英語四級單詞每天背 第0171期

extinguish

英 [?k?st??ɡw??] 美 [?k?st??ɡw??]

v. 熄滅；消滅，使破滅；<法律>取消（權(quán)利，義務(wù)），使無效；償清；壓制

例句：

The firemen did their best to extinguish the fire.
消防隊(duì)員竭盡全力滅火。

However many generations succeed us in coming centuries, none of them will ever see this species that we extinguish.
無論多少代人在未來幾個(gè)世紀(jì)里接替我們，他們誰也不會看到我們消滅的這個(gè)物種。

Firefighters tried to extinguish the flames.
消防隊(duì)員奮力救火。

shilling

英 [???l??] 美 [???l??]

n. 先令

n. （Shilling）人名；（英）希林

例句：

Mrs. Medlock said I was to have a shilling a week to spend.
梅德洛克太太說我每星期有一先令可以花。

There's twelve of us an' my father only gets sixteen shilling a week.
我們家有十二口人，我父親一星期只掙十六先令。

In former times, 12 pence went to a shilling.
過去，十二便士等于一先令。

cellar

英 [?sel?(r)] 美 [?sel?r]

n. 地下室，地窖；窖藏酒

v. 將（酒）存于地窖

【名】 （Cellar）（捷）采拉爾（人名）

例句：

Suddenly she dashed down to the cellar.
她猛地朝地窖沖過去。

He shone the flashlight around the cellar.
他用手電筒往地窖各處照了照。

Water had started to leak into the cellar.
水已開始滲入地下室。

fortunately

英 [?f??t??n?tli] 美 [?f??rt??n?tli]

adv. 幸運(yùn)地

例句：

Fortunately the gunman's shots went astray.
幸好持槍歹徒把子彈打偏了。

I was late, but fortunately the meeting hadn't started.
我遲到了，不過幸好會議還沒有開始。

Fortunately the short delay gave him time to gather himself.
幸運(yùn)的是，這短暫的拖延給了他喘息的時(shí)間。

raid

英 [re?d] 美 [re?d]

n. 突襲，襲擊；突擊檢查，突然搜查；搶劫，打劫；（股票）惡意大量買進(jìn)

v. 突襲，偷襲；突擊搜捕，突然搜查；搶劫，劫掠；掃蕩（某處的食物）

【名】 （Raid）（阿拉伯）拉伊德（人名）

例句：

It sounds like an air raid siren.
這聽起來像是空襲警報(bào)。

The weapon used in the raid was a replica.
搶劫案中使用的武器是一件仿制品。

The success of the raid depended on split-second timing.
襲擊的成功取決于分秒不差的時(shí)間安排。

回顧

1. extinguish
2. shilling
3. cellar
4. fortunately
5. raid