1. suspend:停止;中止;暫停;暫緩(詳見第72期)
【例句一】
The police officer was suspended for investigation for six months.
【那個警官被停職六個月接受調查。】
【例句一A】
The police officer was suspended for six months because he was accused of embezzlement.
【那個警官被停職六個月接受調查,因為他被控侵吞公款。】
【聯想字】suspend, suspect, suspicious
2. sale:銷售;販售
【sale】這個字是【sell】的名詞,就是【販賣】的意思。常見的用語有【for sale(求售)】、【on sale(優惠特賣)】、【garage sale(車庫特賣會)】、【yard sale(庭院特賣會)】等。
【例句二】
He got a lot of money from the sale of his land.
【他賣地獲得很多錢。】
【例句二A】
He got a lot of money from the sale of his land, but he lost it at the casino just in one night.
【他賣地獲得很多錢,但是他一夜之間就在賭場裡面全輸光了。】
【聯想字】sale, hale, male, pale, tale, vale
3. budget:預算
【budget】這個字是【準備用來做事的一筆錢】的意思,也就是一般所謂的【預算】。
【例句三】
The budget for TV commercial was cut.
【電視廣告的預算被刪除了。】
(TV commercial:電視廣告)
【例句三A】
The budget for TV commercial was cut, so we could only afford radio and newspaper advertisements.
【電視廣告的預算被刪除了,我們只能做廣播和報紙的廣告。】
【聯想字】budget, beget, fidget, forget, gadget, nugget, target, widget
4. delay:拖遲;延遲;拖延
【delay】這個字是【讓事情延遲發生】的意思,也就是【使遲到】、【使拖遲】、【使延遲】等意思。
【例句四】
The air flight was badly delayed because of the snow.
【班機因為下雪嚴重誤點了。】
(badly:嚴重地)
【例句四A】
The air flight was badly delayed because of the snow, so I couldn't arrive at the meeting on time.
【班機因為下雪嚴重誤點了,所以我沒能準時出席會議。】
【聯想字】delay, clay, play, splay, relay, slay
【單字接龍範例】
1. budget > ... > 10. delay
【初級版】(無字母數限制)
1. budget
2. talk
3. kill
4. low
5. with
6. here
7. ear
8. ring
9. gold
10. delay
【進階版】(字母數必須5個以上的單字方可接)
1. budget
2. timber
3. rhetoric
4. crystal
5. lubrication
6. nationality
7. yardstick
8. kangaroo
9. offend
10. delay
【單字接龍練習】
1. budget
2. ____________________
3. ____________________
4. ____________________
5. ____________________
6. ____________________
7. ____________________
8. ____________________
9. ____________________
10. delay
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