第0381期-英語(yǔ)單詞超好背
cab
英 [k?b] 美 [k?b]n. 駕駛室;出租汽車(chē);出租馬車(chē)
vi. 乘出租馬車(chē)(或汽車(chē))
例句:We'll take a cab to save time.
我們坐出租車(chē),好節(jié)省時(shí)間。
The cab drew up outside the house.
出租車(chē)在房子外面停了下來(lái)。
Could you ring for a cab?
你打電話(huà)叫輛出租車(chē)來(lái)好嗎?
somehow
英 [?s?mha?] 美 [?s?mha?]adv. 以某種方法;莫名其妙地
例句:She looked different somehow.
不知怎么地,她看上去變了。
The ball somehow bobbled into the net.
球不知怎么在地上彈了幾下鉆入網(wǎng)窩。
Somehow, I don't feel I can trust him.
不知為什么,我覺(jué)得不能信任他。
athletic
英 [?θ?let?k] 美 [?θ?let?k]adj. 運(yùn)動(dòng)的,運(yùn)動(dòng)員的;體格健壯的
例句:Xandra is an athletic 36-year-old with a 21-year-old's body.
贊德拉是位36歲卻有著21歲人體格的運(yùn)動(dòng)型人。
They have been given college scholarships purely on athletic ability.
他們完全憑他們的運(yùn)動(dòng)才能獲得了大學(xué)獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金。
He wanted his sons to become strong, virile, and athletic like himself.
他希望他的兒子們變得像他一樣身強(qiáng)力壯、充滿(mǎn)陽(yáng)剛之氣,并擅長(zhǎng)體育運(yùn)動(dòng)。
decrease
英 [d??kri?s; ?di?kri?s] 美 [d??kri?s; ?di?kri?s]v. 減少,減小,降低
n. 減少,減?。粶p少量;減少過(guò)程
例句:People should decrease the amount of fat they eat.
人們應(yīng)減少脂肪的攝入量。
There has been a decrease in traffic accidents.
交通事故減少了。
Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.
去年他的收入減少了20%。
constable
英 [?k?nst?bl] 美 [?kɑ?nst?bl]n. 治安官,巡警;警察
n. (Constable)人名;(英)康斯特布爾
例句:Have you finished your report, Constable?
警察,你的報(bào)告完成了嗎?
The old sexist positions are being challenged everyday by the female pilots flying fast jets to the female constable pounding the beat in your local town.
從駕駛著快速?lài)姎馐斤w機(jī)的女飛行員到在當(dāng)?shù)爻擎?zhèn)大展身手的女警察,舊的性別主義立場(chǎng)每天都在受到挑戰(zhàn)。
By-and-by the constable arrived at a deserted market-square, and proceeded to cross it.
后來(lái),警官來(lái)到一個(gè)空無(wú)一人的市集廣場(chǎng),打算穿過(guò)它。
回顧
- cab
- somehow
- athletic
- decrease
- constable