每天背单词 第223期

relief

英 [rɪˈliːf] 美 [rɪˈliːf]

n. 救济；减轻，解除；安慰；浮雕

例句：

Relief supplies were rushed in.
救援物资很快就运来了。

I breathed a sigh of relief.
我安心地松了一口气。

I sighed with inward relief.
我内心释然地长出了一口气。

huge

英 [hjuːdʒ] 美 [hjuːdʒ]

adj. 巨大的；庞大的；无限的

n. (Huge)人名；(英)休奇

例句：

The huge, iron gate was locked.
那扇巨大的铁门被锁上了。

We threw a huge birthday party.
我们举办了一次盛大的生日派对。

Water rushes out of huge tunnels.
水从巨大的隧道奔涌而出。

discover

英 [dɪˈskʌvə(r)] 美 [dɪˈskʌvər]

vt. 发现；发觉

vi. 发现

例句：

Only later did she discover a talent for writing.
她后来才发现自己的写作天分。

We happened to discover we had a friend in common.
我们碰巧发现我们有个共同的朋友。

Wind forward to the bit where they discover the body.
往前绕片，绕到他们发现尸体的那一截。

surge

英 [sɜːdʒ] 美 [sɜːrdʒ]

n. 汹涌；大浪，波涛；汹涌澎湃；巨涌

v. 汹涌；起大浪，蜂拥而来

例句：

An electrical surge damaged the computer's disk drive.
电流浪涌损坏了计算机的磁盘驱动器。

She felt a sudden surge of anger.
她突然感觉怒火中烧。

She felt a surge of love and desire for him.
她对他骤生爱意，欲火攻心。

utterance

英 [ˈʌtərəns] 美 [ˈʌtərəns]

n. 表达；说话；说话方式

例句：

They lack the kind of structure that enables us to divide a human utterance into words.
它们缺乏那种能让我们把人类的话语分解成单词的结构。

Its images, allusions, and diction are conspicuously remote from the common "range of utterance".
它的形象、典喻和措辞明显远离普通的“话语范围”。

You begin to infer a context for the text, for instance, by making decisions about what kind of speech event is involved: Who is making the utterance, to whom, when and where.
例如，你可以通过判定文本涉及何种类型的语言情景，来推测文章的语境：是谁在说话，对谁说话，何时何地。

回顾

1. relief
2. huge
3. discover
4. surge
5. utterance