第0304期-英语单词超好背
fifteen
英 [ˌfɪfˈtiːn] 美 [ˌfɪfˈtiːn]n. 十五;十五个;十五人组成的橄榄球队
adj. 十五的
num. 十五
例句:Three fives are fifteen.
三个五等于十五。
The talks began some fifteen minutes late.
商谈迟了约十五分钟才开始。
We paid off our mortgage after fifteen years.
我们历经十五年的时间还清了抵押借款。
derive
英 [dɪˈraɪv] 美 [dɪˈraɪv]vt. 源于;得自;获得
vi. 起源
n. (Derive)(法)德里夫(人名)
例句:Most patients derive enjoyment from leafing through old picture albums.
大部分病人能从翻阅旧相册中获得乐趣。
Mr. Ying is one of those happy people who derive pleasure from helping others.
英先生是那种助人为乐的快活人。
Elegance, he believed, did not derive from abundance.
他相信,优雅并不来自于繁冗的装饰。
mayor
英 [meə(r)] 美 [ˈmeɪər]n. 市长
n. (Mayor)人名;(英)梅厄;(法、西、俄)马约尔
例句:The mayor kicked off the party.
市长揭开了宴会的序幕。
My uncle was the mayor of Memphis.
我叔叔是孟菲斯市市长。
He's a distant relative of the mayor.
他是市长的远房亲戚。
astray
英 [əˈstreɪ] 美 [əˈstreɪ]adv. 误入歧途地;迷途地;迷路
adj. 迷路的;离开正道的;不对头的
n. (Astray)人名;(西)阿斯特赖
例句:The judge thought he'd been led astray by older children.
法官认为他是被更大的孩子们引入了歧途。
Some day they will lead you astray.
总有一天,他们会把你引入歧途的。
How can millions of dollars go astray?
数百万美元怎么会丢失了呢?
absent
英 [ˈæbsənt] 美 [ˈæbsənt]adj. 缺席的;缺少的;心不在焉的;茫然的
vt. 使缺席
例句:She was absent for nine consecutive days.
她一连缺席了九天。
The pictures, too, were absent from the walls.
那些照片也不在那些墙上了。
They were pointedly absent from the news conference.
他们有意缺席了那场新闻发布会。
回顾
- fifteen
- derive
- mayor
- astray
- absent