英語四級通關(guān)訓(xùn)練 第0369期

moonlight

英 [?mu?nla?t] 美 [?mu?nla?t]

n. 月光；半夜?jié)撎?/p>

adj. 有月光的

v. （非正式）夜間秘密地兼職

例句：

The castle was bathed in moonlight.
城堡沐浴在月光里。

A shaft of moonlight fell on the lake.
一束月光照在湖面上。

Moonlight was silvering the countryside.
月光下的鄉(xiāng)村泛著銀光。

compensate

英 [?k?mpense?t] 美 [?kɑ?mpense?t]

v. 賠償，償付；彌補(bǔ)，補(bǔ)償；抵消；酬報（某人）

例句：

Nothing can compensate for the loss of a loved one.
失去心愛的人是無法補(bǔ)償?shù)摹?/p>

The damages are designed to compensate victims for their direct losses.
該賠償金是用來補(bǔ)償受害人的直接損失的。

A surge in domestic sales helped compensate for a fall-off in export sales.
國內(nèi)銷售的增長幫助補(bǔ)償了出口銷售的減少。

engulf

英 [?n?ɡ?lf] 美 [?n?ɡ?lf]

v. 吞沒，淹沒；使陷入（某種思緒或情緒）；狼吞虎咽

例句：

The crisis threatens to engulf several others.
這個危機(jī)波及了其它幾個成員。

I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me.
我到了深水中。大水漫過我身。

The next Ice Age could take only weeks to engulf Britain.
下次冰期吞噬英國可能只需幾個星期。

fitness

英 [?f?tn?s] 美 [?f?tn?s]

n. 健康；（生物體的）環(huán)境適度；適合，勝任

例句：

He's too hung up about fitness.
他對健身過于憂心忡忡。

Fitness has become an obsession with him.
他迷上了健身。

The long climb tested our fitness and stamina.
那次長距離爬山是對我們健康狀況和耐力的考驗。

repudiate

英 [r??pju?die?t] 美 [r??pju?die?t]

vt. 拒絕；否定；批判；與……斷絕關(guān)系；拒付

例句：

The worker was bound to the master by a mutual contract that either one could repudiate, and the relationship was conceptualized as one of partnership.
工人和雇主因為共同合約而聯(lián)系在一起，這一合約雙方中任何一方都能拒絕履行，而且這種關(guān)系在概念上是一種合伙關(guān)系。

Leaders urged people to turn out in large numbers to repudiate the violence.
領(lǐng)導(dǎo)們力勸人們集體出面來聲討該暴力。

He would repudiate all debts incurred by his son.
他拒絕償還他兒子的一切債務(wù)。

回顧

1. moonlight
2. compensate
3. engulf
4. fitness
5. repudiate