英語高考高頻詞匯第120期

distress

英 [d??stres] 美 [d??stres]

n. 危難，不幸；貧困；悲痛

vt. 使悲痛；使貧困

例句：

She was obviously in distress after the attack.
她受到攻擊后顯然很痛苦。

Widows seem to experience more distress than widowers.
寡婦似乎比鰥夫感受更多痛苦。

He keeps coming to the aid of this damsel in distress.
他經(jīng)常去幫助這位處于痛苦中的少女。

catalog

英 ['k?t?l?ɡ] 美 [?k?t?l??ɡ]

n. [圖情][計] 目錄；登記

vt. 登記；為…編目錄

vi. 編目錄；按確定價格收入目錄（等于catalogue）

例句：

Let me look it up in the catalog.
讓我查一下目錄。

Will you please send us your price list or catalog?
請把你們的價格表或目錄寄給我們好嗎？

He was always a scholar. His catalog of collectors' marks is still a classic.
他一直學(xué)識淵博。編纂的收藏家標記目錄依然是經(jīng)典。

navigation

英 [?n?v??ɡe??n] 美 [?n?v??ɡe??n]

n. 航行；航海

例句：

They will be helped by the very latest in navigation aids.
他們將得到最新的導(dǎo)航設(shè)備的幫助。

Pack ice around Iceland was becoming a threat to navigation.
冰島周圍的浮冰一度成為船舶航行的威脅。

The expedition was wrecked by bad planning and poor navigation.
這次探險因計劃不周和導(dǎo)航不利而失敗。

powder

英 [?pa?d?(r)] 美 [?pa?d?r]

n. 粉；粉末；[化工][軍] 火藥；塵土

vt. 使成粉末；撒粉；搽粉于

vi. 搽粉；變成粉末

例句：

The snow was like powder.
雪像粉末一樣。

The mustard is sold in powder form.
芥末是以粉末狀出售的。

She brushed the powder out of her hair.
她把粉末從頭發(fā)中梳掉。

geometry

英 [d?i??m?tri] 美 [d?i?ɑ?m?tri]

n. 幾何學(xué)

幾何結(jié)構(gòu)

例句：

The doctor doesn't know how to teach me geometry.
這個教授不知道如何教我?guī)缀螌W(xué)。

They can also learn geometry by assembling a bicycle.
他們還可以通過組裝自行車來學(xué)習幾何。

The geometry of the game, however, is essential to understanding it.
然而，游戲的幾何結(jié)構(gòu)是理解它的必要條件。

回顧

1. distress
2. catalog
3. navigation
4. powder
5. geometry