Lesson 8
第8課
nuisance
n. 損害,妨害,討厭(的人或事物)
The noise was so loud that it was a nuisance to the neighbours.
那聲音大得讓鄰居討厭。
scrape
v.刮,削
The boy scraped the mud(泥巴)from his shoes.
那男孩刮掉鞋上的泥巴。
superintendent
n.監督者
He is superintendent of this school.
他是這所學校的督學。
fade
v.枯萎
The flowers in the garden faded at the end of summer.
花園里的花在夏末時枯萎。
insignificant
a. 無意義的,無足輕重的;無價值的
The rate has fallen by an insignificant amount.
比率雖有下降, 但微不足道。
extreme
n. 極端,過分
Love and hate are extremes of passion.
愛與恨是感情的兩個極端。
absolute
a. 絕對的,無條件的;完全的
It's an absolute fact.
這是千真萬確的事實。
fist
n.拳頭
He raised his fist and threatened to hit me.
他舉起拳頭威脅要打我。
boundary
n. 分界線,邊界
The fence marks the boundary between my land and hers.
這道柵欄是我的地和她的地的分界線.
brake
v. 剎住(車)
The driver braked hard as the child ran onto the road in front of him.
那孩子跑到汽車前面的路上, 司機猛踩剎車。
bene
表示"善,好"
benefaction
好事;恩惠(bene+fact 做+ion→好事)
benefit
好處,利益(bene+fit 做→做事后的好處→利益)
beneficent
仁慈的,善行的(bene+fic 做+ent→做好事的)