英語高考高頻詞匯第019期

passive

英 [?p?s?v] 美 [?p?s?v]

adj. 被動的，消極的；被動語態(tài)的

n. 被動語態(tài)

例句：

His passive attitude made things easier for me.
他的被動態(tài)度使我辦起事來容易多了。

They want less passive ways of filling their time.
他們需要不那么消極的方式來打發(fā)時間。

Campaigners handed out leaflets on passive smoking.
發(fā)起人分發(fā)了關于被動吸煙的傳單。

organ

英 [???ɡ?n] 美 [???rɡ?n]

n. 器官；機構；風琴；管風琴；嗓音；陰莖

n. （Organ）人名；（英）奧根

例句：

The largest organ in the body is the liver.
體內(nèi)最大的器官是肝臟。

The patient's immune system would reject the transplanted organ as a foreign object.
該病人的免疫系統(tǒng)會將移植器官作為異物加以排斥。

Organ donation to strangers is considered an unselfish act.
捐贈器官給陌生人是一種無私的行為。

tendency

英 [?tend?nsi] 美 [?tend?nsi]

n. 傾向，趨勢；癖好

例句：

He is spoiled, arrogant and has a tendency toward snobbery.
他被寵壞了，很傲慢，而且有勢利傾向。

There is a growing tendency among employers to hire casual staff.
雇主雇用臨時職員有增加的趨勢。

They have a tendency to show off, to dramatize almost every situation.
他們有一種炫耀的傾向,幾乎任何情況都要大肆渲染一番。

drip

英 [dr?p] 美 [dr?p]

v. 滴下，使滴下；（液體）滴下，漏下；充滿；溢出，發(fā)出

n. 水滴；滴水聲；滴注器，靜脈滴注；滴水槽；（非正式）窩囊廢，平庸乏味者，使人厭煩的人

例句：

She was then hooked up to an IV drip.
接著就給她接上了靜脈滴注。

He was put on intravenous drip to treat his dehydration.
他打點滴來治療脫水。

The silence was broken only by the steady drip, drip of water from the roof.
只有屋頂上滴答滴答持續(xù)不斷的滴水聲打破了寂靜。

mere

英 [m??(r)] 美 [m?r]

adj. 僅僅的；只不過的

n. 小湖；池塘

n. (Mere)人名；(日)目連(姓)；(西)梅雷

例句：

He seemed so young, a mere boy.
他看來那么年輕，只是個孩子。

$1 000 is a mere trifle to her.
1 000元對她來說不過是區(qū)區(qū)小數(shù)。

It cost a mere bagatelle.
這個只花了一點錢。

回顧

1. passive
2. organ
3. tendency
4. drip
5. mere