每天背單詞 第495期

notwithstanding

英 [?n?tw?θ?st?nd??; ?n?tw?e?st?nd??] 美 [?nɑ?tw?θ?st?nd??,?nɑ?tw?e?st?nd??]

prep. 盡管，雖然

adv. 盡管，仍然

conj. 雖然，盡管

例句：

The bad weather notwithstanding, the event was a great success.
盡管天氣惡劣，活動(dòng)還是取得了巨大的成功。

He despised William Pitt, notwithstanding the similar views they both held.
他瞧不起威廉·皮特，盡管他們倆所持有的觀點(diǎn)相似。

Notwithstanding some major financial problems, the school has had a successful year.
雖然有些重大的經(jīng)費(fèi)問題，這所學(xué)校一年來還是很成功。

gymnasium

英 [d??m?ne?zi?m] 美 [d??m?ne?zi?m]

n. 體育館；健身房

例句：

The basketball nets hung down from the ceiling at either end of the gymnasium.
籃球網(wǎng)垂懸于體育館天花板的兩頭。

I have found a new gymnasium.
我找到了一個(gè)新的健身房。

That is the gymnasium on the third floor of Walker.
那是在 Walker 三樓的體育館。

blade

英 [ble?d] 美 [ble?d]

n. 葉片；刀片，刀鋒；劍

例句：

He held the knife by its blade.
他握住了刀刃。

The blade of the knife glinted in the darkness.
刀刃在黑暗中亮了亮。

It was beyond my ability to grind a blade this broad.
把這么寬的刀刃磨鋒利我做不到。

vivid

英 [?v?v?d] 美 [?v?v?d]

adj. 生動(dòng)的；鮮明的；鮮艷的

例句：

The report paints a vivid picture of life in the city.
報(bào)告生動(dòng)地描繪了都市生活。

He gave a vivid account of his life as a fighter pilot.
他生動(dòng)地描述了他那戰(zhàn)斗機(jī)飛行員的生活。

His eyes were a vivid green.
他的眼睛碧綠。

article

英 [?ɑ?t?kl] 美 [?ɑ?rt?kl]

n. 文章；物品；條款；[語] 冠詞

vt. 訂約將…收為學(xué)徒或見習(xí)生；使…受協(xié)議條款的約束

vi. 簽訂協(xié)議；進(jìn)行控告

例句：

The article caused (an) uproar.
這篇文章引起了軒然大波。

The article was highly defamatory.
這篇文章充滿誹謗。

The article is full of inaccuracies.
這篇文章里的錯(cuò)誤比比皆是。

回顧

1. notwithstanding
2. gymnasium
3. blade
4. vivid
5. article