?subway['s?bwei] n. 地下人行道;<美>地铁
【助记】sub(下面的) way(道路)→地下的道路,地下人行道。
【英释】A subway is an underground railway.
【例句】I don't ride the subway late at night. 我深夜不坐地铁。
elevator ['eliveit?] n. 电梯;升降机
【助记】e一般与电有关 levat-lift举起 or: 用电的把你举起来的东西,电梯。
【英释】An elevator is a device that carries people up and down inside buildings.
【例句】The elevator broke down and we had to walk up the tenth floor.
电梯坏了, 我们只好走到十层。
petrol['petr?l] n. <英>汽油(→<美>gasoline)
【助记】pet(宠物) rol→roll(滚)→宠物喝了汽油在打滚。
【英释】Petrol is a liquid which is used as a fuel for motor vehicles.
【例句】Our car was useless for want of petrol.由于缺少汽油, 我们的汽车派不上用场。
gas[ɡ?s] n. 汽油;气体;煤气;毒气
【助记】 ass(驴)的屁似毒气gas。
【英释】Gas is a substance like air that is neither liquid nor solid and burns easily. It is used as a fuel for cooking and heating.
【例句】Coal is actually cheaper than gas.煤实际上比煤气便宜。
official[?'fi??l, ?u-] adj. 官方的;正式的;公务的
【助记】来自office(办公室),从办公室出来的文件,正式的。
【例句】First of all, our forum is not the official website.
首先, 我们的论坛不是官方网站.
voyage ['v?iid?] n. 航行;航海
【助记】 voy-way路,方式 age表名词→航行,航海。
【英释】A voyage is a long journey on a ship or in a spacecraft.
【例句】He aims to follow Columbus's voyage to the West Indies.
他打算重走哥伦布到达西印度群岛的航行路线。
?conquer['k??k?] vt. 征服;占领
【助记】con(全部) quer-query寻求→寻求全部,占领。
【助记】谐音“空客”→恐怖分子占领了空客。
【英释】If one country or group of people conquers another, they take complete control of their land.
【例句】Early in the eleventh century the whole of England was again conquered by the Vikings.11世纪早期,整个英格兰再次被北欧海盗征服。
because of 因为;由于
【例句】I came back because of the rain. 因为下雨, 所以我回来了。
native ['neitiv] adj. 本国的;本地的n. 本地人;本国人
【助记】与nation(国家)一起记。
【助记】nat出生 ive→出生哪里哪里人,本地的。
【英释】Your native country or area is the country or area where you were born and brought up.
【例句】It was his first visit to his native country since 1948.
这是自1948年以来他首次回到自己的祖国。
come up 走近;上来;提出
【英释】If someone comes up or comes up to you, they approach you until they are standing close to you.
【例句】Her cat came up and rubbed itself against their legs.
她的猫跑上前来,在他们腿上蹭来蹭去。
【英释】If something comes up in a conversation or meeting, it is mentioned or discussed.
【例句】The subject came up during a pre-dinner drink with our guests.
在与客人喝餐前酒的时候,有人提到了这个话题。
apartment[?'pɑ:tm?nt] n. <美>公寓住宅;单元住宅
【助记】a part(部分) ment(名词后缀)→一部分一部分的,单元住宅
【英释】An apartment is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a large building.
【例句】Christina has her own apartment, with her own car.克里斯蒂娜有自己的公寓和汽车。