早安英文 第516期:老外都觉得发音超难的单词

 rural adj.乡下的，农村的； 田园的
Ambert is from rural area, so he is a country boy.
Ambert来自农村，是一个（可爱的）乡村男孩。

phenomenon n.现象，事件
Gravity is a natural phenomenon.
重力是一种自然现象。

 

squirrel n.松鼠
specifically adv.特有地，明确地
The car is specifically designed for sunny, as it has four cup holders¹.
这辆车是专为Sunny设计的，因为它有四个杯座。

colonel n.上校
Worcestershire n. 伍斯特郡

1 holders   

支持物( holder的名词复数 )； 持有者； （支票等）持有人； 支托（或握持）…之物

参考例句：

• Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders. 奴隶受奴隶主的残酷压迫。
• It is recognition of compassion's part that leads the up-holders of capital punishment to accuse the abolitionists of sentimentality in being more sorry for the murderer than for his victim. 正是对怜悯的作用有了认识，才使得死刑的提倡者指控主张废除死刑的人感情用事，同情谋杀犯胜过同情受害者。