第0292期-英語單詞超好背
barren
英 [?b?r?n] 美 [?b?r?n]adj. 貧瘠的;不生育的;無益的;沉悶無趣的;空洞的
n. 荒地
n. (Barren)人名;(西、英)巴倫
例句:The land was barren and infertile.
這片土地荒蕪而貧瘠。
He wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.
他想用該水來灌溉貧瘠的沙漠土地。
That's probably the most bare, bleak, barren and inhospitable island I've ever seen.
那可能是我見過的最光禿、最荒涼、最貧瘠和最不適合居住的島嶼。
screw
英 [skru?] 美 [skru?]vt. 旋,擰;壓榨;強迫
n. 螺旋;螺絲釘;吝嗇鬼
vi. 轉動,擰
例句:I can't get the screw to turn.
我擰不動這個螺絲釘。
The screw had worked loose.
這螺絲釘松動了。
There should be no exposed screw heads.
螺釘頭不應暴露在外。
pirate
英 [?pa?r?t] 美 [?pa?r?t]n. 海盜;盜版;侵犯專利權者
vt. 掠奪;翻?。回飧`
vi. 做海盜;從事劫掠
例句:Ed played at being a pirate.
埃德假扮海盜。
Pirate copies of the DVD are already being sold.
該DVD的盜版已經有售了。
Oh, you're a nice pirate.
噢,你是個好海盜呀。
appreciation
英 [??pri??i?e??n] 美 [??pri??i?e??n]n. 欣賞,鑒別;增值;感謝
例句:You have to take capital appreciation of the property into account.
你得將那個房產的資本增值考慮進來。
The aim is to inculcate businesspeople with an appreciation of different cultures.
其目的是教導商界人員學會欣賞不同的文化。
She shows little appreciation of good music.
她感受不到美好音樂的妙處。
arc
英 [ɑ?k] 美 [ɑ?rk]n. ?。ǘ龋?;弧光(全稱electric arc);弧形物;天穹
adj. 圓弧的;反三角函數的
vt. 形成電??;走弧線
n. (Arc)人名;(法)阿爾克
例句:The beach swept around in an arc.
海灘呈弧形伸展開來。
The helicopter made a slow arc, passing over the mound but not stopping.
這架直升飛機做了一個緩慢的弧線運行,飛過那座小丘,但沒停下來。
That's one reason why we have launched Arc, a new publication dedicated to the near future.
這就是我們推出 Arc 的原因之一,因為這是一份為不久的將來而創(chuàng)造的新出版物。
回顧
- barren
- screw
- pirate
- appreciation
- arc