英語六級高頻詞匯第070期

enhance

英 [?n?hɑ?ns] 美 [?n?h?ns]

vt. 提高；加強(qiáng)；增加

例句：

The White House is eager to protect and enhance that reputation.
白宮急于保護(hù)并提高那聲望。

Large paintings can enhance the feeling of space in small rooms.
大幅畫作能增加小房間的寬敞感。

This is an opportunity to enhance the reputation of the company.
這是提高公司聲譽(yù)的機(jī)會。

hoist

英 [h??st] 美 [h??st]

v. 升起，吊起；抬高，舉起

n. 起重機(jī)；吊車；升降機(jī)；升起，增加；信號旗；旗寬

n. (Hoist) （美、印、英、加）霍伊斯特（人名）

例句：

He uses a hydraulic hoist to unload two empty barrels.
他用一架液壓起重機(jī)卸下兩只空桶。

Smaller sails are lighter, easier to hoist and trim, and smaller to stow.
小的帆面更輕，更容易升起和拉平，收儲起來也更小。

By using a hoist the movers were able to sling the piano to the third floor.
搬運(yùn)工人用吊車才把鋼琴吊到3樓。

pathetic

英 [p??θet?k] 美 [p??θet?k]

adj. 可憐的，悲哀的；感傷的；乏味的

例句：

It's ridiculous, it's pathetic, it's a joke.
這真是荒唐、可悲、可笑。

She now looked small, shrunken and pathetic.
她現(xiàn)在看上去瘦小而干癟，甚是可憐。

The small group of onlookers presented a pathetic sight.
那一小群旁觀者顯出一幅可憐的樣子。

conserve

英 [k?n?s??v] 美 [k?n?s??rv]

vt. 保存；將…做成蜜餞；使守恒

n. 果醬；蜜餞

例句：

People should insulate their homes to conserve energy.
人們應(yīng)該使住房隔冷以保存能量。

We should conserve oil and gas by making full use of other energy sources.
我們應(yīng)該通過充分利用其他能源節(jié)約石油和天然氣。

Whales carefully conserve their oxygen when underwater in a couple of ways.
鯨魚在水下以幾種方式小心地保存它們的氧氣。

mechanism

英 [?mek?n?z?m] 美 [?mek?n?z?m]

n. 機(jī)制；原理，途徑；進(jìn)程；機(jī)械裝置；技巧

例句：

Pain acts as a natural defence mechanism.
疼痛算是一種自然防護(hù)機(jī)制的作用。

There's no mechanism for punishing arms exporters who break the rules.
對于違反規(guī)定的軍火出口商還沒有懲罰機(jī)制。

Senators say it is crucial that a mechanism is found to compensate for inflation.
參議員們說找到抵消通貨膨脹的機(jī)制是至關(guān)重要的。

回顧

1. enhance
2. hoist
3. pathetic
4. conserve
5. mechanism