英語(yǔ)單詞超好背 第0385期

contribution

英 [?k?ntr??bju??n] 美 [?kɑ?ntr??bju??n]

n. 貢獻(xiàn)；捐獻(xiàn)；投稿

例句：

His contribution could be key.
他的貢獻(xiàn)可能是最重要的。

Their contribution was of great worth.
他們的貢獻(xiàn)具有偉大的意義。

They may define their contribution too narrowly.
他們可能把他們的貢獻(xiàn)說(shuō)得太狹隘了。

geography

英 [d?i??ɡr?fi] 美 [d?i?ɑ?ɡr?fi]

n. 地理；地形

例句：

I'm revising Geography today.
我今天復(fù)習(xí)地理。

I'm afraid geography is not my strong suit.
恐怕地理不是我的強(qiáng)項(xiàng)。

I still haven't done my geography homework.
我還沒(méi)做完地理科家庭作業(yè)呢。

literary

英 [?l?t?r?ri] 美 [?l?t?reri]

adj. 文學(xué)的；書(shū)面的；精通文學(xué)的

例句：

He edits the literary journal, Murmur.
他編輯了《私語(yǔ)》這本文學(xué)雜志。

He was asked to judge a literary competition.
他被邀請(qǐng)?jiān)u判一場(chǎng)文學(xué)競(jìng)賽。

He presents his own highbrow literary programme.
他對(duì)自己那高深難懂的文學(xué)節(jié)目做了介紹。

cruelty

英 [?kru??lti] 美 [?kru??lti]

n. 殘酷；殘忍；殘酷的行為

例句：

Cruelty was quite alien to him.
他絕無(wú)殘忍之心。

Thomas Rane chastised Peters for his cruelty.
托馬斯·瑞訓(xùn)斥了彼得斯的殘忍。

The cruelty in the world saddens me incredibly.
世間的殘酷令我悲傷不已。

playwright

英 [?ple?ra?t] 美 [?ple?ra?t]

n. 劇作家

例句：

His career as a playwright had an auspicious start.
他的劇作家生涯有一個(gè)好的開(kāi)頭。

Miller is gloomy about the fate of the serious playwright in America.
米勒對(duì)這位嚴(yán)肅的美國(guó)劇作家的命運(yùn)感到憂傷。

Worst of all, for a playwright specializing in characters who use the vernacular, he has a tin ear for dialogue.
最糟的是，作為一個(gè)專門刻畫(huà)使用方言人物的劇作家，他在對(duì)話方面沒(méi)有鑒賞力。

回顧

1. contribution
2. geography
3. literary
4. cruelty
5. playwright