每天背單詞 第053期

information

英 [??nf??me??n] 美 [??nf?r?me??n]

n. 信息，資料；知識(shí)；情報(bào)

例句：

We pooled ideas and information.
我們匯集了意見和信息。

I'll write in for more information.
我要寫信索取更詳細(xì)的信息。

This information could prove useful.
這條信息往后也許有用。

vanish

英 [?v?n??] 美 [?v?n??]

vi. 消失；突然不見；成為零

vt. 使不見，使消失

n. 弱化音

例句：

I wait for their car to vanish before I put up the sign.
我等到他們的車消失在視線里才掛上標(biāo)示。

The track seemed to vanish a hundred yards from where I stood.
離我站的地方一百碼遠(yuǎn)，小路似乎消失了。

Some people believe that schools and libraries will vanish in the wake of the Internet.
一些人相信，在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)到來(lái)之后，學(xué)校和圖書館會(huì)消失。

stall

英 [st??l] 美 [st??l]

n. 貨攤；畜欄；（房間內(nèi)的）小隔間；（教堂內(nèi)）唱詩(shī)班和牧師的座位；（機(jī)動(dòng)車停車場(chǎng)的）車位；（賽馬開始前各馬站位的）單間馬房；（劇院）堂座；（車輛）熄火；（飛機(jī)）失速

v. 熄火；拖延（以贏得時(shí)間）；暫緩；把（牲畜）關(guān)在廐中（養(yǎng)肥）；（飛機(jī)）失速；（船）航行失控

n. (Stall) （美）斯塔爾（人名）

例句：

He sold boots at a market stall.
他在市場(chǎng)的一個(gè)攤位上賣靴子。

Another discovered a valuable diamond brooch covered in tar in a bathroom stall.
另一個(gè)人在浴室的小隔間里發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)沾滿柏油的珍貴鉆石胸針。

See if you can stall her while I finish searching her office.
你看能不能拖住她，我好把她的辦公室搜查完。

leisure

英 [?le??(r)] 美 [?li???r]

n. 閑暇；空閑；安逸

adj. 空閑的；有閑的；業(yè)余的

n. (Leisure)人名；(英)萊熱

例句：

Leisure is often defined in opposition to work.
休閑常被定義為工作的反面。

Whale-watching has become a growth leisure industry.
觀鯨業(yè)已成為一個(gè)快速發(fā)展的休閑產(chǎn)業(yè)。

On the whole, people miss the opportunity to enjoy leisure.
大體上說(shuō)，人們都渴望享受休閑時(shí)光的機(jī)會(huì)。

assassinate

英 [??s?s?ne?t] 美 [??s?s?ne?t]

vt. 暗殺；行刺

例句：

The government has denied that the authorities have uncovered a plot to assassinate the president.
政府否認(rèn)當(dāng)局已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)一個(gè)暗殺總統(tǒng)的陰謀。

Secretary: president of the Steel Trust, you mean? Do you want to assassinate him?
秘書：你是說(shuō)，鋼鐵托拉斯的總經(jīng)理？你要行刺他嗎。

In 1981, when John Hinckley tried to assassinate him, he cracked a string of jokes while doctors were dealing with near-fatal lung wounds.
1981年約翰·欣克利(John Hinckley)實(shí)施了針對(duì)他的刺殺行動(dòng)，讓他險(xiǎn)些失去生命。在醫(yī)生忙著處理那靠近肺部傷口時(shí)，他居然還在講著一連串的笑話。

回顧

1. information
2. vanish
3. stall
4. leisure
5. assassinate