每天背單詞 第148期

gorilla

英 [ɡ??r?l?] 美 [ɡ??r?l?]

n. 大猩猩

例句：

The mountain gorilla is on the verge of extinction.
居住在山區(qū)的大猩猩已瀕臨滅絕。

The zookeeper explains to the mime that the zoo's most popular attraction, a gorilla, has died suddenly.
動物園管理員對啞劇演員解釋到，那只動物園里最受大家歡迎的、最能吸引游人的大猩猩突然死了。

In 2008, at a German zoo, a gorilla named Gana gave birth to a male infant, who died after three months.
2008年，在德國一家動物園，一只名叫加納的大猩猩生下了一只雄寶寶，但三個月后就夭折了。

strait

英 [stre?t] 美 [stre?t]

n. 海峽，水道；（經(jīng)濟(jì)上的）困境，窘迫

adj. 狹窄的；嚴(yán)格的，精確的；苦惱的

adv. 嚴(yán)格地，精確地

n. (Strait) （美）斯特雷特（人名）

例句：

An estimated 1,600 vessels pass through the strait annually.
估計(jì)每年有1600艘船經(jīng)過這個海峽。

Yemen commands the strait at the southern end of the Red Sea.
也門完全控制著紅海南端的海峽。

The house had a fabulous view out to the Strait of Georgia and the Rockies beyond.
這座房子有很棒的景觀，可以看到喬治亞海峽以及另一頭的落基山脈。

covering

英 [?k?v?r??] 美 [?k?v?r??]

n. 遮蓋物，覆蓋層

v. 遮蓋，覆蓋（cover 的現(xiàn)在分詞）

例句：

Social science is a collective name, covering a series of individual sciences.
社會科學(xué)是一個總稱，涵蓋一系列獨(dú)立學(xué)科。

I'm covering for Jane while she's on leave.
簡休假期間我頂替她工作。

She's covering the party's annual conference.
她正在報道這個政黨的年會新聞。

colleague

英 [?k?li?ɡ] 美 [?kɑ?li?ɡ]

n. 同事，同僚

例句：

They rated him highly as a colleague.
作為同事，他們對他評價甚高。

He grimaced and looked narrowly at his colleague.
他做了個鬼臉，然后仔細(xì)地看著同事。

He'd had a steamy affair with an office colleague.
他和辦公室的一位同事曾經(jīng)鬧過桃色新聞。

ruling

英 [?ru?l??] 美 [?ru?l??]

n. （尤指法庭的）裁定；統(tǒng)治，支配

adj. 統(tǒng)治的，支配的；主導(dǎo)的；流行的，普遍的

例句：

The ruling should be applied retroactively.
這一裁決應(yīng)該具有追溯效力。

Their ruling passion is that of carnal love.
他們的主導(dǎo)激情源于肉欲之愛。

The company is appealing against the ruling.
公司正對判決提出申訴。

回顧

1. gorilla
2. strait
3. covering
4. colleague
5. ruling