每天背單詞 第109期

ratio

英 [?re??i??] 美 [?re??io?]

n. 比率，比例

例句：

The adult to child ratio is one to six.
成人與兒童之比是1比6。

The school has a very high teacher-student ratio.
這所學(xué)校的師生比例很高。

What is the ratio of men to women in the department?
這個(gè)部門(mén)的男女比例是多少？

converse

英 [k?n'v??s；?k?n-] 美 [k?n'v??rs]

v. 交談，談話；認(rèn)識(shí)

n. 逆行，逆向；倒；相反的事物；逆命題；反面的事實(shí)；相反的說(shuō)法

adj. 相反的，逆向的；顛倒的

n. (Converse) （美、愛(ài)）康弗斯（人名）

例句：

The two deaf actors converse solely in signing.
兩位聾啞演員只靠打手勢(shì)語(yǔ)交談。

The child, feeling free and comfortable, started to converse with Peter, and he had to answer many questions.
孩子感到自由自在，很舒服，開(kāi)始和彼得交談，他不得不回答許多問(wèn)題。

What you do for a living is critical to where you settle and how you live – and the converse is also true.
你的工作決定你在哪里定居和怎樣生活–反之亦然。

despite

英 [d??spa?t] 美 [d??spa?t]

prep. 即使，盡管

n. （詩(shī)/文）侮辱，傷害；輕視，鄙視；憎恨

vt. <廢語(yǔ)>故意使煩惱，故意傷害；<古>蔑視，輕蔑

例句：

Despite our worries everything turned out well.
盡管我們都很擔(dān)心，結(jié)果一切都順利。

Despite his cries, no one came to his assistance.
盡管他喊叫，卻沒(méi)有人來(lái)幫助他。

Despite being a big star, she's very approachable.
她雖然是個(gè)大明星，卻非常平易近人。

knowledge

英 [?n?l?d?] 美 [?nɑ?l?d?]

n. 知識(shí)，學(xué)問(wèn)；知道，認(rèn)識(shí)；學(xué)科

n. (Knowledge)人名；(南非)諾利奇

例句：

His knowledge of music is extensive.
他音樂(lè)知識(shí)很廣博。

His knowledge of French is only fair.
他的法語(yǔ)知識(shí)還算可以。

He denied all knowledge of the affair.
他否認(rèn)知道此事。

greet

英 [ɡri?t] 美 [ɡri?t]

vt. 歡迎，迎接；致敬，致意；映入眼簾

n. (Greet)人名；(英)格里特

例句：

She floated down the steps to greet us.
她輕盈地下樓來(lái)迎接我們。

He bounced across the room to greet them.
他興奮地沖過(guò)房間去迎接他們。

He rushed to greet her, sweeping his arms wide.
他張開(kāi)雙臂舞動(dòng)著，沖過(guò)去迎接她。

回顧

1. ratio
2. converse
3. despite
4. knowledge
5. greet