英語(yǔ)四級(jí)單詞每天背 第0023期

enquire

英 [?n?kwa??(r)] 美 [?n?kwa??r]

vi. 詢問；調(diào)查；問候（等于 inquire）

vt. 詢問；打聽

例句：

I called the station to enquire about train times.
我打電話到車站詢問了火車時(shí)刻。

At their kindest, they may gently enquire why John or Mary isn't doing better, whether he or she is trying as hard as he or she should, and so on.
在他們最善意的情況下，他們可能會(huì)溫和地詢問為什么約翰或瑪麗沒有做得更好，他或她是否拼盡全力，等等。

I'm writing to enquire about language courses.
特此致函詢問有關(guān)語(yǔ)言課程事宜。

dismiss

英 [d?s?m?s] 美 [d?s?m?s]

v. 開除，解雇；不考慮，不理會(huì)；駁回，停止受理；讓……離開，解散；（板球）使退場(chǎng)，使出局

例句：

He was so irresponsible that I decided to dismiss him.
他如此不負(fù)責(zé)任，我決定解雇他。

I think we can safely dismiss their objections.
我認(rèn)為我們對(duì)他們的異議完全可以不予理會(huì)。

Officials dismiss these incidents as simple hooliganism.
官員們把這些事件看成是一般的流氓行為而草草了事。

behalf

英 [b??hɑ?f] 美 [b??h?f]

n. 代表（on behalf of）；因?yàn)?，為了……的利益（in/on behalf of）；就……而言，在……一方（on behalf of）

例句：

She was nominated to speak on our behalf.
她被指派代表我們發(fā)言。

Your proxy will need to sign the form on your behalf.
你的代理人將須代表你在表格上簽字。

She made an emotional public appeal on her son's behalf.
她代表兒子作了感動(dòng)人心的公開呼吁。

rectangle

英 [?rekt??ɡl] 美 [?rekt??ɡl]

n. 矩形，長(zhǎng)方形

例句：

Pencil-box is a rectangle.
鉛筆盒是長(zhǎng)方形的。

This is a smaller rounded rectangle.
這是一個(gè)較小的圓角矩形。

I want the rectangle books on the shelf.
我想要書架上的那本長(zhǎng)方形的書。

delicacy

英 [?del?k?si] 美 [?del?k?si]

n. 美味，佳肴；脆弱，嬌嫩；微妙，棘手；審慎，體貼；（結(jié)構(gòu)的）精巧，精致

例句：

Smoked salmon was considered an expensive delicacy.
熏三文魚被認(rèn)為是一道昂貴的佳肴。

That's another Spanish delicacy.
那是另一種西班牙美食。

Both countries are behaving with rare delicacy.
兩個(gè)國(guó)家都表現(xiàn)出難得的體諒周到。

回顧

1. enquire
2. dismiss
3. behalf
4. rectangle
5. delicacy