英語單詞超好背 第0355期

toward

英 [t??d; t??w??d] 美 [t??rd]

prep. 向；趨向；對于；接近（時(shí)間）；靠近；用于，為了（同 towards）

adj. 即將來到的，進(jìn)行中的

n. (Toward) （美、加、沙特）特沃德

例句：

She turned back toward home.
她折了回來往家走去。

I took a step toward him.
我朝他邁出了一步。

He headed downhill toward the river.
他朝山腳下的小河走去。

proceeding

英 [pr??si?d??] 美 [pr??si?d??]

n. 進(jìn)行；程序；訴訟；事項(xiàng)

v. 開始；繼續(xù)做；行進(jìn)（proceed的ing形式）

例句：

Work is proceeding slowly.
工作進(jìn)展緩慢。

Wait till I talk to Max before proceeding.
等我和麥克斯談過后再繼續(xù)吧。

Writer-director Paul Greengrass has gone to great lengths to be respectful in his depiction of what occurred, proceeding with the film only after securing the approval of every victim's family.
編劇兼導(dǎo)演保羅·格林格拉斯竭盡所能地在他的描述中尊重事實(shí)，只有在每個(gè)受害者的家人都同意的情況下，他才會繼續(xù)拍攝這部電影。

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，恰恰相反——是它簡潔緊湊的結(jié)構(gòu)。

imitation

英 [??m??te??n] 美 [??m??te??n]

n. 模仿，仿造；仿制品

adj. 人造的，仿制的

例句：

A child learns to talk by imitation.
小孩子通過模仿學(xué)會說話。

They discussed important issues in imitation of their elders.
他們模仿長輩的口氣討論重大問題。

Many corporate methods have been adopted by American managers in imitation of Japanese practice.
美國的管理人員效仿日本人的做法，采用了很多經(jīng)營公司的方法。

kingdom

英 [?k??d?m] 美 [?k??d?m]

n. 王國；界；領(lǐng)域

n. (Kingdom)人名；(英)金德姆

例句：

Rome annexed the Nabatean kingdom in AD 106.
羅馬帝國于公元106年并吞了納巴泰王國。

The animal kingdom is full of fine and glorious creatures.
動物界有很多精巧而美妙的生物。

He taught his followers that they could all be members of the kingdom of God.
他教導(dǎo)他的信徒說他們都會成為天國的成員。

回顧

1. toward
2. proceeding
3. thrifty
4. imitation
5. kingdom