英語四級單詞每天背 第0252期

whale

英 [we?l] 美 [we?l]

n. 鯨；巨大的東西

v. （非正式）毆打；捕鯨；使慘敗

n. （Whale）（愛）惠爾（人名）

例句：

A whale is a fish. True or false?
鯨魚是魚，對還是錯？

A whale was found washed up on the shore.
一頭鯨被發(fā)現(xiàn)沖到了岸上。

The whale dived as the harpoon struck it.
鯨被魚叉射中后下潛。

d/a

enlargement

英 [?n?lɑ?d?m?nt] 美 [?n?lɑ?rd?m?nt]

n. 放大；放大的照片；增補物

例句：

There is insufficient space for enlargement of the buildings.
沒有足夠的空間擴建這些大樓。

If you like the picture I can send you an enlargement of it.
如果你喜歡這照片，我可以給你寄一張放大的。

Uvala is a large elongate sinkhole resulting from enlargement.
灰?guī)r干谷是由于擴大而形成的一個大的拉長的天坑。

denounce

英 [d??na?ns] 美 [d??na?ns]

v. 譴責，痛斥；檢舉，告發(fā)

例句：

They were at the mercy of informers who might at any moment denounce them.
他們完全受那些隨時可能告發(fā)他們的告密者的支配。

German leaders all took the opportunity to denounce the attacks and plead for tolerance.
德國領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人們都藉此機會譴責這些攻擊，并且懇請寬容。

No wonder it has become fashionable to denounce many universities as little more than elaborate con tricks.
難怪譴責許多大學只不過是精心設(shè)計的騙局已經(jīng)成為一種時尚。

tiresome

英 [?ta??s?m] 美 [?ta??rs?m]

adj. 煩人的，令人厭煩的

例句：

Now the tiresome chirping of a cricket that no human ingenuity could locate, began.
這時，一只蟋蟀開始發(fā)出煩人的唧唧聲，而人們根本找不到它在哪。

The children were being very tiresome.
這些孩子非常討人嫌。

Buying a house can be a very tiresome business.
買房子會是件很麻煩的事。

回顧

1. whale
2. d/a
3. enlargement
4. denounce
5. tiresome