英語單詞超好背 第0040期

blunder

英 [?bl?nd?(r)] 美 [?bl?nd?r]

n. 愚蠢（或粗心）的錯誤，大錯

v. 犯大錯，笨嘴笨舌；跌跌撞撞地走；誤入（某地）

例句：

It had been a monumental blunder to give him the assignment.
分配給他這項任務(wù)是一個巨大的錯誤。

She cast a sidelong glance at Eric to see if he had noticed her blunder.
她偷偷斜掃了埃里克一眼，看他有沒有留意到她的錯誤。

I think he made a tactical blunder by announcing it so far ahead of time.
我認為他如此提早宣布消息是犯了戰(zhàn)術(shù)上的錯誤。

whitewash

英 [?wa?tw??] 美 [?wa?twɑ??]

n. 粉飾；白色涂料；石灰水

vt. 掩飾；把…刷白

例句：

His wife had wanted to whitewash his reputation after he died.
他妻子在他死后本來想粉飾他的名聲。

The opposition claimed the report was a whitewash.
反對派聲稱這份報告文過飾非。

If he hadn't run out of whitewash he would have bankrupted every boy in the village.
要不是他的灰漿用光了，他會讓村里的每個孩子都破產(chǎn)的。

apparently

英 [??p?r?ntli] 美 [??p?r?ntli]

adv. 顯然地；似乎，表面上

例句：

His erudition was apparently endless.
他顯然學(xué)識淵博。

He paused, apparently lost in thought.
他停頓下來，顯然陷入了沉思。

The Korean ship was apparently undamaged.
那艘韓國船只顯然并未被破壞。

fur

英 [f??(r)] 美 [f??r]

n. 皮，皮子；毛皮；軟毛

n. 水垢

vt. 用毛皮覆蓋；使穿毛皮服裝

n. (Fur)人名；(法)菲爾；(瑞典)富爾

例句：

The animal is hunted for its fur.
狩獵這種動物是為了獲取其毛皮。

Wearing fur has become unfashionable.
穿裘皮服裝已經(jīng)變得不流行了。

She had on a black coat with a fur collar.
她穿著一件有毛皮領(lǐng)子的黑色外套。

prosperity

英 [pr??sper?ti] 美 [prɑ??sper?ti]

n. 繁榮，成功

例句：

Their prosperity depends on export-led growth.
他們的繁榮依靠的是出口帶來的增長。

Our future prosperity depends on economic growth.
我們未來的繁榮昌盛依賴經(jīng)濟的發(fā)展。

He was pursuing a utopian dream of world prosperity.
他那時在追求一個不切實際的世界繁榮之夢。

回顧

1. blunder
2. whitewash
3. apparently
4. fur
5. prosperity