英語四級通關訓練 第0274期

watery

英 [?w??t?ri] 美 [?w??t?ri]

adj. 水的；淡的；濕的；松軟的；有雨意的

例句：

His eyes were a watery blue.
他的眼睛是淡藍色的。

His eyes were red and watery.
他兩眼發(fā)紅，淚水汪汪。

There was a watery discharge from her ear.
她的耳朵里有水狀物流出。

bread-earner

掙錢養(yǎng)家的人

例句：

You have to bear in mind that you are the only bread-earner in the family and that you should think twice before doing anything.
你必須要牢記，你是家里唯一的頂梁柱，你做任何事情之前都要三思。

My father is the bread earner.
我父親掙錢養(yǎng)家。

aptitude

英 [??pt?tju?d] 美 [??pt?tu?d]

n. 天資，天賦；自然的傾向，習性；適宜

例句：

She had no aptitude for nursing.
她沒有從事護理工作的能力。

She showed a natural aptitude for the work.
她表現(xiàn)出了做這工作的天賦。

His aptitude for dealing with children got him the job.
他善于和兒童打交道的本事使他得到了這份工作。

convince

英 [k?n?v?ns] 美 [k?n?v?ns]

v. 使確信，使信服；說服，勸服

例句：

She utterly failed to convince them.
她根本沒有說服他們。

It's hopeless trying to convince her.
想說服她簡直是徒勞。

Thomas, she sensed, could convince anyone of anything.
她覺得，托馬斯能說服任何人相信任何事。

squirrel

英 [?skw?r?l] 美 [?skw??r?l]

n. 松鼠；松鼠的毛皮

v. 貯藏（供以后使用）；不停（或不安）地探尋

例句：

Squirrel answered for herself.
松鼠為她自己回答了。

The squirrel is climbing a tree.
這只松鼠正在爬樹。

The squirrel ran into the grass.
松鼠跑到草叢中去了。

回顧

1. watery
2. bread-earner
3. aptitude
4. convince
5. squirrel