每天背單詞 第301期

forestry

英 [?f?r?stri] 美 [?f??r?stri]

n. 林業(yè)；森林地；林學(xué)

例句：

They had no idea about scientific forestry.
他們對科學(xué)林業(yè)一無所知。

Jadav Payeng is a forestry worker from Jorhat, India.
Jadav Payeng 是一名來自印度喬哈特的林業(yè)工人。

But through a Great Depression era programme, known as the "National Youth Administration", Borlaug was able to enroll in the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis to study forestry.
但是，通過一個被稱為“國家青年管理局”的大蕭條時期的項目，博洛格得以進入明尼阿波利斯市的明尼蘇達大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)林業(yè)。

watch

英 [w?t?] 美 [wɑ?t?]

vt. 觀察；注視；看守；警戒

n. 手表；監(jiān)視；守護；值班人

vi. 觀看，注視；守候，看守

例句：

She glanced at her watch.
她匆匆看了看表。

He glanced at his watch.
他看了一下手表。

They watch too much TV.
他們看電視看得太多了。

subordinate

英 [s??b??d?n?t; s??b??d?ne?t] 美 [s??b??rd?n?t; s??b??rd?ne?t]

n. 部屬，下屬，下級；從屬，次要

vt. 使……居下位；使……服從

adj. 從屬的，隸屬的；次要的

例句：

In many societies women are subordinate to men.
在許多社會中，婦女都從屬于男人。

Sixty of his subordinate officers followed his example.
他的60個下級官員都以他為榜樣。

He was both willing and able to subordinate all else to this aim.
他既愿意也能夠讓別的一切從屬于這個目標。

restriction

英 [r??str?k?n] 美 [r??str?k?n]

n. 限制；約束；束縛

例句：

Since the costs of science were rising faster than inflation, some restriction on funding was necessary.
既然科學(xué)成本上漲快于通貨膨脹，資助上的一些限制是必要的。

Studies of caloric restriction are showing the way.
熱量限制的研究為我們指明了方向。

Clearly, dropping this restriction would allow the other species to recover.
顯然，取消這一限制將使其他物種得以恢復(fù)。

speedy

英 [?spi?di] 美 [?spi?di]

adj. 快的；迅速的；敏捷的

n. (Speedy)人名；(英)斯皮迪

例句：

We wish Bill a speedy recovery.
我們祝比爾早日康復(fù)。

Nowadays, speedy and colorful water scooters are gaining in popularity.
如今，速度快、色彩鮮艷的水上摩托車越來越受歡迎。

Another speedy bot is Cornell's Ranger Robot, which broke a new walking record this year.
另一款高速型的機器人是康奈爾大學(xué)的“游俠機器人”，它在今年打破了一項新的行走記錄。

回顧

1. forestry
2. watch
3. subordinate
4. restriction
5. speedy