英語高考高頻詞匯第034期

expenditure

英 [?k?spend?t??(r)] 美 [?k?spend?t??r]

n. 支出，花費；經(jīng)費，消費額

例句：

He is rigorous in his control of expenditure.
他在控制開支方面一絲不茍。

Capital expenditure was treble the 2002 level.
資本支出是2002年的三倍。

You must ask permission for all major expenditure.
一切重大開支均須報請批準(zhǔn)。

rival

英 [?ra?vl] 美 [?ra?vl]

n. 競爭對手；可與……匹敵的人；同行者

v. 與…競爭；比得上某人；趕上（某人）；競爭

adj. 競爭的

n. (Rival) （俄）里瓦爾（人名）

例句：

She pipped her rival for the gold medal.
她險勝對手，奪得金牌。

This year the newspaper has outsold its main rival.
今年該報的發(fā)行量已超過了它的主要對手。

Their smaller rival is battling to end their duopoly.
比他們小的競爭對手正在為結(jié)束他們兩家寡頭集團(tuán)而斗爭。

sophisticated

英 [s??f?st?ke?t?d] 美 [s??f?st?ke?t?d]

adj. 復(fù)雜的；精致的；久經(jīng)世故的；富有經(jīng)驗的

v. 使變得世故；使迷惑；篡改（sophisticate的過去分詞形式）

例句：

Some sign languages are very sophisticated means of communication.
一些手勢語是非常復(fù)雜的交流方式。

Mark is a smart and sophisticated young man.
馬克是一個聰明老成的年輕人。

Claude was a charming, sophisticated companion.
克勞德是個有魅力、見多識廣的伙伴。

expend

英 [?k?spend] 美 [?k?spend]

vt. 花費；消耗；用光；耗盡

例句：

If you give up exercise, your muscles shrink and fat increases. By the same token, if you expend more energy you will lose fat.
如果你放棄鍛煉，肌肉就會萎縮，脂肪會增多。同樣地，如果你消耗較多的體能，你就會減掉脂肪。

Growth, reproduction, and daily metabolism all require an organism to expend energy.
生長、繁殖和日常的新陳代謝都需要有機(jī)體來消耗能量。

Extreme athletes expend lots of energy breaking down and repairing and building muscles.
極限運動員消耗大量能量來分解、修復(fù)和塑造肌肉。

coarse

英 [k??s] 美 [k??rs]

adj. 粗糙的；粗俗的；下等的

例句：

The man was brutish and coarse.
這個人野蠻而粗俗。

She spoke in a quiet voice but used remarkably coarse expressions.
她說話聲音很輕，但使用了非常粗俗的言辭。

The soldiers did not bother to moderate their coarse humour in her presence.
士兵們沒有費神去約束他們的粗俗幽默，盡管她在場。

回顧

1. expenditure
2. rival
3. sophisticated
4. expend
5. coarse