第0171期-英语四级单词每天背
extinguish
英 [ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ] 美 [ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ]v. 熄灭;消灭,使破灭;<法律>取消(权利,义务),使无效;偿清;压制
例句:The firemen did their best to extinguish the fire.
消防队员竭尽全力灭火。
However many generations succeed us in coming centuries, none of them will ever see this species that we extinguish.
无论多少代人在未来几个世纪里接替我们,他们谁也不会看到我们消灭的这个物种。
Firefighters tried to extinguish the flames.
消防队员奋力救火。
shilling
英 [ˈʃɪlɪŋ] 美 [ˈʃɪlɪŋ]n. 先令
n. (Shilling)人名;(英)希林
例句:Mrs. Medlock said I was to have a shilling a week to spend.
梅德洛克太太说我每星期有一先令可以花。
There's twelve of us an' my father only gets sixteen shilling a week.
我们家有十二口人,我父亲一星期只挣十六先令。
In former times, 12 pence went to a shilling.
过去,十二便士等于一先令。
cellar
英 [ˈselə(r)] 美 [ˈselər]n. 地下室,地窖;窖藏酒
v. 将(酒)存于地窖
【名】 (Cellar)(捷)采拉尔(人名)
例句:Suddenly she dashed down to the cellar.
她猛地朝地窖冲过去。
He shone the flashlight around the cellar.
他用手电筒往地窖各处照了照。
Water had started to leak into the cellar.
水已开始渗入地下室。
fortunately
英 [ˈfɔːtʃənətli] 美 [ˈfɔːrtʃənətli]adv. 幸运地
例句:Fortunately the gunman's shots went astray.
幸好持枪歹徒把子弹打偏了。
I was late, but fortunately the meeting hadn't started.
我迟到了,不过幸好会议还没有开始。
Fortunately the short delay gave him time to gather himself.
幸运的是,这短暂的拖延给了他喘息的时间。
raid
英 [reɪd] 美 [reɪd]n. 突袭,袭击;突击检查,突然搜查;抢劫,打劫;(股票)恶意大量买进
v. 突袭,偷袭;突击搜捕,突然搜查;抢劫,劫掠;扫荡(某处的食物)
【名】 (Raid)(阿拉伯)拉伊德(人名)
例句:It sounds like an air raid siren.
这听起来像是空袭警报。
The weapon used in the raid was a replica.
抢劫案中使用的武器是一件仿制品。
The success of the raid depended on split-second timing.
袭击的成功取决于分秒不差的时间安排。
回顾
- extinguish
- shilling
- cellar
- fortunately
- raid