第164期-每天背单词
collective
英 [kəˈlektɪv] 美 [kəˈlektɪv]adj. 集体的；共同的；集合的；集体主义的
n. 集团；集合体；集合名词
例句：It was a collective decision.
这是集体的决定。
She dismisses the reform process as an exercise in collective navel-gazing.
她对这场改革嗤之以鼻，认为只是场无实际行动的集体空想而已。
He will see that he is participating in all the decisions of the collective.
他要确保他在参与集体企业的所有决策。
daughter
英 [ˈdɔːtə(r)] 美 [ˈdɔːtər]n. 女儿；[遗][农学] 子代
adj. 女儿的；子代的
例句：My daughter is at university.
我女儿在上大学。
She has a six-year-old daughter.
她有个6岁的女儿。
She bore him a daughter, Susanna.
她给他生了个女儿，叫苏珊娜。
undermine
英 [ˌʌndəˈmaɪn] 美 [ˌʌndərˈmaɪn]vt. 破坏，渐渐破坏；挖掘地基
例句：He accused me of slandering him and trying to undermine his position.
他指控我诽谤他并想削弱他的地位。
The prosecution did its best to undermine the credibility of the witness.
原告竭力削弱证人的可信性。
The continued fighting threatens to undermine efforts to negotiate an agreement.
持续的战斗有可能破坏通过谈判达成协议的努力。
proverb
英 [ˈprɒvɜːb] 美 [ˈprɑːvɜːrb]n. 谚语，格言；众所周知的人或事
例句：An old Arab proverb says, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
有一句古老的阿拉伯谚语说：“我敌人的敌人是我的朋友。”
The woman exclaimed, and thence the proverb: It is so mahogany!
那女人叫了起来，因此才有了这句谚语：这是多么美丽的桃花心木啊！
A proverb is a short, well known saying that expresses a common truth or belief.
谚语是一个众所周知的简短说法，表达一个普遍的真理或信仰。
brittle
英 [ˈbrɪtl] 美 [ˈbrɪtl]adj. 易碎的，脆弱的；易生气的
例句：Brittle things break easily.
脆的东西容易破碎。
They don't deform easily; they tend to be more brittle.
它们不容易变形；它们是更脆的。
They were quite brittle and shattered very easily if they were dropped.
它们很脆，如果掉在地上很容易碎。
回顾
- collective
- daughter
- undermine
- proverb
- brittle
