赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit134

 　　paragraph

　　n.段落

　　The information you're looking for can be found in the third paragraph of the article.

　　你要的资料可以在这篇文章的第3段找到。

　　species

　　n.物种

　　We found a strange species of bird on the island.

　　我们在这座岛上发现了一种怪鸟。

　　Many species of wild animals are endangered.

　　许多种野生动物都快要瀕临绝种了。

　　wit

　　n.聪明机智

　　I'm at my wits' end, so I can't come up with any good ideas to solve this problem.

　　我已经黔驴技穷，想不出任何点子来解决这个问题了。

　　George is known for his wit and humor.

　　乔治因他的机智与幽默闻名。

　　carve

　　vt.雕刻

　　We carved the pumpkin¹ for Halloween.

　　我们雕刻南瓜庆祝万圣夜。

　　Work hard, and you will carve our a bright future.

　　要努力，这样你就会开创一片光明的前途。

　　costume

　　n.服装（尤指戏服或民族服装）

　　The kimono is the traditional costume of Japanese women.

　　和服是日本女性的传统服装。

　　revise

　　vt.修正

　　This dictionary has been revised several times, but there are still many errors.

　　这本字典已修订过许多次，但仍有许多错误。

　　revision

　　n.修订，修正

　　They're making some revisions to the dictionary for the new edition.

　　他们正在为新版字典进行修订。

　　handwriting

　　n.字迹

　　I can't read your handwriting. Can you write more clearly?

　　我看不懂你写的字迹。你可以写清楚一点吗？

　　grave

　　n.坟墓 a.严肃的；严重的

　　Thanks to the welfare program, people in that country are taken care of by the government from (the) cradle to (the) grave.

　　由于这项福利措施，该国百姓一生都受到政府的照顾。

　　We went to our late teacher's grave last year to pay tribute to him.

　　去年我们到老师的墓前向他致敬。

　　When George arrived at the office this morning, he had a grave expression on his face.

　　乔治今早进办公室时，脸上的神情很凝重。

　　Such a rash decision could result in grave consequences.

　　这样一个草率的决定将导致严重的后果。

　　tomb

　　n.坟墓

　　A man accidentally discovered an old tomb in Egypt.

　　一名男子在埃及意外发现一座古老的坟墓。

1 pumpkin   

n.南瓜

参考例句：

• They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
• It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin!看起来就像南瓜里有人在看着你！