英語四級(jí)單詞每天背 第0080期

acknowledgment

英 [?k'n?l?d?m?nt] 美 [?k?nɑ?l?d?m?nt]

n. 感謝；承認(rèn)；承認(rèn)書

例句：

The president's resignation appears to be an acknowledgment that he has lost all hope of keeping the country together.
該總統(tǒng)的辭職看起來是對(duì)他已經(jīng)放棄將國家團(tuán)結(jié)起來的所有希望的一種承認(rèn)。

Despite the general acknowledgment of his genius, there has been a noticeable reluctance to rank him with, say, Schumann or Brahms.
盡管人們普遍承認(rèn)他的天賦，但人們明顯不愿意把他與舒曼或勃拉姆斯相提并論。

However, these novels' explicit acknowledgment of their characters' social and ethnic backgrounds meant that they were not considered "raceless" in the old-fashioned sense.
然而，這些小說明確承認(rèn)了人物的社會(huì)和種族背景，這意味著他們不被認(rèn)為是傳統(tǒng)意義上的“無種族”。

preferably

英 [?prefr?bli] 美 [?prefr?bli]

adv. 更合意地，最好是

例句：

We're looking for a new house, preferably one near the school.
我們正在找新房子，最好是靠近學(xué)校的。

Choose a comfy chair, preferably one with armrests.
選擇一把舒服的椅子，最好有扶手。

To accurately tell whether someone is sociable, studies show, we need at least a minute, preferably five.
研究表明，要準(zhǔn)確判斷一個(gè)人是否善于交際，我們至少需要一分鐘，最好是五分鐘。

anxiously

英 [???k??sli] 美 [???k??sli]

adv. 不安地，憂慮地

例句：

She scanned his face anxiously.
她急切地端詳著他的臉。

He frowned at her anxiously.
他焦急地朝她皺了皺眉。

She kept looking anxiously at her watch.
她焦急不安地一個(gè)勁兒看表。

superinrtendent

sale

英 [se?l] 美 [se?l]

n. 出售，銷售；銷售額（sales）；銷售活動(dòng)，（尤指）拍賣；降價(jià)出售，大減價(jià)；銷售部門（sales）；銷售業(yè)務(wù)，銷售工作（sales）

【名】 （Sale）（意、塞、瑞典）薩萊，（英、薩摩）塞爾，（法）薩爾（人名）

例句：

Tickets go on sale this week.
票本周開始出售。

They've put their house up for sale.
他們的房子現(xiàn)在出售。

I'm sorry, it's not for sale.
抱歉，這個(gè)不賣。

回顧

1. acknowledgment
2. preferably
3. anxiously
4. superinrtendent
5. sale