Word 2008-04-19

 

 

1.The riot police started to crack down on them.
防暴警察開始對他們采取鎮壓行動。

2.Police are cracking down on drug dealers.
警方現對販毒分子嚴懲不貸。

3.The teacher cracked down on the students when he found they had not been obeying the rules in the examination.
當教師發現學生不遵守考試規則時，他對學生采取了嚴厲的手段。

rampancy 猖獗

 

1.The threat of an economic depression hangs over the world.
經濟衰退的威脅籠罩著世界。

2.There was a threat of typhoon.
有刮台風的征兆。

3.His presence is a threat to our success.
他的出現對我們的成功是一個威脅。

4.Terrorism is a threat to the whole country.
恐怖主義是整個國家的禍根。

5.The situation poses a grave threat to world peace.
這局勢對世界和平构成了嚴重的威脅。

6.The threat of war has depressed business activity.
戰爭的威脅使經濟蕭條。

7.Pollution poses a threat to the continued existence of this species.
污染對這一物种的繼續生存造成了威脅。

obvious: [ 'ɔbviəs, -vjəs ]
a. 明顯的,顯而易見的

reckless driving 危險駕駛
topmost priority [ prai'ɔriti ] 第一要務,首要任務
growing threat 逐漸形成的威脅

 

effort: [ 'efət ]
n. 努力,努力的成果

詞形變化:
形容詞:effortful 副詞:ef-fortfully

例句与用法:

1.Despite all our efforts we still lost the game.
盡管我們盡了全力，我們還是輸掉了比賽。

2.It's quite an effort to lift this heavy box.
抬起這只沉重的箱子要花費相當大的力气。

3.Put more effort into your work.
你要更加努力地工作。

4.Your success lies upon your effort.
你成功与否取決于你的努力。

5.Your effort is bound to be successful.
你的努力一定會成功的。

 

apparently: [ ə'pærəntli ]
a. 顯然,似乎
ad. 顯然

例句与用法:

1.Apparently he never wrote a letter to her.
顯然，他一封信也沒給她寫。

2.Apparently they're intending to put up the price of water.
看來他們要提高水費了。

3.Apparently impossible feats are now accomplished by science.
許多看起來不可能的偉大業績現在已經由科學實現了。

4.Beneath that apparently calm surface is a man of fierce temper.
文靜的外表掩蓋著的是一個火暴脾气的人。

 

refrain: [ ri'frein ]
n. 重复,疊句,副歌
v. 節制,避免,制止

詞形變化:名詞:refrainer 動詞過去式:refrained 過去分詞:refrained 現在分詞:refraining 第三人稱單數:refrains

例句与用法:

1.Let's hope they will refrain from hostile actions.
希望他們不采取敵對行動。

2.I carefully refrained from looking at him.
我留意著避免朝他看。

3.A refrain in which an audience joins a soloist in a song.
合唱句，重疊句由一名觀眾在獨唱歌手的一支歌中加入的副歌

4.I wish he would refrain from scattering his ash all over the carpet.
我希望他不要將煙灰往地毯上亂彈。

The only way to prevent driving under the influence is to mete out stiffer penalties to violators.
(唯一防止酒醉駕車的方法就是對違規著施以更嚴厲的處罰)

mete out +Sth.(逞罰)+ to + Sb.(某人) 分配逞罰給某人

The joke was so funny that I just couldn't refrain from langhing.
(這個笑話真好笑,我實在無法克制自己不笑)