英語(yǔ)四級(jí)單詞每天背 第0040期

permissive

英 [p??m?s?v] 美 [p?r?m?s?v]

adj. 放任的，縱容的；<法律>允許而非強(qiáng)制的，可選擇的；（生）允許的，許可的；（道路）公眾獲準(zhǔn)可使用的

例句：

The call for law and order replaced the "permissive tolerance" of the 1960s.
對(duì)法治的呼吁取代了20世紀(jì)60年代的“姑息忍讓”。

Blaming the permissive 1960s is nothing new, but this is not yet another criticism against the decline in education.
指責(zé)教育寬松的20世紀(jì)60年代并不是什么新鮮事，但這次并不又是針對(duì)教育衰落的批評(píng)。

Authoritative parents are more likely than permissive parents to have children who as adolescents are self-confident, high in self-esteem, and responsibly independent.
權(quán)威型父母比放任型父母更有可能讓孩子在青少年時(shí)期變得自信、自尊、負(fù)責(zé)任且獨(dú)立。

perturb

英 [p??t??b] 美 [p?r?t??rb]

vt. 擾亂；使……混亂；使……心緒不寧

例句：

Her sudden appearance did not seem to perturb him in the least.
她的突然出現(xiàn)似乎一點(diǎn)也沒有令他不安。

They perturb good social order with their lie and propaganda.
他們以謊言和宣傳擾亂良好的社會(huì)秩序。

And these greenhouse gases perturb the radiation balance of climate.
這些溫室氣體會(huì)擾亂氣候的輻射平衡。

yoke

英 [j??k] 美 [jo?k]

n. 軛，牛軛；羈絆，枷鎖；（女服的）上衣抵肩，裙腰；（挑東西用的）軛狀扁擔(dān)；軛門；同軛的一對(duì)動(dòng)物；一天耕的地；<美>（飛機(jī)的）操縱桿

v. 結(jié)合；給……上軛

【名】 （Yoke）人名；（日）與家（姓）

例句：

People are still suffering under the yoke of slavery.
人們?nèi)匀簧钤谂`制的枷鎖之下。

Patience and submission are the only comforts that are left to a poor people who groan under tyranny unless they are strong enough to break the yoke.
堅(jiān)忍與順從是可憐的人兒僅有的慰籍，她們?cè)诒┬忻媲爸荒艿吐暢槠?，除非她們有力量掙脫枷鎖。

The introduction attempts to yoke the pieces together.
引言試圖將各部分硬拼湊在一起。

pebble

英 [?peb(?)l] 美 [?pebl]

n. 鵝卵石，礫石；水晶透鏡

vt. 用卵石鋪

adj. <非正式>（眼鏡片）很厚的，凸起的

例句：

You throw a pebble in a pool and it ripples.
你把卵石扔進(jìn)水池里，水面就泛起漣漪。

She bent down to shake a pebble out of her shoe.
她彎下腰，把鞋里的一粒石子抖出來(lái)。

We remove a pebble and the system expands.
我們移開一粒小石子，系統(tǒng)就擴(kuò)展。

effectiveness

英 [??fekt?vn?s] 美 [??fekt?vn?s]

n. 效力

例句：

But on the general effectiveness of the social cure, Rosenberg is less persuasive.
但是在社會(huì)療法的普遍有效性的問(wèn)題上，羅森博格反倒沒有那么令人信服。

There's solid evidence that there are huge differences in the effectiveness of teachers.
有確鑿的證據(jù)表明，教師的工作效率存在巨大差異。

As a general rule, it's important to differentiate between effectiveness and absolute time commitments.
一般說(shuō)來(lái)，區(qū)別效率和絕對(duì)的時(shí)間投入很重要。

回顧

1. permissive
2. perturb
3. yoke
4. pebble
5. effectiveness