为你记单词
本帖最后由 leijin9 于 2019-7-4 11:32 编辑Rival
n.竞争对手;
v.与…相匹敌; 比得上;
adj.竞争的;
The Faces of Hope included two formermembers of rival gangs in Los Angeles who joined forces after the riots to givekids a better future. Scrape
v.刮掉; 削去; 擦坏; 擦伤; 刮坏; 蹭破; (使) 发出刺耳的刮擦声;
n.刮; 铲; 刮铲声; 刮擦声; 擦伤; 擦痕; 自己造成的困境;
A young entrepreneur scrapping for venturecapital. Wizard
n.(传说中的) 男巫,术士; 行家; 能手; 奇才; 向导(程序);
An eighteen-year-old financial wizard whowas already working on Wall Street. Flame
n.火焰; 火舌; 鲜红色; 橘红色; 橙黄色; 强烈的感情; 激情;
v.燃烧; (因强烈情绪而) 变红,使变红; 向(某人)发送火药味电邮(或互联网信息);
I knelt at the eternal flame and said ashort prayer. Unthinkable
adj.难以想象的; 不可思议的; 难以置信的;
Though a nuclear exchange seemedunthinkable with the Cold War over. Unthinkable
adj. 难以想象的; 不可思议的; 难以置信的;
Though a nuclear exchange seemed unthinkable with the Cold War over.
Temper
n. 脾气; 易怒的性情; 怒气; 火气; 阵怒; 心情; 情绪; 心境;
v. 使缓和; 使温和; 使(金属)回火;
It’s hard to describe in words,but I left Blair House with my eagerness tempered by humility.
Uplift
n. 提高; 抬高; 增长; 增加; 振奋; 鼓舞; (地壳的) 隆起,上升;
v. 鼓励; 激励; 使振奋;
Tears welled up in my eyes several times during the service ,and I lefted it uplifted and ready for the hours ahead.
Spill
v. (使) 洒出,泼出,溢出; 涌出; 蜂拥而出;
n. 洒出(量); 泼出(量); 溢出(量); 泄漏(量); (点火用的) 长梗火柴,纸捻; (尤指从自行车或船上) 摔下,跌落;
The crowd ,which filled the large grounds of the Capitol and spilled back over onto th Mall and up Constitution and Pennsylvania avenues.
Gaze
v. 凝视; 注视; 盯着;
n. 凝视; 注视;
I gazed out onto the vast crowd.
Mezzo
n. 同 mezzo-soprano; 女中音;
After the oath,the great mezzo-saprano Marilyn Horne,whom I had firse met when she performed in Little Rock a few years early ,sang a medley of classic American songs.
为了对付空闲,从今天开始记单词的笔记。希望能坚持下去。 本帖最后由 green5 于 2019-7-4 12:41 编辑
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Almighty
adj.全能的; 极大的; 十分严重的; (表示惊奇或愤怒) 全能的,有无限权力的;
when our founders boldly declared America’s independence to the world and our purposes to the Almighty ,they knew that America , to endure,would have to change.
Posterity
n. 后代; 后裔; 子孙; 后世;
I asked my fellow citizens to think of posterity.
Pan
n. 平锅; 平底锅; 一锅的量; (天平的) 秤盘;
v. 严厉批评,抨击(戏剧、电影等); (移动摄像机) 追拍,摇摄; (用淘选盘) 淘洗; 淘(金);
n. 平底锅,盘子; 一满盘(锅); 凹地; 池沼; 底土; 硬地层; 母岩; 墙隔块;
Although several commentators panned the speech.
Recount
v. 讲述,叙述(亲身经历);
v. 重数; 重新清点(选票);
n. 重新计算;
I had followed Maya’s career since I’d read her memoir,I know why the caged bird sings,which recounts her early years as a traumatized mute girl in a poor black community in Stamps,Arkansas.
Rivet
n. 铆钉;
v. 吸引住; 铆接; (用铆钉) 固定;
Maya’s poem,”on the pulse of morning,”riveted the crowd.
Tenor
n. 男高音; 男高音歌手; 男高音部; 大意; 要旨; 要领;
adj. 次中音的;
My brother sang for me at the MTV Youth Ball,and at another I played a tenor saxophone duet on “Night Train” with Clarence Clemons.
Treaty
n. (国家之间的) 条约,协定;
Next to the Lincoln Bedroom is the Treaty Room.
Epilogue
n. (剧本、书籍、电影等的) 收场白,尾声,后记,跋;
In her epilogue to the book, Taylor writes:…
Grueling
adj.紧张的,激烈的;使极度疲劳的;
I knew he would give Hillary the kind of support she needed for the grueling task ahead of us.
Condone
v.宽恕; 饶恕; 纵容;
He believed that homosexuality was immoral,and that if gays were permitted to serve openly,the military would be condoning immoral behavior and could no longer attract the finest young Americans.
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Pervasive
adj.遍布的; 充斥各处的; 弥漫的;
and asserted that one reason the Rome Empire fell was the acceptance of pervasive homosexual conduct .
Commitment
n. 承诺; 许诺; 允诺承担; 保证; (对工作或某活动) 献身,奉献,投入; 已承诺(或同意)的事; 不得不做的事;
I was finding it a challenge to keep another campaign commitment:cutting the White House staff by 25 percent.
Slate
n. 板岩; 石板; (盖房顶的) 石板瓦; (选举中的) 候选人名单;
v. (尤指在报纸上) 批评,抨击; 预定; 计划; 安排; 推举; 选定;
Before I was slated to announce my economic program.
Attrition
n. (尤指给敌人造成的) 削弱,消耗;
I would have preferred to reduce their numbers by attrition.
Beef up
[词典]增加; 加强; 改进; 提高;
We also beefed up one part of the White House staff.
Palsy
n. 瘫痪,麻痹(尤指四肢颤动类);
Cerebral palsy
Liaison
n. 联络; 联系; 联络员; 联系人; (尤指一方或双方已婚的) 私通,通奸;
Every month,the agency liaison who headed the casework operation sent me a report on the people we’d helped.
Appointee
n. 被任命者; 被委任者;
A reduction in the salaries of top appointees
Darn
v. 织补; 缝补;
n. 织补处;
adj. (加强语气) 该死的,讨厌的;
I had darn sure better do something else for them.
Facilitator
n. 诱导者; 促进(或推动)…的事物;
Run by a facilitator
今天任务完成了。30个单词 大多数不认识,好歹我也六级呀,惭愧