每天背單詞 第407期

brightness

英 [?bra?tn?s] 美 [?bra?tn?s]

n. [光][天] 亮度；聰明，活潑；鮮艷；愉快

例句：

The star varies in brightness by about three magnitudes.
星體的亮度大約分三個(gè)星等。

Her burst of exuberance and her brightness overwhelmed me.
她的活力勃發(fā)和她的聰明智慧征服了我。

But his night paintings don't exactly lack brightness.
但他的夜景畫并不缺乏亮度。

shatter

英 [???t?(r)] 美 [???t?r]

vt. 粉碎；打碎；破壞；破掉；使散開

vi. 粉碎；損壞；落葉

n. 碎片；亂七八糟的狀態(tài)

例句：

A failure would shatter the hopes of many people.
一次失敗會(huì)粉碎很多人的希望。

You've already known that ice is brittle, and if you hit it with a hammer, it will shatter like glass.
大家都知道冰是易碎的，如果你拿錘子敲擊它，它會(huì)如玻璃一樣碎裂。

The church Windows shatter.
教堂的窗戶粉碎了。

hopefully

英 [?h??pf?li] 美 [?ho?pf?li]

adv. 有希望地，有前途地

例句：

Hopefully, we'll arrive before dark.
我們有望在天黑前到達(dá)。

'Are you free tonight?' she asked hopefully.
“你今晚有空嗎？”她抱著希望地問。

"Am I welcome?" He smiled hopefully, leaning on the door.
“歡迎我嗎？”他倚著門，滿懷希望地笑著問道。

pictorial

英 [p?k?t??ri?l] 美 [p?k?t??ri?l]

adj. 繪畫的；形象化的

n. 畫報(bào)；畫刊

例句：

Despite its costumes and its gestures, it is not really a pictorial art.
不管它的服裝和姿勢，它就不是一種圖像的藝術(shù)。

You really feel like you're, so to speak, in the pictorial with her.
可以說，你真的有種和她一同站在畫面中的感覺。

For despite its costumes and its gestures, it is not really a pictorial art.
先不管它的服裝和姿勢，它就不是一種上像的藝術(shù)。

enhance

英 [?n?hɑ?ns] 美 [?n?h?ns]

vt. 提高；加強(qiáng)；增加

例句：

The White House is eager to protect and enhance that reputation.
白宮急于保護(hù)并提高那聲望。

Large paintings can enhance the feeling of space in small rooms.
大幅畫作能增加小房間的寬敞感。

This is an opportunity to enhance the reputation of the company.
這是提高公司聲譽(yù)的機(jī)會(huì)。

回顧

1. brightness
2. shatter
3. hopefully
4. pictorial
5. enhance