英語單詞超好背 第0007期

ballooning

英 [b??lu?n??] 美 [b??lu?n??]

n. 充氣，鼓脹；氣球操縱；乘熱氣球飛行；熱氣球運動

例句：

James hiked, fished, learnt to sail and experimented with hot air ballooning.
詹姆斯徒步旅行，釣魚，學(xué)習(xí)駕駛帆船，還嘗試了熱氣球。

Tilting there momently, shrill shirt ballooning
傾側(cè)了一瞬，襯衫呼嘯膨脹如氣球

The federal deficit and debt burden are ballooning.
美國聯(lián)邦赤字和債務(wù)負擔(dān)在急劇膨脹。

option

英 [??p?n] 美 [?ɑ?p?n]

n. [計] 選項；選擇權(quán)；買賣的特權(quán)

例句：

A luggage rack is a sensible option.
行李架是個明智的選擇。

Personally, I prefer the second option.
就我個人而言，我傾向第二種選擇。

This option is preferable to any other.
這個選擇比其他任何一個都好。

freely

英 [?fri?li] 美 [?fri?li]

adv. 自由地；免費地；大量地；慷慨地；直率地

例句：

EU citizens can now travel freely between member states.
歐盟國家的公民現(xiàn)在可以在成員國之間自由旅行。

George was spending very freely.
喬治花錢大手大腳。

I freely admit that I made a mistake.
我爽快地承認我犯了錯誤。

devour

英 [d??va??(r)] 美 [d??va??r]

v. 吞食；毀滅

例句：

The dogs come and devour the bacon.
狗來吃掉了肉。

Passing the pangolin around like a football, inquisitive lions spent hours trying to devour the armor-plated creature.
好奇的獅子們把穿山甲像足球一樣傳來傳去，花了好幾個小時試圖吃掉這個被盔甲包裹的生物。

A medium-sized dog will devour at least one can of food plus biscuits per day.
一只中等大小的狗每天至少要干掉一罐食物外加餅干。

distort

英 [d??st??t] 美 [d??st??rt]

vt. 扭曲；使失真；曲解

vi. 扭曲；變形

例句：

A painter may exaggerate or distort shapes and forms.
畫家可能會夸大或扭曲形狀與形式。

They could distort the achievement-based system of peer-review-led research.
他們可能會扭曲以同行評審為導(dǎo)向、以學(xué)術(shù)成就基礎(chǔ)的研究體系。

How can you portray something exactly as it is and at the same time distort it with emotions?
你怎么可能一邊完全客觀的作畫，一邊又帶有感情的去使之變形呢？

回顧

1. ballooning
2. option
3. freely
4. devour
5. distort