每天背單詞 第257期

pretentious

英 [pr??ten??s] 美 [pr??ten??s]

adj. 自命不凡的；炫耀的；做作的

例句：

Ironically, now that photography is securely established as fine art, many photographers find it pretentious or irrelevant to label it as such.
具有諷刺意味的是，現(xiàn)在攝影已被牢固地確立為美術(shù)，許多攝影師發(fā)現(xiàn)將其貼上標(biāo)簽是自命不凡或無關(guān)緊要的。

That's a pretentious name for a dog!
狗叫這個(gè)名字真夠炫的！

He's so pretentious!
瞧他那副自命不凡的樣兒！

phenomenon

英 [f??n?m?n?n] 美 [f??nɑ?m?n?n]

n. 現(xiàn)象；奇跡；杰出的人才

例句：

This phenomenon piqued Dr. Morris' interest.
該現(xiàn)象引起莫里思博士的興趣。

Globalization is a phenomenon of the 21st century.
全球化是21世紀(jì)的現(xiàn)象。

The causes of the phenomenon are still incompletely understood.
造成這種現(xiàn)象的原因尚未徹底弄清。

deduction

英 [d??d?k?n] 美 [d??d?k?n]

n. 扣除，減除；推論；減除額

例句：

Your IRA deduction cannot be taken from unearned income.
你的個(gè)人退休賬戶的扣稅不可能從非勞動(dòng)收入中減去。

Miss Allan beamed at him. "You are clever to guess. I'm sure I don't know how you did it."—"Deduction," James said.
阿倫小姐對(duì)他笑道：“你很會(huì)猜， 我確實(shí)不知道你怎么辦到的?！薄苣匪拐f：“推論?！?/p>

It was a pretty astute deduction.
那是個(gè)非常精明的結(jié)論。

skating

英 [?ske?t??] 美 [?ske?t??]

n. 溜冰，滑冰

v. 滑冰（skate的ing形式）

例句：

Why don't you come skating tonight?
今晚來溜冰好嗎？

She's won several cups for skating.
她已多次榮獲滑冰比賽的獎(jiǎng)杯。

We went ice skating on a frozen lake.
我們?nèi)ソY(jié)冰的湖面上溜冰了。

animal

英 [??n?ml] 美 [??n?ml]

n. 動(dòng)物

adj. 動(dòng)物的

例句：

The animal is hunted for its fur.
狩獵這種動(dòng)物是為了獲取其毛皮。

I have an allergy to animal hair.
我對(duì)動(dòng)物毛過敏。

The animal retracted into its shell.
這只動(dòng)物縮回到自己的殼里。

回顧

1. pretentious
2. phenomenon
3. deduction
4. skating
5. animal