英語單詞超好背 第0415期

us

英 [?s; ?s] 美 [?s; ?s]

pron. 我們

例句：

He regarded us suspiciously.
他以懷疑的眼光看著我們。

His silence unnerved us.
他的沉默令我們心里發(fā)慌。

Traffic zoomed past us.
車輛從我們身邊疾馳而過。

literacy

英 [?l?t?r?si] 美 [?l?t?r?si]

n. 讀寫能力；精通文學(xué)

例句：

Many adults have problems with literacy and numeracy.
很多成年人有讀寫和計(jì)算的困難。

Of course, literacy isn't the same thing as intelligence.
當(dāng)然，識(shí)字與智力不是一回事。

Six months later John had developed literacy and numeracy skills, plus confidence.
六個(gè)月后，約翰已經(jīng)能夠識(shí)字和算數(shù)了，也有了自信。

summon

英 [?s?m?n] 美 [?s?m?n]

vt. 召喚；召集；鼓起；振作

例句：

She was trying to summon up the courage to leave him.
當(dāng)時(shí)她試圖鼓起勇氣離開他。

I punched the button to summon the elevator.
我按電鈕叫電梯。

I couldn't even summon the energy to get out of bed.
我甚至連下床的力氣都沒有。

plume

英 [plu?m] 美 [plu?m]

n. 羽毛；羽毛裝飾物；飄升之物；（尤指污染物）一團(tuán)物質(zhì)；地幔柱

v. 用羽毛裝飾；羽毛狀展開；（鳥）整理羽毛；（人）搔首弄姿；引以為傲；飄升

n. (Plume) （美、英、加、法）普盧姆（人名）

例句：

A pilot encountered an ash plume from the erupting Mount Galunggung in Java, Indonesia in 1982.
1982年，一名飛行員在印度尼西亞的爪哇島遇到了從噴發(fā)的加隆貢火山噴發(fā)出的火山灰羽。

The natural history of the Hawaiian island chain clearly shows the movement of the Pacific plate over a fixed plume.
夏威夷島鏈的自然歷史清楚地顯示了太平洋板塊在一個(gè)固定的羽流上的運(yùn)動(dòng)。

The surface mark of an established plume is a hot spot—an isolated region of volcanoes and uplifted terrain located far from the edge of a surface plate.
一個(gè)已形成的煙羽的表面標(biāo)志是一個(gè)熱點(diǎn)——一個(gè)遠(yuǎn)離表面板塊邊緣的火山和隆起地形的孤立區(qū)域。

involvement

英 [?n?v?lvm?nt] 美 [?n?vɑ?lvm?nt]

n. 參與；牽連；包含；混亂；財(cái)政困難

例句：

One of the main themes of TQM is employee involvement.
全員質(zhì)量管理的一個(gè)主要原則之一是雇員參與。

There was a growing unease about their involvement in the war.
他們對(duì)卷入戰(zhàn)爭感到日益不安。

The Foreign Ministry has issued a flat denial of any involvement.
外交部已斷然否認(rèn)與此有任何牽連。

回顧

1. us
2. literacy
3. summon
4. plume
5. involvement