和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:New Young Artists Honored With Awards from Scholastic Corporation

2011-05-27来源:VOA


词汇讲解:

1. gather v. (使)聚集; 集合
例句:The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.
老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。

2. imbalance n. 不平衡,不均衡,失调
例句:Increased recruitment of women engineers will help correct the gender imbalance in the profession.
多聘请女工程师有助于平衡这一职业中存在的性别失衡。

3. superior adj. (级别、地位)较高的; (品质、程度)优良的, 较好的
例句:You're a very superior young woman.
你是一个非常优秀的年轻女性。

4. accord vt. 给予, 赠予,授予
例句:The committee accorded a scholarship to her.
委员会批准给她奖学金。

5. ignore vt. 不顾, 不理, 忽视
例句:He should not ignore it.
他当然不应该忽略它。

6. dangling adj. 悬挂的, 悬浮的
例句:Many pretty lights were dangling before the gate.
大门前挂着许多彩灯。

7. portfolio n. 公事包, 文件夹
例句:He went through drawer after drawer and eventually searched out a dusty portfolio. 
他一个一个抽屉查找,后来终于找出了一份沾满灰尘的文件夹。 

8. switch v. 转变, 改变
例句:He is always switching jobs.
他总是变换工作。

9. unique adj. 独一无二的, 仅有的, 惟一的
例句:The tranquil beauty of the village scenery is unique.
这乡村景色的宁静是绝无仅有的。

10. album n. 音乐专辑,歌曲专辑
例句:That album has sold more than one-million copies. 
这张专辑售出了100多万张。

11. subject n. 主题; 题目; 问题
例句:This is a book on the subject of love.
这是一部以爱情为主题的书。

12. underclothes n. 内衣
例句:I had stacked my shirts and underclothes in two empty drawers.
我把衬衫和内衣塞进两个抽屉。