每天背單詞 第111期

defect

英 [?di?fekt; d??fekt] 美 [?di?fekt; d??fekt]

n. 缺點，缺陷；不足之處

vi. 變節(jié)；叛變

例句：

He was born with a hearing defect.
他天生聽力就有缺陷。

Children with the defect need all the help.
有缺陷的孩子需要各種幫助。

Not only was our defect rate lower, but the architecture and design were superior.
不僅僅是我們的缺陷率更低了，而且我們的架構和設計也更優(yōu)秀。

baker

英 [?be?k?(r)] 美 [?be?k?r]

n. 面包師；面包工人；（便攜式）烘爐

例句：

Mr. Baker would take command of the campaign.
貝克先生將負責這次運動。

Nick Faldo was beaten by Peter Baker in a playoff.
尼克·福爾多在加時賽中被彼得·貝克擊敗。

I am delighted to make your acquaintance, Mrs Baker.
貝克太太，我很高興與您相識。

numerical

英 [nju??mer?kl] 美 [nu??mer?kl]

adj. 數(shù)值的；數(shù)字的；用數(shù)字表示的（等于numeric）

例句：

Numerical increases are used as quantifiable indicators of heightened interest in the new stimulus.
數(shù)值的增長被用來作為顯示新型激勵下增長利益的量化指標。

DNS refers to the Domain Name System, which is a directory that connects names to numerical Internet addresses.
DNS 指的是域名系統(tǒng)，它是一個目錄，將名稱連接到數(shù)字互聯(lián)網(wǎng)地址。

As the chapters will illustrate, mathematics is not restricted to the analytical and numerical; intuition plays a significant role.
正如這幾章將要論述的，數(shù)學并不局限于解析和數(shù)值；直覺起著重要的作用。

contest

英 [?k?ntest] 美 [?kɑ?ntest]

n. 比賽，競賽；（控制權或權力的）爭奪；爭論，爭辯，爭執(zhí)

v. 爭取贏得（比賽、選舉等）；參加（競爭或選舉），競爭；爭辯，爭論；就……提出異議，反駁

例句：

The election contest is heating up.
選舉競爭正趨于白熱化。

The contest should be very keenly fought.
比賽應該爭奪很激烈。

I'm going to be emceeing a costume contest.
我將要主持一場時裝比賽。

clamp

英 [kl?mp] 美 [kl?mp]

v. 夾緊，固定??；用夾鎖鎖?。ㄜ嚕?；保持（電信號）電壓極限在規(guī)定水平

n. 夾鉗，螺絲鉗；車輪夾鎖（用于鎖住違章停放的車輛）；貯藏于稻草（或地底）下的一堆馬鈴薯（或其它塊根蔬菜）；青貯飼料堆的三面結構

例句：

The wood is held in position by a clamp.
這木頭用夾鉗固定住了。

Somebody forgot to bring along the U-bolts to clamp the microphones to the pole.
有人忘記帶來把麥克風夾在支桿上的U型螺栓。

Blades without clips are held by screws and the clamp on the handle.
失去金屬夾的刀片由螺絲和手柄上的夾子固定。

回顧

1. defect
2. baker
3. numerical
4. contest
5. clamp