embarrass[ɪmˈbærəs]
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v. 使尴尬;使局促不安;使困窘
【例】v. 使尴尬
(2011广东)When I was a teenager, my mother’s broken English embarrassed me.
【译】在我青少年时期,妈妈蹩脚的英语让我觉得尴尬。
【派】embarrassed [ɪmˈbærəst] adj. 尴尬的;窘迫的
finance[faɪˈnæns]
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n. 财政;财政学;金融
v. 负担经费;筹措资金;供给……经费
【派】financial [faɪˈnænʃ(ə)l] adj. 金融的;财政的;财务的
【例】adj. 财政的
(2011江西)Many small clubs have suffered financial losses recently, as they cannot compete with the large ones.
【译】许多小俱乐部最近都遭受了财政损失,因为他们没有能力和大俱乐部竞争。
mess[mes]
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n. 脏乱;混乱;困境;麻烦
v. 弄脏
【例】n. 麻烦
(2013湖北)Perri admits that she can't sort out all the mess in the households, even though she knows it drives her mother crazy.
【译】佩里承认她解决不了所有的家庭麻烦,尽管她知道那些麻烦会让她母亲抓狂。
【词组】sort out:解决
【派】messy [ˈmesi] adj. 凌乱的;肮脏的;污秽的
pioneer[ˌpaɪəˈnɪə(r)]
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n. 拓荒者;先驱
v. 倡导;开创
【例】n. 先驱
(2009天津)Many roads and places in Singapore are named in order that the pioneers will be remembered by future generations.
【译】在新加坡,许多道路和地点的命名是为了先驱们能被后人铭记。