英语单词每日一读高中（英语进阶单词每日精选）

英语单词每日一读高中（英语进阶单词每日精选）The Amazons were believed to have been the first to tame horses.它们从没有被驯服，如果你靠近，它们就跑开了。v. 驯服；驯化二、例句They never became tame; they would run away if you approached them.

本人十分热爱英语，因此想做一个英语进阶单词的专集，建议读者为有一点英语基础的同学。每一期只精选三个单词进行讲解，争取两到三天更一次。

1.tame

一、主要释义

adj. 驯服的；平淡乏味的

v. 驯服；驯化

二、例句

They never became tame; they would run away if you approached them.

它们从没有被驯服，如果你靠近，它们就跑开了。

The Amazons were believed to have been the first to tame horses.

亚马逊人被认为是最早驯化了马的人。

These ideas may seem tame today but they were inflammatory in his time.

这些想法今天看来也许是平淡乏味的，但在他那个时代却是很有煽动性的。

三、近义词

domesticate

四、同根词

tamable/tameable 可驯服的

tamely 驯服地，温顺地

例句：They submitted tamely to the conditions imposed upon them.

他们乖乖地忍受强加在他们身上的种种条件。

tamer 驯兽师

tameness 温顺，驯服，开化

例句：We fed them for a while amazed at their tameness.

我们喂了它们一阵子， 对它们的温顺感到惊奇。

2.acclaim

一、主要释义

n/v. 欢呼；称赞

二、例句

The restaurant has been widely acclaimed for its excellent French cuisine.

这个餐馆因出众的法式烹调而受到广泛赞扬。

He was acclaimed as America's greatest filmmaker.

他被赞誉为美国最伟大的电影制片人。

三、近义词

praise

3.bribe

一、主要释义

n/v. 贿赂；收买

二、例句

He was being investigated for receiving bribes.

他那时因为接收贿赂在受到调查。

He was accused of bribing a senior bank official.

他被控贿赂一位银行高级职员。

三、近义词

grease

四、同根词

bribable 可收买的，可贿赂的

briber 行贿者