英语六级高频词汇第002期

ornament

英 [ˈɔːnəmənt] 美 [ˈɔːrnəmənt]

n. 装饰；[建][服装] 装饰物；教堂用品

vt. 装饰，修饰

例句：

Yes; then something better, something still grander, will surely follow, or wherefore should they thus ornament me?
是的；然后一定会有更好的，更美的事情到来，不然他们为什么要这样装饰我呢？

A nice scented sachet is not just an ornament, but more of something that contains cultural and historical richness.
漂亮的香囊不仅是装饰品，而且含有丰富的文化和历史内涵。

The building is an ornament to the city.
这座建筑物为整个城市增色不少。

illusion

英 [ɪˈluːʒn] 美 [ɪˈluːʒn]

n. 幻觉，错觉；错误的观念或信仰

例句：

Mirrors in a room often give an illusion of space.
房间里的镜子常给人一种空间增大的错觉。

The idea of absolute personal freedom is an illusion.
绝对个人自由的观念是一种幻想。

He could no longer distinguish between illusion and reality.
他再也分不清幻想与现实之间的区别了。

tolerance

英 [ˈtɒlərəns] 美 [ˈtɑːlərəns]

n. 宽容，容忍；耐力；公差

例句：

They have a policy of zero tolerance for sexual harassment.
他们对性骚扰采取零容忍态度。

They were working to a tolerance of 0.0001 of a centimetre.
他们在按0.0001厘米的公差加工。

There is lowered pain tolerance, lowered resistance to infection.
对痛苦的忍耐力和对感染的抵抗力下降了。

threshold

英 [ˈθreʃhəʊld] 美 [ˈθreʃhoʊld]

n. 入口；门槛；开始；极限；临界值

例句：

He stepped across the threshold.
他迈过门槛。

She felt as though she was on the threshold of a new life.
她觉得好像就要开始新生活了。

The threshold for regulation is high.
监管的门槛很高。

recession

英 [rɪˈseʃn] 美 [rɪˈseʃn]

n. 衰退；不景气；后退；凹处

例句：

The country was mired in recession.
这个国家陷入了经济衰退的困境。

His troubles predated the recession.
他的麻烦早在经济衰退前就出现了。

The company has weathered the recession.
公司度过了萧条期。

回顾

1. ornament
2. illusion
3. tolerance
4. threshold
5. recession