• brake (名) 剎車
My car needs new brakes.
(我的車需要新剎車。)
• break (動) 打破
Don't break anything in the china shop.
(在瓷器店中千萬別打破任何東西。)
• buy (動) 買
How much can you buy with so little money?
(這麼少錢,你能買什麼?)
• by (介) 在⋯旁
The tired runner fell by the roadside.
(疲累的跑者跌倒在路邊。)
• bye (感嘆詞) 再見
Bye! Have a nice day!
(拜拜!祝你有個美好的一天!)
• cache (名) 隱藏處
The burglar's cache held all the loot from the robbery.
(小偷的窩藏匿了所有搶來的戰利品。)
• cash (名) 現金
I don't have enough cash to pay for dinner.
(我身上的錢不夠付晚餐錢。)
• ceiling (名) 天花板
The ceiling must be painted as well.
(天花板也必須上漆。)
• sealing (動) 密封(seal的現在分詞)
She is sealing the envelope with wax.
(她在用蠟封信。)
• cell (名) 牢房
Let the villain rot in his cell.
(讓惡人在牢中過下半輩子吧!)
• sell (動) 賣
He will sell his car through the classifieds.
(他會透過分類廣告賣車。)
• cent (名) 一分錢
One cent used to buy a stick of gum.
(以前一分錢可以買一片口香糖。)
• scent (名) 氣味
The dog's keen nose picked up the scent.
(狗狗敏銳的鼻子嗅出了氣味。)
• sent (動) 送(send的過去式)
The teacher sent the student to the principal.
(老師把學生送到校長室。)
• cereal (名) 麥片
Cold cereal with bananas sounds like a fine breakfast.
(冷麥片加香蕉聽起來是很好吃的早餐。)
• serial (形)連續的
These murders appear to be the work of a serial killer.
(這些謀殺案似乎是連續殺人犯所犯下的。)
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※本文節錄自《英文文法聖經》
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