第0170期-英語四級(jí)單詞每天背
swim
英 [sw?m] 美 [sw?m]v. 游泳;橫渡;游(某一泳姿);(魚、禽等)游過,游動(dòng);浸,泡;漂浮;使漂浮,使渡過;(物體)仿佛旋轉(zhuǎn);眩暈
n. 游泳;(河流中)適合釣魚的靜止深水處,深潭;漂??;眩暈
adj. 游泳時(shí)穿戴的
例句:How many widths can you swim?
你在游泳池里橫向能游幾個(gè)來回?
I managed to swim to safety.
我設(shè)法游到安全處。
When can we go for a swim?
我們什么時(shí)候可以去游泳?
notwithstanding
英 [?n?tw?θ?st?nd??; ?n?tw?e?st?nd??] 美 [?nɑ?tw?θ?st?nd????nɑ?tw?e?st?nd??]prep. 雖然,盡管
adv. 盡管如此
conj. 雖然,盡管
例句:The bad weather notwithstanding, the event was a great success.
盡管天氣惡劣,活動(dòng)還是取得了巨大的成功。
He despised William Pitt, notwithstanding the similar views they both held.
他瞧不起威廉·皮特,盡管他們倆所持有的觀點(diǎn)相似。
Notwithstanding some major financial problems, the school has had a successful year.
雖然有些重大的經(jīng)費(fèi)問題,這所學(xué)校一年來還是很成功。
barometer
英 [b??r?m?t?(r)] 美 [b??rɑ?m?t?r]n. 氣壓計(jì),晴雨表;變化的標(biāo)志,指標(biāo)
例句:A man in camp took a barometer reading at half-hour intervals.
營地里的一個(gè)人每半小時(shí)看一次氣壓計(jì)。
In past presidential elections, Missouri has been a barometer of the rest of the country.
在過去的總統(tǒng)大選中,密蘇里州一直是該國其余各州的晴雨表。
Infant mortality is a reliable barometer of socio-economic conditions.
嬰兒死亡率是社會(huì)經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況的可靠指標(biāo)。
ditch
英 [d?t?] 美 [d?t?]n. 溝渠,壕溝
v. 挖溝,修渠;<非正式>擺脫,拋棄;<美,非正式>逃學(xué),曠工;<美,非正式>不辭而別;(使)在水上迫降;<美>使(火車)脫軌; <非正式>擺脫,拋棄
例句:The bicycle lay upended in a ditch.
自行車翻倒在一條小水溝里。
I can't bring myself to ditch him and start again.
我不能說服自己拋棄他,又重新開始。
What do you say we ditch school and go to the mall?
我們逃學(xué)去商場,你覺得怎樣?
sociology
英 [?s??si??l?d?i] 美 [?so?si?ɑ?l?d?i]n. 社會(huì)學(xué),社會(huì)關(guān)系研究
例句:I'll be teaching history and sociology next term.
下學(xué)期我教歷史和社會(huì)學(xué)。
Simpson's much vaunted discoveries are in fact commonplace in modern sociology.
辛普森的那些被過分稱贊的發(fā)現(xiàn)在現(xiàn)代社會(huì)學(xué)中實(shí)際上是老生常談。
This degree offers a major specialization in social policy alongside a course in sociology.
該學(xué)位提供一門社會(huì)政策主專業(yè)課和一門社會(huì)學(xué)課程。
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