Skeleton
n.(建筑物等的)骨架;骨骼;梗概;骨瘦如柴的人(或動物)
adj.骨骼的;骨瘦如柴的;概略的;基本的
Only a skeleton staff remains to show anyone interested around the site.
只有一小部分必需的工作人員留在那里,帶有興趣的人參觀遺址。
Only skeletons of buildings remained.
只剩下了建筑物的框架。
Mr Worthing is this election's Mr Nice Guy, without any skeletons in his cupboard.
沃辛先生是此次選舉中的正派先生,本身沒有任何見不得人的丑事。
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Fabric
n.織物;布;構造;(建筑物的)結構(如墻、地面、屋頂):質地
Whatever your colour scheme, there's a fabric to match.
無論什么樣的色彩圖案,都有與之相配的織物。
Years of civil war have wrecked the country's infrastructure and destroyed its social fabric.
經年內戰已破壞了國家的基礎設施,摧毀了其社會結構。
Condensation will eventually cause the fabric of the building to rot away.
冷凝作用將最終使建筑結構腐朽掉。
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Promising
adj.有前途的;有希望的;光明;有為
A school has honoured one of its brightest and most promising former pupils.
一所學校給曾在這里就讀的最聰明、最有前途的一位學生授予了榮譽頭銜。
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Arrangement
n.安排;排列;約定;改編
She telephoned Ellen, but made no arrangements to see her.
她給埃倫打了電話,但沒有約她見面。
Her class teacher made a special arrangement to discuss her progress at school once a month.
她班上的老師作了特別安排,每月討論一次她在學業上的進展情況。
The house was always decorated with imaginative flower arrangements.
這所房子總是擺放著富有創意的插花。
Glen Bronka wrote his own orchestral arrangements.
格倫·布朗卡把自己的曲子改編成了管弦樂曲。
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考考你 Q&A
Q: Please use the word or phrase you just learnt to complete the sentence beblow.
1.It was _____ for anyone to get in because no one knew the password...
因為沒人知道密碼,所以任何人都不可能進得去。
2.The purpose of _____ is to provide information on how the enemy can be beaten...
諜報的目的是提供如何打敗敵人的信息。
A:本期答案見下期
上期答案:
1.Tom admits that playing video games sometimes distracts him from his homework...
湯姆承認玩電子游戲有時會使他無心做作業。
2.It embarrassed him that he had no idea of what was going on.
對所發生的事情一無所知,這讓他很難堪。