1. retire vi. 退休,退職
vt. 使退休,令退職
My dream is to retire to a villa in France.
我的夢(mèng)想是退休后在法國(guó)住上一棟別墅。
She was retired on medical grounds.
她由于健康原因被安排退休了。
1) retire from sth 從……退休
She was forced to retire early from teaching because of ill health.
她由于身體不好而被迫早早地從教學(xué)崗位上退休。
2) retire as sth 從……位子上退休
He has no plans to retire as editor of the magazine.
他還不打算從雜志編輯的位子上退休。
retirement n. 退休,退職;退休生活
retiree n. 退休人員,退休者
retired adj. 已退休的,已退職的
2. perform vi. 表現(xiàn);工作,運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)(好/不好)
vt. 做,履行,執(zhí)行;演出,表演
Our team performed very well in yesterdays games.
在昨天的運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)上我們隊(duì)表現(xiàn)出色。
The engine seems to be performing well.
發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)似乎運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)正常。
She performs an important role in our organization.
她在我們的組織中發(fā)揮著重要的作用。
The play was first performed in 1987.
這出劇于1987年首次演出。
3. advantage n. 優(yōu)勢(shì),有利條件;長(zhǎng)處
She had the advantage of a good education.
她具備受過(guò)良好教育的優(yōu)勢(shì)。
Is there any advantage of getting there early?
早到那里是否有利?
1) advantage over sb 比某人有利
Being tall gave him an advantage over the other players.
他個(gè)子高,比其他運(yùn)動(dòng)員有利。
2) take advantage of sth/sb 利用;占……的便宜
We took full advantage of the hotel facilities.
我們充分享用了賓館設(shè)施。
He took advantage of my generosity.
他利用我的慷慨占了便宜。
3) to sbs advantage 對(duì)某人有利
It would be to your advantage to attend this meeting.
參加這次會(huì)議會(huì)對(duì)你有利。
4) turn sth to advantage 使某物發(fā)揮作用
We must turn our knowledge to advantage.
我們必須使我們的知識(shí)發(fā)揮作用。
4. score vt. 得分;分值是,得……分;評(píng)分,打分?jǐn)?shù)
vi. 得分;記分
n. 得分,比分
She scored 98 in the French test.
她法語(yǔ)考試考了98分。
Score three points on your list for our side.
在你的單子上為我們這邊記上3分。
The tests are scored by psychologists.
測(cè)驗(yàn)由心理學(xué)家評(píng)分。
Fraser scored again in the second half.
弗雷澤在下半場(chǎng)時(shí)再次得分。
Who is going to score?
誰(shuí)來(lái)記分呢?
Who made that last score?
誰(shuí)最后得分了?
1) score off sb(尤指在辯論等活動(dòng)中機(jī)靈地)駁倒,挫敗
He was always trying to score off his teachers.
他總和老師抬杠。
2) score sth out/through 畫(huà)掉;刪去
His name had been scored out on the list.
他的名字已從名單上畫(huà)掉了。
3) in scores 很多地,大批地
People poured in scores.
人們大量涌入。
4) keep (the) score 記分
Ill keep (the) score for the football match.
我來(lái)為足球比賽記分。
5) on this/that score 就這個(gè)/那個(gè)來(lái)說(shuō),在這個(gè)/那個(gè)問(wèn)題上
You dont have to worry on that score.
你不必?fù)?dān)心那件事。
5. quality n. 特性,特征;品德,品性,人品,素質(zhì);
質(zhì)量,品質(zhì)
One quality of wood is that it can burn.
木頭的一個(gè)特性是能燃燒。
These are good personal qualities such as honesty and generosity.
這些是好的個(gè)人品質(zhì),比如誠(chéng)實(shí)、慷慨。
When costs are cut, product quality suffers.
一降低成本,產(chǎn)品質(zhì)量就會(huì)受到影響。