英语四级通关训练 第0369期

moonlight

英 [ˈmuːnlaɪt] 美 [ˈmuːnlaɪt]

n. 月光；半夜潜逃

adj. 有月光的

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v. （非正式）夜间秘密地兼职

例句：

The castle was bathed in moonlight.城堡沐浴在月光里。

A shaft of moonlight fell on the lake.一束月光照在湖面上。

Moonlight was silvering the countryside.月光下的乡村泛着银光。

compensate

英 [ˈkɒmpenseɪt] 美 [ˈkɑːmpenseɪt]

v. 赔偿，偿付；弥补，补偿；抵消；酬报（某人）

例句：

Nothing can compensate for the loss of a loved one.失去心爱的人是无法补偿的。

The damages are designed to compensate victims for their direct losses.该赔偿金是用来补偿受害人的直接损失的。

A surge in domestic sales helped compensate for a fall-off in export sales.国内销售的增长帮助补偿了出口销售的减少。

engulf

英 [ɪnˈɡʌlf] 美 [ɪnˈɡʌlf]

v. 吞没，淹没；使陷入（某种思绪或情绪）；狼吞虎咽

例句：

The crisis threatens to engulf several others.这个危机波及了其它几个成员。

I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me.我到了深水中。大水漫过我身。

The next Ice Age could take only weeks to engulf Britain.下次冰期吞噬英国可能只需几个星期。

fitness

英 [ˈfɪtnəs] 美 [ˈfɪtnəs]

n. 健康；（生物体的）环境适度；适合，胜任

例句：

He's too hung up about fitness.他对健身过于忧心忡忡。

Fitness has become an obsession with him.他迷上了健身。

The long climb tested our fitness and stamina.那次长距离爬山是对我们健康状况和耐力的考验。

repudiate

英 [rɪˈpjuːdieɪt] 美 [rɪˈpjuːdieɪt]

vt. 拒绝；否定；批判；与……断绝关系；拒付

例句：

The worker was bound to the master by a mutual contract that either one could repudiate, and the relationship was conceptualized as one of partnership.工人和雇主因为共同合约而联系在一起，这一合约双方中任何一方都能拒绝履行，而且这种关系在概念上是一种合伙关系。

Leaders urged people to turn out in large numbers to repudiate the violence.领导们力劝人们集体出面来声讨该暴力。

He would repudiate all debts incurred by his son.他拒绝偿还他儿子的一切债务。

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