每天背單詞 第243期

principal

英 [?pr?ns?pl] 美 [?pr?ns?pl]

adj. 主要的；資本的

n. 首長；校長；資本；當事人

例句：

The principal is a very busy woman.
校長是個大忙人。

I sent a copy to the school principal.
我寄了一份復(fù)印件給校長。

The principal knows all the students by name.
校長能叫出所有學(xué)生的姓名。

seldom

英 [?seld?m] 美 [?seld?m]

adv. 很少，不常

例句：

I've seldom felt so happy.
我很少感到過這么快樂了。

They seldom watch television these days.
這些日子他們很少看電視。

She was a severe woman who seldom smiled.
她是個嚴肅的女人，臉上很少出現(xiàn)笑容。

inherent

英 [?n?her?nt; ?n?h??r?nt] 美 [?n?her?nt,?n?h?r?nt]

adj. 固有的；內(nèi)在的；與生俱來的，遺傳的

例句：

Individuality is a valued and inherent part of the British character.
個性是英國人重視并固有的特征。

The use of these materials does involve some inherent questions.
對這些材料的使用確實涉及了一些固有的問題。

Everyone has his inherent ability, which is easily concealed by habits.
每個人都有與生俱來的能力，只是很容易被習(xí)慣所掩蓋。

manifestation

英 [?m?n?fe?ste??n] 美 [?m?n?fe?ste??n]

n. 表現(xiàn)；顯示；示威運動

例句：

What Watson did was to observe muscular habits, because he viewed them as a manifestation of thinking.
沃森所做的就是觀察肌肉習(xí)慣，因為他認為肌肉習(xí)慣是思考的表現(xiàn)形式。

Some manifestation of your concern would have been appreciated.
你當時要是表現(xiàn)出一些關(guān)心就好了。

The riots are a clear manifestation of the people's discontent.
騷亂清楚地表明了人們的不滿情緒。

needy

英 [?ni?di] 美 [?ni?di]

adj. 貧困的；貧窮的；生活艱苦的

n. (Needy)人名；(英)尼迪

例句：

It's a charity that provides help for needy children.
是慈善機構(gòu)為貧困孩子提供幫助。

There will be efforts to get larger amounts of food to the needy.
將努力把更多的食品送給窮人。

Silber says the tax rollback would decimate basic services for the needy.
西爾伯說稅收的回落可能導(dǎo)致大幅縮減為貧困人口提供的基本服務(wù)。

回顧

1. principal
2. seldom
3. inherent
4. manifestation
5. needy