英语四级通关训练 第0107期

however

英 [haʊˈevə(r)] 美 [haʊˈevər]

adv. 然而，可是，不过；无论如何；（用于表示惊讶）究竟怎样；……左右，……上下

conj. 不管怎样，无论如何；然而，可是

例句：

On one issue, however, she was immovable.
然而，就一点而言，她态度是坚决的。

However, traders tended to discount the rumour.
但是，商人们倾向于不理会这个传闻。

However, he underestimates the scale of the problem.
然而，他却低估了问题的严重性。

riddle

英 [ˈrɪd(ə)l] 美 [ˈrɪdl]

n. 谜语；谜一般的人（或事）；（筛分土石的）粗筛

v. 猜（某人）出的（谜），为（某人）解（谜）；<古> 打谜语般地说，出谜；把……打得满是窟窿；（尤指令人不快之事）充斥，布满；用粗筛筛；摇动（炉栅）使灰落下

【名】 （Riddle）（美、英、加）里德尔（人名）

例句：

All comers to the Sphinx were asked a riddle, and failure to solve it meant death.
所有来到斯芬克斯面前的人都被问了一个谜语，解答不了就意味着死亡。

Scientists claimed yesterday to have solved the riddle of the birth of the universe.
科学家们昨天宣布已经解开了宇宙诞生之谜。

Can you answer this riddle?
你能猜出这个谜语吗？

canary

英 [kəˈneəri] 美 [kəˈneri]

n. 金丝雀；淡黄色，鲜黄色；加纳利甜酒

n. （Canary）（美、印、英）卡纳里

例句：

My canary has laid an egg.
我的金丝雀下了一个蛋。

Which companies are in Canary Wharf?
金丝雀码头有哪些公司？

The one with the pointy roof is Canary Wharf.
那个有尖顶的是金丝雀码头。

locust

英 [ˈləʊkəst] 美 [ˈloʊkəst]

n. [植保] 蝗虫，[昆] 蚱蜢

例句：

There were millions of locusts around us—a locust sandstorm.
我们周围有数百万只蝗虫—— 一场蝗虫风暴。

The project involves transferring the skills of the 15, 000 household locust farmers in Thailand across the border.
这个项目涉及到转变跨边界的泰国境内15000名家庭蝗虫养殖者的技能。

As with gingerbread men and gummy bears, the dilemma when served a locust is whether to begin eating it head or legs first.
就像吃姜饼的人和小熊软糖一样，吃蝗虫时的窘境是先吃它的头还是腿。

consecutive

英 [kənˈsekjətɪv] 美 [kənˈsekjətɪv]

adj. 连续的，不间断的

例句：

The Cup was won for the third consecutive year by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
这个奖杯连续第三年由多伦多枫叶队赢去了。

Its Campaign to Protect Rural England struck terror into many local Consecutive parties.
它保护英格兰农村的运动使许多地方连续政党感到恐惧。

You know that studying six consecutive hours is not equivalent to studying one hour a day for six days.
你知道连续学习6个小时并不等于连续6天每天学习1个小时。

回顾

1. however
2. riddle
3. canary
4. locust
5. consecutive