Ⅱ.单词简析

1) Promotion: an increase in pay and responsibility at work

提拔，晋升：工作中薪水和职责的增加

ex:The general manager said that my new job was a promotion but he would not offer me more money!

总经理说我的新工作是一次升职，可他不给我加薪！

2) Rut: a track worn by a wheel, a groove in which something runs

车撤，沟，槽：车轮压出的痕迹，某物在里面运转的沟槽

ex:At the front of my house is a rut worn by my bicycle wheel.

我的屋前是一条我的自行车轮胎轧出的车辙。

3) Grave: large hole in the ground for a coffin

坟墓：地底下存放棺材很大的洞

ex:My parents went shopping for their grave last weekend - I hope they don’t need it soon.

上周我的父母去购买他们的墓穴－但愿他们近期内不需要它。

4) Positive: good, the opposite of negative

正面的，肯定的：好的，负面的反面

ex:Everyone said positive things about my new necktie - so it must be very good.

每个人都对我的新领带表示肯定－那么它一定很不错。