英語(yǔ)高考高頻詞匯第036期

agent

英 [?e?d??nt] 美 [?e?d??nt]

n. 代理人，代理商；藥劑；特工；動(dòng)因

vt. 由…作中介；由…代理

adj. 代理的

n. (Agent)人名；(羅)阿真特

例句：

Beeswax acts as an emulsifying agent.
蜂蠟可以用作乳化劑。

An agent bought the rights to his life.
一個(gè)代理商購(gòu)買(mǎi)了他生平傳記的出版權(quán)。

Our realty agent says the sales contract is valid.
我們的房地產(chǎn)代理人稱(chēng)該銷(xiāo)售合同是有效的。

substitute

英 [?s?bst?tju?t] 美 [?s?bst?tu?t]

n. 代用品；代替者

vi. 替代

vt. 代替

例句：

He was brought on as (a) substitute after half-time.
他作為替補(bǔ)隊(duì)員在下半場(chǎng)上場(chǎng)。

Jefferson entered as a substitute in the 60th minute.
杰斐遜在第60分鐘時(shí)作為替補(bǔ)隊(duì)員上了場(chǎng)。

Reduced-calorie cheese is a great substitute for cream cheese.
低卡路里干酪是奶油干酪的極好替代品。

retain

英 [r??te?n] 美 [r??te?n]

vt. 保持；雇；記住

例句：

He struggled to retain control of the situation.
他曾努力保持對(duì)局勢(shì)的控制。

She has a good memory and finds it easy to retain facts.
她記憶力好，很容易記住事情。

Daily facial exercises help to retain the skin's elasticity.
每日的面部運(yùn)動(dòng)有助于保持皮膚彈性。

restrain

英 [r??stre?n] 美 [r??stre?n]

vt. 抑制，控制；約束；制止

例句：

She was unable to restrain her desperate anger.
她無(wú)法抑制她那不顧一切的憤怒。

The government is taking steps to restrain inflation.
政府正在采取措施控制通貨膨脹。

They couldn't restrain their excitement.
他們無(wú)法抑制自己的激動(dòng)。

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。

回顧

1. agent
2. substitute
3. retain
4. restrain
5. delay