英語單詞超好背 第0139期

amends

英 [??mendz] 美 [??mendz]

n. 賠償；賠罪

v. 修訂（amend的第三人稱單數(shù)）；改進

例句：

Full amends was made.
作了全部賠償。

He wanted to make amends for causing their marriage to fail.
他想為一手造成他們婚姻的破裂做出補償。

She is trying to make amends for her marriage not being sanctified.
她試圖對她未被教會批準的婚姻加以修正。

chestnut

英 [?t?esn?t] 美 [?t?esn?t]

n. 栗子；栗色；[園藝] 栗樹；栗色馬

adj. 栗色的

n. (Chestnut)人名；(英)切斯特納特

例句：

The cock's breast is tinged with chestnut.
這只公雞的胸脯帶點栗色。

The destiny of the pest in the chestnut is not known before reaching the destination.
栗子中害蟲的命運在到達目的地之前是未知的。

She is also the author of American Chestnut, a social history of one of America's most common trees.
她也是《美洲栗》的作者，這本書講述了美國最常見的一種樹的社會歷史。

activate

英 [??kt?ve?t] 美 [??kt?ve?t]

vt. 刺激；使活動；使活潑；使產生放射性

vi. 激活；有活力

例句：

Anything from cosmic rays to radiation to diet may activate a dormant oncogene.
從宇宙射線到輻射到日常飲食，任何東西都可能激活潛伏的致癌基因。

Now they are trying to figure out what molecular signaling processes activate those seed-building genes in resurrection plants—and how to reproduce them in crops.
現(xiàn)在他們正試圖弄清楚是什么分子信號過程激活了復活植物的種子構建基因——以及如何在作物中復制它們。

Your jaw muscles activate sympathetically when you see me initiate my reach for the glass, but only when I am reaching to have a drink.
當你看見我伸手去拿水杯時，你下頜的肌肉感應性地活躍起來，但只是在我為了喝水而伸手拿的時候。

residence

英 [?rez?d?ns] 美 [?rez?d?ns]

n. 住宅，住處；居住

例句：

He's got to learn how to navigate his way around the residence.
他應該學會如何繞過這片住處。

They had entered the country and had applied for permanent residence.
他們已進入了那個國家，并已經申請了永久居住權。

The king and queen of Jordan are in residence.
約旦的國王和王后住在宮邸。

questionnaire

英 [?kwest???ne?(r)] 美 [?kwest???ner]

n. 問卷；調查表

例句：

2 000 shoppers completed our questionnaire.
2 000名顧客填寫了我們的調查表。

Teachers will be asked to fill in a questionnaire.
教師們將被要求填寫一份調查問卷。

All the students were asked to complete a questionnaire.
全體學生都被要求填一份調查表。

回顧

1. amends
2. chestnut
3. activate
4. residence
5. questionnaire