英语单词超好背 第0357期

reactionary

英 [riˈækʃənri] 美 [riˈækʃəneri]

adj. 保守的，反动的；反动主义的；反对改革的

n. 反动分子；反动派；保守派

例句：

The men are hidebound and reactionary.
那些人既顽固又反动。

Critics viewed him as a reactionary, even a monarchist.
批评者们把他看成是反动分子，甚至是君主主义者。

The reactionary policemen broke and arrested many progressive students.
反动警察打垮并逮捕了许多激进学生。

nameless

英 [ˈneɪmləs] 美 [ˈneɪmləs]

adj. 不可名状的，难以形容的；匿名的

例句：

You may end up buying their book on the way out, but soon afterwards, it is much like fast food, and you get a nameless sense that you've been cheated.
你可能会在出去的路上买他们的书，但它就像快餐一样，你很快就会有一种莫名其妙的感觉，觉得自己被骗了。

Were it not for the nameless adventure that awaited them, they would have thrown a pair of dice each evening and agreed that two sixes would end it all.
如果不是那场等待着他们的无名冒险，他们早就每天晚上掷出一对骰子，并同意一掷出两个六就结束这一切。

This nameless person pushed the human race over a historic threshold, for it was in that year that mankind became, for the first time in its history, a predominantly urban species.
这个无名人士让人类的发展跨出了历史性的一步，因为正是在那一年，人类在其历史上第一次成为主要的城市物种。

tumult

英 [ˈtjuːmʌlt] 美 [ˈtuːmʌlt]

n. 骚动；骚乱；吵闹；激动

例句：

The whole city was in tumult.
全城骚动。

It seems that humankind is to be destroyed because they irritate the gods with their tumult and noise.
似乎是人类是要被毁灭的，因为人类的骚乱和噪音惹怒众神。

Tiamat and Apsu are disturbed by the din and the tumult of these younger gods.
Tiamat 和 Apsu 被这些年轻的神灵的喧嚣和骚动所打扰。

asleep

英 [əˈsliːp] 美 [əˈsliːp]

adj. 睡着的；麻木的；长眠的；不积极的；不专心的

adv. 熟睡地；进入睡眠状态（地）

例句：

He had fallen asleep on the sofa.
他在沙发上睡着了。

He's half asleep and a bit boozed.
他半醒半睡，还有点微醉。

In moments, I was asleep once more.
很快，我又睡着了。

spin

英 [spɪn] 美 [spɪn]

vi. 旋转；纺纱；吐丝；晕眩

vt. 使旋转；纺纱；编造；结网

n. 旋转；疾驰

例句：

She puts a lot of spin on the ball.
她打出的球旋转得很厉害。

Let's go for a spin.
咱们兜风去。

The boat started to spin around in the water.
那条船开始在水里打转。

回顾

1. reactionary
2. nameless
3. tumult
4. asleep
5. spin