每天背單詞 第432期

unlike

英 [??n?la?k] 美 [??n?la?k]

prep. 不像，和……不同；與……不同，與……相反；非……的特征，不是……的特點(diǎn)

adj. 不同的，不相似的，不像的

conj. 不同于

例句：

It's very unlike him to be so late.
遲到這么久可實(shí)在不像他平時(shí)的作風(fēng)。

This was a foreign country, so unlike San Jose.
這是異國，因而不像圣何塞。

The sound was not unlike that of birds singing.
這聲音有點(diǎn)像鳥鳴。

pencil

英 [?pensl] 美 [?pensl]

n. 鉛筆；筆狀物

vt. 用鉛筆寫；用眉筆涂

vi. 成鉛筆狀

例句：

She scribbled a note in pencil.
她用鉛筆草草寫了張便條。

I snapped the pencil in half.
我啪的一聲將鉛筆折成兩段。

He made marks with a pencil.
他用鉛筆作了記號(hào)。

throng

英 [θr??] 美 [θr???]

n. 人群；眾多

vt. 群集；擠滿

vi. 蜂擁而至；群集

adj. 擁擠的

例句：

We pushed our way through the throng.
我們擠過人群。

An official pushed through the throng.
一位官員從人群中擠過。

The throng fell back, stupefied.
人群向后退去，驚呆了。

daughter-in-law

英 [?d??t?r ?n l??] 美 [?d??t?r ?n l??]

n. 兒媳婦

例句：

She told them that her daughter-in-law was manic-depressive.
她告訴他們說她的兒媳婦得了燥狂抑郁病。

With her were her son and daughter-in-law.
和她在一起的是她兒子和兒媳。

The son and the daughter-in-law became angry with the old man.
兒子和兒媳對(duì)老人很生氣。

quota

英 [?kw??t?] 美 [?kwo?t?]

n. 定額；限額；配額；指標(biāo)；（候選人當(dāng)選所需的）規(guī)定票數(shù)，最低票數(shù)

例句：

I'm going home now—I've done my quota of work for the day.
我現(xiàn)在要回家了—我已完成了今天的工作指標(biāo)。

The quota of four tickets per person had been reduced to two.
每人4張票的限額已減少到了2張。

The bill would force employers to adopt a quota system when recruiting workers.
該法案將迫使雇主們?cè)阡浻霉と藭r(shí)采取配額制。

回顧

1. unlike
2. pencil
3. throng
4. daughter-in-law
5. quota