和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Getting a Free Education, in Huge Online Classes

2012-03-22来源:VOA
词汇讲解:
1. available adj. 可用的,现成可使用的,合用的
例句:My bicycle is not available, and it is being repaired.
我的自行车现在不能用, 因为正在修理。

2. provide vt. 提供
例句:On Sundays his landlady provided dinner as well as breakfast.
星期天,他的女房东不但供给早餐,还供给晚餐。

3. credit n. 借款; 贷款
例句:They established a credit for 100, 000 dollars in favour of me.
他们给我10万美元贷款来帮助我。

4. requirement n. 要求, 要求条件, 必要条件
例句:He has filled all requirements for promotion.
他已具备晋升的一切条件。

5. engage vt. 使从事,使忙于
例句:He was busily engaged in painting the furniture.
他忙于油漆家具。

6. cover vt. 包含;适用于
例句:His reading covers a wide range of subjects.
阅读的书籍涉及多种学科。

7. grade vt. 将...分等级;将...分类; 给...评分
例句:The pearls are carefully graded.
这些珍珠的等级分得很细。

8. accessible adj. 容易取得的,容易获得的,容易达到的
例句:Medicine should not be kept where it is accessible to children.
药物不应放在容易被小孩拿到的地方。

9. format n.设计, 安排;格式, 样式, 版式
例句:They are producing books in all kinds of different formats.
他们出版各种不同开本的书籍。

10. recognize vt. 承认[认清](某事物); 认识到
例句:He recognized that he was not qualified for a teacher.
他认识到自己没有资格担任教师。