英語(yǔ)高考高頻詞匯第097期

humble

英 [?h?mbl] 美 [?h?mbl]

adj. 謙遜的；簡(jiǎn)陋的；（級(jí)別或地位）低下的；不大的

vt. 使謙恭；輕松打敗（尤指強(qiáng)大的對(duì)手）；低聲下氣

例句：

He always makes much of his humble origins.
他總是非常在意他卑微的出身。

Thomas has not forgotten his humble origins.
托馬斯沒(méi)有忘記他卑微的出身。

His views come from his own humble beginnings.
他的觀點(diǎn)源自于他卑微的出身。

reluctant

英 [r??l?kt?nt] 美 [r??l?kt?nt]

adj. 不情愿的；勉強(qiáng)的；頑抗的

例句：

She was reluctant to admit she was wrong.
她不愿承認(rèn)自己有錯(cuò)。

Most of the soldiers are reluctant conscripts.
大部分士兵都是不情愿的被征服役者。

We were reluctant to start the long trudge home.
我們不情愿的開(kāi)始長(zhǎng)途跋涉回家。

horror

英 [?h?r?(r)] 美 [?h??r?r]

n. 驚駭；慘狀；極端厭惡；令人恐怖的事物

例句：

It's a spoof on horror movies.
這是對(duì)恐怖片的滑稽模仿。

Guilt and horror flooded her in waves.
歉疚和恐懼一陣陣涌上她的心頭。

A cry of horror broke from me.
我發(fā)出的一聲驚恐的尖叫。

architect

英 [?ɑ?k?tekt] 美 [?ɑ?rk?tekt]

n. 建筑師

締造者

例句：

The architect drew the house in section.
建筑師繪制了房子的剖面圖。

The architect stepped back to admire his handiwork.
建筑師向后退了退，欣賞著自己的作品。

The architect is drawing up plans for the new offices.
建筑師正在繪制新辦公樓的設(shè)計(jì)圖。

frustrate

英 [fr??stre?t] 美 [?fr?stre?t]

vt. 挫??；阻撓；使感到灰心

vi. 失?。皇艽?/p>

adj. 挫敗的；無(wú)益的

例句：

Words frustrate her, like fastened buttons at which she can only fumble.
言語(yǔ)使她感到挫敗，就像扣上的扣子，她只能摸索著按。

First, choose problems to work on that "challenge but do not frustrate".
首先，挑選“有挑戰(zhàn)性但不令人沮喪”的問(wèn)題，并解決它們。

Otherwise you'll just frustrate yourself.
否則你會(huì)很挫敗。

回顧

1. humble
2. reluctant
3. horror
4. architect
5. frustrate