Day 68
1.backdrop/?b?kdrɑ?p/
n. 背景
e.g.
a love story set against a backdrop of war.
2.Act Four第四幕
3.chant/t??nt/
n. (尤指眾人齊喊或合唱的)反復(fù)而有節(jié)奏的短句
e.g.
football chants
4.morph into
變?yōu)樾渫猓蛔冃螢?/p>
e.g.
If you take the polyjuice potion, you can morph into another person.
5.curb/k??rb/
v. 控制蝴猪,約束敛熬,抑制
e.g.
to curb my temper
to curb inflation控制通貨膨脹
6.presidency總統(tǒng)任期
7.plummet/?pl?m?t/
v. 暴跌,驟然減少
e.g.
House prices have plummeted down.
8.decry/d??kra?/
v. (公開)譴責(zé)补箍,批評(píng)
e.g.
The measures were decried as useless.
9.improbable/?m?prɑ?b?bl/
adj. 始料未及的
10.backed支持
11.the provinces
外省,地方(指首都以外的地區(qū))
e.g.
Madame Bovary: provincial customs (adj.)
12.dwindle/?dw?ndl/
v. (逐漸)減少
e.g.
Support for Macron has dwindled away to nothing.
13.aloof/??lu?f/
adj. 冷漠的,冷淡的
14.jeer/d??r/
v. 嘲笑 (jeering adj.)