每天背单词 第460期

blunt

英 [blʌnt] 美 [blʌnt]

adj. 钝的，不锋利的；生硬的；直率的

vt. 使迟钝

n. (Blunt)人名；(英)布伦特

例句：

The edge is as blunt as an old butter knife.
刃钝得跟一把老黄油刀一样。

The police said he had been hit with a blunt instrument.
警方说他遭到了钝器袭击。

One of them had been struck 13 times over the head with a blunt object.
他们其中一人的头部被钝器砸了13下。

freight

英 [freɪt] 美 [freɪt]

n. 货运；运费；船货

v. 运送；装货；使充满

例句：

France derives 16% of revenue from air freight.
法国国家税收的16%来自于航空货运。

Trains are taking a lot of freight that used to be routed via trucks.
火车正在运送过去由卡车运送的大批货物。

On the customs declaration, the sender labelled the freight as agricultural machinery.
在报关单上，发货方将货物列为农业机械。

equivalence

英 [ɪˈkwɪvələns] 美 [ɪˈkwɪvələns]

n. 等价；相等；等值

例句：

For women in the military, the search for equality will still be based on functional equivalence, not identity or even similarity of task.
对于军队中的女性来说，寻求平等仍然是基于功能对等，而不是身份甚至任务上的相似性。

There is no straightforward equivalence between economic progress and social well-being.
经济进步与社会福利之间绝非简单等同。

Another characteristic of a good distance learning program is the equivalence of the distance learning course with the same subject materials as those students taking the course on the home campus.
一个好的远程教育课程的另一个特点是，远程教育课程与那些在主校学习课程的学生的学科教材是等同的。

modernize

英 [ˈmɒdənaɪz] 美 [ˈmɑːdərnaɪz]

vt. 使…现代化

vi. 现代化

例句：

Romania badly needs aid to modernize its outmoded industries.
罗马尼亚迫切需要援助以对其过时的产业进行现代化。

Unfortunately we lack the resources to modernize.
遗憾的是我们缺乏现代化所需的财力。

They resisted our attempts to modernize the distribution of books.
他们抵制我们将书籍发行现代化的努力。

impractical

英 [ɪmˈpræktɪkl] 美 [ɪmˈpræktɪkl]

adj. 不切实际的，不现实的；不能实行的

例句：

It was totally impractical to think that we could finish the job in two months.
认为我们能在两个月之内完成这项工作，这完全是不切实际的。

Once there were regularly scheduled airlines, it became impractical to make a business trip by ocean liner.
一旦有了定期的飞机航班，乘坐远洋客轮出差就变得不切实际了。

The other alternatives are attractive in theory but in practice are either impractical or offer only marginal improvements.
其他替代方案在理论上很有吸引力，但在实践中要么不切实际，要么只能提供微不足道的改进。

回顾

1. blunt
2. freight
3. equivalence
4. modernize
5. impractical