close

Day 52    可在facebook社團「英文超越站」,下載全部內容 

 

nefarious [n0}fGriDs] adj. 邪惡的 wicked; evil

  One of his nefarious crimes was the bombing of a busy train station.

  a nefarious plot / scheme           //         nefarious activities

  a nefarious scheme to cheat people out of their money

 

neg.li.gence [}nGgl0dIDns] n. 疏忽;失職;過失

  She is guilty of negligence for driving while she was drunk.

  Their negligence resulted in a forest fire.

  The doctor was sued for medical negligence.

 

negligent [}nGgl0dIDnt] adj. 疏忽 not showing proper care or concern;

                                    careless or neglectful

  The fire was started by a negligent smoker.

  The negligent waiter forgot our drinks.

  grossly negligent  嚴重失職       //         negligent parents

  He was negligent in not reporting the accident to the police.

negligently  adv. 

  The defendant drove negligently and hit a street light.

 

neg.li.gi.ble [}nGgl0dIDbDl] adj. 無足輕重的;微不足道的small; not important

                          ; insignificant

  The cost of fixing your shoes will be negligible.

  There is negligible damage to the car.   

  A negligible amount of damage was done to the vehicle.

  The price difference was negligible.

negligibly adv.

  The difference between the prices was negligibly small.

 

gen.er.os.i.ty [`dIGnD}rAsDti] n. 慷慨;寬大                         102, 87

  I’d like to thank you for your generosity to my family.

  His generosity toward those people who attacked him is wonderful.

 

gen.er.ous [}dIGnDrDs] adj. 1. 慷慨的;大方的ready to give; willing to share

  He is generous to his friends.     

  He is generous with his time.  願意花時間去幫助他人

  It is very generous of you to help.

  “I’ll buy you lunch.”  “That’s very generous of you.”

                     2. 有雅量的;寬宏的

  He was generous to his enemies and released them from prison.

                     3. 豐富的;充足的;大的plentiful; large ; lavish

  The cook gave us generous portions of food.   

  a generous helping of meat            //            generous gifts

  The car has a generous amount of space.

generously [}dIGnDrDsli] adv. 慷慨地                                  97

  She generously offered to drive us home. 

  Please give generously.

arrow
arrow
    全站熱搜
    創作者介紹
    創作者 Frank 的頭像
    Frank

    Frank's 英語超越站

    Frank 發表在 痞客邦 留言(0) 人氣()