每天背單詞 第343期

imprison

英 [?m?pr?zn] 美 [?m?pr?zn]

vt. 監(jiān)禁；關(guān)押；使…下獄

例句：

Pitcher plants use yet another strategy, growing long tube-shaped leaves to imprison their prey.
豬籠草使用了另一種策略，它們長(zhǎng)出長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的管狀葉子來(lái)囚禁獵物。

They don't imprison first-time offenders.
他們通常不監(jiān)禁初次犯罪的人。

No strainers, muslin bags or other devices to imprison the tea.
別用過(guò)濾器、薄紗袋、或是其他裝置把茶葉禁錮起來(lái)。

engagement

英 [?n?ɡe?d?m?nt] 美 [?n?ɡe?d?m?nt]

n. 婚約；約會(huì)；交戰(zhàn)；諾言；進(jìn)場(chǎng)（游戲術(shù)語(yǔ)）

n. 參與度（指用戶點(diǎn)贊、轉(zhuǎn)發(fā)、評(píng)論、下載文檔、觀看視頻、咨詢等交互行為）

例句：

The engagement was a bad mistake.
這婚約是一項(xiàng)大錯(cuò)。

They've broken off their engagement.
他們突然解除了婚約。

It was her first official engagement.
那是她第一次正式約會(huì)。

basketball

英 [?bɑ?sk?tb??l] 美 [?b?sk?tb??l]

n. 籃球；籃球運(yùn)動(dòng)

例句：

I enjoy playing basketball.
我喜歡打籃球。

He coaches basketball and soccer.
他執(zhí)教籃球和足球。

She knows a lot about basketball.
她對(duì)籃球很有研究。

northern

英 [?n??e?n] 美 [?n??re?rn]

adj. 北部的；北方的

n. 北部方言

例句：

He had a pleasant, lilting northern accent.
他帶著悅耳的，抑揚(yáng)頓挫的北方口音.

Joshua Halpern is a native Northern Californian.
喬舒亞·哈爾彭是土生土長(zhǎng)的北加州人。

A prisoner has escaped from a jail in northern Texas.
一名囚犯已經(jīng)從北德克薩斯州的一個(gè)監(jiān)獄逃走。

midnight

英 [?m?dna?t] 美 [?m?dna?t]

n. 午夜，半夜12點(diǎn)鐘

adj. 半夜的；漆黑的

例句：

It was going on (for) midnight.
快半夜了。

It won't go on beyond midnight.
這事不會(huì)延續(xù)到午夜以后。

They had to leave at midnight.
他們不得不半夜離開(kāi)。

回顧

1. imprison
2. engagement
3. basketball
4. northern
5. midnight