英語四級通關訓練 第0194期

fodder

英 [?f?d?(r)] 美 [?fɑ?d?r]

n. 飼料；素材

vt. 喂

例句：

The conscripts were treated as cannon fodder.
征召入伍的士兵被當作炮灰。

This story will be more fodder for the gossip columnists.
這個傳聞會是閑談專欄作家的又一素材。

The press conference simply provided more fodder for another attack on his character.
記者招待會只是提供更多的素材，來對他人格進行另一輪攻擊。

performance

英 [p??f??m?ns] 美 [p?r?f??rm?ns]

n. 表演，演出；工作情況，表現(xiàn)；（投資的）業(yè)績；執(zhí)行，履行；麻煩，苦差事（a performance）；藝術上的表現(xiàn)，演技；（汽車的）性能；（語言學）語言表現(xiàn)，言語行為

adj. 性能卓越的，高性能的

例句：

Her performance was mesmerizing.
她的表演讓人入迷。

She gave an exuberant performance.
她的表演熱情洋溢。

He gave an electrifying performance.
他做了一場令人振奮的表演。

foe

英 [f??] 美 [fo?]

n. 敵人，對頭

例句：

The most promising strategy has become to harness one foe against the other.
最有希望的策略是利用一個敵人對付另一個。

FOE could be particularly hard to block and could work in concert with other circumvention technologies.
FOE 可能特別難以被攔截，而且可以與其他規(guī)避技術協(xié)同工作。

The settlements outside the blocks would wither and die, says Silvan Shalom, a Likud deputy prime minister and longtime foe of the prime minister.
利庫德集團副總理、首相的長期敵人西爾萬·沙洛姆表示，這些街區(qū)之外的定居點將會消亡。

outrage

英 [?a?tre?d?] 美 [?a?tre?d?]

n. 憤慨，憤怒；駭人聽聞的事，暴行

v. 使憤怒，激怒；踐踏（準則、法律等）；凌辱，強奸

例句：

Environmentalists have expressed outrage at the ruling.
環(huán)境保護主義者對這一裁決表示憤慨。

There have been cries of outrage about this expenditure.
公眾對這項開支發(fā)出了憤怒的呼聲。

The judge's remarks caused public outrage.
裁判的話引起了公憤。

abandon

英 [??b?nd?n] 美 [??b?nd?n]

v. 拋棄，遺棄；（因危險）離開，舍棄；中止，不再有；放棄（信念、信仰或看法）；陷入，沉湎于（某種情感）

n. 放任，放縱

例句：

Abandon hope all ye who enter here.
汝等進入此地，須棄絕希望。

The captain gave the order to abandon ship.
船長下令棄船。

Snow forced many drivers to abandon their vehicles.
大雪迫使許多駕駛者棄車步行。

回顧

1. fodder
2. performance
3. foe
4. outrage
5. abandon