每天背单词 第258期

undertaking

英 [ˌʌndəˈteɪkɪŋ] 美 [ˌʌndərˈteɪkɪŋ]

n. 事业；企业；保证；殡仪业

v. 同意；担任；许诺（undertake 的现在分词）

例句：

The landlord gave a written undertaking that the repairs would be carried out.
房东书面保证将进行维修。

Making the house habitable was a major undertaking.
把这房子收拾得可以住人是个大工程。

Organizing the show has been a massive undertaking.
组织这场演出是一项巨大的任务。

peg

英 [peɡ] 美 [peɡ]

n. 钉子；帐篷短桩；晾衣夹子；琴栓；（桶）孔塞；赛位（分配给参赛者钓鱼或射击的位置）；（非正式）人的腿；（尤指汇率的）限度；（非正式）摩托车的脚蹬；（烈酒的）计量；少量威士忌；（非正式，尤指棒球中）尽力的一掷

v. 用夹子夹住；使工资、价格等与……挂钩；视为；（在克里比奇牌戏中）用得分枚计分；（在钓鱼或射击比赛中）给参赛者分配赛位；限定（价格等）；（非正式）归类；（非正式，尤指棒球中）用力低低地扔（球）；疾行；孜孜不倦地做某事

adj. 越往下端越细的

n. (Peg) （美）佩格（人名）

例句：

His work jacket hung on the peg in the kitchen.
他的工作服挂在厨房里的挂钩上。

The Mole's cap was missing from its accustomed peg.
鼹鼠莫尔帽子从常挂在钩子上不见了。

He hung his hat on a peg and flung himself into his seat with business-like alacrity.
他把帽子挂在钉子上，一本正经地迅速坐到座位上。

immature

英 [ˌɪməˈtjʊə(r)] 美 [ˌɪməˈtʃʊr,ˌɪməˈtʊr]

adj. 不成熟的；未长成的；粗糙的

例句：

She is emotionally immature.
她在情感上不成熟。

He said that we were emotionally immature.
他说我们在感情上是不成熟的。

His speech is immature, his vocabulary limited.
他讲话不成熟，词汇量也有限。

chimney

英 [ˈtʃɪmni] 美 [ˈtʃɪmni]

n. 烟囱

例句：

Smoke was curling up the chimney.
烟顺着烟囱缭绕升起。

A shower of sparks flew up the chimney.
烟囱里飞出无数火星。

Puffs of white smoke came from the chimney.
烟囱冒出了袅袅白烟。

deficient

英 [dɪˈfɪʃnt] 美 [dɪˈfɪʃnt]

adj. 不足的；有缺陷的；不充分的

例句：

Deaf people are sometimes treated as being mentally deficient.
耳聋的人有时被看作智力不健全。

Soils are most commonly deficient in nitrogen and phosphorus.
土壤最经常缺乏氮和磷。

Nitrogen-deficient plants exhibit many of the symptoms just described.
缺氮植物表现出上述的许多症状。

回顾

1. undertaking
2. peg
3. immature
4. chimney
5. deficient