每天背單詞 第284期

giver

英 [?ɡ?v?(r)] 美 [?ɡ?v?r]

n. 給予者，贈予人；送禮者

例句：

Gift certificates are personalized with both the recipient and giver names.
禮品券上標明了獲得者和給予者的名字。

This is because making someone else happy makes the giver happy, too.
這是因為讓別人快樂也會讓給予者快樂。

It is better to be a giver than a taker.
施比受有福。

chest

英 [t?est] 美 [t?est]

n. 胸，胸部；衣柜；箱子；金庫

例句：

The pain stabbed at his chest.
他胸部疼得像刀扎似的。

Hair sprouted from his chest.
他胸前長出了毛。

Her fists pummelled at his chest.
她用拳頭連連捶打他的胸膛。

layout

英 [?le?a?t] 美 [?le?a?t]

n. 布局；設計；安排；陳列

例句：

The layout is hard to fault ergonomically.
這一設計從工效學方面看幾乎無懈可擊。

He tried to recall the layout of the farmhouse.
他想回憶那農舍的布局。

A diagram of the new road layout was superimposed on a map of the city.
新公路的規(guī)劃示意圖被疊映在該城市的地圖上。

cousin

英 [?k?zn] 美 [?k?zn]

n. 堂兄弟姊妹；表兄弟姊妹

例句：

Eric was my cousin Edward's boy.
埃里克是我堂兄愛德華的兒子。

She's my cousin.
她是我的表妹。

I tried again to get ahold of my cousin Joan.
我又試著聯(lián)系了一次我表姐瓊。

discharge

英 [d?s?t?ɑ?d?] 美 [d?s?t?ɑ?rd?]

v. 準許（某人）離開；釋放；排出；放電；履行（職責）；開火；卸貨；（法官）撤銷（法院命令）

n. 出院，免職；釋放；（液體、氣體等的）排出；排出物；放電；開槍；下客；履行責任；（債務的）清償

例句：

He was given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay Miss Smith $500 compensation.
他被判有條件釋放，并被命令向史密斯小姐支付$500的賠償金。

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

He received an honourable discharge from the army.
他獲準體面退伍。

回顧

1. giver
2. chest
3. layout
4. cousin
5. discharge