第085期-英語四級(jí)高頻詞匯
decay
英 [d??ke?] 美 [d??ke?]v. 衰退，衰減；衰??；腐爛，腐朽
n. 衰退，衰減；衰??；腐爛，腐朽
n. (Decay) （法、美、意、英、希）德凱（人名）
例句：The place smelled of decay and neglect.
這地方有一股污濁腐朽的氣味。
The smell of death and decay hung over the town.
城市上空彌漫著死亡和腐爛的氣息。
There are problems of urban decay and gang violence.
存在都市衰敗和黑幫暴力問題。
delay
英 [d??le?] 美 [d??le?]v. 延期；（使）耽擱；推遲
n. 延遲的時(shí)間；延期；延時(shí)；延遲器
n. (Delay) （美）德萊（人名）
例句：Can you delay him in some way?
你能用什么辦法耽擱他一下嗎？
They were impatient at the delay.
他們對(duì)拖延不耐煩了。
Any delay would be fatal.
任何延誤都可能導(dǎo)致失敗。
flock
英 [fl?k] 美 [flɑ?k]n. 群；棉束（等于floc）
vt. 用棉束填滿
vi. 聚集；成群而行
n. (Flock)人名；(德、瑞典)弗洛克
例句：They kept a small flock of sheep.
他們養(yǎng)了一小群綿羊。
The explosion scattered a flock of birds roosting in the trees.
爆炸聲把棲息在樹叢中的鳥群驚散了。
What was that big dark animal coming towards his flock?
那是什么大型黑色動(dòng)物沖他的羊群來了？
breadth
英 [bredθ] 美 [bredθ]n. 寬度，幅度；寬宏
例句：The breadth of the whole camp was 400 paces.
整個(gè)營地的寬度為400步。
We won by a hair's breadth.
我們以些微之差贏了對(duì)手。
The curriculum needs breadth and balance.
課程設(shè)置應(yīng)該內(nèi)容廣泛而且均衡。
compete
英 [k?m?pi?t] 美 [k?m?pi?t]vi. 競爭；比賽；對(duì)抗
例句：We can't compete with them on price.
我們?cè)趦r(jià)格上無法與他們競爭。
The company must reduce costs to compete effectively.
公司要有效地參與競爭必須降低成本。
Charles has never felt the need to compete with anyone.
查爾斯從未感覺到與人競爭的需要。
回顧
- decay
- delay
- flock
- breadth
- compete
