英語高考高頻詞匯第006期

giant

英 [?d?a??nt] 美 [?d?a??nt]

n. 巨人；偉人；巨大的動物；巨型植物；大公司；（天文）巨星

adj. 巨大的；巨人般的；偉大的

例句：

He's a giant of a man.
他是個巨人。

They were standing on top of a giant scaffold.
他們站在一個巨大的腳手架頂上。

He looks scary but he's really a gentle giant.
他看上去可怕，實際卻是個性格溫和的巨人。

nevertheless

英 [?nev?e??les] 美 [?nev?re??les]

adv. 然而，不過；雖然如此

例句：

Our defeat was expected but it is disappointing nevertheless.
我們的失敗是意料中的事，盡管如此，還是令人失望。

Although the market has been flat, residential property costs remain high. Nevertheless, the fall-off in demand has had an impact on resale values.
盡管市場一直疲軟，房價持續(xù)偏高。然而需求的減少還是對二手房價格產(chǎn)生了影響。

He was in a fine rage, nevertheless.
不過他還是很生氣。

insignificant

英 [??ns?ɡ?n?f?k?nt] 美 [??ns?ɡ?n?f?k?nt]

adj. 無關(guān)緊要的

例句：

He made her feel insignificant and stupid.
他使她感到卑微愚蠢。

In 1949 Bonn was a small, insignificant city.
1949年，波恩還是個不足稱道的小城市。

The levels of chemicals in the river are not insignificant.
河水中的化學(xué)物質(zhì)含量不容忽視。

principle

英 [?pr?ns?pl] 美 [?pr?ns?pl]

n. 原理，原則；主義，道義；本質(zhì)，本義；根源，源泉

例句：

It's not just a matter of principle.
這不僅僅是個原則問題。

He would vote against it on principle.
他會依據(jù)原則投票反對它。

The principle behind it is very simple.
其中的原理十分簡單。

exclaim

英 [?k?skle?m] 美 [?k?skle?m]

vi. 呼喊，驚叫；大聲叫嚷

vt. 大聲說出

例句：

The spectacular sunrise made us exclaim in surprise.
壯觀的日出讓我們驚嘆不已。

That's why you exclaim "Ouch" after staying away from the pain signals you encountered before.
那就是為什么你遠(yuǎn)離開始遇到的疼痛信號后才驚叫“哎呦”的原因。

Could we render this inimitable picture properly, then would everybody exclaim, "Beautiful, unparalleled Italy!"
如果我們能把這幅獨一無二的圖畫恰當(dāng)?shù)孛枥L出來，那么人人都會驚嘆：“美麗無比的意大利！”

回顧

1. giant
2. nevertheless
3. insignificant
4. principle
5. exclaim