和谐英语

VOA常速英语:US Security Vigilant for Super Bowl

2012-02-06来源:VOA
词汇讲解:
1. tempting adj.吸引人的,诱人的
例句:I made him what I thought were several tempting offers, but he wouldn’t bite.
我向他提出一些自以为动听的建议,但他不肯上钩。

2. bill vt. 宣布, 贴广告, 列节目单
例句:It's been billed as the race of the year.
海报上宣传这是本年度的大赛。

3. scan vt. 扫描
例句:This apparatus scans patients' brains for tumours.
这台仪器扫描检查病人的脑瘤。

4. average v. 平均为, 平均达
例句:The rainfall averages 1000mm a year.
年平均降雨量为1000毫米。

5. surround vt.包围
例句:A crowd surrounded him.
一群人围着他。

6. equivalent adj. 相等的, 相当的
例句:There is no exactly equivalent French tense to the present perfect tense in English.
法语里没有和英语中的现在完成时完全对应的时态。

7. gather v. (使)聚集; 集合
例句:The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.
老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。

8. pinpoint vt. 准确地确定(位置、范围、性质、程度等
例句:Engineers are trying to pinpoint the cause of the trouble.
工程师们在设法找出故障的原因。

9. pose vt. 造成,引起
例句:The increase in student numbers poses many problems for the schools.
学生人数增加给学校造成许多问题。

10. schedule n. 时间表, 日程安排表
例句:Have you made the examination schedule?
你已经安排了考试日程吗?