每天背单词 第256期

refuge

英 [ˈrefjuːdʒ] 美 [ˈrefjuːdʒ]

n. 避难；避难所；庇护

vt. 给予…庇护；接纳…避难

vi. 避难；逃避

例句：

They took refuge in a bomb shelter.
他们在一个防空洞里避难。

They took refuge in the embassy compound.
他们在大使馆围区内避难。

A further 300 people have taken refuge in the US embassy.
又有300人在美国大使馆避难。

sponsorship

英 [ˈspɒnsəʃɪp] 美 [ˈspɑːnsərʃɪp]

n. 赞助；发起；保证人的地位；教父母身份

例句：

Sport is being debased by commercial sponsorship.
体育运动因受商业赞助而降低了声誉。

Eventually, we alighted on the idea of seeking sponsorship.
最后我们偶然想到了寻求赞助。

Industrial sponsorship is a supplement to government funding.
工业界的赞助是对政府拨款的补充。

prominent

英 [ˈprɒmɪnənt] 美 [ˈprɑːmɪnənt]

adj. 突出的，显著的；杰出的；卓越的

例句：

He had an angular face with prominent cheekbones.
他有一张颧骨突出、棱角分明的脸。

He went on to earn a prominent professorial position.
他接着得到了一个著名的教授职位。

Here the window plays a prominent part in the design.
这里，窗户在设计中有着突出的作用。

shrub

英 [ʃrʌb] 美 [ʃrʌb]

n. 灌木；灌木丛

例句：

Once shrub covers everything, you lose the meadow habitat.
一旦灌木覆盖了一切，你就失去了草地的栖息地。

Once the fire is out, the grass and shrub ecosystems should return quickly.
火一旦被熄灭，草和灌木的生态系统就会很快恢复。

An unremarkable shrub on the gravel plain moved and resolved into an ostrich.
砾石平原上的一株不起眼的灌木移动了一下，变成了一只鸵鸟。

scorn

英 [skɔːn] 美 [skɔːrn]

n. 轻蔑；嘲笑；藐视的对象

v. 轻蔑；藐视；不屑做

例句：

Researchers greeted the proposal with scorn.
研究者们对这个提议报以轻蔑的态度。

Her fellow teachers greeted her proposal with scorn.
别的老师对她的提议不屑一顾。

The man looked at him with scorn.
那人轻蔑地看着他。

回顾

1. refuge
2. sponsorship
3. prominent
4. shrub
5. scorn