作者有话要说:如今读句子越来越快啦,准备第一次改版:
1.单词20个暂时不变。
2.短语30个不带例句。
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01【patent】
N./V./Adj.专利
a)During the depression, Carlson snagged a job as a patent analyst.
大萧条时期,卡尔森好不容易找到了一份专利研究员的工作。
b)Same idea Marconi used for his patent several years later.
同样的构想马可尼在几年后就用到了自己的发明上。(《遗愿清单》)
02【rash】
N./Adj.爆发,鲁莽的,性急的
a)She had been exposed so long in the sun that she broke out in a rash.
她在阳光下曝晒太久以致皮肤过敏了。
b)If I follow you correctly, then you think a rash decision often affects education and career?
如果我没有领会错的话,那么您认为一个草率的决定常常影响到教育与事业?
03【compound】
V./N./Adj.化合物,混合物,合成的,和解妥协
a)Maybe you\''re not looking at a reaction, but you\''ve got some new compound, and you\''re looking at it go from liquid to solid or to gas.
也许你研究的不是一个反应,但你得到了一种新的化合物,你看着它从液体变成了固体或气体。
b)Ants can swarm(成群移动) over a field and find the choicest food in it as if the swarm were a large compound eye.
蚂蚁能成群结队地穿过田野,并在田野找到上选食物,蚁群仿佛就是一只巨大的复眼。
04【grin】
N./V.露齿笑,咧嘴笑
a)”Please, why does your cat grin like that?” Alice asked the Duchess.
“请问,你的猫为什么这样咧嘴笑?”爱丽丝问公爵夫人。(《爱丽丝漫游仙境》)
b)\"I have plenty of time to exercise, but I\''m too lazy, \" he said with a sheepish(难为情的) grin at a Japanese fast food joint.
“我有很多时间用来运动,但是我太懒了,”在一家日式快餐连锁店他腼腆地说。
05【prodigious】
Adj.惊人的,巨大的
a)No one could doubt his grit or calm, even if he owed some of his steadiness to a prodigious consumption of cigarettes.
没有人可以质疑他的胆识远见和冷静沉著,虽然他有部份的稳健来自于他庞大的酗烟量。
b)Mozart was born in Salzburg into a musical family and showed indications of prodigious abilities at a very young age.
莫扎特生于奥地利萨尔斯堡的一个音乐家庭,很小就开始展露其非凡的音乐天赋。
06【sturdy】
Adj.健全的,强壮的,坚固的,精力充沛的
a)The Russian bred Bolonki are cheerful, playful, and sturdy dogs, with a happy and loving disposition.
俄罗斯培育的比熊犬是一种快乐顽皮而又强健的狗狗,性格乐观又善良。
b)Mission accomplished, we saddled(马鞍) up and plodded back to camp on the sturdy, steady horses we had picked up in June Lake.
完成任务后,我们骑着在六月湖租的稳健的马慢慢返回营地。
07【tame】
Adj./V.驯服的,抑制,无精打采的
a)Tame means to establish ties.
驯服意味着制造牵绊。(《小王子》)
b)This world is the world of wild storms kept tame with the music of beauty.
这世界乃是为美之音乐所驯服了的狂风骤雨的世界。(《飞鸟