和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Do You Believe in Ghosts?(翻译)

2016-10-30来源:VOA


词汇讲解:

1. intelligence n.情报; 智力; 聪颖
例句:She's a woman of exceptional intelligence.
她是个有着非凡智慧的女子。

2. separate vt.分开; (使) 分离; 区分
例句:Our children have separate bedrooms.
我们的孩子有各自的卧室。

3. belief n.信,信任; 信念,意见
例句:Einstein disposed of this belief.
爱因斯坦推倒了这一信念。

4. capture vt.俘获; 夺取; 夺得
例句:The guerrillas shot down one aeroplane and captured the pilot
游击队击落了一架飞机,并俘获了飞行员。

5. zeitgeist n.(尤指文学、哲学和政治中表现出的) 时代精神,时代思潮
例句:He has caught the zeitgeist of rural life in the 1980s very well indeed.
事实上,他非常准确地描绘出了20世纪80年代乡村生活的真实风貌。

6. protest vi.抗议; 断言
例句:Groups of women took to the streets to protest against the arrests
成群结队的妇女上街抗议逮捕行动。

7. expel vt.驱逐; 赶走; 把…除名
例句: More than five-thousand secondary school students have been expelled for cheating.
5,000多名中学生因为作弊被开除。