英語單詞超好背 第0373期

lessen

英 [?lesn] 美 [?lesn]

vt. 使…變?。皇埂瓬p輕；使…變少

vi. 減少；減輕；變小

n. (Lessen)人名；(德、羅)萊森

例句：

Toolbelts free both hands and lessen the risk of dropping hammers.
工具帶解放了雙手，并減少了錘子掉落的危險。

They have been looking to trust companies in particular to trim their balance sheets and lessen their regulatory burden.
他們一直指望著給那些努力削減其資產(chǎn)負債表的信托公司放貸，減輕其監(jiān)管負擔。

International Labor Organization economists say some nations have come up with policies to lessen the impact of lower wages during the economic crisis.
國際勞工組織的經(jīng)濟學(xué)家說，一些國家已經(jīng)制定了政策，以減輕經(jīng)濟危機期間工資較低的影響。

playground

英 [?ple?ɡra?nd] 美 [?ple?ɡra?nd]

n. 運動場，操場；游樂場

例句：

Sam pushed me over in the playground.
薩姆在運動場上把我推倒了。

The girls were skipping in the playground.
姑娘們在操場上跳繩。

The resort is a playground of the rich and famous.
這個度假勝地是富翁名流的娛樂場所。

exclamation

英 [?ekskl??me??n] 美 [?ekskl??me??n]

n. 感嘆；驚叫；驚嘆詞

例句：

She trimmed back my flowery language, drew lines through my exclamation marks and argued for the value of restraint in expression.
她刪減了我華麗的辭藻，劃掉我的感嘆號，并主張克制表達的價值。

A silver Rolex peeks out from under his cuff, and a vertical strip of white beard drops down from his lower lip like an exclamation mark.
一款銀色的勞力士從他的袖口里微微露出來，一小撮白色胡須從下唇垂落，看起來像個感嘆號。

He gave an exclamation of surprise.
他發(fā)出一聲驚嘆。

consul

英 [?k?nsl] 美 [?kɑ?nsl]

n. 領(lǐng)事；（古羅馬的）兩執(zhí)政官之一

n. (Consul)人名；(法)孔敘爾

例句：

He'll hold the post of consul general for the United States in Shanghai.
他將就任美國駐上?？傤I(lǐng)事。

He'll hold the post of consul general for the United States at Shanghai.
他將就任美國駐上海總領(lǐng)事的職務(wù)。

Ms. Silvy Gayatri is Consul General of Indonesia in Guangzhou.
西爾維·加亞特里女士是印度尼西亞駐廣州總領(lǐng)事。

holding

英 [?h??ld??] 美 [?ho?ld??]

v. 持有；召開；擔任；握住（hold 的現(xiàn)在分詞）

n. 股份；私有財產(chǎn)；館藏；租種的土地

n. (Holding) （美、英、加、澳）霍爾?。ㄈ嗣?/p> 例句：

They're holding a press briefing tomorrow.
他們明天將召開新聞發(fā)布會。

She was holding a large box.
她提著一只大箱子。

Why were you holding everyone up?
你為什么要耽擱大家？

回顧

1. lessen
2. playground
3. exclamation
4. consul
5. holding