VOA慢速英语:Chicago Architect Jeanne Gang Named MacArthur Fellow for her ‘Striking Structures’

词汇讲解：

1. inventive adj. 有发明才能的;显示创造力的
例句：He was highly inventive.
他极富发明创造能力。

2. architect n. 建筑师, 设计师
例句：The new building was built from the design of a famous architect.
这座新楼是根据一位著名建筑师的设计建成的。

3. surroundings n. (周围的)环境[事物]
例句：They lived amid beautiful surroundings.
他们生活在优美的环境中。

4. shape vt.做成某物的形状
例句：The children shaped the wet sand.
孩子们把湿沙子堆成各种形状。

5. gather vi. 积聚;集合
例句：A crowd gathered at the scene of the accident.
出事地点聚集了一群人。

6. freight vt.运输, 装货于
例句：We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.
我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。

7. permission n. 允许, 许可, 准许
例句：I have obtained a written permission from the chairman.
我从主席那里获得了书面许可。

8. attempt vt.试图; 尝试
例句：He attempted to get in touch with them but without success.
他试图和他们联系, 但未成功。

9. budget n. 预算; 预算额, 经费
例句：Our budget has been pared to the bone.
我们的预算额已削减到最低限度。

10. dreamy adj. 心不在焉的；模糊的,不清楚的；轻柔的
例句：They talked to each other in gentle, dreamy voices.
他们轻声细语地交谈。