走遍美国单词例句-23
01. backbreaking
费力的，累人的
(1) That's backbreaking work and may be
too much for us.
02. brush
刷子
(1) And we'll also need some ladders and
some brushes and some paint.
03. contribution
捐献
(1) And it needs your contributions of
furniture, paint, brushes, ladders,
lamps, et cetera.
04. council
议会
(1) Have you talked to the community
council?
(2) I've got the council to agree to open
the building for us on the next four
weekends.
05. drugstore
药房
(1) He ran the drugstore and used to play
drums with the jazz band on
weekends.
(2) This is Nat Baker,who's responsible
for this meeting,and this is Joanne
Thompson--and Abe Lucas, who used
to run the drugstore in town.
06. drum
鼓
(1) He ran the drugstore and used to play
drums with the jazz band on
weekends.
07. editorial
社论
(1) The editorial in this paper has my
friend Nat Baker real upset.
(2) I am planning to write an editorial that I
think will help you.
08. excuse
藉口
(1) He'll use any excuse to avoid math.
09. fund
经费
(1) Due to lack of funds for the repainting
of the interior of the building and for
the furniture needed, the plans for the
community center have been
postponed indefinitely.
10. furnish
放家具
(1) Then we have to furnish it.
11. generous
慷慨
(1) This community has always been
very generous.
12. inspection
检查
(1) And have you had an engineer come in
to do an inspection?
13. interior
内部
(1) Due to lack of funds for the repainting
of the interior of the building and for
the furniture needed, the plans for the
community center have been
postponed indefinitely.
(2) To help scrub the building interior
clean.
14. interrupt
打搅，打断
(1) Don't let me interrupt you.
15. item
东西，项目
(1) These items shouldn't be difficult to
come by once I print the article in the
paper.
16. jazz
爵士乐
(1) He ran the drugstore and used to play
drums with the jazz band on
weekends.
17. ladder
梯子
(1) And we'll also need some ladders and
some brushes and some paint.
18. paper
报纸
(1) The editorial in this paper has my
friend Nat Baker real upset.
(2) Did you read the story in the paper,
Malcolm?
(3) He's the editor of the Riverdale paper.
(4) Are there any special requirements
that I should list in the paper?
(5) These items shouldn't be difficult to
come by once I print the article in the
paper.
19. postpone
延期
(1)
Due to lack of funds for the repainting
of the interior of the building and for
the furniture needed, the plans for
the community center have been
postponed indefinitely.
20. primarily
主要的
(1) It's small, and the problem is that it's
set up primarily for kids to play.
21. print
出版，刊登
(1) These items shouldn't be difficult to
come by once I print the article in the
paper.
22. reception
接待
(1) On the ground floor we have the
reception area ...
23. refurbishing
整修
(1) If you would supervise the
refurbishing, I'll find the people to help
do it.
(2) At the Stewart family home on Linden
Street yesterday, a group of caring
Riverdale citizens gathered to plan
the refurbishing of the old library to
transform it into a new community
center.
24. scrub
擦洗
(1) To help scrub the building interior
clean.
25. skip
省略，免掉
(1) You think I can just skip it now and get
to it at college?
(2) You'll never get to college to find out,
Robbie, if you skip it now.
26. stamina
耐力
(1) And without their energy and stamina,
there's no way we can complete this
project.
27. vacant
空的
(1) The old library building on Chestnut
Street, which has been vacant for over
a year now, was supposed to be made
into a community center to serve the
senior citizens as well as the younger
people of Riverdale.
28. volunteer
义工
(1) When do you need the volunteers,
and where do they report?
(2) What you're saying is, in order for this
center to succeed, we need to put
together volunteers from the various
generations of future users.
29. as well as
以及
(1) The old library building on Chestnut
Street, which has been vacant for over
a year now, was supposed to be made
into a community center to serve the
senior citizens as well as the younger
people of Riverdale.
30. come by
找到，得到
(1) These items shouldn't be difficult to
come by once I print the article in the
paper.
31. community center
（社区中心）
(1) The old library building on Chestnut
Street, which has been vacant for over
a year now, was supposed to be made
into a community center to serve the
senior citizens as well as the younger
people of Riverdale.
(2) Due to lack of funds for the repainting
of the interior of the building and for
the furniture needed, the plans for
the community center have been
postponed indefinitely.
32. end table
茶几
(1) Three end tables.
33. fix (it)
up
修复
(1) They had some ideas about getting
the place fixed up.
(2) Robbie and Alexandra told me what
you need to fix up the old library.
(3) If I could take a look at the place, I
could probably tell what it requires to
fix it up.
34. folding chair
折叠椅
(1) Thirty folding chairs.
35. get a handle on
领悟，开窍
(1) For some reason, I couldn't get a
handle on it.
36. get down to
着手处理
(1) He'll do anything to avoid getting down
to math lessons, Mr. Stewart.
37. hardware store
五金行
(1) At the hardware store.
38. lack of
缺乏
(1) Due to lack of funds for the repainting
of the interior of the building and for
the furniture needed, the plans for the
community center have been
postponed indefinitely.
39. leave (anyone) out
排除，排拒（某人）
(1) And programs that don't leave anyone
out.
40. mean well
有心帮忙
(1) I'm sure they meant well, but they
probably had other things on their
minds.
41. roll sleeves up
卷起袖子；准备做艰苦的工作
(1) We get our friends to roll their sleeves
up and get to work.