英语四级单词每天背 第0048期

materialize

英 [məˈtɪəriəlaɪz] 美 [məˈtɪriəlaɪz]

v. 实现，成为现实；突然显现，奇怪地出现

例句：

A rebellion by radicals failed to materialize.
激进分子的一次叛乱未能实现。

Their much vaunted reforms did not materialize.
他们大肆吹嘘的改革并没有实现。

The promotion he had been promised failed to materialize.
答应给他晋升的许诺未能实现。

Drugstore

英 [ˈdrʌɡstɔː(r)] 美 [ˈdrʌɡstɔːr]

n. [药] 药房（常兼售化妆品、杂志等杂货）；（美）杂货店

例句：

All he needs to do is to shell our $30 for paternity testing kit (PTK) at his local Drugstore—and another $120 to get the results.
他所要做的就是在他当地的药店里花30美元高价买一套亲子鉴定试剂盒（PTK），再花120美元得到结果。

I've been working in a Drugstore, and today someone came in to buy bandages for a woman who's burned her hand.
我一直在一家药店工作，今天有人来给一个烧伤手的女人买绷带。

Rita: Go to Lang's Drugstore.
丽塔：去朗氏药店。

hasten

英 [ˈheɪsn] 美 [ˈheɪsn]

v. 促进，使加快；急忙进行，赶紧说（或做）；赶往（某地）

例句：

But if he does this, he may hasten the collapse of his own country.
但是如果他这样做，他也许就会加速自己国家的灭亡。

He has been described as a 'charmless bore'—not by me, I hasten to add.
他被说成是“无聊的啰唆鬼”—不是我说的，我赶忙加了一句。

Hasten, Pinocchio, I beg you!
快点，皮诺乔，求你快点！

turtle

英 [ˈtɜːt(ə)l] 美 [ˈtɜːrtl]

n. 龟，甲鱼；海龟

vi. 翻到背面或顶部；翻覆；（尤指在水中）捕捉海龟

n. （Turtle）（英）特特尔（人名）

例句：

She moves like a turtle.
她的行动缓慢如龟。

The Mock Turtle went on.
假海龟继续讲。

The Mock Turtle repeated thoughtfully.
假海龟若有所思地重复着。

thoroughly

英 [ˈθʌrəli] 美 [ˈθɜːrəli]

adv. 完全地，极度地；仔细地，认真地，彻底地

例句：

I'm thoroughly confused.
我完全给搞糊涂了。

A quick stir will mix them thoroughly.
快速搅拌会使它们完全混合。

The political system has become thoroughly outmoded.
这种政治体系已经彻底过时了。

回顾

1. materialize
2. Drugstore
3. hasten
4. turtle
5. thoroughly