每天背單詞 第180期

escalator

英 [?esk?le?t?(r)] 美 [?esk?le?t?r]

n. （美）自動(dòng)扶梯；電動(dòng)扶梯

例句：

I pushed through the crowds and on to the escalator.
我擠過人群，上了自動(dòng)扶梯。

Take the escalator to the third floor and it's the last office on the left.
乘電梯到4樓，左邊最后的那個(gè)辦公室就是。

But today, the escalator is jammed at the top.
但是今天，電梯堵在了頂樓。

uncover

英 [?n?k?v?(r)] 美 [?n?k?v?r]

vt. 發(fā)現(xiàn)；揭開；揭露

vi. 發(fā)現(xiàn)；揭示；揭去蓋子

例句：

When the seedlings sprout, uncover the tray.
幼苗發(fā)芽后，揭開盤上的遮蓋物。

It took internal whistle-blowing and investigative journalism to uncover the rot.
通過來自內(nèi)部的檢舉和調(diào)查性報(bào)道才揭露出了這一腐敗現(xiàn)象。

The reason he had to uncover it was that beehive tombs, like everything else, were buried.
他必須揭開它的原因是這些蜂窩墓，像其他東西一樣，被埋在地下。

fountain

英 [?fa?nt?n] 美 [?fa?ntn]

n. 噴泉，泉水；源泉

n. (Fountain)人名；(英)方丹

例句：

Located off-centre in the irregularly shaped lake was a fountain.
在那個(gè)形狀不規(guī)則的湖的中心之外，有一個(gè)噴泉。

The main square has a fountain that spouts water 40 feet into the air.
主廣場(chǎng)有個(gè)噴泉，噴水高達(dá)40英尺。

"What's that thing in the middle of the fountain?"—"Some kind of statue, I guess."
“噴泉中間那個(gè)東西是什么？”—“我想是雕像之類的吧?！?/p>

voluntary

英 [?v?l?ntri] 美 [?vɑ?l?nteri]

adj. 自愿的；志愿的；自發(fā)的；故意的

n. 志愿者；自愿行動(dòng)

例句：

He took voluntary redundancy.
他選擇了自愿裁汰。

She works there on a voluntary basis.
她自愿在那里無償工作。

We rely entirely on voluntary contribution.
我們?nèi)孔栽妇栀?zèng)。

sneak

英 [sni?k] 美 [sni?k]

vi. 溜；鬼鬼祟祟做事；向老師打小報(bào)告

vt. 偷偷地做；偷偷取得

n. 鬼鬼祟祟的人；偷偷摸摸的行為；告密者

adj. 暗中進(jìn)行的

例句：

I managed to sneak him a note.
我設(shè)法偷偷給他遞了張條子。

I managed to sneak a note to him.
我設(shè)法偷偷給他遞了張條子。

You sneak a look at your watch to see how long you've got to wait.
你偷偷看一眼手表，看還要等多久。

回顧

1. escalator
2. uncover
3. fountain
4. voluntary
5. sneak