每天背單詞 第323期

profitable

英 [?pr?f?t?bl] 美 [?prɑ?f?t?bl]

adj. 有利可圖的；賺錢(qián)的；有益的

例句：

It would take a miracle to make this business profitable.
讓這個(gè)公司贏利簡(jiǎn)直是天方夜譚。

Other less profitable services are to be axed later this year.
其他盈利較少的服務(wù)項(xiàng)目預(yù)定今年稍晚將大量削減。

Drug manufacturing is the most profitable business in the U.S.
藥品生產(chǎn)是美國(guó)最賺錢(qián)的行業(yè)。

ceiling

英 [?si?l??] 美 [?si?l??]

n. 天花板；上限

例句：

The ceiling was grey and cracked.
該天花板是灰色并有裂縫的。

He hit his head on the low ceiling.
他的頭碰了低矮的天花板。

I cracked my head on the low ceiling.
我的頭撞上了低矮的天花板。

auxiliary

英 [??ɡ?z?li?ri] 美 [??ɡ?z?li?ri]

adj. 輔助的；副的；附加的；（發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)、設(shè)備等）備用的

n. 助動(dòng)詞；輔助者，輔助物；附屬機(jī)構(gòu)；（北美）志愿隊(duì)；（海軍的）輔助艦隊(duì)

例句：

Esperanto was invented as an auxiliary language.
世界語(yǔ)是作為輔助語(yǔ)發(fā)明的。

Esperanto is an artificial language, designed to serve internationally as an auxiliary means of communication among speakers of different languages.
世界語(yǔ)是一種人造語(yǔ)言，目的是充當(dāng)國(guó)際上不同語(yǔ)言使用者之間交流的輔助手段。

The government's first concern was to augment the army and auxiliary forces.
政府首要關(guān)注的是擴(kuò)充軍隊(duì)與后備軍。

dislike

英 [d?s?la?k] 美 [d?s?la?k]

vt. 不喜歡，厭惡

n. 嫌惡，反感，不喜愛(ài)

例句：

Why do you dislike him so much?
你為什么那么討厭他呢？

I took a violent dislike to him.
我很討厭他。

She took an instant dislike to me.
她立刻就討厭我。

mixer

英 [?m?ks?(r)] 美 [?m?ks?r]

n. 混合器；攪拌器；[電子] 混頻器

n. (Mixer)人名；(英、德)米克瑟

例句：

Well, in that case, you might like a mixer.
好吧，那樣的話，你可能會(huì)喜歡攪拌器。

Living in this world is similar to the fate of a stone in a cement mixer.
生活在這個(gè)世界上就像命運(yùn)在水泥攪拌機(jī)里的一塊石頭。

Similarly, if you really want to save time you do not make cakes with an electric mixer, you buy one in a shop.
同樣地，如果你真的想節(jié)省時(shí)間，你不要用電動(dòng)攪拌機(jī)做蛋糕，你可以在商店買(mǎi)一個(gè)。

回顧

1. profitable
2. ceiling
3. auxiliary
4. dislike
5. mixer