英語四級高頻詞匯第110期

casual

英 [?k??u?l] 美 [?k??u?l]

adj. 隨便的；非正式的；臨時的；偶然的

n. 便裝；臨時工人；待命士兵

例句：

The boy was cheeky and casual.
這個男孩嘻皮笑臉、隨隨便便。

She dresses with casual elegance.
她的穿著隨意而不失雅致。

The disease is not spread by casual contact.
此病不會通過偶然接觸傳染。

videotape

英 [?v?di??te?p] 美 [?v?dio?te?p]

n. 錄像帶

vt. 將…錄到錄像帶上

例句：

I watched a slow-motion videotape replay of his fall.
我看了他跌倒時的慢動作錄像回放。

There is nothing to stop viewers from recording the films on videotape.
沒有辦法阻止觀眾用錄像帶錄下電影。

Two technicians were preparing a videotape recording of last week's programme.
兩名技師正在準備上周節(jié)目的錄像。

maintain

英 [me?n?te?n] 美 [me?n?te?n]

vt. 維持；繼續(xù)；維修；主張；供養(yǎng)

例句：

The house costs a fortune to maintain.
維修這房子花費巨大。

It's hard to maintain competitive pricing.
很難保持有競爭力的定價。

The government struggled to maintain law and order.
政府努力維持治安。

decent

英 [?di?snt] 美 [?di?snt]

adj. 正派的；得體的；相當好的

例句：

He did the decent thing and resigned.
他做得很體面，辭職了。

There are no decent schools round here.
附近沒有什么像樣的學校。

Any halfway decent map will give you that information.
任何一張還算像樣的地圖都能提供那些信息。

facility

英 [f??s?l?ti] 美 [f??s?l?ti]

n. 設(shè)施，設(shè)備；（機器等的）特別裝置，特殊功能；（特定用途的）場所；才能，天賦

例句：

There may be a cost to such facility.
這種的設(shè)備可能會產(chǎn)生成本。

It describes completely the facility and its safety basis.
它完整地描述了設(shè)備和它的安全基礎(chǔ)。

It also has a special innovation facility for its employees.
公司還為員工提供了專門的創(chuàng)新設(shè)施。

回顧

1. casual
2. videotape
3. maintain
4. decent
5. facility