Lesson 28

第28课

immense

adj.广大的，巨大的

One disease on our agenda causes immense suffering in large parts of the world, but does its greatest harm in Africa.

我们的议程上有一种疾病在世界上许多地方造成巨大的痛苦，但在非洲产生最大的危害。

credit

n.信用

If you pay your bills on time, your credit will be good.

如果你能按时付清账单，你的信用将会很好。

approach

v.接近

At their approach the little boy ran away and hid.

当他们走近时，那个小男孩跑开了并藏了起来。

jury

n.陪审团

The lawyer charged that the jury had been stacked against his client.

该律师说陪审团已产生了不利于他的当事人的偏见。

differ

v.不同

The two brothers are like each other in appearance but differ widely in their tastes.

这两兄弟的外貌相像，可是嗜好却大大不同。

admit

v.允许

The servant opened the door and admitted me into the house.

仆人们开门，允许我进屋内。

split

v.分配

The boys split the money into four shares.

男孩们将钱分成四份。

scare

v.惊吓

I raise this question and answer it this way not to scare you out of the market.

我之所以提出这个问题，并且给出这个答案，并不是要把你从股市吓跑。

mayor

n.市长

A mayor is the chief government official of a city or town.

市长上一市或一镇的主要政府官员。

federal

adj.联邦制的

As a percentage of federal spending, we have cut earmarks by half in this bill.

作为联邦开支的一部分，我们已经把这项议案中的专项拨款削减了一半。

mon，mono

置于词根前表示“独一”

monarchy

君主政体(mon+archy 君主政体）

monopoly

独占，垄断(mono+poly 独占，垄断）

monotony

单调(mono+tony 单调）