托福每日一词:court
托福词汇的积累,是一个长期的过程,因此想要打好词汇的基础。要对一些重点词汇进行深入的复习。每日一词为大家整理了托福考试中的重点词汇。帮助大家全方位的备考。下面让我们来看看今天的每日一词吧!
来源:新东方 《TOEFL终极4300》
常考释义
1.n. 法庭
a place where legal matters are decided by a judge and jury or by a magistrate.
例:Four people will appear in court today, charged with fraud.
今天将有四个人因被指控犯有欺诈罪出庭受审。
2. n. 朝廷
a king or queen is the place where he or she lives and carries out ceremonial or administrative duties.
例: the royal courts of Europe
欧洲皇家宫廷
3. n. 球场
an area made for playing games such as tennis
例:Can you book a tennis court for tomorrow?
你能不能预订一个网球场明天打球?
4. v. 阿谀奉承,讨好
try hard to please someone, especially because you want something from them
例:He has never courted popularity.
他从不追求名望。
音频中例句
1、Qu Yuan suffered banishment as the victim of a court intrigue.
屈原成为朝廷中钩心斗角的牺牲品, 因而遭到放逐。
2、He began a suit in a local court.
他在本地法院起诉。
3、The players are due on court in an hour.
选手们一小时后上场。
4、His campaign team courted the media.
他的竞选班子在讨好媒体。
练习
判断下列句子中court的意思。
1.The imperial court commissioned work and in the Yuan dynasty (A.D. 1279-1368) an imperial ceramic factory was established at Jingdezhen.
2. He knew clearly that the evidence he offered would stand up in the court of law.
3. Both candidates have spent the last month courting the media.
(注: 练习答案下拉至底部可见)
拓展
衍生词: courtesy (n.) 礼貌 (adj.)殷勤的
courtship(n.)求爱
练习答案
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