第061期-英語四級高頻詞匯
subway
英 [?s?bwe?] 美 [?s?bwe?]n. 地鐵;地道
vi. 乘地鐵
例句:The subway was covered in graffiti.
過街地道里涂滿了亂七八糟的圖畫和文字。
The closest subway stop is Houston Street.
最近的地鐵站是休斯敦街。
The subway is efficient and spotlessly clean.
地鐵快,而且一塵不染。
favorite
英 ['fe?v?r?t] 美 [?fe?v?r?t]adj. (同類中)最受喜愛的(等于 favourite)
n. 受喜愛的人(或事物);(比賽或競賽中)最有希望的獲勝者;收藏夾(等于 favourite)
v. 把……添加到收藏夾(等于 favourite)
n. (Favorite) (美)費沃里特(人名)
例句:That's my favorite.
那是我的最愛。
What's your favorite and less favorite Chinese food?
你最喜歡和不太喜歡的中國菜是什么?
What's your favorite food? My favorite food is salad.
你最喜歡什么食物?我最喜歡的食物是沙拉。
brake
英 [bre?k] 美 [bre?k]n. 剎車;阻礙(物);敞篷四輪馬車;纖維搗碎機;灌木叢;歐洲蕨
v. 剎車;阻礙
例句:The brake pedal had just snapped off.
制動踏板剛才突然斷裂了。
The truck fishtailed when Bruun hit the brake.
當布隆踩剎車時,卡車擺尾行駛。
High interest rates are a brake on the economy.
高利率阻礙了經(jīng)濟發(fā)展。
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。
faculty
英 [?f?klti] 美 [?f?klti]n. 科,系;能力,官能;全體教員
例句:The faculty agreed on a change in the requirements.
全體教員同意改變要求。
How can faculty improve their teaching so as to encourage creativity?
全體教員怎樣才能改進教學以便激發(fā)創(chuàng)造力?
The Bush Foundation has funded a variety of faculty development programmes.
布什基金會已經(jīng)資助了各種教職工發(fā)展項目。
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