英语高考高频词汇第120期

distress

英 [dɪˈstres] 美 [dɪˈstres]

n. 危难，不幸；贫困；悲痛

vt. 使悲痛；使贫困

例句：

She was obviously in distress after the attack.
她受到攻击后显然很痛苦。

Widows seem to experience more distress than widowers.
寡妇似乎比鳏夫感受更多痛苦。

He keeps coming to the aid of this damsel in distress.
他经常去帮助这位处于痛苦中的少女。

catalog

英 ['kætəlɒɡ] 美 [ˈkætəlɔːɡ]

n. [图情][计] 目录；登记

vt. 登记；为…编目录

vi. 编目录；按确定价格收入目录（等于catalogue）

例句：

Let me look it up in the catalog.
让我查一下目录。

Will you please send us your price list or catalog?
请把你们的价格表或目录寄给我们好吗？

He was always a scholar. His catalog of collectors' marks is still a classic.
他一直学识渊博。编纂的收藏家标记目录依然是经典。

navigation

英 [ˌnævɪˈɡeɪʃn] 美 [ˌnævɪˈɡeɪʃn]

n. 航行；航海

例句：

They will be helped by the very latest in navigation aids.
他们将得到最新的导航设备的帮助。

Pack ice around Iceland was becoming a threat to navigation.
冰岛周围的浮冰一度成为船舶航行的威胁。

The expedition was wrecked by bad planning and poor navigation.
这次探险因计划不周和导航不利而失败。

powder

英 [ˈpaʊdə(r)] 美 [ˈpaʊdər]

n. 粉；粉末；[化工][军] 火药；尘土

vt. 使成粉末；撒粉；搽粉于

vi. 搽粉；变成粉末

例句：

The snow was like powder.
雪像粉末一样。

The mustard is sold in powder form.
芥末是以粉末状出售的。

She brushed the powder out of her hair.
她把粉末从头发中梳掉。

geometry

英 [dʒiˈɒmətri] 美 [dʒiˈɑːmətri]

n. 几何学

几何结构

例句：

The doctor doesn't know how to teach me geometry.
这个教授不知道如何教我几何学。

They can also learn geometry by assembling a bicycle.
他们还可以通过组装自行车来学习几何。

The geometry of the game, however, is essential to understanding it.
然而，游戏的几何结构是理解它的必要条件。

回顾

1. distress
2. catalog
3. navigation
4. powder
5. geometry