【詞匯解釋】
1.vaccine n. 疫苗
The vaccine was used to protect the whole population against infection.
這種疫苗用以為全體居民預防傳染病。
This vaccine will give you immunity for two years.
接種這種疫苗可有兩年免疫力。
2.frigid adj. 寒冷的,死板的,(指女性)性冷淡的
Huhhot is a frigid city in winter.
冬天的呼和浩特是一個寒冷的城市。
His frigid glance made me afraid.
他那冷淡的目光讓我害怕。
3.propagate v. 繁殖,擴增,傳播,傳送
They started a newspaper to propagate their ideas.
他們辦了一份報紙來宣傳他們的主張。
Most plants propagate by seed.
大多數植物靠種子繁殖。
4.perish vt. 毀減,死亡 vi. 毀滅
The lumbermen were perished with cold.
伐木工人凍僵了。
Almost a hundred people perished in the hotel fire last night.
近百人在昨夜旅館的大火中喪生。
5.confer vi. 商討 vt. 贈予,授予
And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have more cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.
因此,一個人如果不寫,他就需要記住很多東西; 如果不和人交談,他就需要天箋機智; 如果不讀書,他就需要更狡猾,能夠假裝知道他所不知道的東西。
The Queen conferred knighthood on several distinguished men.
女王將爵士頭銜授予幾位杰出人士。