英語四級單詞每天背 第0362期

descent

英 [d??sent] 美 [d??sent]

n. 下降，降落；斜坡，斜面；出身，血統(tǒng)；墮落，淪落；突然到訪，突襲

例句：

All the contributors were of African descent.
所有捐助者都是非洲血統(tǒng)。

Britain has always been the principal source—ninety percent of Australians are of British descent, and Britain has provided one million migrants since the Second World War.
英國一直是澳大利亞移民的主要來源國——90%的澳大利亞人是英國后裔，自二戰(zhàn)以來，英國已經(jīng)提供了100萬移民。

There is a gradual descent to the sea.
有一片斜坡緩緩伸延到海邊。

computer

英 [k?m?pju?t?(r)] 美 [k?m?pju?t?r]

n. 計算機(jī)；電腦；電子計算機(jī)

例句：

My computer keeps going funny.
我的計算機(jī)老出故障。

He's addicted to computer games.
他迷上了電腦游戲。

I think I've buggered the computer.
我想我把計算機(jī)搞壞了。

intercourse

英 [??nt?k??s] 美 [??nt?rk??rs]

n. （人們之間的）交際，溝通；性交，交媾

例句：

There was social intercourse between the old and the young.
老年人和年輕人之間有社會交往。

As mentioned above, if your respect proves to be effective, people will show their respect for you, too, and it will benefit your social intercourse.
如上所述，如果您的尊重被證明是有效的，那么人們也會對您表示尊重，這將有益于您的社交。

But the women looked out from the heated, blind intercourse of farm-life, to the spoken world beyond.
但女性從熱烘烘的、閉眼運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)的鄉(xiāng)土生活中抬起了頭，望向那喧囂的世界。

transaction

英 [tr?n?z?k?(?)n] 美 [tr?n?z?k?n]

n. 交易，買賣，業(yè)務(wù)；（學(xué)術(shù)團(tuán)體會議的）議事錄，公報；（人與人之間的）交流，相互影響；事務(wù)（元），事項(xiàng)

例句：

The transaction is completed by payment of the fee.
交易在支付費(fèi)用之后就完成了。

Neither side would disclose details of the transaction.
雙方都不會透露交易的細(xì)節(jié)。

The new device can also cancel the cheque after the transaction is complete.
這種新設(shè)備還能在交易結(jié)束后將支票注銷。

headquarters

英 [?hed?kw??t?z] 美 [?hedkw??rt?rz]

n. 總部，總公司；司令部，指揮部

例句：

The warning was radioed to headquarters.
通過無線電向總部發(fā)出了警報。

They located their headquarters in Swindon.
他們把總部設(shè)在了斯溫登。

I'm waiting for clearance from headquarters.
我在等待總部的錄用審查許可。

回顧

1. descent
2. computer
3. intercourse
4. transaction
5. headquarters