单词学习
secretary
n.秘书; 干事,书记员; 部长,大臣;
例句:The final word will still come from the Secretary of State.
最后仍然要由国务卿来定夺。
bank
n.银行; (条形的)堆; (河的)岸; 库存
vt.& vi.堆积; 筑(堤); 将(钱)存入银行;
vi.(转弯时)倾斜飞行; (在某银行)开账户,存款;
vt.(用煤等)封炉火;
例句:They siphon foreign aid money into their personal bank accounts.
他们把国外救济金非法转入了个人银行账户。
clerk
n.店员; 办事员,职员; 书记员; <古>牧师,教士
vi.当职员; 当销售员;
例句:A stupid medical clerk had slipped the wrong tab on his X-ray.
一个蠢笨的医护人员一不留神在他的X光片上贴错了标签。
policewoman
n.女警察; 女警官;
例句:He even tried to sweet-talk the policewoman who arrested him.
他甚至想和逮住他的女警官套近乎。
dentist
n. 牙科医生
牙医诊所
例句:The word “dentist”denotes a doctor whose work is the care of teeth.
“牙科医生”一词意谓其工作是医治牙齿的医生。
pilot
n.飞行员; 引航员; 向导; [机械学]导向器(或轴)
vt.驾驶; 试验; 试点; 为(船舶)引航(或操舵)
adj.试验性的; 导向的; 驾驶员的; 辅助的
例句:The minutes towards departure ticked by, until finally the pilot arrived.
离出发的时间越来越近,最后飞行员终于到了。
fireman
n.消防队员; [矿]救火员,爆破工; 司炉工;
例句:The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel.
消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来.
postman
n.邮递员,邮差;
例句:I remembered a particular story about a postman who was a murderer.
我记得有个故事,讲的是一个邮递员杀人的事情。
shop assistant
n.店员;
例句:
The shop assistant received me indifferently while leaning on a counter.
商店售货员靠在柜台上漫不经心地招呼我。
person
n.人; (语法)人称; 身体; 容貌
例句:She is a long way from being the richest person in Britain.
比起英国首富,她还差得远呢。
teach
vt.教; 教导,训练; 教授;
vi.教书;
例句:Most religions teach you to be truthful and self-disciplined.
多数宗教教导人们要真诚和律己。
put out
生产; 伸出; 出版; 扑灭
例句:
Barry had his nose put out of joint by Lucy's aloof sophistication.
露西的冷淡与世故使得巴里十分不快。
interview
n. 接见,采访;面试,面谈
vt. 采访;接见;对…进行面谈;对某人进行面试
例句:The televised interview was distilled from 20 hours of film.
这段电视采访是从20小时的胶片中精选的。
find out
发现; 使发作; 使受惩罚; 通过探询[访问]获悉(某人)不在
例句:
Find out how much your surveyor's and solicitor's fees will be.
弄清你要向鉴定员和律师支付多少费用。
if
conj.如果,倘若; 即使; 〈口〉是否; 假设
n.条件,设想;
变形
复数: ifs
例句:
If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.
如果你等待,发生的只有变老。
finish
vt.& vi.完成; 结束; 吃光; 使筋疲力尽
n.结尾; 结束; 最后阶段; 抛光
例句:Elliott crossed the finish line just half a second behind his adversary.
埃利奥特跨过终点线时仅比对手落后半秒钟。
age
n.年龄; 时代; 老年; 年龄段
vt.& vi.(使)长大; 使显老; 使变老; 使苍老
vi.[化学]老化; 陈化,熟化; (吸毒者随年龄增长而主动)戒毒,戒除毒品;
vt.[化学]使老化; 使陈化; 使熟化; 估计,推测(马的年龄)
变形
复数: ages 过去式: aged 过去分词: aged 现在分词: agingageing 第三人称单数: ages
例句:
Beauty is an attitude. It has nothing to do with age.
美是一种态度,与年龄无关。