每天背單詞 第052期

automation

英 [???t??me??n] 美 [???t??me??n]

n. 自動化；自動操作

例句：

Automation meant the loss of many factory jobs.
自動化意味著許多工廠工人失業(yè)。

In the last ten years automation has reduced the work force here by half.
在過去的10年中，自動化已經(jīng)減少了這里一半的勞動力。

Administrative staff may be deskilled through increased automation and efficiency.
隨著自動化程度和效率提高，行政人員可能不再需要專業(yè)技能。

refute

英 [r??fju?t] 美 [r??fju?t]

vt. 反駁，駁斥；駁倒

例句：

I covered the conference as a reporter, but what really unnerved me was a counter-conference of scholars to refute the earlier one.
我以記者的身份報道了那次會議，但真正讓我感到不安的是學者們召開的反駁會議。

Even if true, this evidence does not refute the contention that editors should bear some of the blame for the reductions, unless editors are merely passive instruments responding to reader interest.
即使這是真的，這一證據(jù)也不能反駁編輯應(yīng)該承擔部分責任的論點，除非編輯只是被動地回應(yīng)讀者的興趣。

It was the kind of rumour that it is impossible to refute.
這是那種不可能推翻的謠言。

console

英 [k?n?s??l; ?k?ns??l] 美 [?kɑ?nso?l; k?n?so?l]

n. [計] 控制臺；[電] 操縱臺；支撐架

vt. 安慰；慰藉

n. （Console）（意、羅）孔索萊（人名）

例句：

I can console myself with the fact that I'm not alone.
我可以用不只我一個人的這種事實來安慰自己。

This Christmas sees the launch of a new games console.
今年的圣誕節(jié)目睹了一種新電子游戲機的推出。

Console yourself with the thought that you did your best.
你可以安慰自己的是你已經(jīng)盡了最大的努力。

resistance

英 [r??z?st?ns] 美 [r??z?st?ns]

n. 阻力；電阻；抵抗；反抗；抵抗力

例句：

The defenders put up a strong resistance.
保衛(wèi)者進行了頑強的抵抗。

Diamonds have extreme resistance to abrasion.
鉆石極抗磨損。

I had never encountered such resistance before.
我以前從未遇到過這么大的阻力。

picture

英 [?p?kt??(r)] 美 [?p?kt??r]

n. 照片，圖畫；影片；景色；化身

vt. 畫；想像；描寫

例句：

I saw her picture everywhere.
我到處看到她的照片。

Show me which picture you drew.
指給我看哪張畫是你畫的。

The picture hung aslant.
照片掛歪了。

回顧

1. automation
2. refute
3. console
4. resistance
5. picture