赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit131

 　　cherish

　　vt.珍惜

　　I promise I will cherish your love all my life.=I promise I will treasure your love for the rest of my life.=I promise I will value your love till the end of my life.

　　我承诺一辈子会好好珍惜你的爰。

　　flunk¹

　　vi.(某科）考不及格；使（某人）不及格

　　Not well prepared, Ray flunked² the history test yesterday.

　　因为没有好好准备，小雷昨天历史考不及格。

　　Because of his poor academic performance, Todd flunked out of college a year before he was supposed to graduate.

　　陶德因为学业表现极差，他在原定毕业的前一年被退学了。

　　I did poorly on my English test, so I was flunked by my teacher.

　　因为我英语考试考得很差，英文老师就把我当掉了。

　　full-time³

　　a.全职的 adv.全职地

　　Peter is looking for a full-time job as an English teacher.

　　彼得正在找一份全职的英文教师工作。

　　David is currently working full-time as an English teacher in our school.

　　大卫目前在我学校担任全职的英文老师。

　　part-time

　　a.兼职的 adv.兼职地

　　After his surgery, Robert continued to work for the company, but only on a part-time basis.

　　手术后，罗伯特继续替这家公司工作，不过是兼职的。

　　recreation

　　n.消遣；休闲娱乐

　　Jim's favorite kinds of recreation are reading and playing badminton.

　　吉姆最喜爱的消遣是阅读和打羽毛球。

　　Terry goes cycling for recreation.

　　泰瑞以骑脚踏车为娱乐。

　　blade

　　n.刀锋

　　Sharpen the blade before you cut the meat.

　　在切肉前先把刀刃磨利。

　　razor

　　n.剃刀

　　I bought some disposable razors for my trip overseas.

　　为了要海外旅游，我买了一些拋弃式刮胡刀。

　　shaver

　　n.刮胡刀（尤指电动刮胡刀)

　　This electric shaver is rechargeable.

　　这把电动刮胡刀是可充电式的。

　　moderate

　　a.适度的

　　It's best to keep a moderate speed while driving.

　　开车时最好保持适当的速度。

　　delight

　　vt.使喜悦 n. 欣喜

　　The competition is sure to delight the audience.

　　这场比赛肯定会带给观众喜悦。

　　Ladies and gentlemen, I take delight in giving this speech to you this evening.

　　诸位女士先生，今晚很高兴能跟大家发表演讲。

　　To my delight, John came back safe and sound from his journey.

　　令我高兴的是，约翰安然无恙地旅游回来。

1 flunk   

v.(考试)不及格(=fail)

参考例句：

• I will flunk him if my student doesn't learn the material in the course.如果我的学生没有掌握课程的内容，我就会让他不及格。
• If you flunk finals,you don't get the chance to do them again.如果你没通过期末考试，就没有机会再考一次了。

2 flunked   

v.( flunk的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）（考试、某学科的成绩等）不及格；评定（某人）不及格；（因不及格而） 退学

参考例句：

• I flunked math in second grade. 我二年级时数学不及格。
• He flunked out (of college) last year. 他去年（从大学）退学了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 full-time   

adj.满工作日的或工作周的，全时间的

参考例句：

• A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
• I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。