英语单词超好背 第0377期

break

英 [breɪk] 美 [breɪk]

v. 打破；（人或动物）骨折；擦破（皮肤）；违犯；弄坏；（机器）失灵；打断（连续性）；（天气）突变；（新闻）突然传开；终止

n. 间断；休息；短假；缺口；破裂；进攻；骨折；结束；机会；（斯诺克）一次连续得分；蓓蕾

例句：

You need a break from routine.
你需要从日常工作中解脱出来去休息一下。

Old bones break easily.
老骨头容易骨折。

He worked on without a break.
他毫不停歇地继续工作。

outset

英 [ˈaʊtset] 美 [ˈaʊtset]

n. 开始；开端

例句：

Decide at the outset what kind of learning programme you want to follow.
一开始就要定下你的学习计划。

I never understood why he didn't just accede to our demands at the outset.
我从不能理解为什么他不一开始就答应我们的请求。

The president has played a shrewd diplomatic game because from the outset he called for direct talks.
总统玩了一场精明的外交游戏，因为从一开始他就要求进行直接对话。

forum

英 [ˈfɔːrəm] 美 [ˈfɔːrəm]

n. 论坛，讨论会；法庭；公开讨论的广场

例句：

The forum is now open to all budding entrepreneurs.
该论坛现在向所有崭露头角的企业家开放。

The quarterly had been a forum for sound academic debate.
这份季刊曾经是正统学术辩论的论坛。

Members of the council agreed that was an important forum for discussion.
理事会成员们一致认为那是一个用于讨论的重要论坛。

wedge

英 [wedʒ] 美 [wedʒ]

n. 楔子；楔形物；不和

v. 楔入；挤进；楔住

n. (Wedge) 韦奇（人名）

例句：

He hammered the wedge into the crack in the stone.
他用锤子把楔子砸入石缝里。

A small curve in the sliding part of the convex top of the lower nut acts as the wedge.
下螺母凸顶的滑动零件上有一条小弧线充当楔块。

The logograms were incised on damp clay tablets with a stylus with a wedge shape at its end.
这些标识是用一根末端为楔形的手写笔在潮湿的泥板上刻下的。

rotation

英 [rəʊˈteɪʃn] 美 [roʊˈteɪʃn]

n. 旋转；循环，轮流

例句：

Wheat, maize and sugar beet are planted in rotation.
小麦、玉米和甜菜是轮流种植的。

The committee is chaired by all the members in rotation.
委员会由所有成员轮流主持。

The workers in this workshop do day and night shifts in weekly rotation.
这个车间的工人上白班和上夜班每周轮换一次。

回顾

1. break
2. outset
3. forum
4. wedge
5. rotation