赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit18

 　　currently

　　adv.当前，目前

　　My dad is currently working as a college professor.

　　我父亲目前在大学担任教授。

　　tricky¹

　　a.狡猾的;微妙的,难以处理的

　　No one likes to deal with a tricky person.

　　谁都不喜欢与狡猾的人打交道。

　　The teacher put me on the spot by asking me a few tricky questions.

　　老师问了我一些难以回答的问题让我很难堪。

　　significant

　　a.重要的；显著的

　　Hard work plays a significant role in achieving success.

　　努力在获致成功方面扮演了重要的角色。

　　There is a significant difference in personality between the twin sisters.

　　这对双胞胎姐妹的个性有明显的不同。

　　significance

　　n.意义；重要性

　　I did not understand the significance of his remark.

　　我不懂他话中的含意。

　　The discovery was of great significance to the economy.

　　这项发现对经济极具重要性。

　　scientific

　　a.科学的；合乎科学的

　　He compiled a lot of scientific data.

　　他汇编了大量的科学资料。

　　Hank's approach to the matter was not very scientific.

　　汉克对这个问题所采取的方法不太合乎科学。

　　escape

　　vi. vt. n.逃脱；逃避

　　However hard it tried, the bird couldn't escape from the cage.

　　无论这只鸟多么努力尝试，它仍无法挣脱鸟笼。

　　We were lucky to escape being punished.=We were lucky to escape punishment.

　　我们很幸运没受到处罚。

　　wage

　　n.工资（恒用复数,尤指时薪） vt.发动（政治运动、战争等）

　　The workers went on strike in protest against low wages.

　　工人发动罢工抗议工资低廉。

　　The government vowed² to wage war on drug trafficking.

　　政府誓言向贩毒宣战。

　　salary

　　n.（按月发放的）薪水

　　How can you live on such a small salary?

　　这么微薄的薪水你如何赖以为生？

　　pay

　　n.薪资

　　The Indonesian girl worked long hours for a very low pay.

　　那名印尼女孩工作时间很长薪资却很低。

　　resource

　　n.资源（常用复数）

　　We must use natural resources wisely—many of them cannot be replenished³.

　　我们必须善用天然资源一它们有很多是无法再补充的。

1 tricky   

adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的

参考例句：

• I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
• He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。

2 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

3 replenished   

补充( replenish的过去式和过去分词 )； 重新装满

参考例句：

• She replenished her wardrobe. 她添置了衣服。
• She has replenished a leather [fur] coat recently. 她最近添置了一件皮袄。