每天背單詞 第086期

preferential

英 [?pref??ren?l] 美 [?pref??ren?l]

adj. 優(yōu)先的；選擇的；特惠的；先取的

例句：

Offering preferential treatment to wealthy countries.
向富裕國(guó)家提供優(yōu)惠待遇。

Japan will remove five countries from a preferential framework in light of their economic development.
鑒于五個(gè)國(guó)家的經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展情況，日本將把它們從優(yōu)惠框架中剔除。

The government encourages this practice, and provides many preferential policies and facilitation measures for college students.
政府鼓勵(lì)這種做法，并為大學(xué)生提供了許多優(yōu)惠政策和便利措施。

betray

英 [b??tre?] 美 [b??tre?]

vt. 背叛；出賣(mài)；泄露（秘密）；露出…跡象

例句：

He was offered money to betray his colleagues.
有人收買(mǎi)他出賣(mài)他的同事。

I would as lief kill myself as betray my master.
我寧愿自殺也不會(huì)出賣(mài)我的主人。

They offered me money if I would betray my associates.
如果我出賣(mài)自己的同伴，他們就會(huì)給我錢(qián)。

handbag

英 [?h?ndb?ɡ] 美 [?h?ndb?ɡ]

n. 手提包

例句：

She whacked him with her handbag.
她用手提包狠狠地打他。

She delved in her handbag for a pen.
她在手提包里翻找鋼筆。

The slimline diary fits easily into a handbag.
這本超薄的日記本很容易裝進(jìn)手提包里。

discern

英 [d??s??n] 美 [d??s??rn]

vt. 覺(jué)察出；識(shí)別；了解；隱約看見(jiàn)

vi. 辨別

例句：

The adult observers were able to reliably discern an assortment of emotions on the babies' faces.
成年觀察者能夠有依據(jù)地辨別出嬰兒臉上的各種情緒。

In the real world, problems rarely come neatly packaged, so being able to discern their deep structure is key.
在現(xiàn)實(shí)世界中，問(wèn)題很少會(huì)被完美地包裝起來(lái)，因此能夠識(shí)別它們的深層結(jié)構(gòu)是關(guān)鍵。

So it was easier to discern the order in the sky than farther north or farther south, where everything would seem more chaotic.
因此，這里更容易辨別出天空中的某種順序；而在比這里更北或更南的地方，似乎一切都顯得雜亂無(wú)章。

cricket

英 [?kr?k?t] 美 [?kr?k?t]

n. 板球，板球運(yùn)動(dòng)；蟋蟀

例句：

The standard of professional cricket has never been lower.
職業(yè)板球的水平從來(lái)沒(méi)這么低過(guò)。

There was precious little about the cricket to animate the crowd.
這場(chǎng)板球比賽極少有讓觀眾興奮的地方。

During the summer term we would play cricket at the village ground.
夏季學(xué)期里我們常在村里的空地上玩板球。

回顧

1. preferential
2. betray
3. handbag
4. discern
5. cricket