第0169期-英语四级通关训练
granite
英 [ˈɡrænɪt] 美 [ˈɡrænɪt]n. 花岗岩;坚毅;冷酷无情
例句:The towers are made of steel cased in granite.
这些塔楼是钢结构,花岗岩贴面。
"Well," I said, grinding my cigarette nervously into the granite step.
“好吧,”我边说边紧张地把香烟在花岗岩台阶上碾灭。
I cut through the courtyard, past the empty granite benches where I'd met Gates.
我穿过院子,经过那些空的花岗岩长椅,我在那里遇到了盖茨。
moonlighting
英 [ˈmuːnlaɪtɪŋ] 美 [ˈmuːnlaɪtɪŋ]n. (尤指夜间)从事第二职业;夜袭
v. (非正式)(尤指夜间)从事第二职业;兼职(moonlight 的现在分词)
例句:If you're smart, you'll loop in your boss before doing any moonlighting.
如果你精明,在做兼职之前你会先让老板知道。
Moonlighting traditionally has meant juggling two hourly jobs, or an hourly job plus freelancing.
传统上的兼职族是同时做两份时薪工作,或者一份时薪工作加自由职业。
Last fall, he started moonlighting as a small-business consultant and personal finance counselor.
去年秋天,他开始兼职做小企业的顾问和个人理财顾问。
rigor
英 [ˈrɪɡə(r)] 美 [ˈrɪɡər]n. (尤指发热之初或高潮时的)寒战;严密,严格(rigour的美式拼法)
n. (Rigor)(菲、美)里戈尔(人名)
例句:Schools acknowledge the rigor of European secondary training, and will give up to a year's credit to foreigners who have passed their high school exams.
学校承认欧洲中等教育制度的严格,并将给予那些通过了高中考试的外国学生额外的一年学分。
Science has to have some rigor.
科学要非常精准。
That rigor helped the company grow speedily.
这种苛刻标准帮助公司迅速成长。
cab
英 [kæb] 美 [kæb]n. 驾驶室;出租车,的士;(旧时的)出租马车;<非正式>(吉他的)扬声器箱
v. 乘出租车旅行
例句:We'll take a cab to save time.
我们坐出租车,好节省时间。
The cab drew up outside the house.
出租车在房子外面停了下来。
Could you ring for a cab?
你打电话叫辆出租车来好吗?
mercantile
英 [ˈmɜːkəntaɪl] 美 [ˈmɜːrkəntiːlˌˈmɜːrkəntaɪl]adj. 贸易的,商业的;营利主义的
例句:Its geographical location stimulated overseas mercantile enterprise.
它的地理位置激发了海外商业企业的兴趣。
San Francisco and New York are important mercantile ports in America.
旧金山和纽约是美国重要的商业港口。
As feudalism decayed in the West it gave rise to a mercantile class.
随着西方封建制度解体,商业阶层应运而生。
回顾
- granite
- moonlighting
- rigor
- cab
- mercantile