胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇187

　　187. Meeting in church教堂相会 relevance¹-remote
A young woman was kneeling alone in a remote part of the sanctuary² of a church when a young man knelt down beside her. The young man spoke³ to her, “I think it is remarkable⁴ that you would come here on a weekday as most young people are not religious these days.” The young woman praying was reluctant to speak, yet she answered, “I have found that religion has provided a remedy for many of the problems in life. I have developed a reliance on prayer as it serves to relinquish⁵ many worries and distresses⁶. Through prayer, my sins can be remitted⁸. Would you consider a person like me an old relic⁹ or a remnant from the past?” The man remarked, “On the contrary, I am relieved to find such a woman as you. I myself am reliant on religion. By the way, I find you quite beautiful.” The woman remonstrated¹¹, “Need I remind you that we are in a church? Please keep your remarks to a relevant topic.” The man heeded¹² her comment as a reminder¹³ and said, “Okay, I will keep my comments to a topic of relevance. I am a reliable man. I will do as I say.” “I will be the judge of your reliability¹⁴,” said the woman. “Let’s spend the remaining time in prayer.” The man said, “If we were old friends, we could spend time in reminiscence of the past.” “We’re not old friends. Pray!” retorted the woman. With the exception of getting up a few times to relieve themselves, they spent the remainder of the time in prayer.
relevance n.相关
relevant adj.有关的,切题的
reliability n.可靠性
reliable adj.可靠的,可信赖的
reliance n.依赖,依靠的人或物
reliant adj.依靠的,信赖自己的
relic n.遗迹,纪念物
relieve vt.减轻
relieved adj.放心的,免除的,宽慰的
religion n.宗教
religious adj.信奉宗教的,虔诚的
relinquish v.放弃,废除
reluctant adj.不情愿的,勉强的
remainder n.剩余物
remaining n.剩余,残存
remark n.评论,注释v.评论,谈及
remarkable adj.显著的,值得注意的
remedy n.药物vt.治疗,补救
remind vt.提醒,使记起
reminder n.提醒者
reminiscence n.回忆,缅怀往事
remit⁷ v.免除,宽恕
remnant n.残余,遗迹
remonstrate¹⁰ v.抗议,规劝
remote adj.遥远的,偏僻的

1 relevance   

n.中肯，适当，关联，相关性

参考例句：

• Politicians' private lives have no relevance to their public roles.政治家的私生活与他们的公众角色不相关。
• Her ideas have lost all relevance to the modern world.她的想法与现代社会完全脱节。

2 sanctuary   

n.圣所，圣堂，寺庙；禁猎区，保护区

参考例句：

• There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
• Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

5 relinquish   

v.放弃，撤回，让与，放手

参考例句：

• He was forced to relinquish control of the company.他被迫放弃公司的掌控权。
• They will never voluntarily relinquish their independence.他们绝对不会自动放弃独立。

6 distresses   

n.悲痛( distress的名词复数 )；痛苦；贫困；危险

参考例句：

• It was from these distresses that the peasant wars of the fourteenth century sprang. 正是由于这些灾难才爆发了十四世纪的农民战争。 来自辞典例句
• In all dangers and distresses, I will remember that. 在一切危险和苦难中，我要记住这一件事。 来自互联网

7 remit   

v.汇款，汇寄；豁免（债务），免除（处罚等）

参考例句：

• I hope you'll remit me the money in time.我希望你能及时把钱汇寄给我。
• Many immigrants regularly remit money to their families.许多移民定期给他们的家人汇款。

8 remitted   

v.免除（债务），宽恕( remit的过去式和过去分词 )；使某事缓和；寄回，传送

参考例句：

• She has had part of her sentence remitted. 她被免去部分刑期。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The fever has remitted. 退烧了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

9 relic   

n.神圣的遗物，遗迹，纪念物

参考例句：

• This stone axe is a relic of ancient times.这石斧是古代的遗物。
• He found himself thinking of the man as a relic from the past.他把这个男人看成是过去时代的人物。

10 remonstrate   

v.抗议，规劝

参考例句：

• He remonstrated with the referee.他向裁判抗议。
• I jumped in the car and went to remonstrate.我跳进汽车去提出抗议。

11 remonstrated   

v.抗议( remonstrate的过去式和过去分词 )；告诫

参考例句：

• They remonstrated with the official about the decision. 他们就这一决定向这位官员提出了抗议。
• We remonstrated against the ill-treatment of prisoners of war. 我们对虐待战俘之事提出抗议。 来自辞典例句

12 heeded   

v.听某人的劝告，听从( heed的过去式和过去分词 )；变平，使（某物）变平( flatten的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She countered that her advice had not been heeded. 她反驳说她的建议未被重视。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I heeded my doctor's advice and stopped smoking. 我听从医生的劝告，把烟戒了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 reminder   

n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示

参考例句：

• I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
• It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。

14 reliability   

n.可靠性，确实性

参考例句：

• We mustn't presume too much upon the reliability of such sources.我们不应过分指望这类消息来源的可靠性。
• I can assure you of the reliability of the information.我向你保证这消息可靠。