每日20個英語單詞

1. encomium [enˈkəʊmiəm]

n.讚頌;頌詞

a formal expression of praise


參考例句:

1. He pronounced a splendid encomium upon her in the forum. 他在廣場上為她作了華麗的讚頌。

2. We hear only encomiums to it. 我們只聽到對它的溢美之詞。


2. loon [lu:n]

n.狂人

a worthless lazy fellow


參考例句:

1. That guy's a real loon. 那個人是個真正的瘋子。

2. Everyone thought he was a loon. 每個人都罵他神經。

3. preponderate [prɪ'pɒndəreɪt]

vi. (在重量、數量、力量等方面)佔優勢 vt. 勝過;壓倒

weigh more heavily


參考例句:

1. Christians preponderate in the population of that part of the country. 基督教徒在該國那一地區的人口中居多。

2. Oaks and maples preponderate in our woods. 在我們的森林中,橡樹與楓樹佔多數。


4. veining [ˈveɪnɪŋ]

n.脈絡分佈;礦脈

a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart


參考例句:

1. Art is a mirror reflects the era veining of the current society. 藝術是社會的鏡子,反映出當今社會的時代脈絡。

2. It retraces the four periods of our culture industry to make clear its development veining. 通過對我國文化產業發展四個階段的回顧,以期釐清其發展脈絡。


5. centripetal [senˈtrɪpɪtl]

adj.向心的

(of a turning object ) moving towards the point around which it is turning


參考例句:

1. After some treatment of centripetal force, he deduces Kepler's third law. 在向心力的一些論述之後,他推出了開普勒的第三定律。

2. It is called the centripetal acceleration. 這叫做向心加速度。


6. brigand [ˈbrɪgənd]

n.土匪,強盜

a thief with a weapon , especially one of a group living in the countryside and stealing from people travelling through the area


參考例句:

1. This wallace is a brigand, nothing more. 華萊士只不過是個土匪。

2. How would you deal with this brigand? 你要如何對付這個土匪?


7. aster [ˈæstə(r)]

n.紫菀屬植物

any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers


參考例句:

1. This white aster is magnificent. 這棵白色的紫苑是壯麗的。

2. Every aster in my hand goes home loaded with a affection. 我手中捧著朵朵翠菊,隨我歸鄉帶著一片情思。


8. bogey [ˈbəʊgi]

n.令人談之變色之物;妖怪,幽靈

a piece of dried mucus from inside the nose


參考例句:

1. The universal bogey is AIDS. 艾滋病是所有人唯恐避之不及的東西。

2. Age is another bogey for actresses. 年齡是另一個讓女演員頭疼的問題。


9. beech [bi:tʃ]

n.山毛櫸;adj.山毛櫸的

a tree with a smooth grey trunk and small nuts , or the wood from this tree


參考例句:

1. Autumn is the time to see the beech woods in all their glory. 秋天是觀賞山毛櫸林的最佳時期。

2. Exasperated, he leaped the stream, and strode towards beech clump. 他滿腔惱怒,跳過小河,踏步向毛櫸林子走去。


10. aslant [əˈslɑ:nt]

adv.傾斜地;adj.斜的

having an oblique or slanted direction


參考例句:

1. The sunlight fell aslant the floor. 陽光斜落在地板上。

2. He leant aslant against the wall. 他身子歪斜著依靠在牆上。


11. stenography [stəˈnɒgrəfi]

n.速記,速記法

shorthand (= system of fast writing)


參考例句:

1. Stenography is no longer a marketable skill. 速記法已沒有多大市場了。

2. This job necessitated a knowledge of stenography and typewriting, which she soon acquired. 這工作需要會速記和打字,她不久便學會了。


12. malefactor [ˈmælɪfæktə(r)]

n.罪犯

a person who does bad or illegal things


參考例句:

1. If he wasn't a malefactor, we wouldn't have brought him before you. 如果他不是壞人,我們是不會把他帶來見你的。

2. The malefactor was sentenced to death. 這個罪犯被判死刑。


13. anemone [əˈneməni]

n.海葵

any of several types of small plant , wild or grown in gardens , with red , blue or white flowers


參考例句:

1. Do you want this anemone to sting you? 你想讓這個海葵刺疼你嗎?

2. The bodies of the hydra and sea anemone can produce buds. 水螅和海葵的身體能產生芽。


14. pan [pæn]

n.平底鍋;vt.淘金;在淺鍋中烹調(食物)嚴厲批評;vi.淘金;在淘洗中收穫金子

a metal container that is round and often has a long handle and a lid , used for cooking things on top of a cooker


參考例句:

1. The water had all boiled away and the pan was burned. 水煮幹了,鍋也燒壞了。

2. The eggs were frying in the pan. 雞蛋正在鍋裡煎。

15. suffering [ˈsʌfərɪŋ]

n.(肉體或內心的)痛苦;(常pl.)苦惱,折磨

when you experience physical or mental pain


參考例句:

1. He's experienced a lot of suffering. 他承受了許多煎熬。

2. I hoped that this might end my suffering. 我希望這會結束我的苦痛。

16. Disneyland [ˈdɪznilænd]

n.迪斯尼樂園

an amusement park in Anaheim created in 1955 by Walt Disney


參考例句:

1. Excuse me, is this the right way to Disneyland? 勞駕,這是去迪斯尼樂園的路嗎?

2. Can you tell me something about Disneyland? 請您給我講迪斯尼樂園的情況好嗎?

17. granddaughter [ˈgrændɔ:tə(r)]

n.孫女,外孫女

the daughter of a person's son or daughter


參考例句:

1. You're a wonderful granddaughter. 真是個好孫女。

2. His granddaughter works in medicine. 他的孫女是醫學行業的。


18. heaven [ˈhevn]

n.天,天空,天堂,天國

in some religions , the place , sometimes imagined to be in the sky , where God or the gods live and where good people are believed to go after they die , so that they can enjoy perfect happiness


參考例句:

1. Women hold up half of heaven. 婦女能頂半邊天。

2. Taiwan is really a heaven of delicacy, everyplace has the well-known repast. 臺灣真是個美食的天堂,各地都有著名的小吃。


19. motherland [ˈmʌðəlænd]

n.祖國

fatherland


參考例句:

1. We have the duty to defend our motherland. 我們有責任保衛祖國。

2. We love our great motherland. 我們熱愛我們偉大的祖國。

20. management [ˈmænɪdʒmənt]

n.管理,處理,經營;資方,管理部門

the control and organization of something


參考例句:

1. He has stepped up into the management of the firm. 他已升入公司的管理部門。

2. In running a company, strict financial management means everything. 經營一家公司,嚴格的財務管理是至關重要的。

每日20個英語單詞



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