赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit16

 　　employee

　　n.雇员，员工

　　All employees are covered under the insurance plan.

　　这项保险计划涵盖了所有的员工。

　　employment

　　n.雇用，就业，工作（不可数）；运用，采行

　　It is hard for many college graduates to find employment this year.

　　今年很多大学毕业生找工作都很困难。

　　Is Eric still in Mr. Wang's employment?

　　艾瑞克仍在为王先生工作吗？

　　The employment of certain policies can be controversial.

　　某些政策的实行可能备受争议。

　　background

　　n.背景

　　Because of his background, John got the job very easily.

　　由于他的背景，约翰轻易地就得到了那份工作。

　　aside

　　adv.一旁地

　　Please step aside. You're blocking my view.

　　请站到旁边。你挡了我的视线。

　　apart

　　adv.分开

　　Kathy and her husband decided¹ to live apart for a while.

　　凯希和她老公决定分居一段时间。

　　John occasionally goes hiking. Apart from that, he hardly has any hobbies.

　　约翰偶而会健行。除此之外,他几乎没有什么嗜好。

　　It is quite hard to tell these ducklings apart.

　　要分辨出这些小鸭间的差异相当不容易。

　　decade

　　n. 10 年

　　The company has been in business for two decades.

　　这间公司已经营运20年了。

　　primary

　　a.主要的，首要的；初级的

　　His primary reason for coming was to meet girls.

　　他来的主要原因是要见女孩子。

　　Many people believe in the importance of primary education.

　　许多人深信基础教育的重要。

　　primarily

　　adv.主要地

　　The receptionist's job is primarily to receive visitors and answer calls.

　　柜台人员的工作主要就是接待访客及接电话。

　　secondary

　　a.次要的；（学校）中等教育的

　　Wealth is secondary to health for him.

　　对他来说财富的重要性次于健康。

　　Martha teaches geography at a secondary school.

　　玛莎在一所中学教地理。

　　spill

　　vt洒出；泄密 n.洒出物

　　I got mad when the careless waitress spilled coffee on my shirt.

　　马虎的女服务生把咖啡洒在我衬衫上时,我便发火了。

　　Tell me exactly who spilled out the secret.

　　告诉我到底是谁泄露了这个秘密。

　　I need some paper to dry the coffee spill.

　　我需要一些纸把溅洒出来的咖啡溃擦干。

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。