英語單詞超好背 第0217期

cowardly

英 [?ka??dli] 美 [?ka??rdli]

adj. 怯懦的，懦弱的；膽小的

adv. 膽怯地

例句：

He was weak, cowardly and treacherous.
他軟弱、膽怯、奸詐。

I was too cowardly to complain.
我膽小得都不敢抱怨。

This was a cowardly thing to do.
做這種事是懦弱的行為。

liable

英 [?la??bl] 美 [?la??bl]

adj. 有責(zé)任的，有義務(wù)的；應(yīng)受罰的；有…傾向的；易…的

例句：

Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent.
租金由承租人共同且分別承擔(dān)。

You will be liable for any damage caused.
你必須對(duì)造成的任何損失負(fù)賠償責(zé)任。

Offenders are liable to fines of up to $500.
違者可能被處以最多500元的罰款。

satire

英 [?s?ta??(r)] 美 [?s?ta??r]

n. 諷刺；諷刺文學(xué)，諷刺作品

例句：

Politicians are legitimate targets for satire.
政客理所當(dāng)然是諷刺的對(duì)象。

The novel is a stinging satire on American politics.
這部小說是對(duì)美國政治的尖銳諷刺。

The commercial side of the Christmas season is an easy target for satire.
圣誕節(jié)期間商業(yè)化的一面很容易成為諷刺的對(duì)象。

smuggler

英 [?sm?ɡl?(r)] 美 [?sm?ɡl?r]

n. 走私者；走私犯；[法] 走私船

例句：

Rifle-thieves scoured all India to reinforce the efforts of the honest smuggler.
竊槍賊搜遍了整個(gè)印度，以增援純走私者的行動(dòng)。

One international currency smuggler who was having trouble getting money out of Britain was offered help by a group of men who said they were in a position to "fix thing"— for a fee of course.
一個(gè)國際貨幣走私犯很難從英國弄到錢，得到一群人的幫助，他們說他們可以“解決問題”——當(dāng)然要收費(fèi)。

The smuggler shrugged to the bugler hugging the bug in the tugboat.
私運(yùn)者對(duì)在拖船中擁抱臭蟲的號(hào)手聳聳肩。

oath

英 [??θ] 美 [o?θ]

n. 誓言，誓約；詛咒，咒罵

例句：

He took an oath of loyalty to the government.
他做了效忠于政府的宣誓。

I have sworn an oath of loyalty to the monarchy.
我已經(jīng)發(fā)誓效忠君主制。

Under oath, Andy finally admitted that he had lied.
宣誓之后，安迪終于承認(rèn)他曾撒了謊。

回顧

1. cowardly
2. liable
3. satire
4. smuggler
5. oath