每天背單詞 第006期

volley

英 [?v?li] 美 [?vɑ?li]

n. 齊射；齊射出的子彈；凌空狀態(tài)

vt. 截?fù)?；齊發(fā)；連聲發(fā)出

vi. 截?fù)?；齊鳴；進(jìn)行群射

例句：

He played a backhand volley.
他用反手截?fù)羟颉?/p>

She hit a forehand volley into the net.
她正手截?fù)羟蛭催^網(wǎng)。

A volley of shots rang out.
一排子彈呼嘯而出。

granite

英 [?ɡr?n?t] 美 [?ɡr?n?t]

n. 花崗巖；堅(jiān)毅；冷酷無情

例句：

The towers are made of steel cased in granite.
這些塔樓是鋼結(jié)構(gòu)，花崗巖貼面。

"Well," I said, grinding my cigarette nervously into the granite step.
“好吧，”我邊說邊緊張地把香煙在花崗巖臺(tái)階上碾滅。

I cut through the courtyard, past the empty granite benches where I'd met Gates.
我穿過院子，經(jīng)過那些空的花崗巖長(zhǎng)椅，我在那里遇到了蓋茨。

riot

英 [?ra??t] 美 [?ra??t]

n. 暴亂；放縱；蔓延

vi. 騷亂；放蕩

vt. 浪費(fèi)，揮霍

n. (Riot)人名；(法)里奧；(西)里奧特

例句：

The protest exploded into a riot.
抗議爆發(fā)成一場(chǎng)暴亂。

The riot began as a peaceful protest.
暴亂是從一場(chǎng)和平抗議開始的。

After about 10 minutes the riot police arrived.
大約10分鐘之后，防暴警察就到了。

poverty

英 [?p?v?ti] 美 [?pɑ?v?rti]

n. 貧困；困難；缺少；低劣

例句：

He ended his days in poverty.
他在貧窮中度過余生。

Disease often goes with poverty.
疾病與貧窮常常相伴而生。

It's horrifying to see such poverty.
看到這種貧困狀況令人震驚。

charter

英 [?t?ɑ?t?(r)] 美 [?t?ɑ?rt?r]

n. 憲章；執(zhí)照；特許狀；（法律或政策的）漏洞；（飛機(jī)、船等的）租用

v. 包租；發(fā)給特許執(zhí)照

adj. 包租的

n. (Charter) （美、英）查特（人名）

例句：

Seats on charter flights are usually sold as part of a package deal with hotel accommodations.
包機(jī)的座位通常是作為酒店住宿打包出售的一部分。

The movement includes independent public charter schools, such as BASIS in Tucson, with?only?120?high-schoolers?and?18?graduates?this?year.
這項(xiàng)活動(dòng)包括獨(dú)立的公立特許學(xué)校，例如圖森的 BASIS 學(xué)校，這所學(xué)校今年只有120名高中生和18名畢業(yè)生。

Reform has been vigorously opposed, perhaps most egregiously in education, where charter schools, academies and merit pay all faced drawn-out battles.
改革一直遭到強(qiáng)烈反對(duì)，最讓人驚訝的可能是在教育業(yè)，其中的特許學(xué)校、學(xué)會(huì)和績(jī)效工資都面臨著持久的斗爭(zhēng)。

回顧

1. volley
2. granite
3. riot
4. poverty
5. charter