She exacted an apology from the tradesman for having questioned her honesty.
她一定要那個(gè)商人向她道歉，因?yàn)樗麘岩伤禆|西。

transform

英 [tr?ns?f??m] 美 [tr?ns?f??rm]

vt. 改變，使…變形；轉(zhuǎn)換

vi. 變換，改變；轉(zhuǎn)化

例句：

It was an event that would transform my life.
那是能夠徹底改變我一生的一件事。

She actually wanted to reconstruct the state and transform society.
她其實(shí)想改造這個(gè)國(guó)家并完全改變社會(huì)。

How do we transform one type of file to another?
我們?nèi)绾螌⒁环N文件類(lèi)型轉(zhuǎn)換為另一種類(lèi)型？

qualification

英 [?kw?l?f??ke??n] 美 [?kwɑ?l?f??ke??n]

n. 資格；條件；限制；賦予資格

例句：

The plan was approved without qualification.
這項(xiàng)計(jì)劃獲得無(wú)條件批準(zhǔn)。

The qualification has gained currency all over the world.
這種資格在全世界都得到了普遍認(rèn)可。

There are two types of qualification—either is acceptable.
有兩種資格證明—任何一種都可以接受。

thrifty

英 [?θr?fti] 美 [?θr?fti]

adj. 節(jié)約的；（牲畜或植物）茁壯的，健康的

例句：

My mother taught me to be thrifty.
我母親教會(huì)我生活要節(jié)儉。

Born with a silver spoon in her mouth, she was taught by her parents to be hard-working and thrifty.
雖然出生在富貴之家，她的父母卻教導(dǎo)她要勤儉節(jié)約。

What is so impressive about it, however, is not its lengthiness but rather the reverse — the thrifty compactness of its construction.
然而，令人印象深刻的不是它的冗長(zhǎng)，恰恰相反——是它簡(jiǎn)潔緊湊的結(jié)構(gòu)。

回顧

1. studio
2. tradesman
3. transform
4. qualification
5. thrifty