和谐英语

VOA常速英语:Ahmadinejad Speech Triggers Western Walkout

2011-09-23来源:VOA

词汇讲解:

1. strident adj. 尖锐的;刺耳的
例句:People are put off by her strident voice.
人们对她刺耳的嗓音感到十分厌恶。

2. imprison vt.下狱, 监禁
例句:They imprisoned many of those they caught.
他们把抓来的许多人关入了监狱。

3. generate vt. 引起, 导致
例句:This book will continue to generate excitement for a long time.
这本书将在很长一段时间里继续使人们为之激动。

4. catalogue n. 目录, 一览表;系列
例句:She recited a catalogue of her husband's sins to me.
她向我历数了她丈夫的一连串罪过。

5. tolerate vt. 忍受; 容忍
例句:She can tolerate that rude fellow.
她能容忍那个粗鲁的家伙。

6. foreclose vt. 取消赎回(抵押品)权;失去(抵押品)的赎回权
例句:They will foreclose our mortgage.
他们将取消我们赎回抵押品的权利。

7. notion n. 概念, 观念, 看法
例句:One common Chinese notion is that the elders ought to be respected.
中国人共有的一种观念是长者应受到尊敬。

8. unforgivable adj. 不可原谅的;难以饶恕的
例句:Being late is an unforgivable sin round here.
迟到在这里是一种不可原谅的失礼行为。

9. abhorrent adj. 令人厌恶的
例句:I find the idea totally abhorrent.
我觉得这个想法极令人反感。

10. despicable adj. 可鄙的,卑鄙的
例句:From beginning to end his conduct had been despicable and wicked.
从头到尾他的行为既卑鄙又可恶。