英语单词超好背 第0040期

blunder

英 [ˈblʌndə(r)] 美 [ˈblʌndər]

n. 愚蠢（或粗心）的错误，大错

v. 犯大错，笨嘴笨舌；跌跌撞撞地走；误入（某地）

例句：

It had been a monumental blunder to give him the assignment.
分配给他这项任务是一个巨大的错误。

She cast a sidelong glance at Eric to see if he had noticed her blunder.
她偷偷斜扫了埃里克一眼，看他有没有留意到她的错误。

I think he made a tactical blunder by announcing it so far ahead of time.
我认为他如此提早宣布消息是犯了战术上的错误。

whitewash

英 [ˈwaɪtwɒʃ] 美 [ˈwaɪtwɑːʃ]

n. 粉饰；白色涂料；石灰水

vt. 掩饰；把…刷白

例句：

His wife had wanted to whitewash his reputation after he died.
他妻子在他死后本来想粉饰他的名声。

The opposition claimed the report was a whitewash.
反对派声称这份报告文过饰非。

If he hadn't run out of whitewash he would have bankrupted every boy in the village.
要不是他的灰浆用光了，他会让村里的每个孩子都破产的。

apparently

英 [əˈpærəntli] 美 [əˈpærəntli]

adv. 显然地；似乎，表面上

例句：

His erudition was apparently endless.
他显然学识渊博。

He paused, apparently lost in thought.
他停顿下来，显然陷入了沉思。

The Korean ship was apparently undamaged.
那艘韩国船只显然并未被破坏。

fur

英 [fɜː(r)] 美 [fɜːr]

n. 皮，皮子；毛皮；软毛

n. 水垢

vt. 用毛皮覆盖；使穿毛皮服装

n. (Fur)人名；(法)菲尔；(瑞典)富尔

例句：

The animal is hunted for its fur.
狩猎这种动物是为了获取其毛皮。

Wearing fur has become unfashionable.
穿裘皮服装已经变得不流行了。

She had on a black coat with a fur collar.
她穿着一件有毛皮领子的黑色外套。

prosperity

英 [prɒˈsperəti] 美 [prɑːˈsperəti]

n. 繁荣，成功

例句：

Their prosperity depends on export-led growth.
他们的繁荣依靠的是出口带来的增长。

Our future prosperity depends on economic growth.
我们未来的繁荣昌盛依赖经济的发展。

He was pursuing a utopian dream of world prosperity.
他那时在追求一个不切实际的世界繁荣之梦。

回顾

1. blunder
2. whitewash
3. apparently
4. fur
5. prosperity