每天背單詞 第139期

bury

英 [?beri] 美 [?beri]

vt. 埋葬；隱藏

n. (Bury)人名；(法)比里；(英、西)伯里；(德、意、羅、波、捷、匈)布里；(俄)布雷

例句：

'Good place to bury the bodies,' she joked with black humour.
“真是個(gè)掩埋尸體的風(fēng)水寶地。”她以黑色幽默打趣道。

I was horrified that people would think I was dead and bury me alive.
人們會以為我死了而將我活埋的想法讓我極度恐懼。

Bury the old world and build a new one.
埋葬舊世界，建設(shè)新世界。

surveyor

英 [s??ve??(r)] 美 [s??r'ver]

n. 測量員；檢驗(yàn)員

例句：

Because light traveling down from a summit passes through many such layers, a surveyor could sight a mirage rather than the peak itself.
因?yàn)閺纳巾斚蛳聜鞑サ墓鈺┻^許多這樣的層，所以測量員看到的可能是海市蜃樓而不是山峰本身。

The surveyor examined the walls for signs of damp.
房屋鑒定人檢查了墻壁，看是否有水漬。

When he grew older, William Smith taught himself surveying from books he bought with his small savings, and at the age of eighteen he was apprenticed to a surveyor of the local parish.
當(dāng)威廉·史密斯長大一些，他用自己的一點(diǎn)積蓄買了一些書，自學(xué)測量學(xué)，并且他18歲時(shí)在當(dāng)?shù)亟虆^(qū)做了一名測量師的學(xué)徒。

actor

英 [??kt?(r)] 美 [??kt?r]

n. 男演員；行動者；作用物

例句：

Grodin is a fine comic actor.
格羅丁是一位好的滑稽演員。

He failed miserably as an actor.
作為演員，他敗得很慘。

He was nominated (as) best actor.
他獲得了最佳男演員的提名。

likelihood

英 [?la?klih?d] 美 [?la?klih?d]

n. 可能性，可能

例句：

The likelihood of infection is minimal.
傳染的可能性微乎其微。

There is very little likelihood of that happening.
幾乎沒有發(fā)生那種事情的可能。

He faces growing unease among the Democrats about the likelihood of war.
他面對著民主黨人對戰(zhàn)爭可能性的日益增加的不安。

breath

英 [breθ] 美 [breθ]

n. 呼吸，氣息；一口氣，（呼吸的）一次；瞬間，瞬息；微風(fēng)；跡象；無聲音，氣音

例句：

His breath came in snuffles.
他呼哧呼哧地呼吸著。

Shona struggled for breath.
肖娜艱難地喘著氣。

Her breath came in convulsive gasps.
她的呼吸變得突然喘不過氣來。

回顧

1. bury
2. surveyor
3. actor
4. likelihood
5. breath