每天背單詞 第511期

cyclist

英 [?sa?kl?st] 美 [?sa?kl?st]

n. 騎自行車的人

例句：

The car narrowly missed a cyclist.
汽車差點兒撞上一位騎自行車的人。

He beeped his horn at the cyclist.
他對騎自行車的人按喇叭。

She swerved sharply to avoid a cyclist.
她猛地急轉(zhuǎn)彎，以躲開一個騎自行車的人。

happiness

英 [?h?pin?s] 美 [?h?pin?s]

n. 幸福

例句：

Money can't buy you happiness.
金錢不能為你買到幸福。

He found happiness in later life.
他在晚年找到了幸福。

She radiates happiness and health.
她渾身洋溢著快樂與健康。

allotment

英 [??l?tm?nt] 美 [??lɑ?tm?nt]

n. 分配；分配物；養(yǎng)家費；命運

例句：

His meagre allotment of petrol had to be saved for emergencies.
他的天然氣的微薄份額必須省下以備急用。

Three envelopes, and when they're empty, I've spent my allotment.
當(dāng)這三個信封一空，我就不再亂花錢。

In this case, however, the allotment of bandwidth between the two endpoints is fixed.
然而，這種情況下，這兩個端點之間的帶寬分配是固定的。

counsel

英 [?ka?nsl] 美 [?ka?nsl]

n. 法律顧問；忠告；商議；討論；決策

vt. 建議；勸告

vi. 商討；提出忠告

例句：

He had always been able to count on her wise counsel.
他總是能夠指望她明智的忠告。

The court then heard counsel for the dead woman's father.
法庭接著聽取了女死者的父親所請律師的陳述。

Counsel for the defence submitted that the evidence was inadmissible.
被告律師認(rèn)為這一證據(jù)不可采納。

diversity

英 [da??v??s?ti] 美 [da??v??rs?ti; d??v??s?ti]

n. 多樣性；差異

例句：

Two of our greatest strengths are diversity and community.
我們的兩個最大優(yōu)點是多樣性和團(tuán)體精神。

There is a need for greater diversity and choice in education.
教育方面需要更加多元化和更大的選擇性。

We have nothing against diversity; indeed, we want more of it.
我們并不反對多樣化；其實，我們希望有更多的多樣化。

回顧

1. cyclist
2. happiness
3. allotment
4. counsel
5. diversity