每天背單詞 第522期

fire-engine

[?fa??r end??n]

n. 消防車

例句：

Charles is a fireman and he drives a fire-engine.
查爾斯是一名消防隊(duì)員，他開消防車。

My daughter's first bedroom had a fire-engine red accent wall. She was also the bouncing-off-the-walls type of baby.
我女兒最初臥室墻壁顏色是消防車般的紅色。她也確實(shí)是那種讓人不得安生的孩子。

I heard it--the sound of a fire engine. It was music to my ears.
我聽到了它——消防車的聲音。 這是我耳中的音樂。

flower

英 [?fla??(r)] 美 [?fla??r]

n. 花；精華；開花植物

vi. 成熟，發(fā)育；開花；繁榮；旺盛

vt. 使開花；用花裝飾

n. (Flower)人名；(英)弗勞爾

例句：

The flower opens to reveal a bee.
花開了，露出來一只蜜蜂。

I've been weeding the flower beds.
我一直在除花壇里的雜草。

Cut the flower stems on the slant.
把花莖斜著切斷。

drawback

英 [?dr??b?k] 美 [?dr??b?k]

n. 缺點(diǎn)，不利條件；退稅

例句：

The main drawback to it is the cost.
它的主要缺點(diǎn)是成本高。

This is the one major drawback of the new system.
這是新系統(tǒng)的一大弊端。

He felt the apartment's only drawback was that it was too small.
他感覺這個(gè)公寓惟一的缺點(diǎn)就是太小。

fire

英 [?fa??(r)] 美 [?fa??r]

n. 火；火災(zāi)；炮火；爐火；熱情；激情；磨難

vt. 點(diǎn)燃；解雇；開除；使發(fā)光；燒制；激動(dòng)；放槍

vi. 著火；射擊；開槍；激動(dòng)；燒火

例句：

The wooden rafters caught fire.
木椽子著火了。

Police marksmen opened fire.
警察中的神槍手開了火。

Don't fire until I signal.
等我發(fā)出信號(hào)后再開槍。

adverse

英 [??dv??s; ?d?v??s] 美 [?d?v??rs,??dv??rs]

adj. 不利的；相反的；敵對(duì)的（名詞adverseness，副詞adversely）

例句：

This drug is known to have adverse side effects.
眾所周知，這種藥具有不良副作用。

The improper use of medicine could lead to severe adverse reactions.
用藥不當(dāng)會(huì)引起嚴(yán)重的不良反應(yīng)。

Lack of money will have an adverse effect on our research programme.
缺少資金將對(duì)我們的研究方案有不利影響。

回顧

1. fire-engine
2. flower
3. drawback
4. fire
5. adverse