Lesson 78
第78課
personality
n.人格
His personality was stunted by the brutal treatment in his childhood.
兒童期間受到的虐待對他人格的形成構成了障礙。
thermometer
n.溫度計
The doctor used a clinical thermometer to measure the patient's temperature.
醫生用體溫表測量病人的溫度。
concern
v.關心
Her fright and concern sunk her down in a deep swoon.
恐懼和擔心使她昏厥在地。
expedition
n.探險隊
He was a member of the Everest Expedition.
他是埃弗勒斯峰探險隊的隊員。
lawn
n.草地
I was at last nagged into weeding the lawn.
我終于被嘮叨得不耐煩,給草坪除草去了。
resent
v.憎惡
He strongly resents being called a fool.
他非常憤恨被人叫做傻瓜。
union
n.工會
Some of the union members did not want to picket.
工會的一些會員不想擔任罷工糾察員。
elegant
adj.高雅的
The furnishings of the palace were elegant.
這皇宮的裝飾很高雅。
portion
n.部分
She applied a portion of her salary each month to savings.
她每月把一部分薪金用于儲蓄。
stern
adj.嚴格的
He is very stern in his students' discipline.
他對學生的紀律非常嚴格。
contra
置于詞根前表示“反對,相反”
contrary
相反的(contra+ary相反的)
contradict
反駁;矛盾(contra+dict反駁)
contravene
違反,違背(contra+vene違反)