英語單詞超好背 第0377期

break

英 [bre?k] 美 [bre?k]

v. 打破；（人或動物）骨折；擦破（皮膚）；違犯；弄壞；（機器）失靈；打斷（連續(xù)性）；（天氣）突變；（新聞）突然傳開；終止

n. 間斷；休息；短假；缺口；破裂；進攻；骨折；結(jié)束；機會；（斯諾克）一次連續(xù)得分；蓓蕾

例句：

You need a break from routine.
你需要從日常工作中解脫出來去休息一下。

Old bones break easily.
老骨頭容易骨折。

He worked on without a break.
他毫不停歇地繼續(xù)工作。

outset

英 [?a?tset] 美 [?a?tset]

n. 開始；開端

例句：

Decide at the outset what kind of learning programme you want to follow.
一開始就要定下你的學習計劃。

I never understood why he didn't just accede to our demands at the outset.
我從不能理解為什么他不一開始就答應我們的請求。

The president has played a shrewd diplomatic game because from the outset he called for direct talks.
總統(tǒng)玩了一場精明的外交游戲，因為從一開始他就要求進行直接對話。

forum

英 [?f??r?m] 美 [?f??r?m]

n. 論壇，討論會；法庭；公開討論的廣場

例句：

The forum is now open to all budding entrepreneurs.
該論壇現(xiàn)在向所有嶄露頭角的企業(yè)家開放。

The quarterly had been a forum for sound academic debate.
這份季刊曾經(jīng)是正統(tǒng)學術(shù)辯論的論壇。

Members of the council agreed that was an important forum for discussion.
理事會成員們一致認為那是一個用于討論的重要論壇。

wedge

英 [wed?] 美 [wed?]

n. 楔子；楔形物；不和

v. 楔入；擠進；楔住

n. (Wedge) 韋奇（人名）

例句：

He hammered the wedge into the crack in the stone.
他用錘子把楔子砸入石縫里。

A small curve in the sliding part of the convex top of the lower nut acts as the wedge.
下螺母凸頂?shù)幕瑒恿慵嫌幸粭l小弧線充當楔塊。

The logograms were incised on damp clay tablets with a stylus with a wedge shape at its end.
這些標識是用一根末端為楔形的手寫筆在潮濕的泥板上刻下的。

rotation

英 [r???te??n] 美 [ro??te??n]

n. 旋轉(zhuǎn)；循環(huán)，輪流

例句：

Wheat, maize and sugar beet are planted in rotation.
小麥、玉米和甜菜是輪流種植的。

The committee is chaired by all the members in rotation.
委員會由所有成員輪流主持。

The workers in this workshop do day and night shifts in weekly rotation.
這個車間的工人上白班和上夜班每周輪換一次。

回顧

1. break
2. outset
3. forum
4. wedge
5. rotation