每天背單詞 第038期

extravagance

英 [?k?str?v?ɡ?ns] 美 [?k?str?v?ɡ?ns]

n. 奢侈，浪費(fèi)；過度；放肆的言行

例句：

Going to the theatre is our only extravagance.
去劇院看戲是我們唯一的奢侈享受。

Sponging and taking more than one's share and extravagance and waste on the part of cadres must be banned.
杜絕干部多吃多占和鋪張浪費(fèi)。

When the company went under, tales of his extravagance surged through the industry.
這家公司破產(chǎn)時(shí)，有關(guān)他的奢靡的傳言傳遍了整個(gè)業(yè)界。

cane

英 [ke?n] 美 [ke?n]

n. 手杖；藤條；細(xì)長(zhǎng)的莖

vt. 以杖擊；以藤編制

abbr. (CanE) 加拿大英語(yǔ) (Canadian English)

n. (Cane) （英）凱恩，（西、意）卡內(nèi)，（塞爾維亞）察內(nèi)（人名）

例句：

In his hand, he carried a gold-tipped cane.
他手里拿著一根有金制端部的手杖。

He stopped, shifting his cane to his left hand.
他停下來，把手杖移到左手。

She eventually used a cane, then a walker, and finally was confined to the house.
結(jié)果她拄上了拐杖，之后又用上了步行器，最后連房門都出不了了。

portuguese

英 [?p??t?u?ɡi?z] 美 [?p??rt???ɡi?z]

adj. 葡萄牙的；葡萄牙人的；葡萄牙語(yǔ)的

n. 葡萄牙人；葡萄牙語(yǔ)

例句：

Contemporary photographs are juxtaposed with a sixteenth century, copper Portuguese mirror.
把當(dāng)代的照片與一面16世紀(jì)的葡萄牙銅鏡擺放在一起。

Other neighbourhoods in the city offer foodies a choice of Chinese, Portuguese or Greek food.
城里的其他街區(qū)為美食愛好者提供了中國(guó)菜、葡式菜及希臘菜等多種選擇。

Camping is a great way to meet the locals as the Portuguese themselves are enthusiastic campers.
野營(yíng)是與當(dāng)?shù)鼐用窠佑|的好途徑，因?yàn)槠咸蜒廊吮旧砭褪菬崆榈穆稜I(yíng)者。

brass

英 [brɑ?s] 美 [br?s]

n. 黃銅；黃銅制品；銅管樂器；厚臉皮；位高權(quán)重者

n. （Brass）（英、法、德）布拉斯（人名）

例句：

Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc.
黃銅是銅鋅合金。

Our door knocker is cast in solid brass.
我們的門環(huán)是純銅鑄造的。

Brass doesn't rust.
黃銅不生銹。

because

英 [b??k?z; b??k?z] 美 [b??k?z; b??k??z]

conj. 因?yàn)?，由?/p> 例句：

They are here because of us.
他們是因?yàn)槲覀儊磉@里的。

She resigned because of ill health.
她因健康狀況不佳而辭職。

She's been off work because of sickness.
她因病沒有上班。

回顧

1. extravagance
2. cane
3. portuguese
4. brass
5. because