英语单词超好背 第0381期

cab

英 [kæb] 美 [kæb]

n. 驾驶室；出租汽车；出租马车

vi. 乘出租马车（或汽车）

例句：

We'll take a cab to save time.
我们坐出租车，好节省时间。

The cab drew up outside the house.
出租车在房子外面停了下来。

Could you ring for a cab?
你打电话叫辆出租车来好吗？

somehow

英 [ˈsʌmhaʊ] 美 [ˈsʌmhaʊ]

adv. 以某种方法；莫名其妙地

例句：

She looked different somehow.
不知怎么地，她看上去变了。

The ball somehow bobbled into the net.
球不知怎么在地上弹了几下钻入网窝。

Somehow, I don't feel I can trust him.
不知为什么，我觉得不能信任他。

athletic

英 [æθˈletɪk] 美 [æθˈletɪk]

adj. 运动的，运动员的；体格健壮的

例句：

Xandra is an athletic 36-year-old with a 21-year-old's body.
赞德拉是位36岁却有着21岁人体格的运动型人。

They have been given college scholarships purely on athletic ability.
他们完全凭他们的运动才能获得了大学奖学金。

He wanted his sons to become strong, virile, and athletic like himself.
他希望他的儿子们变得像他一样身强力壮、充满阳刚之气，并擅长体育运动。

decrease

英 [dɪˈkriːs; ˈdiːkriːs] 美 [dɪˈkriːs; ˈdiːkriːs]

v. 减少，减小，降低

n. 减少，减小；减少量；减少过程

例句：

People should decrease the amount of fat they eat.
人们应减少脂肪的摄入量。

There has been a decrease in traffic accidents.
交通事故减少了。

Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.
去年他的收入减少了20%。

constable

英 [ˈkʌnstəbl] 美 [ˈkɑːnstəbl]

n. 治安官，巡警；警察

n. (Constable)人名；(英)康斯特布尔

例句：

Have you finished your report, Constable?
警察，你的报告完成了吗？

The old sexist positions are being challenged everyday by the female pilots flying fast jets to the female constable pounding the beat in your local town.
从驾驶着快速喷气式飞机的女飞行员到在当地城镇大展身手的女警察，旧的性别主义立场每天都在受到挑战。

By-and-by the constable arrived at a deserted market-square, and proceeded to cross it.
后来，警官来到一个空无一人的市集广场，打算穿过它。

回顾

1. cab
2. somehow
3. athletic
4. decrease
5. constable