英語(yǔ)單詞超好背 第0164期

thoughtless

英 [?θ??tl?s] 美 [?θ??tl?s]

adj. 輕率的；欠考慮的；考慮不周的；不顧及他人的

例句：

It astonishes me (that) he could be so thoughtless.
我真沒(méi)有料到他會(huì)如此輕率。

I seem to be in evil case—and all for an innocent and thoughtless pleasantry.
我似乎陷入了不幸的境地——而這一切都是出于一種天真而輕率的玩笑。

How very thoughtless. I'll give him a piece of my mind.
太欠考慮了。我要狠狠地批評(píng)他。

gamble

英 [?ɡ?mbl] 美 [?ɡ?mbl]

v. 賭博；打賭；冒險(xiǎn)，投機(jī)；孤注一擲；冒險(xiǎn)假設(shè)

n. 冒險(xiǎn)；賭博；打賭

n. (Gamble) （美）甘布勒（人名）

例句：

The gamble paid off.
賭博贏了。

Lost all your money? That'll teach you to gamble.
你把錢(qián)都輸光了？這是賭博給你的教訓(xùn)。

It was wrong to gamble with our children's future.
拿孩子們的未來(lái)冒險(xiǎn)是錯(cuò)誤的。

hypothetical

英 [?ha?p??θet?kl] 美 [?ha?p??θet?kl]

adj. 假設(shè)的；愛(ài)猜想的

例句：

I wasn't asking about anybody in particular—it was a purely hypothetical question.
我并沒(méi)有問(wèn)到具體某個(gè)人—那不過(guò)是個(gè)純粹假設(shè)性的問(wèn)題。

Let's look at a hypothetical situation in which Carol, a recovering alcoholic, gets invited to a party.
我們來(lái)假設(shè)一下這樣一個(gè)情景，卡羅爾，一個(gè)正在康復(fù)中的嗜酒者，被邀情去參加一場(chǎng)聚會(huì)。

No doubt this hypothetical pattern did apply at times during the course of the recovery.
毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)，在經(jīng)濟(jì)復(fù)蘇的過(guò)程中，這種假設(shè)的模式確實(shí)適用于某些時(shí)候。

distinguished

英 [d??st??ɡw??t] 美 [d??st??ɡw??t]

adj. 卓越的，著名的；高貴的，受尊重的

v. 辨別；使有區(qū)別；看清，認(rèn)出（distinguish 的過(guò)去式和過(guò)去分詞）

例句：

He was the progenitor of a family of distinguished actors.
他是一個(gè)著名演藝世家的先輩。

His suit was immaculately cut and he looked very distinguished.
他的西服剪裁完美，人顯得十分高貴。

He was the most distinguished scholar in his field.
他是這一領(lǐng)域成就最為卓著的學(xué)者。

existing

英 [?ɡ?z?st??] 美 [?ɡ?z?st??]

v. 存在；（尤指在困境或貧困中）生活；被發(fā)現(xiàn)；（exist 的現(xiàn)在分詞）

adj. 存在的；現(xiàn)行的

例句：

Existing timbers are replaced or renewed.
現(xiàn)有的木材在被替換或更新。

A website need not cannibalize existing sales.
網(wǎng)站不一定會(huì)沖擊現(xiàn)有的銷(xiāo)售。

New laws will soon replace existing legislation.
新法律即將取代現(xiàn)行法規(guī)。

回顧

1. thoughtless
2. gamble
3. hypothetical
4. distinguished
5. existing