每天背單詞 第405期

oak

英 [??k] 美 [o?k]

n. 橡樹；橡木色；橡木家具

adj. 櫟樹的；櫟木制的

n. (Oak)人名；(英)奧克

例句：

The walls were panelled in oak.
墻壁鑲了橡木飾片。

An old oak tree once stood here.
以前這兒長著一棵老橡樹。

This table is made of solid oak.
這張桌子是用實心橡木制作的。

righteous

英 [?ra?t??s] 美 [?ra?t??s]

adj. 正義的；正直的；公正的

例句：

He is critical of the monks, whom he considers narrow-minded and self-righteous.
他對僧侶們頗有微詞，認為他們心胸狹隘，自以為是。

There's Righteous Fur and its unusual fashion.
這是正義的皮毛和它不尋常的時尚。

Feelings of righteous indignation, it seems, are not the preserve of people alone.
看起來，義憤填膺不是人類獨有的感受。

prosecutor

英 [?pr?s?kju?t?(r)] 美 [?prɑ?s?kju?t?r]

n. 檢察官；公訴人；[法] 起訴人；實行者

例句：

A report by the state prosecutor described the police action as confused and disorganized.
州檢察官的報告將警方的行動描述成混亂和缺乏組織的。

The prosecutor told the judge in mitigation that the offences had been at the lower end of the scale.
公訴人對法官說這些罪行情節(jié)較輕，希望能夠從寬判決。

His chances do not seem good in view of the fact that the Chief Prosecutor has already voiced his public disapproval.
鑒于首席檢察官已公開表示反對這一事實，他的機會看起來不好。

notorious

英 [n???t??ri?s] 美 [no??t??ri?s]

adj. 聲名狼藉的，臭名昭著的

例句：

He was a notorious anti-Semite.
他是臭名昭著的反猶主義者。

His short temper had become notorious.
他的急性子已臭名遠揚。

The bar has become notorious as a meeting-place for drug dealers.
這家酒吧作為毒品販子接頭的場所已變得聲名狼藉。

elaboration

英 [??l?b??re??n] 美 [??l?b??re??n]

n. 苦心經(jīng)營，精巧；詳細闡述

例句：

The importance of the plan needs no further elaboration.
這個計劃的重要性無須贅述。

After the homework has been discussed, the teacher explains the topic of the lesson, slowly and with a lot of repetition and elaboration.
"討論完作業(yè)之后，教師會緩慢地、反復精細地講解這節(jié)課的主題。

The development of an understanding of the self becomes evident between the first and second years of life and shows rapid elaboration in subsequent years.
對自我理解的發(fā)展在生命的頭一兩年間變得明顯，在隨后的幾年里快速地變得詳盡。

回顧

1. oak
2. righteous
3. prosecutor
4. notorious
5. elaboration