每天背單詞 第251期

neutrality

英 [nju??tr?l?ti] 美 [nu??tr?l?ti]

n. 中立；中性；中立立場

例句：

We have tried to pursue a policy of neutrality.
我們力行中立的政策。

Some of the nations declared neutrality.
有的國家宣布中立。

I noticed, behind the neutrality of his gaze, a deep weariness.
我覺察到，在他那不動聲色的凝視背后有一種深深的厭倦。

distress

英 [d??stres] 美 [d??stres]

n. 危難，不幸；貧困；悲痛

vt. 使悲痛；使貧困

例句：

She was obviously in distress after the attack.
她受到攻擊后顯然很痛苦。

Widows seem to experience more distress than widowers.
寡婦似乎比鰥夫感受更多痛苦。

He keeps coming to the aid of this damsel in distress.
他經(jīng)常去幫助這位處于痛苦中的少女。

oppress

英 [??pres] 美 [??pres]

vt. 壓迫，壓抑；使……煩惱；使……感到沉重

例句：

Tackling the inequality, racism and other forms of "structural violence" which oppress the poor is as critical as extending the drugs.
解決壓迫窮人的不平等、種族主義和其他形式的“結(jié)構性暴力”與推廣毒品一樣重要。

Is it not the rich who oppress you?
那富足人豈不是欺壓你們？

Do not oppress him.
你不可欺負他。

norm

英 [n??m] 美 [n??rm]

n. 標準，規(guī)范

例句：

Deviation from the norm is not tolerated.
偏離規(guī)范是不能容忍的。

Non-smoking is now the norm in most workplaces.
大多數(shù)工作場所現(xiàn)在都已禁止吸煙。

Families of six or seven are the norm in Borough Park.
六七口人的家庭在菠蘿園是常事兒。

peasantry

英 [?pezntri] 美 [?pezntri]

n. 農(nóng)民（總稱）；農(nóng)民身分

例句：

The Russian peasantry stood on the brink of disappearance.
俄羅斯農(nóng)民瀕臨消亡。

Unlike the general run of peasantry they had a taste for flamboyant dress and gesture; but they usually shared the peasants' religious beliefs and superstitions.
和一般的農(nóng)民不同，他們喜歡華麗的服飾和姿態(tài)；但他們通常與農(nóng)民有著相同的宗教信仰和迷信。

To some extent these forces emanate from the peasantry, whose ties with the land are under threat.
某種程度上，這些力量來自于農(nóng)民，他們賴以生存的土地受到了威脅。

回顧

1. neutrality
2. distress
3. oppress
4. norm
5. peasantry