英語(yǔ)單詞超好背 第0389期

niece

英 [ni?s] 美 [ni?s]

n. 外甥女，侄女

n. (Niece)人名；(英)尼斯

例句：

He looked affectionately at his niece.
他慈愛(ài)地看著他的侄女。

She was not exactly overjoyed at the prospect of looking after her niece.
想到要照料她的侄女，她就高興不起來(lái)了。

Now she's in assisted living, and her niece and nephew are helping with her affairs.
她現(xiàn)在住在輔助生活型住房里，她的侄女和侄子在幫助處理她的事務(wù)。

inform

英 [?n?f??m] 美 [?n?f??rm]

vt. 通知；告訴；報(bào)告

vi. 告發(fā)；告密

例句：

It fell to me to inform her of her son's death.
把她兒子死訊通知她的差事落在了我的頭上。

They would inform him of any progress they had made.
他們將把自己所取得的任何進(jìn)展都告訴他。

Teachers inform me that Todd's behaviour has improved no end.
老師們告訴我托德的行為改善了許多。

surgeon

英 [?s??d??n] 美 [?s??rd??n]

n. 外科醫(yī)生

n. (Surgeon)人名；(法)敘爾容

例句：

He followed his father and became a surgeon.
他沿襲了他父親，成了一名外科醫(yī)生。

He is reputed to be the best heart surgeon in the country.
他號(hào)稱(chēng)是這個(gè)國(guó)家最好的心臟外科醫(yī)生。

The surgeon would pick up his instruments, probe, repair, and stitch up again.
外科醫(yī)生會(huì)拿起器械進(jìn)行探查、修復(fù)，然后再縫合。

expensive

英 [?k?spens?v] 美 [?k?spens?v]

adj. 昂貴的；花錢(qián)的

例句：

Food was scarce and expensive.
食物匱乏而且昂貴。

Skiing gear can be expensive.
滑雪用具有時(shí)會(huì)很昂貴。

Tickets are likely to be expensive.
入場(chǎng)券可能很貴。

dishonor

英 [d?s??n?(r)] 美 [d?s?ɑ?n?r]

n. 拒付；不名譽(yù)；丟臉

vt. 使蒙羞；玷辱；不遵守，拒絕

例句：

His behaviors have brought dishonor onto his family.
他的行為給他的家庭帶來(lái)了恥辱。

To stall in the air is for them disgrace and it is dishonor.
在空中失去平衡,對(duì)海鷗來(lái)說(shuō)是丟臉的事,是極不光彩的事。

'or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
又恐怕我貧窮就偷竊，以致褻瀆我神的名。

回顧

1. niece
2. inform
3. surgeon
4. expensive
5. dishonor