英語四級通關(guān)訓(xùn)練 第0309期

hamper

英 [?h?mp?(r)] 美 [?h?mp?r]

v. 阻礙，妨礙

n. （尤指裝食物用的）帶蓋大籃子；（裝有各種食品的）禮物籃；<美>臟衣簍；障礙船具

例句：

Since all the processing plants are in urban areas, removing the tariff would seriously hamper the government's effort to reduce urban unemployment over the next five years.
由于所有的加工廠都在城市地區(qū)，取消關(guān)稅將嚴(yán)重阻礙政府在未來五年內(nèi)降低城市失業(yè)率的努力。

On a societal level, one could even imagine that a lack of conversational flow may hamper the integration of immigrants who have not completely mastered the language of their new country yet.
在社會(huì)層面上，人們甚至可以想象，缺乏交流可能會(huì)阻礙尚未完全掌握新國家語言的移民們?nèi)谌肷鐣?huì)。

He tossed his damp towel into the laundry hamper.
他把濕毛巾拋入洗衣籃里。

grasshopper

英 [?ɡrɑ?sh?p?(r)] 美 [?ɡr?shɑ?p?r]

n. 蚱蜢，蝗蟲；小型偵察機(jī)

例句：

I bought a painting of a bug and a grasshopper.
我買過一幅畫著蟲子和蝗蟲的畫。

If that happens, the grasshopper has a backup defense.
如果發(fā)生這種情況，蚱蜢就有了后備防御。

The grasshopper sprang straight into the King's face, so the King declared that was horribly rude.
蚱蜢向國王的臉上跳過來，因此國王就說這簡直是可惡之至。

totally

英 [?t??t?li] 美 [?to?t?li]

adv. 完全地，整個(gè)地；對極了，太對了

例句：

She is totally without scruple.
她完全無所顧忌。

His death was totally unexpected.
他的死完全出人意料。

He felt totally chilled.
他感覺完全放松了下來。

broaden

英 [?br??dn] 美 [?br??dn]

v. 增長（經(jīng)驗(yàn)、知識等）；變寬，變闊；（使）擴(kuò)大影響

例句：

We must broaden our appeal.
我們必須擴(kuò)大我們的吸引力。

She wanted to travel to broaden her horizons.
她想旅行，以開闊眼界。

I thought you wanted to broaden your horizons.
我以為你想拓寬自己的視野。

clatter

英 [?kl?t?(r)] 美 [?kl?t?r]

n. 嘩啦聲；嘈雜的談笑聲；咔嗒聲

vi. 發(fā)出嘩啦聲；喧鬧的談笑

vt. 使卡搭卡搭的響

例句：

The wolf said, "You'll awaken everybody in the house if you make such a clatter."
狼說：“你要是這么吵，會(huì)把屋里的人都吵醒的。”

You can imagine how they'd rattle and clatter in the wind and how they might completely capture your attention.
你可以想象，它們在風(fēng)中會(huì)如何咔嗒作響，它們可能會(huì)吸引你的全部注意力。

It was Howell's misfortune that he had to listen to all their clatter.
不幸的是，豪厄爾不得不聽這些追求者們的廢話。

回顧

1. hamper
2. grasshopper
3. totally
4. broaden
5. clatter