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Unit 10

protractor

anterior

dainty

reprieve

obituary

prevaricate

suffice

beseech

epistolary

woe

endemic

execrate

protractor [pro'træktɚ, prə-]

【考法】 N-COUNT A protractor is a flat, semi-circular piece of plastic or metal which is used for measuring angles. 量角器;分度规

【例句】 As if she had a protractor in her head, she also sees precise angles.

如同她的脑袋里长着一个量角器,她同样能读出准确的角度。

anterior [æn'tɪriə(r)]

【考法】 ADJ Anterior describes a part of the body that is situated at or towards the front of another part. (指身体 某部位)位于前部的,前面的

【例句】 the left anterior descending artery.

左前方下行动脉

dainty ['denti]

【考法】 ADJ-GRADED If you describe a movement, person, or object as dainty, you mean that they are small, delicate, and pretty. (动作)文雅的;(人)娇小的,秀丽的;(物)小巧的,精致的

【例句】 The girls were dainty and feminine.

这些女孩子娇美温柔。

reprieve [rɪ'priv]

【考法】 VERB If someone who has been sentenced in a court is reprieved, their punishment is officially delayed or cancelled. 对……缓期执行;撤销……的刑罚

【例句】 Fourteen people, waiting to be hanged for the murder of a former prime minister, have been reprieved .

因谋杀前首相而即将处以绞刑的14个人已获缓刑。

obituary [oʊ'bɪtʃueri]

【考法】 N-COUNT Someone's obituary is an account of their life and character which is printed in a newspaper or broadcast soon after they die. (报纸上或广播里的)讣告,讣闻

【例句】 I read your brother's obituary in the Times.

我在《泰晤士报》上看到了你哥哥的讣告。

prevaricate [prɪ'værɪˌket]

【考法】 VERB If you prevaricate, you avoid giving a direct answer or making a firm decision. 支吾;搪塞;推诿; 闪烁其词

【例句】 British ministers continued to prevaricate .

英国的大臣们仍然闪烁其词。

suffice [sə'faɪs]

【考法】 VERB If you say that something will suffice, you mean it will be enough to achieve a purpose or to fulfil a need. 足够;充足

【例句】 A cover letter should never exceed one page; often a far shorter letter will suffice .

附信不应超过一页,通常来说,一封相对非常简短的信就足够了。

beseech [bɪ'sitʃ]

【考法】 VERB If you beseech someone to do something, you ask them very eagerly and anxiously. 恳求;央求; 哀求

【例句】 She beseeched him to cut his drinking and his smoking.

她哀求他戒掉烟酒。

epistolary [ɪ'pɪstəleri]

【考法】 ADJ An epistolary novel or story is one that is written as a series of letters. (小说等)书信体的

【例句】 It's written in epistolary form.

它是用书信体写成的。

woe [woʊ]

【考法】 N-UNCOUNT Woe is very great sadness. 悲痛;悲哀;哀伤

【例句】 He listened to my tale of woe .

他听我诉说悲伤的故事。

endemic [ɛn'dɛmɪk]

【考法】 ADJ If a disease or illness is endemic in a place, it is frequently found among the people who live there. (疾病)地方性的,流行的

【例句】 Polio was then endemic among children my age.

那时小儿麻痹症在我这个年纪的孩子中很常见。

execrate ['ɛksɪˌkret]

【考法】 VERB to loathe; detest; abhor 憎恶

【例句】 There is, in the synagogue, in the mosque, in the pagoda, in the wigwam, a hideous side which we execrate , and a sublime side, which we adore.

圣殿、清真寺、菩萨庙、神舍,所有那些地方都有它丑恶的一面,是我们所唾弃的,同时也有它卓绝的一面,是我们所崇敬的。 KOH5htfpaQmkaNdAEvwqa+3h0hY4UZ2P8gzi+BOAaLI/sUfBSz9PYtHocN9OjQjD

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