英语四级单词每天背 第0191期

hoarse

英 [hɔːs] 美 [hɔːrs]

adj. 嘶哑的

嘶哑地

例句：

"So what do you think?" she said in a hoarse whisper.
“那么你怎么认为？”她用嘶哑的嗓音悄声说道。

Hand in hand, classmates sing themselves hoarse.
手牵手，同学们嘶哑地歌唱。

Their voices were hoarse, but they began yelling again.
他们的声音沙哑，但又开始喊叫起来。

metallurgy

英 [məˈtælədʒi] 美 [ˈmetəlɜːrdʒi]

n. 冶金；冶金学；冶金术

例句：

She loved metallurgy as I do, and she named one of her dogs Maggie, and one of her dogs Molly.
她像我一样喜欢冶金学，并且她给一只狗命名玛吉，另一只狗为莫丽。

Unlike in the Americas, where metallurgy was a very late and limited development, Africans had iron from a relatively early date.
美洲的冶金学发展非常晚，而且发展有限。与之不同的是，非洲人在更早的时候就有了铁。

A few years of metallurgy experimentation later, the disposable-blade safety razor was born.
经过了几年的试验，使用抛弃型刀片的安全剃刀问世了。

battle

英 [ˈbæt(ə)l] 美 [ˈbætl]

n. 战役，战争；争论，斗争；竞赛，较量；拼搏，奋斗

v. 与……作战，和……斗争；搏斗，奋斗；争吵，争论；阻止，打败

【名】 （Battle）（英）巴特尔，（法）巴特勒，（西）巴特莱（人名）

例句：

A plaque commemorates the battle.
有一块饰板用来纪念那次战役。

The battle had reached a crucial juncture.
战斗已到了关键时刻。

She finally won the legal battle for compensation.
她终于赢得了这场要求赔偿的法律斗争。

uncover

英 [ʌnˈkʌvə(r)] 美 [ʌnˈkʌvər]

v. 揭露，发现；揭开盖子，移开覆盖物；发掘，挖出；脱帽（尤指表示敬意）

例句：

When the seedlings sprout, uncover the tray.
幼苗发芽后，揭开盘上的遮盖物。

It took internal whistle-blowing and investigative journalism to uncover the rot.
通过来自内部的检举和调查性报道才揭露出了这一腐败现象。

The reason he had to uncover it was that beehive tombs, like everything else, were buried.
他必须揭开它的原因是这些蜂窝墓，像其他东西一样，被埋在地下。

exam

英 [ɪɡˈzæm] 美 [ɪɡˈzæm]

n. 考试；试卷；<美>医学检查

例句：

He finished top in the exam.
他考试得了第一名。

She's practising for her piano exam.
她在练习准备钢琴考试。

I buggered up the exam.
我考试考砸了。

回顾

1. hoarse
2. metallurgy
3. battle
4. uncover
5. exam