英語單詞超好背 第0220期

limp

英 [l?mp] 美 [l?mp]

adj. 柔軟的，無力的；軟弱的

vi. 跛行，一拐一拐地走；緩慢費力地前進

n. 跛行

n. (Limp)人名；(英)林普

例句：

She was told to reject applicants with limp handshakes.
有人告訴她通過無力的握手來拒絕申請者。

I wasn't badly hurt, but I injured my thigh and had to limp.
我傷得并不嚴重，但我傷到了大腿，不得不一瘸一拐地走路。

A stiff knee following surgery forced her to walk with a limp.
手術(shù)后僵直的膝蓋迫使她瘸著走路。

pest

英 [pest] 美 [pest]

n. 害蟲；有害之物；討厭的人

n. (Pest)人名；(德、捷)佩斯特

例句：

Each year ten percent of the crop is lost to a pest called corn rootworm.
每年有10%的作物受損于一種叫做玉米根蟲的害蟲。

There is no pest here.
這里沒有害蟲。

This is almost a pest-control service.
這幾乎是一項蟲害防治服務。

justify

英 [?d??st?fa?] 美 [?d??st?fa?]

vi. 證明合法；整理版面

vt. 證明……是正當?shù)?；替……辯護

例句：

How can they justify paying such huge salaries?
他們怎能證明付這么大筆薪金是正當?shù)哪兀?/p>

No amount of rationalization could justify his actions.
無論怎么解釋，他的行為都不能說是正當?shù)摹?/p>

No argument can justify a war.
沒有任何理由能證明一個戰(zhàn)爭有理。

reliance

英 [r??la??ns] 美 [r??la??ns]

n. 信賴；信心；受信賴的人或物

例句：

People learned self-reliance because they had to.
人們學會了自立因為他們不得不這樣做。

Heavy reliance on one client is risky when you are building up a business.
創(chuàng)業(yè)時過分依賴某一個客戶是有風險的。

About 10% of Japanese teenagers are overweight. Nutritionists say the main culprit is increasing reliance on Western fast food.
約10%的日本青少年都超重。營養(yǎng)學家們稱主要的原因是他們越來越依賴西方快餐。

aggression

英 [??ɡre?n] 美 [??ɡre?n]

n. 侵略；進攻；侵犯；侵害

例句：

Aggression is by no means a male-only trait.
攻擊性決不是男性獨有的特征。

We must demonstrate that aggression will not pay.
我們必須證明侵犯是沒有好處的。

Sport became the perfect outlet for his aggression.
運動成為他攻擊性心理的最佳出路。

回顧

1. limp
2. pest
3. justify
4. reliance
5. aggression