每天背單詞 第488期

imprisonment

英 [?m?pr?znm?nt] 美 [?m?pr?znm?nt]

n. 監(jiān)禁，關押；坐牢；下獄

例句：

He faced imprisonment for contempt of court.
他因藐視法庭罪而面臨監(jiān)禁。

She was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.
她被判處7年監(jiān)禁。

After a period of imprisonment she renounced terrorism.
被監(jiān)禁了一段時間后她宣布放棄恐怖主義。

edge

英 [ed?] 美 [ed?]

n. 邊緣；優(yōu)勢；刀刃；鋒利

vt. 使銳利；將…開刃；給…加上邊

vi. 緩緩移動；側著移動

n. (Edge)人名；(英)埃奇

例句：

I sat down at the water's edge.
我在水邊坐了下來。

Be careful—it has a sharp edge.
小心點—這刀刃很鋒利。

He didn't dare look over the edge.
他不敢從邊緣向下看。

tell

英 [tel] 美 [tel]

vt. 告訴，說；辨別；吩咐；斷定

vi. 講述；告發(fā)，泄密；識別

n. (Tell)人名；(英、德、瑞典)特爾；(羅、意)泰爾；(阿拉伯)塔勒

例句：

Tell me what really happened.
告訴我究竟發(fā)生了什么事。

I didn't tell anyone, honestly!
我確實沒告訴過任何人！

Maybe you should tell her.
也許你應該告訴她。

decimal

英 [?des?ml] 美 [?des?ml]

adj. 小數(shù)的；十進位的

n. 小數(shù)

例句：

The decimal 0.61 stands for 61 hundredths.
小數(shù)0.61代表61%。

The figure is accurate to two decimal places.
這個數(shù)精確到小數(shù)點后兩位。

The number is correct to three decimal places.
這個數(shù)目精確到小數(shù)點后三位數(shù)。

groundless

英 [?ɡra?ndl?s] 美 [?ɡra?ndl?s]

adj. 無理由的

例句：

Our fears proved groundless.
我們的擔心證明是毫無道理的。

I can say with confidence that such rumours were totally groundless.
我可以很有把握地說這些傳言完全沒有根據(jù)。

Fears that the world was about to run out of fuel proved groundless.
擔心地球燃料即將用盡被證明是沒有根據(jù)的。

回顧

1. imprisonment
2. edge
3. tell
4. decimal
5. groundless