每天背单词 第011期

plateau

英 [ˈplætəʊ] 美 [plæˈtoʊ]

n. 高原；稳定水平；托盘；平顶女帽

vi. 达到平衡；达到稳定时期

例句：

The U.S. heroin market now appears to have reached a plateau.
美国的海洛因市场目前似乎已进入了一个稳定阶段。

We took a plane southwest across the Anatolian plateau to Cappadocia.
我们乘飞机朝西南方,越过安纳托利亚高原,飞往卡帕多细亚。

A broad valley opened up leading to a high, flat plateau of cultivated land.
一个宽阔的山谷展开，通向一片平坦的高原耕地。

whale

英 [weɪl] 美 [weɪl]

n. 鲸；巨大的东西

v. （非正式）殴打；捕鲸；使惨败

n. (Whale) （爱）惠尔（人名）

例句：

A whale is a fish. True or false?
鲸鱼是鱼，对还是错？

A whale was found washed up on the shore.
一头鲸被发现冲到了岸上。

The whale dived as the harpoon struck it.
鲸被鱼叉射中后下潜。

tigress

英 [ˈtaɪɡrəs] 美 [ˈtaɪɡrəs]

n. 雌虎；凶悍的女人

例句：

They will be swift with swiftness of the tigress.
他们迅速堪比母虎。

Tigers fight to death only when a tigress is defending her young, or when a tiger is guarding a tigress from the attentions of other males.
只有当一只母老虎在保护自己的幼崽时，或者当一只老虎在保护一只母老虎不受其他雄性动物的注意时，老虎才会搏斗致死。

A liger is a hybrid cross between a male lion and a tigress.
狮虎兽是雄性狮子和雌性老虎的后代。

prestige

英 [preˈstiːʒ] 美 [preˈstiːʒ]

n. 威望，声望；声誉

adj. 令人敬仰的；受尊重的；贵重的

n. （Prestige）（英）普雷斯蒂奇（人名）

例句：

It was his responsibility for foreign affairs that gained him international prestige.
是他在外交事务中的尽职尽责为他赢得了国际声望。

As the president's prestige continues to fall, they're clearly beginning to consider him a liability.
随着总统的威信持续下降，他们显然开始认为他是一个累赘。

Some did not get much more prestige than that.
很少有人能享有如此声望。

jewelry

英 ['dʒuːəlrɪ] 美 [ˈdʒuːəlri]

n. 珠宝；珠宝类

例句：

I asked him to have my jewelry valued.
我请求他为我的珠宝估价。

The one on the right wears jewelry.
右边的一个人戴着首饰。

We have purchased some valuable jewelry.
我们购置了几件贵重的珠宝饰物。

回顾

1. plateau
2. whale
3. tigress
4. prestige
5. jewelry