第439期-每天背单词
rebuke
英 [rɪˈbjuːk] 美 [rɪˈbjuːk]v. 斥责,指责;控制
n. 指责,斥责
例句:He was silenced by her stinging rebuke.
她的尖锐批评使他哑口无言。
His statements drew a stinging rebuke from the chairman.
他的申明受到了主席严厉的谴责。
I would not judge nor rebuke them.
我既不会审判他们,也不会谴责他们。
pessimist
英 [ˈpesɪmɪst] 美 [ˈpesɪmɪst]n. 悲观主义者
例句:He is a pessimist and a defeatist.
他是悲观主义者,也是失败主义者。
I'm a natural pessimist; I usually expect the worst.
我是个天生的悲观主义者,我总是往最坏的方面想。
You don't have to be a pessimist to realize that we're in trouble.
不是悲观论者也能意识到我们有了麻烦。
majority
英 [məˈdʒɒrəti] 美 [məˈdʒɔːrəti]n. 多数;成年
例句:She was elected by a narrow majority.
她以微弱多数当选。
The vast majority live further inland.
大多数人居住在更远的内陆。
She won the election by a clear majority.
她以明显的多数赢得选举。
fairly
英 [ˈfeəli] 美 [ˈferli]adv. 相当地;公平地;简直
n. (Fairly)人名;(英)费尔利
例句:Our plans are fairly elastic.
我们的计划有相当大的灵活性。
The exam was fairly difficult.
这场考试相当难。
The wheels are usually fairly large.
该机轮通常相当大。
tidy
英 [ˈtaɪdi] 美 [ˈtaɪdi]adj. 整齐的;相当大的
vt. 整理;收拾;弄整齐
vi. 整理;收拾
n. 椅子的背罩
n. (Tidy)人名;(英)泰迪
例句:They sat in her neat and tidy kitchen.
他们坐在她那干净整齐的厨房里。
He lives alone in a suspiciously tidy apartment.
他独自一人住在一套整洁得出奇的公寓里。
She took advantage of the children's absence to tidy their rooms.
她趁孩子们不在时收拾了他们的房间。
回顾
- rebuke
- pessimist
- majority
- fairly
- tidy