英语单词超好背 第0408期

repay

英 [rɪˈpeɪ] 美 [rɪˈpeɪ]

vi. 偿还；报答；报复

vt. 回报；报复；付还

例句：

I'll repay the money I owe them next week.
我将在下个星期偿还欠他们的钱。

I can never repay your many kindnesses to me.
我无法报答你对我无微不至的关怀。

How can I ever repay you for your generosity?
你对我这样慷慨，我怎么才能报答你呢？

decided

英 [dɪˈsaɪdɪd] 美 [dɪˈsaɪdɪd]

adj. 明确的，显然的；坚决的，果断的；（案件）判决了的

v. 决定（decide 的过去式和过去分词）

例句：

He decided to turn himself in.
他决定到警察局去自首。

I've decided to grow my hair.
我已决定留长发。

They decided to start a family.
他们决定了要孩子。

humane

英 [hjuːˈmeɪn] 美 [hjuːˈmeɪn]

adj. 仁慈的，人道的；高尚的

例句：

In the mid-nineteenth century, Dorothea Dix began to campaign for humane treatment of the mentally ill.
在19世纪中叶，多罗西娅·迪克斯发起了为精神病患者争取人道待遇的运动。

Since 1975 advocates of humane treatment of animals have broadened their goals to oppose the use of animals for fur,leather, wool and food.
自1975年以来，人道对待动物的倡导者们将他们的目标扩大到反对用动物做毛皮、皮革、羊毛和食物。

Fifty years ago, classical scholar William Russell and microbiologist Rex Burch developed abstracts on how to make animal experiments more humane.
50年前，古典学者威廉·拉塞尔和微生物学家雷克斯·伯奇针对如何让动物实验更具有人道性这个问题拟定了摘要。

discard

英 [dɪˈskɑːd] 美 [dɪˈskɑːrd]

vt. 抛弃；放弃；丢弃

vi. 放弃

n. 抛弃；被丢弃的东西或人

例句：

Einstein had the chutzpah to discard long-established theory.
爱因斯坦拥有抛弃早已既定的理论之胆识。

Once we start to see people as individuals, and discard the stereotypes, we can move positively toward inclusiveness for everyone.
只要我们开始把人看作是独立的个体，并摒弃成见，我们就可以朝着对每个人都具有包容性的方向积极前进。

At the same time, workers were required to discard old habits, for industrialism demanded a worker who was alert, dependable, and self-disciplined.
与此同时，工厂还要求工人们摒弃原来的习惯，因为工业制度需要机敏、可靠和自律的工人。

deputy

英 [ˈdepjuti] 美 [ˈdepjuti]

n. 代理人，代表

adj. 副的；代理的

例句：

Who has she designated (as) her deputy?
她委任了谁为她的副手？

His brother was acting as his deputy in America.
他的兄弟充当他在美洲的代理人。

By convention the deputy leader was always a woman.
按惯例，这一领导职务的副职总是由女性担任。

回顾

1. repay
2. decided
3. humane
4. discard
5. deputy