每天背單詞 第005期

migrate

英 [ma??ɡre?t] 美 [?ma?ɡre?t]

vi. 移動；隨季節(jié)而移居；移往

vt. 使移居；使移植

例句：

Swallows migrate south in winter.
燕子在冬天遷徙到南方。

Most birds have to fly long distances to migrate.
大多數(shù)的鳥類不得不飛行很長的距離進(jìn)行遷徙。

What caused the monsoon to migrate?
是什么導(dǎo)致了季風(fēng)的遷移呢？

disappoint

英 [?d?s??p??nt] 美 [?d?s??p??nt]

vt. 使失望

例句：

His latest novel does not disappoint.
他最近發(fā)表的這部小說沒有使人失望。

Her decision to cancel the concert is bound to disappoint her fans.
她決定取消這場音樂會，肯定會使她的歌迷失望。

She would do anything she could to please him, but she knew that she was fated to disappoint him.
她愿意做任何事情來討好他，但她知道她注定會讓他失望。

shaft

英 [?ɑ?ft] 美 [??ft]

n. 豎井；通風(fēng)井；（電梯的）升降機(jī)井；桿，柄

vt. 欺騙；苛待

例句：

These towers, or "blades," pinwheel about a triangular central shaft that holds elevators and mechanical equipment.
這些塔，或稱“葉片”，圍繞著一個三角形中心軸旋轉(zhuǎn)，中心軸承載著電梯和機(jī)械設(shè)備。

The depth of the shaft is 520 yards.
這個通道的深度是520碼。

A shaft of moonlight fell on the lake.
一束月光照在湖面上。

magistrate

英 [?m?d??stre?t] 美 [?m?d??stre?t]

n. 地方法官；文職官員；治安推事

例句：

She will face a local magistrate on Tuesday.
她將在星期二面見一位地方治安法官。

In desperation, he ran to the city and went straight to the courthouse to report the robbery to the magistrate.
絕望之下，他跑到城里，直奔法院向地方法官報告這起搶劫案。

He came up before the local magistrate for speeding.
他因超速駕駛到當(dāng)?shù)胤ㄍナ軐彙?/p>

astound

英 [??sta?nd] 美 [??sta?nd]

vt. 使驚駭；使震驚

例句：

He used to astound his friends with feats of physical endurance.
他過去常以身體耐力之好令其朋友們震驚。

The ease of use will astound you.
易用性將你震驚。

This exhibit was not designed to astound but to interest.
這個展覽并非要讓任何人驚奇，只是想讓人們感興趣。

回顧

1. migrate
2. disappoint
3. shaft
4. magistrate
5. astound