每天背單詞 第545期

less

英 [les] 美 [les]

det. 量更少；數(shù)量較少（或更少）

adj. 等級(jí)較低的；次要的

adv. 范圍較小地；更少地；遠(yuǎn)不是，根本不

prep. 減去，除去（作介詞用）

n. (Less) （美、加拿大）萊斯（人名）

例句：

He ate little, and drank less.
他吃得不多，喝得更少。

Her calls became less frequent.
她打電話(huà)的次數(shù)減少了。

The book is less than inspiring.
那本書(shū)不大吸引人。

santa

英 [?s?nt?] 美 [?s?nt?]

n. 圣誕老人（等于Santa Claus）

例句：

There are several dozen Indian pueblos near Santa Fe.
圣達(dá)菲附近有幾十個(gè)印第安人村莊。

It has vanished as surely as one's belief in Santa Claus or the tooth fairy.
毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)，人們對(duì)于圣誕老人或牙仙的信仰已經(jīng)消失了。

Continue down the same road for another 2 miles until you reach the church of Santa Maria.
沿著同一條路繼續(xù)走2英里直到你到達(dá)圣瑪麗亞教堂。

dependant

英 [d??pend?nt] 美 [d??pend?nt]

n. 受扶養(yǎng)者，依賴(lài)他人生活的人

例句：

Often, file system paths are operating system dependant.
文件系統(tǒng)路徑通常依賴(lài)于操作系統(tǒng)。

As mentioned earlier, the cache is also context dependant.
如前所述，緩存也依賴(lài)于上下文。

This will break scripts dependant on the private-public key pair.
這會(huì)破壞依賴(lài)于公私密鑰對(duì)的腳本。

literate

英 [?l?t?r?t] 美 [?l?t?r?t]

adj. 受過(guò)教育的；精通文學(xué)的

n. 學(xué)者

例句：

Your children should be literate and numerate.
你的孩子們應(yīng)該會(huì)識(shí)字識(shí)數(shù)。

All students should be numerate and literate when they leave school.
所有的學(xué)生畢業(yè)時(shí)都應(yīng)具備計(jì)算和讀寫(xiě)的能力。

We look for applicants who are good with numbers, computer-literate, and energetic self-starters.
我們找精于計(jì)算、懂電腦、精力充沛、工作主動(dòng)的申請(qǐng)人。

ashtray

英 [???tre?] 美 [???tre?]

n. 煙灰缸

例句：

I emptied the ashtray.
我倒空了煙灰缸。

He ground his cigarette into the ashtray.
他把香煙按在煙灰缸里捻滅。

I emptied the sweet wrappers from the ashtray.
我從那個(gè)煙灰缸里倒出了那些糖紙。

回顧

1. less
2. santa
3. dependant
4. literate
5. ashtray