每天背單詞 第258期

undertaking

英 [??nd??te?k??] 美 [??nd?r?te?k??]

n. 事業(yè)；企業(yè)；保證；殯儀業(yè)

v. 同意；擔(dān)任；許諾（undertake 的現(xiàn)在分詞）

例句：

The landlord gave a written undertaking that the repairs would be carried out.
房東書(shū)面保證將進(jìn)行維修。

Making the house habitable was a major undertaking.
把這房子收拾得可以住人是個(gè)大工程。

Organizing the show has been a massive undertaking.
組織這場(chǎng)演出是一項(xiàng)巨大的任務(wù)。

peg

英 [peɡ] 美 [peɡ]

n. 釘子；帳篷短樁；晾衣夾子；琴栓；（桶）孔塞；賽位（分配給參賽者釣魚(yú)或射擊的位置）；（非正式）人的腿；（尤指匯率的）限度；（非正式）摩托車的腳蹬；（烈酒的）計(jì)量；少量威士忌；（非正式，尤指棒球中）盡力的一擲

v. 用夾子夾??；使工資、價(jià)格等與……掛鉤；視為；（在克里比奇牌戲中）用得分枚計(jì)分；（在釣魚(yú)或射擊比賽中）給參賽者分配賽位；限定（價(jià)格等）；（非正式）歸類；（非正式，尤指棒球中）用力低低地扔（球）；疾行；孜孜不倦地做某事

adj. 越往下端越細(xì)的

n. (Peg) （美）佩格（人名）

例句：

His work jacket hung on the peg in the kitchen.
他的工作服掛在廚房里的掛鉤上。

The Mole's cap was missing from its accustomed peg.
鼴鼠莫爾帽子從常掛在鉤子上不見(jiàn)了。

He hung his hat on a peg and flung himself into his seat with business-like alacrity.
他把帽子掛在釘子上，一本正經(jīng)地迅速坐到座位上。

immature

英 [??m??tj??(r)] 美 [??m??t??r,??m??t?r]

adj. 不成熟的；未長(zhǎng)成的；粗糙的

例句：

She is emotionally immature.
她在情感上不成熟。

He said that we were emotionally immature.
他說(shuō)我們?cè)诟星樯鲜遣怀墒斓摹?/p>

His speech is immature, his vocabulary limited.
他講話不成熟，詞匯量也有限。

chimney

英 [?t??mni] 美 [?t??mni]

n. 煙囪

例句：

Smoke was curling up the chimney.
煙順著煙囪繚繞升起。

A shower of sparks flew up the chimney.
煙囪里飛出無(wú)數(shù)火星。

Puffs of white smoke came from the chimney.
煙囪冒出了裊裊白煙。

deficient

英 [d??f??nt] 美 [d??f??nt]

adj. 不足的；有缺陷的；不充分的

例句：

Deaf people are sometimes treated as being mentally deficient.
耳聾的人有時(shí)被看作智力不健全。

Soils are most commonly deficient in nitrogen and phosphorus.
土壤最經(jīng)常缺乏氮和磷。

Nitrogen-deficient plants exhibit many of the symptoms just described.
缺氮植物表現(xiàn)出上述的許多癥狀。

回顧

1. undertaking
2. peg
3. immature
4. chimney
5. deficient