每天背單詞 第254期

clock

英 [kl?k] 美 [klɑ?k]

n. 時(shí)鐘；計(jì)時(shí)器

vt. 記錄；記時(shí)

vi. 打卡；記錄時(shí)間

n. (Clock)人名；(英)克洛克

例句：

The clock has just struck three.
時(shí)鐘剛剛敲過三點(diǎn)。

The clock showed midnight.
時(shí)鐘顯示已是午夜。

The clock struck the hour.
鐘敲過整點(diǎn)了。

revolt

英 [r??v??lt] 美 [r??vo?lt]

n. 違抗，反抗；起義，叛亂

v. 反抗，反叛；叛逆，違抗；（使）厭惡，反感

例句：

It was undeniably a revolt by ordinary people against their leaders.
不可否認(rèn)，這是一場普通百姓反抗領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人的起義。

In February 1848, the people of Paris rose in revolt against the constitutional monarchy of Louis-Philippe.
1848年2月，巴黎人民奮起反抗路易-菲利浦君主立憲制。

The peasants rose in revolt.
農(nóng)民起來造反了。

fret

英 [fret] 美 [fret]

v. 使煩惱；焦急；使磨損，使銷蝕；用回紋裝飾；給（弦樂器）裝品

n. 音品；回紋飾；（從海上飄來的）霧氣

n. (Fret) （美、波、法、比、英、西）弗雷特（人名）

例句：

"You really needn't fret, Ratty," added the Badger placidly.
“你真的不必?zé)溃笞??！扁底影嘟芷届o地補(bǔ)充道。

Her baby starts to fret as soon as she goes out of the room.
她一走出房間，嬰兒就躁動起來。

But congressional staffers fret that the project will eventually cost billions more.
但國會的工作人員們擔(dān)心這個(gè)方案最終會多花幾十億。

ambition

英 [?m?b??n] 美 [?m?b??n]

n. 野心，雄心；抱負(fù)，志向

vt. 追求；有…野心

例句：

It had been her lifelong ambition.
這是她終身追求的目標(biāo)。

He was corrupted by power and ambition.
權(quán)力與野心使他腐化墮落。

Even when I was young I never had any ambition.
即使當(dāng)我年輕的時(shí)候我也從未有過什么雄心。

educational

英 [?ed?u?ke???nl] 美 [?ed?u?ke???nl]

adj. 教育的；有教育意義的

例句：

We carry a range of educational software.
我們出售各種教育軟件。

Educational success is mediated by economic factors.
經(jīng)濟(jì)因素影響著教育的成功。

Educational practice is liable to sudden swings and changes.
教育實(shí)踐活動易出現(xiàn)突然的轉(zhuǎn)向和變化。

回顧

1. clock
2. revolt
3. fret
4. ambition
5. educational