英語六級(jí)高頻詞匯第064期

worth

英 [w??θ] 美 [w??rθ]

adj. 值…的

n. 價(jià)值；財(cái)產(chǎn)

n. (Worth)人名；(英)沃思；(德)沃特

例句：

They weren't worth four bits.
它們不值50美分了。

How much is this painting worth?
這幅畫值多少錢？

It's not worth losing sleep over.
那件事不值得焦慮。

prestige

英 [pre?sti??] 美 [pre?sti??]

n. 威望，聲望；聲譽(yù)

adj. 令人敬仰的；受尊重的；貴重的

n. （Prestige）（英）普雷斯蒂奇（人名）

例句：

It was his responsibility for foreign affairs that gained him international prestige.
是他在外交事務(wù)中的盡職盡責(zé)為他贏得了國際聲望。

As the president's prestige continues to fall, they're clearly beginning to consider him a liability.
隨著總統(tǒng)的威信持續(xù)下降，他們顯然開始認(rèn)為他是一個(gè)累贅。

Some did not get much more prestige than that.
很少有人能享有如此聲望。

identify

英 [a??dent?fa?] 美 [a??dent?fa?]

vt. 確定；鑒定；識(shí)別，辨認(rèn)出；使參與；把……看成一樣

vi. 確定；認(rèn)同；一致

例句：

First of all we must identify the problem areas.
首先我們必須找出問題所在。

The new technique has been used to identify the sex of fetuses.
這項(xiàng)新技術(shù)已被用來鑒定胎兒的性別。

The test can identify the presence of abnormalities in the unborn child.
這項(xiàng)化驗(yàn)?zāi)荑b定胎兒是否有不正常現(xiàn)象。

flaw

英 [fl??] 美 [fl??]

n. 瑕疵，缺點(diǎn)；一陣狂風(fēng)；短暫的風(fēng)暴；裂縫，裂紋

v. 使生裂縫，使有裂紋；使無效；使有缺陷

vi. 生裂縫；變得有缺陷

例句：

There was a fatal flaw in the plan.
計(jì)劃中有一個(gè)致命的缺陷。

There is always a flaw in the character of a tragic hero.
悲劇主角總有性格上的缺點(diǎn)。

The only flaw in his character seems to be a short temper.
他性格中唯一的缺點(diǎn)似乎就是脾氣急躁。

proficient

英 [pr??f??nt] 美 [pr??f??nt]

adj. 熟練的，精通的

n. 精通；專家，能手

例句：

She's proficient in several languages.
她精通好幾種語言。

A great number of Egyptians are proficient in foreign languages.
大量埃及人精通外語。

You only really get proficient after many years in the job.
你只有在工作多年后才能真正精通。

回顧

1. worth
2. prestige
3. identify
4. flaw
5. proficient