extreme[ik'stri:m] adj. 极度的
【助记】extre-extra额外的 me→还需要额外的,极度的。
【助记】中间一个e开头各一个e够极端的啦。
【英释】Extreme means very great in degree or intensity.
【例句】The girls were afraid of snakes and picked their way along with extreme caution. 女孩子们害怕蛇,走路时格外小心。
*injure/ injury['ind??] vt. 损害;伤害
【助记】in不 jur法律,发誓,正直 e→不法行为,伤害。jury
【助记】in不 jure→sure确定的→不能确定是否受伤害。
【英释】An injury is damage done to a person's or an animal's body.
【例句】The two other passengers escaped serious injury.另外两名乘客逃过一劫,未受重伤。
survivor [s?'vaiv?] n. 幸存者;生还者;残存物
【助记】sur超过 viv生命 or表人→超过死亡获得生命,幸存者。
【英释】A survivor of a disaster, accident, or illness is someone who continues to live afterwards in spite of coming close to death.
【例句】Officials said there were no survivors of the plane crash.
官方说这次飞机失事无一人生还。
*destroy[di'str?i] vt. 破坏;毁坏;消灭
【助记】de去掉,变坏 stroy 是story的变异→去掉好的故事,破坏。
【英释】To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
【例句】No one was injured in the explosion, but the building was completely destroyed.
没有人在爆炸中受伤,但大楼遭到了彻底毁坏。
brick [brik] n. 砖;砖块
【助记】打碎break 一块砖头brick。
【英释】Bricks are rectangular blocks of baked clay used for building walls, which are usually red or brown.
【例句】The old man stood on a pile of bricks almost as high as a house.
那位老人站在一堆跟房子差不多高的砖上。
dam [d?m] n. 水坝;堰堤
【助记】damn诅咒水坝dam,闲的啊。
【英释】A dam is a wall that is built across a river in order to stop the water flowing and to make a lake.
【例句】The Aswan Dam helps to control the River Nile in Egypt.
阿斯旺水坝有助于控制埃及的尼罗河。
track[tr?k] n. 轨道;足迹;痕迹
【助记】足迹track可以帮你back回来。
【英释】Tracks are marks left in the ground by the feet of animals or people.
【例句】McKee suddenly noticed tire tracks on the bank ahead.
麦基突然注意到前方岸边的轮胎痕迹。
*useless['ju:slis] adj. 无用的;无效的;无益的
【助记】use有用 less表否定。
【英释】If something is useless, you cannot use it.
【例句】He realised that their money was useless in this country.
他意识到他们国家的货币在这个国家一文不值。
*shock [??k] vt. & vi. (使)震惊;震动n. 休克;打击;震惊
【助记】摇滚rock震惊shock了我。
【英释】If something shocks you, it makes you feel very upset, because it involves death or suffering and because you had not expected it.
【例句】After forty years in the police force nothing much shocks me.
在警队呆了 40 年后,我对什么都见怪不怪了。
rescue['reskju:] n. & vt. 援救;营救
【助记】re回 scue-secure-safe安全的→使重新获得安全,营救。
【英释】If you rescue someone, you get them out of a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
【例句】He had rescued her from a horrible life.他把她从可怕的生活中解救了出来。
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