每天背單詞 第049期

severe

英 [s??v??(r)] 美 [s??v?r]

adj. 嚴(yán)峻的；嚴(yán)厲的；劇烈的；苛刻的

例句：

The patient suffered severe brain trauma.
患者的大腦受到嚴(yán)重?fù)p傷。

They predicted a severe economic downturn.
他們預(yù)言將會(huì)有一次嚴(yán)重的經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退。

If untreated, the illness can become severe.
若不加以治療，病情就可能會(huì)變得很嚴(yán)重。

obliterate

英 [??bl?t?re?t] 美 [??bl?t?re?t]

vt. 消滅；涂去；沖刷；忘掉

例句：

Their warheads are enough to obliterate the world several times over.
他們的彈頭足以摧毀這個(gè)世界好幾次。

There was time enough to obliterate memories of how things once were for him.
有足夠的時(shí)間來(lái)抹掉他對(duì)過(guò)去的記憶。

I obliterate the word with chalk.
我用粉筆把這個(gè)單詞涂去了。

combat

英 [?k?mb?t] 美 [?kɑ?mb?t]

n. 戰(zhàn)斗；搏斗；爭(zhēng)論，反對(duì)

v. 與……戰(zhàn)斗；防止，抑制（尤用于新聞報(bào)道）

adj. 戰(zhàn)斗的；為……斗爭(zhēng)的

n. (Combat) （法）孔巴（人名）

例句：

It was the end of a long combat.
那是一場(chǎng)長(zhǎng)時(shí)間搏斗的結(jié)束。

Over 16 million men had died in combat.
一千六百多萬(wàn)人在戰(zhàn)斗中陣亡。

The government is taking action to combat drug abuse.
政府正在采取措施，打擊濫用毒品。

inadequate

英 [?n??d?kw?t] 美 [?n??d?kw?t]

adj. 不充分的，不適當(dāng)?shù)?/p> 例句：

Supplies of food and medicines are inadequate.
食品和藥物的供應(yīng)是不足的。

I still feel inadequate, useless and mixed up.
我仍舊感到能力不足，毫無(wú)用處，混淆不清。

Public expenditure on the arts is woefully inadequate.
藝術(shù)上的公共支出嚴(yán)重不足。

forehead

英 [?f??hed; ?f?r?d] 美 [?f??rhed; ?f??r?d]

n. 額，前額

例句：

A frown creased her forehead.
她一皺眉，額頭顯出了皺紋。

He had a scar on his forehead.
他前額上有個(gè)傷疤。

Sweat glistened on his forehead.
他額頭上的汗珠晶瑩發(fā)亮。

回顧

1. severe
2. obliterate
3. combat
4. inadequate
5. forehead