每天背单词 第139期

bury

英 [ˈberi] 美 [ˈberi]

vt. 埋葬；隐藏

n. (Bury)人名；(法)比里；(英、西)伯里；(德、意、罗、波、捷、匈)布里；(俄)布雷

例句：

'Good place to bury the bodies,' she joked with black humour.
“真是个掩埋尸体的风水宝地。”她以黑色幽默打趣道。

I was horrified that people would think I was dead and bury me alive.
人们会以为我死了而将我活埋的想法让我极度恐惧。

Bury the old world and build a new one.
埋葬旧世界，建设新世界。

surveyor

英 [səˈveɪə(r)] 美 [sɜːr'ver]

n. 测量员；检验员

例句：

Because light traveling down from a summit passes through many such layers, a surveyor could sight a mirage rather than the peak itself.
因为从山顶向下传播的光会穿过许多这样的层，所以测量员看到的可能是海市蜃楼而不是山峰本身。

The surveyor examined the walls for signs of damp.
房屋鉴定人检查了墙壁，看是否有水渍。

When he grew older, William Smith taught himself surveying from books he bought with his small savings, and at the age of eighteen he was apprenticed to a surveyor of the local parish.
当威廉·史密斯长大一些，他用自己的一点积蓄买了一些书，自学测量学，并且他18岁时在当地教区做了一名测量师的学徒。

actor

英 [ˈæktə(r)] 美 [ˈæktər]

n. 男演员；行动者；作用物

例句：

Grodin is a fine comic actor.
格罗丁是一位好的滑稽演员。

He failed miserably as an actor.
作为演员，他败得很惨。

He was nominated (as) best actor.
他获得了最佳男演员的提名。

likelihood

英 [ˈlaɪklihʊd] 美 [ˈlaɪklihʊd]

n. 可能性，可能

例句：

The likelihood of infection is minimal.
传染的可能性微乎其微。

There is very little likelihood of that happening.
几乎没有发生那种事情的可能。

He faces growing unease among the Democrats about the likelihood of war.
他面对着民主党人对战争可能性的日益增加的不安。

breath

英 [breθ] 美 [breθ]

n. 呼吸，气息；一口气，（呼吸的）一次；瞬间，瞬息；微风；迹象；无声音，气音

例句：

His breath came in snuffles.
他呼哧呼哧地呼吸着。

Shona struggled for breath.
肖娜艰难地喘着气。

Her breath came in convulsive gasps.
她的呼吸变得突然喘不过气来。

回顾

1. bury
2. surveyor
3. actor
4. likelihood
5. breath