学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3411 batter

 今天我们要学的词是 batter¹.

 

batter 作为动词的意思是连续抽打、袭击。 Hurricane Dorian entered the Gulf² of St. Lawrence on Sunday after battering³ the Canadian Nova Scotia peninsula, leaving hundreds of thousands without power. 飓风多利安星期天在袭击加拿大新斯科舍省半岛后进入圣劳伦斯湾，给数十万人造成供电中断。

 

In recent years, the Canadian Conservatives have battered⁴ the Liberals, turning a narrow lead in the 2006 election into a majority government by 2011. 近年来，加拿大保守党给自由党带来冲击，将在2006年的选举中微弱领先的优势发展成2011年多数派领导的政府。

1 batter   

v.接连重击；磨损；n.牛奶面糊；击球员

参考例句：

• The batter skied to the center fielder.击球手打出一个高飞球到中外野手。
• Put a small quantity of sugar into the batter.在面糊里放少量的糖。

2 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

3 battering   

n.用坏，损坏v.连续猛击( batter的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The film took a battering from critics in the US. 该影片在美国遭遇到批评家的猛烈抨击。
• He kept battering away at the door. 他接连不断地砸门。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 battered   

adj.磨损的；v.连续猛击；磨损

参考例句：

• He drove up in a battered old car.他开着一辆又老又破的旧车。
• The world was brutally battered but it survived.这个世界遭受了惨重的创伤,但它还是生存下来了。