每日句子：读句子掌握单词（4）

There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris.
在技术方面自以为是会很危险。

Men are often reached by flattery.
人常常因受到恭维而动心。

Haughtiness invites disaster,humility receives benefit.
满招损,谦受益。

Each sentence seems a quarry of rich meditations.
每一句话似乎都给人以许多冥思默想

。

The policeman watched his quarry go into a bar.
警察看着他在追捕的人走进一家酒吧。

laud sb. to the skies
对某人备加赞颂

We convert him, and we capture his inner mind; we reshape him.
我们要改造他, 从思想上把他争取过来, 让他脱胎换骨。

He saw her as his main adversary within the company.
他将她视为公司中主要的对手。

Father open the window to let in the briskness of the morning air.
父亲打开窗户让早晨的清新空气进来。

Her speech evoked great anger.
她的讲话引起了极大的愤慨。

Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.
在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。

He was a man of keen perception.
他是一个感觉敏锐的人。

Illiteracy has been wiped out in our village.
我们村已经消灭了文盲。

I can’t see the relevance of his comment to the debate.
我不明白他的评论与这一争论有何关系。

He is a cunning person.
他是个狡猾的家伙。

a particularized list
登记目录表

You understand the situation; I needn't elaborate any further.
你对情况是了解的, 我不必再进一步详谈了。

immutable truths
永远不变的真理

He stood before them, impeccable as ever.
他站在他们面前, 跟以往一样完美无瑕。

She revealed her feelings in impetuous displays of spending.
她冲动地任意挥霍显露了她的感情。

She is impulsive in her actions.
她的行为常出于冲动。

be obtuse in understanding
头脑迟钝

They decided to reform social abuses.
他们决定改革社会陋习。

servile self-abasement
卑躬屈节的自贬

He is full of guile.
他非常狡诈。

She is always prying into other people's affairs.
她总是打听别人的私事。

an impetuous dash for freedom .
急切要争取自由

Colds are spread by germs.
感冒由细菌传播

Don’t smoke near combustible materials.
别在易燃的材料附近吸烟

self-assertive
自作主张的,惯于孤行专断的

A mule is a sterile animal.
骡子是不能生育的动物。

the increasingly sterile debate on constitutional reform
越来越乏味的宪法改革争论

Those war plans rested on a belief in the ineluctable superiority of the offense over the defense.
那些战争计划有一个信念为基础，即进攻必然比防守有利。,【必然发生的 】

The radio played dirges all day long.
广播电台整天都在播放哀乐。