英语单词超好背 第0007期

ballooning

英 [bəˈluːnɪŋ] 美 [bəˈluːnɪŋ]

n. 充气，鼓胀；气球操纵；乘热气球飞行；热气球运动

例句：

James hiked, fished, learnt to sail and experimented with hot air ballooning.
詹姆斯徒步旅行，钓鱼，学习驾驶帆船，还尝试了热气球。

Tilting there momently, shrill shirt ballooning
倾侧了一瞬，衬衫呼啸膨胀如气球

The federal deficit and debt burden are ballooning.
美国联邦赤字和债务负担在急剧膨胀。

option

英 [ˈɒpʃn] 美 [ˈɑːpʃn]

n. [计] 选项；选择权；买卖的特权

例句：

A luggage rack is a sensible option.
行李架是个明智的选择。

Personally, I prefer the second option.
就我个人而言，我倾向第二种选择。

This option is preferable to any other.
这个选择比其他任何一个都好。

freely

英 [ˈfriːli] 美 [ˈfriːli]

adv. 自由地；免费地；大量地；慷慨地；直率地

例句：

EU citizens can now travel freely between member states.
欧盟国家的公民现在可以在成员国之间自由旅行。

George was spending very freely.
乔治花钱大手大脚。

I freely admit that I made a mistake.
我爽快地承认我犯了错误。

devour

英 [dɪˈvaʊə(r)] 美 [dɪˈvaʊər]

v. 吞食；毁灭

例句：

The dogs come and devour the bacon.
狗来吃掉了肉。

Passing the pangolin around like a football, inquisitive lions spent hours trying to devour the armor-plated creature.
好奇的狮子们把穿山甲像足球一样传来传去，花了好几个小时试图吃掉这个被盔甲包裹的生物。

A medium-sized dog will devour at least one can of food plus biscuits per day.
一只中等大小的狗每天至少要干掉一罐食物外加饼干。

distort

英 [dɪˈstɔːt] 美 [dɪˈstɔːrt]

vt. 扭曲；使失真；曲解

vi. 扭曲；变形

例句：

A painter may exaggerate or distort shapes and forms.
画家可能会夸大或扭曲形状与形式。

They could distort the achievement-based system of peer-review-led research.
他们可能会扭曲以同行评审为导向、以学术成就基础的研究体系。

How can you portray something exactly as it is and at the same time distort it with emotions?
你怎么可能一边完全客观的作画，一边又带有感情的去使之变形呢？

回顾

1. ballooning
2. option
3. freely
4. devour
5. distort