英語單詞超好背 第0017期

outlaw

英 [?a?tl??] 美 [?a?tl??]

n. 歹徒，罪犯；亡命之徒，逃犯；被剝奪法律保護(hù)者

v. 宣布……為不合法；禁止，取締；將……放逐；剝奪……的法律保護(hù)

n. (Outlaw) （美）奧特洛（人名）

例句：

Jesse was an outlaw, a bandit, a criminal.
杰西曾是個(gè)逃犯、土匪、罪犯。

Art thou indeed that famous outlaw?
你真的是那個(gè)有名的綠林好漢嗎？

It is therefore highly likely that the outlaw fishing boats harvested about 9,000 tons of lobster illegally that year.
因此，當(dāng)年非法捕撈的漁船很可能非法捕撈了約9000噸龍蝦。

marvellous

英 [?mɑ?v?l?s] 美 [?mɑ?rv?l?s]

adj. 不可思議的；驚人的

例句：

"Isn't this marvellous?" she cooed.
“這難道不奇妙嗎？”她輕輕地說。

The weather was marvellous.
天氣棒極了。

'That was marvellous,' said Daniel.
“好極了?！钡つ釥栒f。

frugal

英 [?fru?ɡl] 美 [?fru?ɡl]

adj. 節(jié)儉的；樸素的；花錢少的

例句：

Everyone says this, but it really is a top tip for frugal eaters.
每個(gè)人都這么說，但這確實(shí)是給節(jié)儉的食客最好的建議。

The honourable worker who lives a very frugal life gives away most of his money to charities.
這位可敬的工人過著非常節(jié)儉的生活，他把他的大部分錢都捐贈(zèng)給了慈善機(jī)構(gòu)。

They learned how to trim almost 20 percent off their monthly child care bills during the 30-day "Frugal Family Challenge".
在為期30天的“節(jié)儉家庭挑戰(zhàn)”活動(dòng)中，他們學(xué)會(huì)了如何削減每月近 20% 的育兒費(fèi)用。

drastic

英 [?dr?st?k; ?drɑ?st?k] 美 [?dr?st?k]

adj. 激烈的；猛烈的

n. 烈性瀉藥

例句：

Talk to me before you do anything drastic.
你采取任何重大行動(dòng)之前要跟我談?wù)劇?/p>

There are going to have to be some drastic changes.
一定得有些重大變革。

The government is threatening to take drastic action.
政府警告說要采取斷然措施。

fire-engine

[?fa??r end??n]

n. 消防車

例句：

Charles is a fireman and he drives a fire-engine.
查爾斯是一名消防隊(duì)員，他開消防車。

My daughter's first bedroom had a fire-engine red accent wall. She was also the bouncing-off-the-walls type of baby.
我女兒最初臥室墻壁顏色是消防車般的紅色。她也確實(shí)是那種讓人不得安生的孩子。

I heard it--the sound of a fire engine. It was music to my ears.
我聽到了它——消防車的聲音。 這是我耳中的音樂。

回顧

1. outlaw
2. marvellous
3. frugal
4. drastic
5. fire-engine