英語(yǔ)四級(jí)單詞每天背 第0275期

actress

英 [??ktr?s] 美 [??ktr?s]

n. 女演員

例句：

Her vocation is her work as an actress.
她適合的職業(yè)就是當(dāng)演員。

She fancies herself (as) a serious actress.
她自以為是嚴(yán)肅的演員。

She wants to be an actress, but her parents disapprove.
她想當(dāng)演員，可是她父母不同意。

glut

英 [ɡl?t] 美 [ɡl?t]

n. （商品）供過(guò)于求；大量

v. 供應(yīng)過(guò)多，充斥；吃得過(guò)多；使……吃飽；（舊時(shí)）充分滿足

例句：

Exports have become increasingly important to wineries as they battle a global wine glut.
出口對(duì)于各葡萄酒廠來(lái)說(shuō)已變得日益重要, 因?yàn)樗麄兊脩?yīng)對(duì)全球性的葡萄酒供應(yīng)過(guò)剩問(wèn)題。

Sheep once sold for as little as 50 cents each during a glut in the 1980s, but today some breeds of ewe can sell for as much as $200 a pop.
在20世紀(jì)80年代的一次供過(guò)于求中，羊的價(jià)格一度低至每只50美分，但如今一些品種的母羊可以賣到每只200美元。

But what of our natural gas glut?
但是天然氣供過(guò)于求怎么辦？

bristle

英 [?br?s(?)l] 美 [?br?s(?)l]

n. 剛毛；粗硬短須，胡子楂；刷子毛；豬鬃

v. （毛發(fā)）豎起；發(fā)怒；被侵犯；戒備

例句：

His lies made her bristle with rage.
他的謊話使她火冒三丈。

So, of course, theoreticians bristle.
當(dāng)然，理論家不高興了。

A few authors bristle when asked the inevitable question about how they write.
當(dāng)被問(wèn)及他們?nèi)绾螌懽鞯臅r(shí)候，有幾個(gè)作家難掩怒氣。

melancholy

英 [?mel?nk?li; ?mel?nk?li] 美 [?mel?nkɑ?li]

adj. （令人）悲哀的，（令人）沮喪的

n. 抑郁，憂郁；精神?。?melancholia）；<史>黑膽汁（=black bile）

例句：

Steve called it "Melancholy Flower".
史蒂夫?qū)⑺Q之為“憂郁之花”。

All at once I fell into a state of profound melancholy.
我立即陷入無(wú)限的愁思之中。

Huck's face lost its tranquil content, and took a melancholy cast.
哈克臉上悠然自得的表情消失了，流露出一臉的憂郁。

worldwide

英 [?w??ld?wa?d] 美 [?w??rld?wa?d]

adj. 世界范圍的，全世界的

adv. 在全世界，在世界各地

例句：

We have 2 000 members worldwide.
我們?cè)谌澜缬? 000名成員。

Worldwide sales reached 2.5 billion.
全球銷售額達(dá)到了25億。

Our products are now traded worldwide.
我們的產(chǎn)品現(xiàn)在銷往世界各地。

回顧

1. actress
2. glut
3. bristle
4. melancholy
5. worldwide