第0032期-英語單詞超好背
refrain
英 [r??fre?n] 美 [r??fre?n]vi. 節(jié)制，克制；避免；制止
n. 疊句，副歌；重復(fù)
例句：Rosa's constant refrain is that she doesn't have a life.
羅莎總是不斷重復(fù)的一句話就是她生活得很無聊。
When breaking in an engine, you should refrain from high speeds for the first thousand miles.
磨合發(fā)動機時,你應(yīng)當避免在最初的1千英里高速行駛。
Complaints about poor food in schools have become a familiar refrain.
抱怨學(xué)校飯菜差已是耳熟能詳?shù)睦险{(diào)了。
flaw
英 [fl??] 美 [fl??]n. 瑕疵，缺點；一陣狂風；短暫的風暴；裂縫，裂紋
v. 使生裂縫，使有裂紋；使無效；使有缺陷
vi. 生裂縫；變得有缺陷
例句：There was a fatal flaw in the plan.
計劃中有一個致命的缺陷。
There is always a flaw in the character of a tragic hero.
悲劇主角總有性格上的缺點。
The only flaw in his character seems to be a short temper.
他性格中唯一的缺點似乎就是脾氣急躁。
malaise
英 [m??le?z] 美 [m??le?z]n. 不舒服；心神不安
n. (Malaise)人名；(德、瑞典)馬萊塞
例句：He complained of depression, headaches, and malaise.
他說他有情緒低落、頭痛和不安的癥狀。
There is no easy short-term solution to the country's chronic economic malaise.
在短期內(nèi)治愈該國經(jīng)濟長期痼疾的靈丹妙藥不存在。
The housing market's malaise is deepening all the while.
同時，住房市場的弊病卻更深了。
user
英 [?ju?z?(r)] 美 [?ju?z?r]n. 用戶；使用者
n. （User）（土）烏塞爾（人名）
例句：'User fees' is just a politician's euphemism for taxes.
“用戶費”不過是政治家對“稅款”的委婉說法。
If a computer user fails to log off, the system is accessible to all.
如果一位電腦用戶沒有登出，所有人都可以進入該系統(tǒng)。
The goal of a GUI is to present the user with as few decision points as possible.
圖形用戶界面的目標是呈現(xiàn)給用戶盡可能少的決定點。
pertain
英 [p??te?n] 美 [p?r?te?n]v. 適合；關(guān)于；適用；從屬，歸屬；（在特定的時間或地點）生效，存在
例句：Those laws no longer pertain.
那些法律已不適用了。
The applied arts are thus bound by the laws of physics, which pertain to both the materials used in their making and the substances and things to be contained, supported, and sheltered.
因此，應(yīng)用藝術(shù)受限于物理定律，而物理定律與所使用的材料、將要容納、支撐和遮蔽的物質(zhì)都息息相關(guān)。
The criteria will be different from those that pertain elsewhere.
這里的標準將不同于其他地方適用的標準。
回顧
- refrain
- flaw
- malaise
- user
- pertain
