每天背單詞 第054期

misery

英 [?m?z?ri] 美 [?m?z?ri]

n. 痛苦，悲慘；不幸；苦惱；窮困

n. (Misery)人名；(法)米斯里

例句：

Fame brought her nothing but misery.
名聲只給她帶來了痛苦。

Everything conspired to make her life a misery.
她命運(yùn)多舛，生活悲慘。

Flinging herself on the bed, she gave way to helpless misery.
她一頭撲倒在床上，痛苦不堪。

attendance

英 [??tend?ns] 美 [??tend?ns]

n. 出席；到場；出席人數(shù)；考勤

例句：

His attendance record was spotty.
他的出勤記錄時(shí)好時(shí)差。

Her attendance in school was sporadic.
她在學(xué)校的出勤率很低。

The attendance was encouragingly high.
出席人數(shù)之多令人振奮。

ashamed

英 [???e?md] 美 [???e?md]

adj. 羞愧的，羞恥的；慚愧的，內(nèi)疚的；尷尬的；因怕難堪而不愿意的；覺得丟臉的

例句：

Peter ought to be ashamed of himself.
彼得應(yīng)為自己感到羞恥。

Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of.
精神病并不可羞愧。

I'm ashamed to say that I lied to her.
我真不好意思說我向她撒了謊。

aural

英 [???r?l] 美 [???r?l]

adj. 聽覺的；耳的；氣味的；先兆的

n. (Aural)人名；(西)奧拉爾

例句：

He became famous as an inventor of astonishing visual and aural effects.
他因創(chuàng)造了令人震撼的視聽效果而出名。

Seven hierarchical exercises were designed to improve aural phonetic reception in these children.
七個(gè)層次練習(xí)是為了改善這些孩子的聽覺語音接收能力。

He used tapes as aural material to teach English.
他用磁帶作為聽覺教材來教英語。

assess

英 [??ses] 美 [??ses]

vt. 評(píng)定；估價(jià)；對(duì)…征稅

例句：

It's difficult to assess the effects of these changes.
這些變化帶來的效果難以評(píng)估。

The test was to assess aptitude rather than academic achievement.
該測試將評(píng)估能力而不是學(xué)業(yè)成績。

The risks can be so complex that banks hire mathematicians to assess them.
這類風(fēng)險(xiǎn)可以是如此復(fù)雜以至于銀行雇傭數(shù)學(xué)家們?nèi)ピu(píng)估它們。

回顧

1. misery
2. attendance
3. ashamed
4. aural
5. assess