每天背单词 第098期

pianist

英 [ˈpɪənɪst] 美 [ˈpiːənɪst]

n. 钢琴家；钢琴演奏者

例句：

Howard is a talented pianist.
霍华德是一名有天赋的钢琴家。

Peter is a classically trained pianist.
彼得是个受过传统技能训练的钢琴家。

He regaled us with tales of his days as a jazz pianist.
他给我们讲述他当爵士乐钢琴师时的事，逗我们开心。

rapture

英 [ˈræptʃə(r)] 美 [ˈræptʃər]

n. 兴高采烈

v. 使……狂喜；使……着迷；（基督再临时）提送（信徒）升天

例句：

The children gazed at her in rapture.
孩子们欣喜若狂地看着她。

Charles listened with rapture to her singing.
查尔斯兴致勃勃地听她演唱。

His speech was received with rapture by his supporters.
他的演说受到了其支持者的热烈欢呼。

roman

英 [ˈrəʊmən] 美 [ˈroʊmən]

n. 罗马人；古罗马语

adj. 罗马的；罗马人的

例句：

Mars was the Roman god of war.
马尔斯是古罗马战神。

The novel is set in the Roman period.
该小说的背景是罗马时期。

Senorita Zorreguieta is a Roman Catholic.
索雷吉耶塔女士是位罗马天主教徒。

motorcar

英 [ˈməʊtəkɑː(r)] 美 [ˈmoʊtərˌkɑːr]

n. （英）汽车；（美）电动车

例句：

In late December 2013, a video created by him was his first experience to prevent electric motorcar from being stolen.
2013年12月底，他制作了一段视频，这是他第一次体验防止电动汽车被盗。

While owning a motorcar might be convenient for the driver and his passengers, we also have to consider the environmental impact of this type of transportation.
虽然拥有一辆汽车对司机和乘客来说可能很方便，但我们也要考虑到这种交通工具对环境的影响。

The motorcar slowed up over the bridge.
汽车减速过桥。

imperialism

英 [ɪmˈpɪəriəlɪzəm] 美 [ɪmˈpɪriəlɪzəm]

n. 帝国主义

例句：

Might is right — that is the logic of imperialism.
强权即公理——这是帝国主义的逻辑。

Our two peoples share the same experience of having been oppressed by imperialism.
我们两国人民都有遭受帝国主义压迫的共同经历。

The executives acknowledge that they try to swing national eating habits to food created in America, but they deny that amounts to economic imperialism.
高管们承认，他们试图将国民饮食习惯转向美国创造的食物，但他们否认这等同于经济帝国主义。

回顾

1. pianist
2. rapture
3. roman
4. motorcar
5. imperialism