英语单词超好背 第0147期

profitable

英 [ˈprɒfɪtəbl] 美 [ˈprɑːfɪtəbl]

adj. 有利可图的；赚钱的；有益的

例句：

It would take a miracle to make this business profitable.
让这个公司赢利简直是天方夜谭。

Other less profitable services are to be axed later this year.
其他盈利较少的服务项目预定今年稍晚将大量削减。

Drug manufacturing is the most profitable business in the U.S.
药品生产是美国最赚钱的行业。

affirm

英 [əˈfɜːm] 美 [əˈfɜːrm]

vt. 肯定；断言

vi. 确认；断言

例句：

I can affirm that no one will lose their job.
我可以肯定，谁都不会丢掉工作。

In my opinion, in the appraisal of migrant workers, it is one-sided to affirm everything or to negate everything.
在我看来，对农民工的评价中，肯定一切或否定一切都是片面的。

Everything I had accomplished seemed to affirm that opinion.
我所做成的每件事似乎都证实了那个观点。

leap

英 [liːp] 美 [liːp]

v. 跳，跳跃；急速移动，猛冲；突然做（某事）；剧增，猛涨；（车辆）突然移动

n. 飞跃；跳跃，跳高；骤变；剧增；（用于地名）跃过或起跳处

n. (Leap)（美、法、英）莱亚（人名）

例句：

His heart gave a sudden leap when he saw her.
他看见她时，心猛地一跳。

The suspect took a leap out of a third-storey window.
那个犯罪嫌疑人从三楼的窗口跳了出去。

She took a flying leap and landed on the other side of the stream.
她一个飞跃跳到小溪的对面。

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。

drunkard

英 [ˈdrʌŋkəd] 美 [ˈdrʌŋkərd]

n. 酒鬼，醉汉

例句：

The drunkard began to rave again.
这酒鬼又开始胡言乱语了。

The author portrayed his father as a vicious drunkard.
作者把他父亲描绘成一个可恶的酒鬼。

Shortly Tom came upon the juvenile pariah of the village, Huckleberry Finn, son of the town drunkard.
不久，汤姆遇到了村子里的坏孩子哈克贝利·费恩，他是本镇一个酒鬼的儿子。

回顾

1. profitable
2. affirm
3. leap
4. breath
5. drunkard