和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887-1986: Her Paintings Showed Her Love for the American Southwest

2011-11-27来源:VOA

词汇讲解:

1. mistake v. 弄错; 误解
例句:At first, he thought he had mistaken the address.
一开始他以为地址搞错了。

2. identify vt. 认出, 识别
例句:She identified her son among a lot of children.
她在许多孩子中认出了自己的孩子。

3. suspect vt. 猜疑(是), 怀疑(是), 觉得(是);怀疑; 不信任;怀疑…有罪
例句:I suspect him to know everything about that.
我猜想那件事他全都知道了。

4. treasure n. 金银财宝; 宝藏;珍宝, 贵重物品;不可多得的人才
例句:The library has many art treasures.
这家图书馆收藏了很多艺术珍品。

5. supervisor n. 监督者, 管理者, 指导者, 主管人,导师 
例句:He said that he needed to get his supervisor to authorize my refund.
他说必须让主管人员批准我的退款。

6. narrow adj. 狭窄的; 狭隘的
例句:The bridge is too narrow for two cars to pass.
这桥太窄, 并排通不过两辆车。

7. lend vt. 增加, 增添
例句:This poem lends itself to our program very well.
这首诗非常适合我们的节目。

8. quality n.质, 质量;优点, 优质;品质, 特征, 特性;特点, 特色
例句:One quality of this kind of timber is that it can be sawn easily.
这种木料的一个特点是容易锯开。

9. reject vt.拒绝, 谢绝; 驳回;舍弃, 排斥, 退掉
例句:The board rejected all our ideas.
董事会拒绝审议我们的所有意见。

10. fail vi.衰退, 衰弱;破产;不足, 短缺, 缺乏
例句:His hearing is failing.
他的听觉在衰退。