每天背单词 第386期

amends

英 [əˈmendz] 美 [əˈmendz]

n. 赔偿；赔罪

v. 修订（amend的第三人称单数）；改进

例句：

Full amends was made.
作了全部赔偿。

He wanted to make amends for causing their marriage to fail.
他想为一手造成他们婚姻的破裂做出补偿。

She is trying to make amends for her marriage not being sanctified.
她试图对她未被教会批准的婚姻加以修正。

thunderstorm

英 [ˈθʌndəstɔːm] 美 [ˈθʌndərstɔːrm]

n. [气象] 雷暴；雷暴雨；大雷雨

例句：

She got caught in a thunderstorm.
她遇上了雷雨。

"And I," said the mother, "I feel so uneasy, as if a heavy thunderstorm were coming."
“而我，”母亲说，“我感到很不安，好像一场大雷雨就要来了。”

A fellow student could recall being taught nothing more profound than what to do in a thunderstorm at night.
一个同学回忆说，学的最深奥的莫过于雷暴雨的晚上该做什么。

europe

英 [ˈjʊərəp] 美 [ˈjʊrəp]

n. 欧洲

例句：

They hitchhiked around Europe.
他们一路搭便车周游欧洲。

CNN also broadcasts in Europe.
美国有线新闻网络也在欧洲进行广播。

He had thumbed all across Europe.
他搭乘便车游遍了欧洲。

gulf

英 [ɡʌlf] 美 [ɡʌlf]

n. 海湾；深渊；分歧；漩涡

vt. 吞没

例句：

The tremor was centred in the Gulf of Sirte.
地震以苏尔特湾为中心。

A crisis was rapidly developing in the Gulf.
海湾危机迅速加剧。

The low, marshy land runs out for miles toward the gulf.
这片低洼的沼泽地沿海湾方向延伸数英里。

puzzle

英 [ˈpʌzl] 美 [ˈpʌzl]

v. 迷惑，（使）困惑；（因迷惑）而苦思；使……为难

n. 谜，智力游戏；拼版玩具；不解之谜；谜一样的人或事物

例句：

We fitted together the pieces of the puzzle.
我们把拼图玩具的各部分拼合在了一起。

The rise in accidents remains a puzzle.
事故的增多仍是个谜。

This process is akin to piecing together a jigsaw puzzle.
这过程类似于拼七巧板。

回顾

1. amends
2. thunderstorm
3. europe
4. gulf
5. puzzle