那些以-ly结尾的英语四级高频词汇
时间：2016-09-28 21:32:35
（单词翻译:单击）
1. unlikely
Seeing that he’s ill, he’s unlikely to come. 他既然有病，那就不大可能来了。
The job is unlikely to be finished inside of a year. 这工作一年之内不见得能完成。
They are unlikely to stay in power after the next election. 下次选举之后他们不太可能继续执政。
It would be too costly to repair the car. 修理这辆汽车要花很多钱。
The castle will undergo extensive and costly renovations. 那城堡要用巨资进行全面整修。
The long and costly strike proved to be the last nail in the company’s
coffin2. 长期罢工损失巨大致使该公司一蹶不振。
3. cowardly
It was cowardly of you not to admit your mistake. 你不承认错误就不是好样儿的。
Sending
anonymous3 letters is a cowardly act. 寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
She accused the government of a cowardly surrender to big-business interests. 她指责政府畏首畏尾屈从于大企业的利益。
4. deadly
Cyanide is a deadly poison. 氰化物是一种致命的毒药。
She uses wit with deadly effect. 她聪明机智，使人难以招架。
The conference was deadly dull. 会议开得死气沉沉的。
5. elderly
He’s very active for an elderly man. 按老年人来说, 他非常活跃。
He’s caring for his elderly parents. 他正照顾着年迈的父母。
It was gracious of the Queen to speak to the elderly patients. 女王和蔼可亲地慰问年老的病人。
6. fatherly
He is a fatherly old doctor. 他是个慈祥的老大夫。
Suddenly
Jack4 smiled and slipped back into his fatherly role. 杰克突然微微一笑,又摆起了慈父的姿态。
7. friendly
He’s a very talkative, friendly man. 他是一个非常健谈、和善的人。
They
spoke5 to one another in a very friendly manner. 他们态度十分和善地彼此交谈。
The people were friendly wherever we went. 不管走到哪儿，人们都对我们很友好。
8. lively
She’s twice as lively as her sister. 她比她姐姐活跃一倍。
The band played a lively
tune6. 乐队演奏了一支轻快的乐曲。
He’s not very friendly towards newcomers. 他对新来的人不太友好。
9. lonely
You can be alone without being lonely. 你可以独处而不感到寂寞。
He has so few friends that his life is lonely. 他的朋友很少，因此他的生活非常孤单。
She avoids lonely streets. She is afraid of being mugged. 她避免在没人的马路上行走。她怕遭抢劫。
10. lovely
It’s a lovely day indeed. 天气的确很好啊。
Spring is a lovely season. 春天是怡人的季节。
This is a lovely party, but we have to go because of the baby-sitter. 这个晚会真好，但因为要替换那临时看孩子的人。我们必须回去。
Football is a manly sport. 足球是一项激烈的体育运动。
He looks very manly in his uniform. 他穿着制服十分精神。
12. motherly
Her motherly kindness attaches us all to her. 她像母亲一般仁慈,我们大家都很依恋她。
Natalie, silent, regarded them both with a satirical motherly look. 娜塔丽默默地用讽刺，但是慈祥的目光望着他们两人。
13. silly
It sounds silly. 这话听起来很愚蠢。
It was silly to believe him. 相信他的话是愚蠢的。
That’s rather a silly question. 那是个相当愚蠢的问题。
14. sisterly
She had a true sisterly feeling for her brother. 她对兄长怀有真正的骨肉之情。
The sisterly chat between the two of them lasted till midnight. 她们俩之间的亲密交谈一直继续到半夜。
15. ugly
The baby’s less ugly than you. 这孩子不像你那么丑。
The ugly frog became a handsome prince. 丑陋的青蛙变成了英俊的王子。
You aren’t rich;still you could do something to help him. 你虽然不富有，但你仍可以给予他帮助。
16. unfriendly
I felt that she wets unfriendly. 我觉得她不友好。
Tom is very unfriendly to me as well. 汤姆对我也很不友善。
I find her very
aloof8 and unfriendly. 我觉得她非常冷淡，不好相处。
Do not think that Americans are in such a hurry that they are unfriendly. 不要认为美国人如此匆忙是不友善的。
17. brotherly
The older boy gave the newcomer some brotherly advice. 那个年龄大一点的男孩给新来的孩子一些亲兄弟似的忠告。
Brotherly love is based on the experience that we all are one. 手足情爱建立在我们大家心连心、团结如一人这种经历的基础上。
18. womanly
They give away the fact that they haven’t the instincts of a womanly woman. 她们泄露了一个事实，那就是她们不具有女性的本能。
She went, with her neat figure, and her sober womanly step, down the dark street. 她顺着黑暗的街道走去，显出利落匀称的身材，迈着端庄的女人的步子。
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