英语单词超好背 第0476期

humor

英 [ˈhjuːmə] 美 [ˈhjuːmər]

n. 幽默，诙谐；心情

vt. 迎合，迁就；顺应

例句：

The movie mixes broad humor with romance.
那部电影把粗俗幽默和浪漫故事结合在一起。

It's filled with a really fun sense of humor.
它充满了真正有趣的幽默感。

He has found that humor is a double-edged sword.
他发现幽默是一把双刃剑。

peripheral

英 [pəˈrɪfərəl] 美 [pəˈrɪfərəl]

adj. 外围的；次要的；（神经）末梢区域的

n. 外部设备

例句：

Fund-raising is peripheral to their main activities.
对他们的主要活动而言，筹集资金是次要的。

Companies are increasingly eager to contract out peripheral activities like training.
公司越来越渴望把像培训这样的次要活动外包出去。

The curriculum then becomes peripheral and is dealt with by the reserve capacity of the brain.
然后，课程就变成了次要的，就可以被大脑的备用容量所接收了。

photograph

英 [ˈfəʊtəɡrɑːf] 美 [ˈfoʊtəɡræf]

n. 照片，相片

v. 摄影，为......照相；在照片上显得

例句：

The photograph had been framed.
照片已镶了框。

He peered closely at the photograph.
他聚精会神地端详着相片。

It wasn't a very flattering photograph.
这张照片照得不如本人好看。

varnish

英 [ˈvɑːnɪʃ] 美 [ˈvɑːrnɪʃ]

n. 亮光漆，清漆；虚饰；光泽面

vt. 装饰，粉饰；在…上涂清漆；使…有光泽

例句：

The varnish takes a few hours to harden.
清漆需要几个小时才能干透。

You can buy brushes, paint, varnish and suchlike there.
你在那儿能买到刷子、油漆、清漆之类的东西。

Research showed it was the same ordinary varnish used on furniture.
研究表明，它和家具上使用的是一样的普通清漆。

portray

英 [pɔːˈtreɪ] 美 [pɔːrˈtreɪ]

vt. 描绘；扮演

例句：

He has worked hard in recent months to portray New York in a better light.
最近几个月他一直努力工作要从一个更好的角度描绘纽约。

Though advocates portray grass-fed products as a win-win situation for all, they do have downsides.
尽管支持者将草饲产品描绘成对所有人都有利的双赢局面，但这些产品也有缺点。

Why does cartoonist Mike Luckovich portray groundhog Phil confessing in front of reporters that he accepted money from the White House?
漫画家麦克·卢科维奇为什么在画中描绘土拨鼠菲尔在记者面前承认自己收受了白宫的钱呢？

回顾

1. humor
2. peripheral
3. photograph
4. varnish
5. portray