英語(yǔ)單詞超好背 第0358期

pail

英 [pe?l] 美 [pe?l]

n. 桶，提桶

例句：

The water drained out of the hole in the pail.
水從桶的孔里流出來。

His assistant followed him, carrying a paint pail and a pan.
他的助手跟在他后面，拎著一個(gè)油漆桶和一個(gè)油鍋。

Jim came skipping out at the gate with a tin pail, and singing Buffalo Gals.
吉姆提著一只錫皮桶，蹦蹦跳跳地從大門口走出來，嘴里唱著“布法羅的女娃們”。

delightful

英 [d??la?tfl] 美 [d??la?tfl]

adj. 可愛的，可喜的；討人喜歡的；令人愉快的

例句：

The cottage had a delightful sea view.
這小屋可以看到宜人的海景。

His 1998 memoir is a delightful trip down memory lane.
他1998年的回憶錄是一次愉快的懷舊之旅。

The town is in a delightful situation in a wide green valley.
小城坐落在一個(gè)寬闊而草木蒼翠的河谷中，環(huán)境宜人。

deviate

英 [?di?vie?t] 美 [?di?vie?t]

vi. 脫離；越軌

vt. 使偏離

例句：

Should the use of rewards fail, members can frequently win by rejecting or threatening to ostracize those who deviate from the primary group's norms.
如果使用獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)失敗了，通過拒絕或威脅來排斥那些偏離主要群體規(guī)范的人，成員可以經(jīng)常獲勝。

The bus had to deviate from its usual route because of a road closure.
因?yàn)榈缆贩忾]，公共汽車只得繞道而行。

Take care not to deviate.
當(dāng)心不要出偏差。

seldom

英 [?seld?m] 美 [?seld?m]

adv. 很少，不常

例句：

I've seldom felt so happy.
我很少感到過這么快樂了。

They seldom watch television these days.
這些日子他們很少看電視。

She was a severe woman who seldom smiled.
她是個(gè)嚴(yán)肅的女人，臉上很少出現(xiàn)笑容。

calculus

英 [?k?lkj?l?s] 美 [?k?lkj?l?s]

n. [病理] 結(jié)石；微積分學(xué)

例句：

He began college with a timetable that included biology, calculus and political science.
他開始了大學(xué)生活，課程表上包括生物、微積分和政治學(xué)。

Newton developed mathematical concepts and techniques that are fundamental to modern calculus.
牛頓發(fā)展了現(xiàn)代微積分的基礎(chǔ)數(shù)學(xué)概念和技術(shù)。

Maria Droujkova is a founder of Natural Math, and has taught basic calculus concepts to 5-year-olds.
瑪麗亞·德魯伊科娃是“自然數(shù)學(xué)”的創(chuàng)始人之一，她曾向5歲的兒童教授基礎(chǔ)微積分概念。

回顧

1. pail
2. delightful
3. deviate
4. seldom
5. calculus