和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:These Are Not Your Usual Businesses

2012-01-09来源:VOA

词汇讲解:

1. taste n. 滋味, 味道
例句:The food has an attractive taste.
这食品的味道很诱人。

2. starve v. (使)挨饿, 饥饿
例句:Because there is no food, the people are starving.
由于没有食品, 所以人们在挨饿。

3. pour v. 涌出;倾; 倒
例句:He poured me a cup of tea.
他给我倒了一杯茶。

4. appreciate vt. 体会,领会,欣赏,赏识
例句:Her talent for music was not appreciated.
她的音乐才能无人赏识。

5. wealth n. 大量, 众多, 丰富
例句:The dictionary gives us a wealth of phrases and sentences to illustrate meaning.
这本词典给了我们许多说明词义的短语和句子。

6. waste v. 浪费, 徒劳;(使)损耗, (使)消瘦
例句:Hurry up, we're wasting time.
快点儿, 我们别再浪费时间了。

7. capture vt. 占领,夺得;获得
例句:The candidate captured 55% of the vote.
那位候选人获得百分之五十五的选票。

8. authentic adj. 真的, 真正的
例句:The copy he made of the painting can pass for an authentic one.
他临摹的画足以乱真。

9. ingredient n.(混合物的)组成部分; 配料
例句:What are the ingredients of the cake?
这蛋糕是用哪些原料做成的?

10. freezer n. 冷藏室,冷藏车,冷藏库
例句:Mum stocked up the freezer for us before she went to the conference.
妈妈去开会之前为我们在冰柜里存满了食物。