每天背單詞 第563期

digit

英 [?d?d??t] 美 [?d?d??t]

n. 數(shù)字；手指或足趾；一指寬

例句：

Her telephone number differs from mine by one digit.
她的電話號碼跟我的差一個數(shù)字。

"With the first subject, after about 20 hours of training, his digit span had risen from 7 to 20," Ericsson recalls.
“對于第一個實(shí)驗(yàn)對象，經(jīng)過大約20小時的訓(xùn)練，他的數(shù)字跨度從7上升到20。”愛立信回憶道。

Some of her clients' sales have declined, but she's found new clients and improved efficiencies to help sustain the company's double-digit growth.
她的一些客戶的銷售額下降了，但她找到了新客戶，提高了效率，幫助公司維持了兩位數(shù)的增長。

engrave

英 [?n?ɡre?v] 美 [?n?ɡre?v]

vt. 雕刻；銘記

例句：

The shop will also engrave your child's name on the side.
商店也將在一側(cè)刻上你孩子的名字。

It is difficult to engrave in marble.
大理石很難雕刻。

He had the jeweler engrave his name on the back of the watch.
他請鐘表匠把他的名字刻在手表的背面。

dealing

英 [?di?l??] 美 [?di?l??]

v. 發(fā)（紙牌）；發(fā)放；買賣；與……有關(guān)；（非正式）買賣毒品（deal 的現(xiàn)在分詞）

n. 生意往來；（與某人的）關(guān)系；交易；待人之道

例句：

They have persistently denied claims of illegal dealing.
他們一再否認(rèn)進(jìn)行非法交易的說法。

He's good at dealing with pressure.
他善于應(yīng)付壓力。

He was indicted for dealing in narcotics.
他因販賣毒品而受到起訴。

impartial

英 [?m?pɑ??l] 美 [?m?pɑ?r?l]

adj. 公平的，公正的；不偏不倚的

例句：

This newspaper has achieved a reputation for honest and impartial political reporting.
這家報紙憑誠實(shí)公正的政治報道贏得了聲譽(yù)。

As chairman, I must remain impartial.
作為主席，我必須保持中立。

It can help to have an impartial third party look over your work.
讓中立的第3方來檢查你的工作會有所幫助。

boycott

英 [?b??k?t] 美 [?b??kɑ?t]

v. 聯(lián)合抵制；拒絕購買；拒絕參加

n. 聯(lián)合抵制

n. (Boycott) 博伊科特（人名）

例句：

Opposition leaders had called for a boycott of the vote.
反對派領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者號召聯(lián)合抵制投票。

We are asking people to boycott goods from companies that use child labour.
我們正呼吁大家抵制雇用童工的公司的產(chǎn)品。

A spokesman says the president has backed off from his threat to boycott the conference.
一位發(fā)言人說，總統(tǒng)已經(jīng)撤回了他抵制這次會談的威脅。

回顧

1. digit
2. engrave
3. dealing
4. impartial
5. boycott