英語單詞超好背 第0058期

escape

英 [??ske?p] 美 [??ske?p]

vt. 逃避，避開，避免；被忘掉；被忽視

vi. 逃脫；避開；溜走；（氣體，液體等）漏出；（未受傷或只受了一點(diǎn)傷害而）逃脫；聲音（不自覺地）由…發(fā)出

n. 逃跑；逃亡；逃走；逃跑工具或方法；野生種；泄漏

例句：

They made no attempt to escape.
他們沒有企圖逃跑。

She was lucky to escape punishment.
她逃脫懲罰真是幸運(yùn)。

The man made his escape.
那個人逃走了。

anxious

英 [???k??s] 美 [???k??s]

adj. 焦慮的；擔(dān)憂的；渴望的；急切的

例句：

He appeared anxious to please.
他似乎急于討好。

She seemed a trifle anxious.
她似乎有點(diǎn)兒焦急。

He was anxious to preserve his reputation.
他急于維護(hù)自己的名聲。

whom

英 [hu?m] 美 [hu?m]

pron. 誰（who的賓格）

例句：

Whom do the police suspect?
警方懷疑誰？

To whom did she address the letter?
那封信她是寫給誰的？

To whom should I address the letter?
這封信我該寫給誰呢？

assassinate

英 [??s?s?ne?t] 美 [??s?s?ne?t]

vt. 暗殺；行刺

例句：

The government has denied that the authorities have uncovered a plot to assassinate the President.
政府否認(rèn)當(dāng)局已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)一個暗殺總統(tǒng)的陰謀。

Secretary: President of the Steel Trust, you mean? Do you want to assassinate him?
秘書：你是說，鋼鐵托拉斯的總經(jīng)理？你要行刺他嗎。

In 1981, when John Hinckley tried to assassinate him, he cracked a string of jokes while doctors were dealing with near-fatal lung wounds.
1981年約翰·欣克利(John Hinckley)實(shí)施了針對他的刺殺行動，讓他險些失去生命。在醫(yī)生忙著處理那靠近肺部傷口時，他居然還在講著一連串的笑話。

roughly

英 [?r?fli] 美 [?r?fli]

adv. 粗糙地；概略地

例句：

Sales are up by roughly 10%.
銷售額上升了大約10%。

Profits have fallen by roughly 15%.
利潤下降了大約15%。

They all left at roughly the same time.
他們都是大約同一時間離開的。

回顧

1. escape
2. anxious
3. whom
4. assassinate
5. roughly