每天背單詞 第072期

formerly

英 [?f??m?li] 美 [?f??rm?rli]

adv. 以前；原來

例句：

He had formerly been in the navy.
他以前在海軍服役。

I learnt that the house had formerly been an inn.
我得知這座房子以前是家客棧。

Formerly he often lingered about [around] a park, doing nothing.
從前他時常在公園里逛蕩，無所事事。

foolish

英 [?fu?l??] 美 [?fu?l??]

adj. 愚蠢的；傻的

例句：

She's just a vain, foolish woman.
她不過是個愚蠢自負(fù)的女人。

How foolish I am to entertain doubts.
我心存疑慮是多么愚蠢啊。

It would be foolish to raise hopes unnecessarily.
無緣無故地寄托希望是愚蠢的。

qualify

英 [?kw?l?fa?] 美 [?kwɑ?l?fa?]

vt. 限定，修飾；使具有資格；證明…合格

vi. 取得資格，有資格

例句：

He failed to qualify.
他未能獲得參賽資格。

New businesses may qualify for tax remission.
新的企業(yè)可以有資格享受稅收減免。

How long does it take to qualify?
需要多長時間才能取得資格？

infrequent

英 [?n?fri?kw?nt] 美 [?n?fri?kw?nt]

adj. 罕見的；稀少的；珍貴的；不頻發(fā)的

例句：

Muggings are relatively infrequent in this area.
在這個地區(qū)行兇搶劫事件相對少見。

Kids and teens who do read frequently, compared to infrequent readers, have more books in the home.
與不經(jīng)常讀書的孩子相比，經(jīng)常讀書的孩子和青少年的家里有更多的書。

He moved on, aimlessly, and in a little while the houses thinned, and the passers-by were infrequent.
他漫無目的地繼續(xù)往前走，沒過多久，房屋漸漸變得稀少，過路的人也不多了。

hero

英 [?h??r??] 美 [?h?ro?,?hi?ro?]

n. 英雄；男主角，男主人公

例句：

The hero dies in Act 5, Scene 3.
男主角在第五幕第三場死去。

He was eulogized as a hero.
他被贊譽(yù)為英雄。

The hero of Doctor Zhivago dies in 1929.
《日瓦戈醫(yī)生》的男主人公于1929年去世。

回顧

1. formerly
2. foolish
3. qualify
4. infrequent
5. hero