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慢速英语:Words and Their Stories: Money Talks

Source: VOA    2011-12-11   English BBS   Favorite  

词汇讲解:

1. earn v. 赚得; 挣钱
例句:He is paid less than he really earns.
与他真正该赚得的相比, 他的待遇是太少了。

2. jungle n. (热带)丛林, 密林;乱七八糟的一堆事物
例句:This place is turning into a jungle already.
这个地方已变得乱七八糟。

3. survival n. 幸存, 生存
例句:We all have a strong survival instinct.
每个人都有强烈的求生本能。

4. survive n. 幸存, 活下来
例句:These plants cannot survive in very cold conditions.
这些植物在严寒中不能存活。

5. bogus adj. 假的,假冒的,伪造的
例句:She was fooled by his bogus identity card.
她被他的假身份证骗了。

6. shorten v. 弄短, 缩短
例句:She shortened the skirt by an inch.
她把裙子缩短了一英寸。

7. steal v. 偷
例句:Someone has stolen her purse when she was shopping.
她在购物时, 有人偷走了她的钱包。

8. demonstration n. 游行示威
例句:We watched the demonstration from our windows.
我们从窗口看示威游行。

9. cheat vt.欺骗, 哄骗
例句:They cheated the old woman of her house and money.
他们骗取了老妇人的房屋和钱财。

10. remove vt.移走; 排除;开除
例句:She removed mud from her shoes.
她擦去了鞋上的泥。


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