赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit144

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　　a.更合人意的；更好的（与介词 to 并用）

　　A glass of icy tea is preferable to a cup of coffee on a hot day.

　　大热天的时候，一杯冰茶要比一杯咖啡更讨喜。

　　I prefer novels to movies.=I prefer reading novels to going to the movies.=I prefer to read novels rather than go to the movies.=I prefer to read novels instead of going to the movies.

　　我喜欢看小说胜于喜欢看电影。

　　preferably

　　adv.最好

　　Let's meet here again— preferably as soon as possible.

　　咱们再在这里见面——最好是越快越好。

　　ingredient

　　n.成分

　　What are the ingredients of the cake?

　　这个蛋糕的成分是什么？

　　upload

　　vt.(电脑）上传

　　It takes a while to upload these images to my blog.

　　把这些图片上传到我的博客要花一点时间。

　　download

　　vt.(电脑）下载

　　First, download these files and save them on the hard disk.

　　首先，下载这些档案并将它们存在硬盘里。

　　sunlight

　　n.日光

　　The castle looks beautiful in the morning sunlight.

　　城堡在展光里看起来好美。

　　herd¹

　　n. 一群 vt.放牧

　　A herd of cattle was quietly grazing on the grass.

　　一群牛在草地上正安静地吃草。

　　The cowboys herded² the cows with the help of their horses.

　　牛仔借着他们马的协助来放牧牛群。

　　B.C./BC

　　n.西元前……年，基督之前……年

　　That civilization disappeared around 600 B.C.

　　那个文明在公元前600年左右消失。

　　A.D. / AD

　　n.西元……年

　　The king ruled the empire from A.D. 345 — 378.

　　这个国王于公元345—378年统治这个帝国。

　　walnut³

　　n.胡桃

　　I love chocolates with walnuts⁴ inside.

　　我喜欢巧克力里面有胡桃。

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