1 . The plight of the famine victims commands everyone's sympathy. 饥民的苦境值得大家同情。
2 . The television pictures brought home to us all the plight of the refugees. 我们从电视上知道了难民所处的一切困境。
3 . The Government seems to be closing its eyes to the plight of the unemployed. 政府似乎对失业者的困境熟视无睹。
revelation [rɛvl'eiʃən]
n. 揭露,泄露,发觉
1 . Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our error of youth for those of aged. 经验是一项启示,我们按照它来舍去年轻时(所犯的)错误而代之以年老时的错误。
2 . The President is at the center of a recent scandal over revelation about his financial interests. 总统因近来被揭露涉嫌金融权益问题而成为丑闻的主角。
deem [di:m]
v. 认为,相信
参考例句
1 . I deem it proper to refuse. 我看还是拒绝为好。
2 . He deems it his duty to help his needy friends. 他认为帮助穷朋友是他的义务。
posture['pɔstʃə]
n. 姿势,态度,情形 vt. 作...姿势 vi. 做姿势,摆架子
词根:源于pose摆姿势
参考例句
1 . The artist asked his model to take a reclining posture. 画家要求模特取斜倚着的姿势。
2 . She has very good posture. 她举止很优雅。
3 . The government adopted an uncompromising posture on the issue of independence. 政府在独立的问题上采取了毫不妥协的态度。
complement['kɔmplimənt]
n. 补足物,补语,余角 vt. 辅助
词根:com共同,ple满,填满-共同满-补足源于complete(vt 完成,使完善)
参考例句
1 . His business skill complements her flair for design. 他的经营技巧和她的设计才能相辅相成。
2 . A wine is a complement to a good meal. 美食加美酒才算完备。
3 . This wine complements the food perfectly. 用这种酒配这种菜肴最妙不过了。
tolerance['tɔlərəns]
n. 忍耐力,宽容,容忍,公差
参考例句
1 . Lacking tolerance, breadth of view, or sympathy; petty. 才智有限的缺乏忍耐力、认识深度或同情心的; 气量小的
2 . It's better to err on the side of tolerance (ie be too tolerant rather than too severe) when dealing with young offenders. 对待失足的青少年宁可失之过宽(宁过宽而勿过严).
refund['ri:fʌnd]
n. 偿还 vt. 付还,偿还借款,换回新公债
参考例句
1 . She demand a refund. 她要求退款。
2 . I have been instructed by the company to offer you a refund. 公司让我给您退款。
appease [ə'pi:z]
v. 安抚,缓和,平息,姑息
词根:ap朝向,pease和平-朝向和平发展-使平息
参考例句
1 . Chamberlain tried to appease Hitler with Sudetenland at Munich. 张伯伦在慕尼黑企图牺牲苏台德地区来安抚希特勒。
2 . To learn that even though they may think they have nothing to give, when a friend cries with them, they find the strength to appease the pain.
1 . Nine people came in and the reminder stayed outside. 9个人进来,余下的人留在外面。
2 . He spent the remainder of his life in the country. 他在乡村度过余生。
synthesis['sinθisis]
n. 合成,综合,推理
词根:syn=same,thes放,is:把同样的东西放在一起-综合
参考例句
1 . Energy is transferred from the electron donor to the organism for synthesis and maintenance by a complex series of enzymatic reactions. 为了细胞合成和维持生命,能量从电子给予体通过一系列复杂的酶反应转移到生物体。
2 . Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of oxime and acidic head group structural variations. 肟的合成和药理学评估以及酸性端基的结构变化。
alleviate[ə'li:vieit]
vt. 减轻,使...缓和
参考例句
1 .They alleviated the boredom of waiting by singing songs.
他们以唱歌来减轻等候的厌烦。
2 . The doctor gave her an injection to alleviate the pain. 医生给她注射以减轻疼痛。
safeguard ['seifgɑ:d]
n. 保卫者,保护措施 vt. 保卫,保护
词根:safe安全,guard保卫safeguard是P&G的舒肤佳香皂商标-保护皮肤
参考例句
1 . The Bill of Rights safeguards our individual liberties. 权力法案保护我们的个人自由。
2 . We make copies of our computer disks as a safeguard against accidents. 我们复制了计算机磁盘以防意外。
3 . We will introduce legal safeguards against fraud. 我们要采取法律保护措施,制止诈骗活动。
regiment ['redʒimənt]
n. (军队)团,大量(人或物) v. 组编成团,组织,严格管制
参考例句
1 . A whole tank regiment was completely immobilized by enemy air attacks. 敌军的空袭将整个坦克团完全钳制住了。
2 . Such an act of cowardice by an officer shames his whole regiment. 一个军官作出如此胆怯的行为使整个团都蒙受羞辱。
3 . The regiment pierced through the enemy's lines.
这个团突破了敌军防线。
proximity [prɔk'simiti]
n. 接近,亲近
参考例句
1 . The analysis also showed that close physical proximity was important for the spread of happiness. 分析同样显示身体的邻近性对于传递快乐也是非常重要的。
2 . The next step is the so-called dissimilarity representation [56] in which general proximity measures between objects can be used for their representation. 下个步骤就是所谓的相异点表示法[56],对象间的一般相似性度量方法可以代替相异点表示法。