每天背單詞 第478期

stray

英 [stre?] 美 [stre?]

v. 迷路，走失，偏離；逃離，離題，走神；（眼睛或手悠閑地）移動(dòng)；出軌，有外遇；游蕩，徘徊

adj. 走失的，無主的；離群的，孤立的；偶現(xiàn)的，偶發(fā)的；（物理量）雜散的

n. 走失寵物，無主家畜；離群者，走散者；(strays) 天電干擾

n. (Stray) （挪、美、英、俄）斯特雷（人名）

例句：

A stray dog came up to him.
一只走失的狗來到他跟前。

The dog was a stray which had been adopted.
這只狗是被收養(yǎng)的流浪狗。

Tourists often get lost and stray into dangerous areas.
旅游者們經(jīng)常迷路走進(jìn)一些危險(xiǎn)區(qū)域。

challenge

英 [?t??l?nd?] 美 [?t??l?nd?]

n. 挑戰(zhàn)；考驗(yàn)；懷疑；（警衛(wèi)）叫停盤問；（陪審員對某人出庭表示的）反對

vt. 向……挑戰(zhàn)；考驗(yàn)……能力；對……質(zhì)疑；盤問；（陪審員對某人出庭表示）反對

例句：

Bill was stimulated by the challenge.
比爾受到該挑戰(zhàn)的激勵(lì)。

She beat off a challenge to her leadership.
她戰(zhàn)勝了對她的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)地位的挑戰(zhàn)。

I hope that he proves equal to the challenge.
我希望他最后能應(yīng)付這一挑戰(zhàn)。

outlay

英 [?a?tle?] 美 [?a?tle?]

n. 支出，開支，費(fèi)用；經(jīng)費(fèi)

v. 花費(fèi)

例句：

Apart from the capital outlay of buying the machine, dishwashers can actually save you money.
拋開購買的費(fèi)用不講，洗碗機(jī)實(shí)際上能給你省錢。

The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay.
最好的設(shè)備花費(fèi)大，但這種開支很值得。

The business quickly repaid the initial outlay on advertising.
這家公司很快償付了初期的廣告費(fèi)。

moth

英 [m?θ] 美 [m??θ]

n. 蛾；蛀蟲

例句：

I watched the moth crawl up the outside of the lampshade.
我看著蛾子爬上燈罩表面。

In relay number 70, a moth had been trapped.
在70號(hào)繼電器中，一只飛蛾被困住了。

They removed the moth, and the program worked.
他們弄走了飛蛾，程序繼續(xù)運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)。

interruption

英 [??nt??r?p?n] 美 [??nt??r?p?n]

n. 中斷；干擾；中斷之事

例句：

The sudden interruption stopped Justin in mid-sentence.
賈斯廷話說到一半時(shí)被突然打斷了。

The birth of her son was a minor interruption to her career.
她兒子的出生對她的事業(yè)造成一個(gè)小小的中斷。

His interruption was untimely.
他的插話不是時(shí)候。

回顧

1. stray
2. challenge
3. outlay
4. moth
5. interruption